Moses Gerrish Farmer (1820 - 1893)

Born 9 Feb 1820 in Boscawen, Hillsborough, New Hampshire, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah Tobey (Shapleigh) Farmer — married 14 Nov 1844 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States

Died 25 May 1893 at age 73 in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States

Biography

Moses was born in 1820. He was the son of John Farmer and Sally Gerrish. He passed away in 1893.

He was a notable electrical engineer and inventor.

Sources

• Moses G. Farmer on Wikipedia
• Little, George. The Descendants of George Little, Who Came to Newbury, Massachusetts, in 1640 (The Author, Auburn, Maine, 1882) Page 100
• "New Hampshire Births and Christenings, 1714-1904", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDFS-YD9 : 18 January 2020), Moses Gerrish Farmer, 1820.
• "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DT-DZV : 14 January 2020), Moses G. Farmer, 1844.
• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MD92-WW5 : Thu Mar 07 11:04:42 UTC 2024), Entry for Moses G Farmer and Hannah T Farmer, 1850.
• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZHK-TS5 : Sat Mar 09 05:50:44 UTC 2024), Entry for Moses G Farmer and Hannah F Farmer, 1860.
• "Massachusetts State Census, 1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQC7-HWN : Sun Mar 10 23:29:35 UTC 2024), Entry for Moses G Farmer and Hannah F Farmer, 1865.
• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4S8-3TR : Sat Mar 09 06:49:06 UTC 2024), Entry for Moses G. Farmer and Hannah T. Farmer, 1880.
• "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2M3-R8C8 : Sun Mar 10 03:58:38 UTC 2024), Entry for Moses G Farmer, 25 May 1893.
• Find a Grave, database and images (accessed March 29, 2024), memorial page for Moses Gerrish Farmer (9 Feb 1820–25 May 1893), Find A Grave: Memorial #77521860, citing Farmer Family Cemetery, Eliot, York County, Maine, USA; Maintained by rnhulslander (contributor 48332219). (no photo of grave marker)