Charles Cyrus Farnham (1864 - 1937)

Born 9 May 1864 in Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Grace (Hall) Farnham — married 30 Oct 1889 in Ellington, Tolland, Connecticut, United States

Died 17 Jul 1937 at age 73 in Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States

Biography

Charles was born in 1864, the son of Roswell Farnham and Mary Johnson.^[1]

• Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, University of Vermont, June 1886.
• Graduated from Columbia University in 1889, Bachelor of Laws.
• Associated with firm of Millan, Gluck and Pooley until Nov 1890
• Practiced by himself from 1899.
• 1922 appointed to the Committee of Character and Fitness by the Appleton Division of the Supreme Court. Reviewed applications for admission to the Bar.
• Member of the Erie County and New York state Bar associations
• Deacon and Trustee in the Congregational Church
• Was a Mason (Hiram Lodge, #105)^[2]

Charles passed away in 1937, following a car accident. ^[3]

Census

1870 - Bradford, Orange, Vermont, United States^[4]

1880 - Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States^[5]

1900 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States^[6]

1910 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States^[7]

1915 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States^[8]

1920 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States ^[9]

1925 - Buffalo Erie, New York, United States ^[10]

1930 - Buffalo, Erie, New York, United States^[11]

Research Notes

Children

1. Roswell, b. 13 Aug 1890
2. Francis Hall, b. 24 Sept 1895
3. Edward Hall, b. 4 Dec 1890
4. Mary Field, b. 24 May 1903

One daughter married George C Sweet, Jr of Buffalo and the other married James S. Parkill, Jr. of Belmont, Mass.

Sources

1. ↑ McKeen, Silas. A History of Bradford, Vermont (J. D. Clark & son, 1875), p.380.
2. ↑ The United Opinion (Bradford, Vermont) 23 Jul 1937; page 1
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #145329204:accessed 27 March 2020), memorial page for Charles Cyrus Farnham (1864–17 Jul 1937), citing Forest Lawn Cemetery, Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Jay Boone (contributor 46889203) .
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6RH-M7K : 19 March 2020), Charles C Farnham in entry for Roswell Farnham, 1870.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8WD-VXR : 15 July 2017), Charles Farnham in household of Octavus Nutbrown, Corinth, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district ED 136, sheet 75A, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,345.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSXJ-YP1 : accessed 27 March 2020), Charles B Farnham, Election District 1 Buffalo city Ward 24, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 199, sheet 9B, family 174, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,031.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M54L-QLY : accessed 27 March 2020), Chas C Farnham, Buffalo Ward 21, Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 201, sheet 14A, family 287, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 947; FHL microfilm 1,374,960.
8. ↑ "New York State Census, 1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9NT-Z1Y : 8 November 2014), Chas C Farnham, Buffalo Ward 25, A.D. 02, E.D. 04, Erie, New York, United States; from "New York, State Census, 1915," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing p. 10, line 15, state population census schedules, 1915, New York State Archives, Albany.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJLS-5QT : accessed 27 March 2020), Chas C Farnham, Buffalo Ward 25, Erie, New York, United States; citing ED 244, sheet 10B, line 69, family 288, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1108; FHL microfilm 1,821,108.
10. ↑ "New York State Census, 1925," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSWS-RS5 : 8 November 2014), Chas C Farnham, Buffalo Ward 25, A.D. 01, E.D. 05, Erie, New York, United States; records extracted by Ancestry and images digitized by FamilySearch; citing p. 12, line 05, New York State Archives, Albany.
11. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7Z9-9WX : accessed 27 March 2020), Charles C Farnham, Buffalo (Districts 251-352), Erie, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 307, sheet 6A, line 2, family 146, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1433; FHL microfilm 2,341,168.

• "Vermont Births and Christenings, 1765-1908," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F8LZ-16P : 11 February 2018), Charles C. Farnham, 09 May 1864; citing Bradford Twp, Orange, Vermont, reference ; FHL microfilm unknown.
• Bixby, Willard Goldthwaite. A genealogy of the descendants of Joseph Bixby, 1621-1701 of Ipswich and Boxford, Massachusetts, who spell the name Bixby, Bigsby, Byxbie, Bixbee, or Byxbe and of the Bixby family in England, descendants of Walter Bekesby, 1427, of Thorpe Morieux, Suffolk (New York City: 1914), p.334.