Orlen Farwell (abt. 1810 - aft. 1882)

Born about 1810 in Compton, Quebec, Canada

Ancestors

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Biography

Birth and Early Life

Orlen Farwell was born about 1810 in Compton, Quebec, Canada as the fifth of ten known children to Gladden Farwell (1772-1865) and Mehitable Fuller (1781-1847).

Siblings

1. William Farwell was born on 17 February in 1804 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. He married Harriet Carr[[ (1809-1880) at Hatley, Quebec, Canada. William died on 19 April 1876 in Compton, Quebec, Canada.
2. Alvin Farwell was born on 4 August 1805 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. He married Catherine Maria Draper (1810-1881) in 1831 at Lancaster, Coos, New Hampshire, United States. Alvin died on 28 September 1881 in Compton, Quebec, Canada.
3. Thomas Farwell was born about 1807 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. He married Abigail Lucretia Fox (1845-1882) in 1872 at the Universalist Church, Ascot, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Thomas died in 1882.
4. Gladden Farwell, Jr. was born in 1809 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. He married Esther H. Ives (1810-1882) on 1 January 1834 at Hatley, Quebec in the Church of England. Gladden died on 30 April 1884 in Compton, Quebec, Canada.
5. Phoebe Farwell was born on 20 February 1815 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. She married Herman Ford (1815-1884) before 1851. She died on 18 December 1885 in Compton, Quebec, Canada.
6. Cynthia Farwell was born on 18 February 1817 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. She married Jesse Bullock (1804-1873) about 1840. Cynthia died on 14 December 1907 in Haverhill, Essex, Massachusetts, United States.
7. Amelia Maria Farwell was born on 15 September 1821 in Eaton Corner, Compton, Quebec, Canada. She married Rev. Caleb Perrin Mallory (1810-1882) in June 1843 at Glover, Orleans, Vermont, United States as his first wife. Amelia died on 19 July 1846 in Huntingville, Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. Rev. Mallory took as his second wife, her sister, Elizabeth Betsy.
8. Elizabeth Betsy Farwell was born on 15 June 1923 in Eaton Corner, Compton, Quebec, Canada. She married as his second wife Rev. Caleb Perrin Mallory (1810-1882) on 29 September 1847 in Stanstead, Stanstead, Quebec, Canada. Betsy died on 5 May 1893 in Huntingville, Quebec, Canada.
9. Benjamin Walker Farwell was born on 23 June 1825 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. He married Susan Maria Caswell (1826-1914) on 16 February 1848 in Ascot, Quebec, Canada. Benjamin died on 30 November 1906 in Sand Hill, Le Haut-Saint-François, Quebec, Canada.

Marriage and Family

He married Abigail Rockwood (1807-1875) in 1831.

Children of the Farwell-Rockwood Marriage

1. Phoebe Ann Farwell was born in about 1833 in Compton, Quebec, Canada. She married Dimon Roberts Jr. (1830-1910) on 13 August 1854 in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Phoebe died on 29 August 1909 in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States.
2. Haskell Farwell was born in about 1834 in Canada.
3. Quartus B. Farwell was born on September 1845 in Canada. He married Anna M. Morrey (1852-1917) on 31 July 1867 in Maine Prairie, Sterns, Minnesota, United States. Orlen Farwell, father, Justice of the Peace, officiated. Quartus died on 6 December 1921 in Glendale, Los Angeles, California, United States.

Public Offices

On 31 July 1867 he was a Justice of the Peace in Minnesota and officiated at the wedding of his son, Quartus, in Maine Prairie, Sterns, Minnesota.

The United States Government appointed him Postmaster at Marysville, Sterns, Minnesota on 5 August 1858.

Death

The date of his death is not known at this time. The last record found for him was 1 May 1875 in Maine Prairie, Stearns, Minnesota, United States. Find A Grave: Memorial #39288181 Orlen Farwell

Research Notes

The Find A Grave memorial lists the flollowing: Inscription ORLEN FARWELL DIED JUNE 24, 1882 AGED 73 YEARS

The death date is changed to agree with the memorial.

Sources

• Library and Archives Canada, Upper and Lower Canada Marriage Bonds, 1179
• 1850 United States Federal Census. 18 September in Charlestown, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Page 408, lines 18-22. (1850: Farwell, Orlen 44, head, born Canada, Harness Maker; Abigail 43, wife, born Massachusetts; Phebe A. 18, daughter, born Canada; Haskell 16, son, born Canada; Quartes 5, son, born Canada.)
• 1858 U.S., Appointments of U. S. Postmasters, 1832-1971.
• 1860 United States Federal Census on 17 July in Stearns County, Minnesota. Family 854. (1860: Farwell, Orlen 47, b. Canada, farmer, head; Abigail 47 b. New Hampshire, wife; Quartes 16, b. Massachusetts, son.)
• 1865 Minnesota, Territorial and State Census on 1 June in Maine Prairie, Stearns, Minnesota. (1865: Farwell, Orlan, head; A.E., wife; Q.B., son.)
• 1870 United States Federal Census on 14 July in Maine Prairie, Stearns, Minnesota. Family 90. (1870: Farwell, Orlan 63, farmer, head; Abigail 64, wife. Fam. 91 is son Quartus, wife Ann and child.)
• 1875 Minnesota, Territorial and State Censuses, 1849-1905. 1 May in Marysville, Stearns, (now it's Wright County) Minnesota. (1875: Farwell, Orlen 67, head; A.E. Farewell, 71)

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