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Alcany “Elkanah” Farmer

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Alcany “Elkanah” Farmer

Birth
Indiana, USA
Death
19 May 1950 (aged 87)
Cloverdale, Putnam County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Cloverdale, Putnam County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
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Alcany was the son of Benjamin E (1829-1898) and Patsy Mariah Bridgewater Farmer.

(In the 1880 census in Marion Twp, Putnam Co, Indiana, his name is listed as: Elkanah. This could be his original name with Alcany being a nickname. The name Elkanah appears in the Bible in I Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 20: "Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD.")

Alcany married Sarah Etta Butler on September 29, 1885 in Putnam Co, Indiana.

Their children: Gracie Pearl Farmer King Coleman (1886-1962) and Elmer Elsworth Farmer (1889-1953).
Alcany was the son of Benjamin E (1829-1898) and Patsy Mariah Bridgewater Farmer.

(In the 1880 census in Marion Twp, Putnam Co, Indiana, his name is listed as: Elkanah. This could be his original name with Alcany being a nickname. The name Elkanah appears in the Bible in I Samuel Chapter 3 Verse 20: "Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife saying, "May the LORD give you children by this woman to take the place of the one she prayed for and gave to the LORD.")

Alcany married Sarah Etta Butler on September 29, 1885 in Putnam Co, Indiana.

Their children: Gracie Pearl Farmer King Coleman (1886-1962) and Elmer Elsworth Farmer (1889-1953).


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