Colchester Independent Newspaper
Colchester Eastern Star Abstracts :
30 Aug. 1956 :
Mrs. Clara Farmer, age 98, was born in Tennessee to Albert and Jane Bowman Walty. She came to Colchester 52 years ago and conducted a millinery store with her sister in the early days under the name of Curtis and Farmer. "They Made Colchester History".
20 Sept. 1956 :
Mrs. Clara Famrer of near Colchester will be 99 years old on Sept. 20th. She is in fairly good health and still keeps busy making lace whose stitches are beautifully accurate. Best wishes Mrs. Famrer and may you be happily celebrating that 100 next year.
Colchester Resident 105 years old :
Clara E. Walty Farmer, resident of the Helton Nursing Home in Colchester, Il. will celebrate her 105th birthday Sept 20th at the Helton Nursing Home with an open house for all of her many friends.
Clara Farmer, the eldest of nine children was born Sept. 20, 1856 to a young swiss tinsmith and violinist, Albert Walty and his wife Jane Bowman in the town of Tennessee, Il. Mrs. Farmer started to school in Carthage, Il., and spent her childhood in Plymouth, Il. She had two brothers who went to the Civil War from Plymouth, Il. A brother, Will Walty of Wichita, Kansas passed away at the age of 95 in Oct. 1961. She had a sister, Belle Todd, age 85 of Bowen, who passed away in Oct. 1961
Married in 1880 : On Oct. 14, 1880, she married El Farmer, a young farmer. They drove a horse and buggy to Carthage, Il., the county seat and were married in the old Cutler Hotel. On July 1881, a son, Everett, was born and about this time the "Kansas or Bust" rush was on, so Mr. Farmer chartered a car and shipped his livestock and furniture and feed to Kansas. They homesteaded near Pratt, Kansas in a dug-out until their home was finished. On Oct. 18, 1884, their little son Everett, was bitten by a rattlesnake and passed away as it was difficult to find a doctor readily. Their crops failed and they were forced to return "busted" to Il. They struggled along and finally bought a team of horses and started anew. In Jan. 18, 1894, a daughter Rosalea was born. Rosalea, is now Mrs. Frank Bliven of Colchester, Il. Mrs. Farmer has always been a very busy woman piecing quilts, making many wedding dresses for the older residents of Colchester, and she has done beautiful crocheting and needlework. She had been a member of the Eastern Star for over half a century.
BORN : 29, Sept. 1857 near Tennessee, daughter of Albert and Jane (Bowman) Walty.
RESIDED : Carthage and Plymouth communities during her earlier life. In 1882, she and her husband homesteaded in Kansas, where they lived for 6 years, then moved to SW MO and later came back to Il. where she spent the rest of her life.
MARRIED : 14 Oct. 1880 to Eli Farmer of Carthage, who died in 1933.
OCCUPATION : Operated a millinery shop and was a seamstress in Colchester for many years.
ORGANIZATION : Past Matron of Eastern Star.
CHILDREN : Mrs. Frank (Roalea) Bliven of Colchester, son Everett died in Kansas of rattlesnake bite at the age of 3 years.
GRANDCHILDREN : 4 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.
DIED : Thurs. 7 May 1964 at the age of 106 at Helton Nursing Home in Colchester.
FUNERAL : Sun. 10 May 1964 at the Colchester Christian Church.
BURIAL : Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Colchester Independent 14 May 1964.
Colchester Independent Newspaper
Colchester Eastern Star Abstracts :
30 Aug. 1956 :
Mrs. Clara Farmer, age 98, was born in Tennessee to Albert and Jane Bowman Walty. She came to Colchester 52 years ago and conducted a millinery store with her sister in the early days under the name of Curtis and Farmer. "They Made Colchester History".
20 Sept. 1956 :
Mrs. Clara Famrer of near Colchester will be 99 years old on Sept. 20th. She is in fairly good health and still keeps busy making lace whose stitches are beautifully accurate. Best wishes Mrs. Famrer and may you be happily celebrating that 100 next year.
Colchester Resident 105 years old :
Clara E. Walty Farmer, resident of the Helton Nursing Home in Colchester, Il. will celebrate her 105th birthday Sept 20th at the Helton Nursing Home with an open house for all of her many friends.
Clara Farmer, the eldest of nine children was born Sept. 20, 1856 to a young swiss tinsmith and violinist, Albert Walty and his wife Jane Bowman in the town of Tennessee, Il. Mrs. Farmer started to school in Carthage, Il., and spent her childhood in Plymouth, Il. She had two brothers who went to the Civil War from Plymouth, Il. A brother, Will Walty of Wichita, Kansas passed away at the age of 95 in Oct. 1961. She had a sister, Belle Todd, age 85 of Bowen, who passed away in Oct. 1961
Married in 1880 : On Oct. 14, 1880, she married El Farmer, a young farmer. They drove a horse and buggy to Carthage, Il., the county seat and were married in the old Cutler Hotel. On July 1881, a son, Everett, was born and about this time the "Kansas or Bust" rush was on, so Mr. Farmer chartered a car and shipped his livestock and furniture and feed to Kansas. They homesteaded near Pratt, Kansas in a dug-out until their home was finished. On Oct. 18, 1884, their little son Everett, was bitten by a rattlesnake and passed away as it was difficult to find a doctor readily. Their crops failed and they were forced to return "busted" to Il. They struggled along and finally bought a team of horses and started anew. In Jan. 18, 1894, a daughter Rosalea was born. Rosalea, is now Mrs. Frank Bliven of Colchester, Il. Mrs. Farmer has always been a very busy woman piecing quilts, making many wedding dresses for the older residents of Colchester, and she has done beautiful crocheting and needlework. She had been a member of the Eastern Star for over half a century.
BORN : 29, Sept. 1857 near Tennessee, daughter of Albert and Jane (Bowman) Walty.
RESIDED : Carthage and Plymouth communities during her earlier life. In 1882, she and her husband homesteaded in Kansas, where they lived for 6 years, then moved to SW MO and later came back to Il. where she spent the rest of her life.
MARRIED : 14 Oct. 1880 to Eli Farmer of Carthage, who died in 1933.
OCCUPATION : Operated a millinery shop and was a seamstress in Colchester for many years.
ORGANIZATION : Past Matron of Eastern Star.
CHILDREN : Mrs. Frank (Roalea) Bliven of Colchester, son Everett died in Kansas of rattlesnake bite at the age of 3 years.
GRANDCHILDREN : 4 grandchildren, 12 great grandchildren and 1 great great grandchild.
DIED : Thurs. 7 May 1964 at the age of 106 at Helton Nursing Home in Colchester.
FUNERAL : Sun. 10 May 1964 at the Colchester Christian Church.
BURIAL : Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
Colchester Independent 14 May 1964.
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