In 1887 at the age of 27, Clarence and his brother Wesley, traveled to Nebraska to look over land which was then open to homesteaders. It is not known whether they aquired land, but they both found a wife.
Clarence married Anna Rebecca Martin at Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE on Apri l 14, 1887. Six monthes later Wesley married Anna's niece, Ella Mumpower. And three years later both brothers, their wives and children returned to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA.
Shortly after Anna's death in 1894, Clarence Farnum and his children returned from Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA and resided with his mother a North Dakota sister Ada. A few years later Clarence and his children moved to Zion, Illinois. There he built a house at 1819 Hebron Avenue, where they lived until Clarence Farnum was killed on April 13, 1905 while working in a brick kiln. He was putting a harness on a new horse, which crushed him against the side of the stall. Clarence Farnum is buried at Mount Olivett Cemetery, about five miles west of Zion, Illinois.
Received from Josephine Knight.
Clarence married Anna Rebecca Martin at Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE on Apri l 14, 1887. Six monthes later Wesley married Anna's niece, Ella Mumpower. And three years later both brothers, their wives and children returned to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA.
Shortly after Anna's death in 1894, Clarence Farnum and his children returned from Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA and resided with his mother a North Dakota sister Ada. A few years later Clarence and his children moved to Zion, Illinois. There he built a house at 1819 Hebron Avenue, where they lived until Clarence Farnum was killed on April 13, 1905 while working in a brick kiln. He was putting a harness on a new horse, which crushed him against the side of the stall. Clarence Farnum is buried at Mount Olivett Cemetery, about five miles west of Zion, Illinois.
Received from Josephine Knight.
In 1887 at the age of 27, Clarence and his brother Wesley, traveled to Nebraska to look over land which was then open to homesteaders. It is not known whether they aquired land, but they both found a wife.
Clarence married Anna Rebecca Martin at Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE on Apri l 14, 1887. Six monthes later Wesley married Anna's niece, Ella Mumpower. And three years later both brothers, their wives and children returned to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA.
Shortly after Anna's death in 1894, Clarence Farnum and his children returned from Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA and resided with his mother a North Dakota sister Ada. A few years later Clarence and his children moved to Zion, Illinois. There he built a house at 1819 Hebron Avenue, where they lived until Clarence Farnum was killed on April 13, 1905 while working in a brick kiln. He was putting a harness on a new horse, which crushed him against the side of the stall. Clarence Farnum is buried at Mount Olivett Cemetery, about five miles west of Zion, Illinois.
Received from Josephine Knight.
Clarence married Anna Rebecca Martin at Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE on Apri l 14, 1887. Six monthes later Wesley married Anna's niece, Ella Mumpower. And three years later both brothers, their wives and children returned to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA.
Shortly after Anna's death in 1894, Clarence Farnum and his children returned from Blue Hill, Webster Co, NE to Sumner, Bremer Co, IA and resided with his mother a North Dakota sister Ada. A few years later Clarence and his children moved to Zion, Illinois. There he built a house at 1819 Hebron Avenue, where they lived until Clarence Farnum was killed on April 13, 1905 while working in a brick kiln. He was putting a harness on a new horse, which crushed him against the side of the stall. Clarence Farnum is buried at Mount Olivett Cemetery, about five miles west of Zion, Illinois.
Received from Josephine Knight.
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