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FARNHAM Gersham

Male 1790 - 1869  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  FARNHAM Gersham was born on 13 Aug 1790; died on 15 Oct 1869 in Brooksville, ME.

    Notes:

    NOTE:from a 2002 email from Lloyd E. Shelleman, his g-grandson, quoted section from his grandfather Alton Townsend.--"When shipbuilding went down my grandfather Farnham [Benjamin] went up to Aroostook and took up a lot of wildland for a farm. I have understood that he walked up and back a couple of times, it was about 150 miles from Castine, and a good part of the way through the woods. His first lot of land was near Presque Isle and is now (1955) known as the Hayden Farm. He hadn't cleared away land but built a log cabin on it and was working away hewing timber, as he was an expert axman, and when he came home he found his cabin burned down. Then he went back to Castine to work in the shipyard again. The later he went back again and took up another lot in the town of Easton, and lived there until he died at the age of 86." List of Gersham children and dates from Bevery Farnham Henry, sent in same email from Lloyd.

    Gersham married TAPLEY Alis Elsy (Elsie) on 10 Dec 1830. Alis (daughter of TAPLEY Peletiah and STOVER Sally) was born on 25 Aug 1799; died on 05 Nov 1878. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. FARNHAM Mary A.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 03 Sep 1831; died on 12 Nov 1856 in Brooksville, ME.
    2. 3. FARNHAM Hannah  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Oct 1834.
    3. 4. FARNHAM John Fred  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Sep 1836.
    4. 5. FARNHAM George M.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 20 Dec 1838; died in 1916 in Brooksville, ME.
    5. 6. FARNHAM Emeline  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1842.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  FARNHAM Mary A. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gersham1) was born on 03 Sep 1831; died on 12 Nov 1856 in Brooksville, ME.

    Family/Spouse: GRINDLE Mark Hatch. Mark was born on 12 Oct 1827 in Brooksville, ME; died on 21 Jul 1906 in Brooksville, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 7. GRINDLE Flora H.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Mar 1851.
    2. 8. GRINDLE Elwood Erastus  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 09 Oct 1855 in Brooksville, ME; died on 17 Apr 1912 in Stonington, ME.

  2. 3.  FARNHAM Hannah Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gersham1) was born on 14 Oct 1834.

  3. 4.  FARNHAM John Fred Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gersham1) was born on 14 Sep 1836.

  4. 5.  FARNHAM George M. Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gersham1) was born on 20 Dec 1838; died in 1916 in Brooksville, ME.

    Notes:

    George was in the Civil War from sept. 10, 1862 to Aug. 17, 1863

    Family/Spouse: BOLTON Mary J.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 6.  FARNHAM Emeline Descendancy chart to this point (1.Gersham1) was born on 12 Oct 1842.


Generation: 3

  1. 7.  GRINDLE Flora H. Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Gersham1) was born on 12 Mar 1851.

    Notes:

    When I was a little girl my grandmother, Araminta, used to say that her grandmother was a witch. A good witch mind you. She was apparently a mid-wife and herbalist and she "sat with the dead" after the formal wake was over. She was apparently a respected healer in her community of Castine. She had a "big black book of herbal lore and "spells" that Gram used to mention was taken by the "Green side of the family". Flora was married twice, first to a man whose last name was Green and lastly to my Great-Great Grandfather, Amos J. Perkins.

    The psychic part comes in when her second husband was lost at sea. She was apparently upstairs in her little house in Castine when she heard some coach wheels and a horse pull up at the house. She looked out the window and saw a black coach and horse with a single lit lantern swinging in front. Knowing that this was the coach that sent messages of loved ones lost at sea, she knew that her husband Amos was dead.

    She went downstairs to greet the messenger formally, but when she got to the front door, the coach had disappeared! A few days later the real coach showed up and she knew that what she had seen was a "sending". Pretty spooky, huh? I guess it's a little late for Halloween...By the way, the story was passed from Flora's daughter Minta to my grandmother to me. Minta apparently had a reputation for telling a pretty mean ghost story.

    Family/Spouse: GREEN Frank M.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Family/Spouse: PERKINS Capt. Amos Jerome. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 8.  GRINDLE Elwood Erastus Descendancy chart to this point (2.Mary2, 1.Gersham1) was born on 09 Oct 1855 in Brooksville, ME; died on 17 Apr 1912 in Stonington, ME.

    Notes:

    Died:
    bur.Woodlawn Cemetery, Stonington, ME

    Elwood married LIMEBURNER Emma Phebe on 25 Dec 1876. Emma (daughter of LIMEBURNER William and FARNHAM Mary) was born on 30 Nov 1858 in Brooksville, ME; died on 20 Mar 1937 in Camden, ME. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 9. GRINDLE Elnora "Nora" May  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 Mar 1877 in Brooksville, ME; died on 07 Aug 1940 in Stonington, ME.
    2. 10. GRINDLE Augusta "Gus" W.  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Jan 1879; died on 14 Jul 1931.
    3. 11. GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 06 Jul 1882; died on 16 Sep 1920.


Generation: 4

  1. 9.  GRINDLE Elnora "Nora" May Descendancy chart to this point (8.Elwood3, 2.Mary2, 1.Gersham1) was born on 30 Mar 1877 in Brooksville, ME; died on 07 Aug 1940 in Stonington, ME.

    Elnora married SIMPSON Fred T. on 21 Mar 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. SIMPSON Virginia Grindle  Descendancy chart to this point died in Feb 1942.

  2. 10.  GRINDLE Augusta "Gus" W. Descendancy chart to this point (8.Elwood3, 2.Mary2, 1.Gersham1) was born on 18 Jan 1879; died on 14 Jul 1931.

    Augusta married GILLEY Clayton on 29 Oct 1897. Clayton died on 14 Feb 1934. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 13. GILLEY Rudolph Hurlbert  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Mar 1899.

  3. 11.  GRINDLE Agatha "Aggie" Cole Descendancy chart to this point (8.Elwood3, 2.Mary2, 1.Gersham1) was born on 06 Jul 1882; died on 16 Sep 1920.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Stonington, ME
    (drowned in a well in Stonington)

    Agatha married COUSINS Robert Knowlton on 01 Jan 1908. Robert (son of COUSINS Charles Cousins and HOLDEN Melissa Elwood (Colby) Davis) was born on 31 Jul 1883; died in 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 14. COUSINS Rebecca Imogene  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 11 Oct 1910; died on 11 Oct 2002.
    2. 15. COUSINS Helene "Lar" Elwood  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 17 May 1916; died on 26 Dec 1986.