Historic Farnam

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Monday June 26, 2017

In Memoriam

Died	Name	Cemetery

6/19	Ross Klein	Maywood, NE
6/9	June L. (Hilton) Walker	Farnam, NE
5/17	Jeffry Allen Pike ’88	Wymore, NE
5/8	Patricia (Rowland) (Wear) Soundy ’41	Minden, NE
5/4	E. Gloe (Gewecke) McKim ’47	Maxwell, NE

Born this day in history:

1825 Annie A. (Palmer) Leedham
1874 Charles B. Hampson
1882 Grace E. (Orner) (Johnstone) Wharton
1885 Bertha L. (Wagner) Jones
1887 Maude Mae (Todd) McLaughlin
1898 Wells Carpenter Jones

’15
1907 Ernest W. Klein
1926 Dale E. "Doc" Devine
1933 Grace M. (Dodd) Babcock

Died this day in history:

1900 Henry A. Maloney
1922 Kenneth Walter Smallfoot
1924 Olevia H. (Cheney) Wilcox
1925 Warren Darr Kestler
1927 Martha L. (Land) Davison
1927 Grace Belle (Brock) Murray
1982 Mildred Fern (Armitage) Miller

’22
2005 Marion I. Thomas

News from this month in Farnam history:

6/18/1914
  – HERE'S THE PROGRAM
  – Narrowly Escaped Drowning
6/23/1922
  – HORSE DRAGS A. GEWECKE
  – NEW H.S. BEING ERECTED
  – Pioneers of 1880s
6/24/1937
  – Black Blizzard Follows Heat
  – FREAK CHICKEN
  – Meanest Person in Town
  – Passing of Ingham High
7/2/1904
  – Ingham 4th of July
7/4/1885
  – Keystone Items - 4 July 1885
7/7/1921
  – Man Injured in Runaway
7/9/1914
  – Successful Celebration

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos

6/21/2017
  – Klein, Ross (1929-2017)

6/15/2017
  – Walker, June L. (Hilton) (1933-2017)

6/12/2017
  – Van Horn, William S. (1868-1940)

Miscellaneous additions:
History Book - The Farnam Centennial history book (1982) has been scanned and published to this site. HTML versions of each section are also being prepared and added as time allows. [updated 3/16/2017]

On the History Book page you will also find an Index of names in the print edition and an Index of names of Farnam High School graduates.

Homestead events on this day in history

Final proof filed:

1888 Amanda (Lockwood) Barry