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      Wednesday April 21, 2027    
  In Memoriam

 
  Born this day in history:

1852 Mary F. (Johnston) Kelly
1863 James A. Berwick Obituary Timber Culture Homestead
1873 Henry D. Beisner Obituary
1874 George Everett Merryfield
1876 Hannah (Amstutz) (Surfus) Wharton Obituary
1889 Fred (Ted) R. Waits
1924 Eugene Kenneth Carman
1931 Raymond M. Johnson Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1867 John Kelly
1904 Claude D. Martin Obituary
1910 W. Taylor Jones Obituary Homestead
1912 Louisa Jacobs
1923 Charity D. (Sanderson) Owen Obituary
1933 Robert A. Barton Cash Entry
1936 Benjamin F. Sherwood Obituary Homestead
1941 Hazel Della (Hampson) Armitage Obituary
1942 Judson Burrows Obituary Homestead
1959 John E. Ballard
1960 Mildred O. (Mayfield) (Adams) Starkey Obituary
1965 Edwin Ewing Obituary
1982 Hugh X. Farris
1983 Pearl E. (Nelson) Nickerson Obituary
1985 James Maurice Rowland  ’33
1995 Jay L. Rice Obituary
1996 Gladys E. (Oman) Dunkin Obituary  ’27
2009 Lloyd Gareth "Gary" Beery Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
4/21
  – Gym Project Has Been Approved (1938)
4/23
  – Strange Bird Identified (1931)
4/24
  – Letter From Siberia (1919)
  – Willis Bowling Severely Gassed (1919)
4/25
  – Flood of April 23-24, 1929 (1929)
  – Private L. E. Peterson (1918)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos
 

Homestead events on this day in history
 
Application filed:

1884 Mary E. (Miller) (Gerlits) Hogoboom Obituary Homestead
1885 Joseph Downard Obituary Homestead
1885 Granville B. Mayfield Homestead Timber Culture
1885 Carlisle M. Simonds Homestead
1886 Garnett S. Stinnette Obituary Homestead 		 
Final proof filed:

1888 Frank C Black Cash Entry
1888 Josepha C. (Lockwood) Doing Cash Entry Cash Entry
1888 J Dean Downer Cash Entry
1888 William T Higgins Cash Entry
1888 Winfield S Hoppock Cash Entry
1888 Charles Johnson Cash Entry
1888 Henry C. Jones Obituary Cash Entry Homestead
1888 William H Kelly Cash Entry
1888 Thomas Richardson Cash Entry Cash Entry
1899 Jesse H. Nall Homestead
KEY—where appearing in the text above, these icons are clickable links to more information
 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

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