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      Saturday August 15, 2026    
  In Memoriam

 
  Born this day in history:

1831 Joseph W. Wood Obituary
1845 Nancy C. (McCartney) Wiseman
1849 Sarah E. (Kelley) Stevens Obituary
1864 Metta (Koogler) Land Obituary
1868 Mae E. (Griffith) Wilmeth Obituary Homestead
1891 Emma E. (Slater) Donner Obituary
1910 Dorothy B. (Delap) Rieden Obituary
1911 Fordyce B. Kerr Obituary  ’29
1918 Kathleen S. (McNickle) Meyers Obituary  ’36
1930 Nadine (Whisler) Rieker Obituary 		  Died this day in history:

1893 Joseph W Marsden Timber Culture
1897 Nathan Dodd
1915 Edna J. (Grove) Schneider
1922 Bertha M. (Wicks) Nickerson
1934 William A. Wallingford Obituary Homestead
1952 Alta S. (Kauffman) Winter Timber Culture
1964 Julia V. (DeLate) Hill Obituary  ’10
1966 Emma L. (Klein) Darnall Obituary
1983 Roy W. McCarl
2011 Harley Uhrich
2020 Bettye (Kotschwar) Cross Obituary  ’43
2022 Jack E. Bellamy Obituary  ’52
2025 Jerald A. "Jerry" Cox Obituary
News from this week in Farnam history:
8/15
  – Keystone Items - 15 August 1885 (1885)
8/16
  – World War I Draft (1917)
8/17
  – Co L 5th Reg NNG (8/6/1916) (1916)
8/18
  – Thiefs Caught in Act (1960)
8/20
  – Greenlee Home Destroyed by Fire (1925)
  – James Heumphreus Shot (1936)

Recently posted obituaries, news articles and photos
 

Homestead events on this day in history
   
Final proof filed:

1891 Alfred Peterson Homestead
1891 Maria Rylander Homestead
1893 Joseph C. Hughes Homestead
1898 James P. Johnson Obituary Timber Culture Homestead
1898 Alexander Trindel Timber Culture Homestead
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 ’00 = Farnam High School Class of 1900
Patent Type: Cash Entry     Homestead    Timber Culture

Published: 7/14/2026 - http://historicfarnam.us
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