Farrar Family - Ourfolk
Amos Farrar 5 MAR 1796 - JUL 1832
Amos was born on 5 MAR 1796 in Concord, Mass. and died on JUL 1832 in Galena .
He was the son of Jacob Farrar (15 FEB 1750 - 8 MAR 1820) and Elizabeth Haywood (Farrar) (D: 15 MAY 1796).
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| Parents | Grand Parents | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Jacob Farrar (8 OCT 1722 - 20 DEC 1787) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌈ Jacob Farrar (15 FEB 1750 - 8 MAR 1820) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Mary Merriam (Farrar) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Amos Farrar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ⌊ Elizabeth Haywood (Farrar) (D: 15 MAY 1796) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American Indian trader. Partner of George Davenport & Russell Farnham-traders on the Mississippi River.
Married to Black Thunder (Fox Indian)-had family in Galena. Amos' family died from white men's diseases, except for one daughter. 1831 married Sophia Gear in Galena. Sophia raised Amos' Indian daughter, who died in 1855. They had one daughter, who died at 7. Sophia Gear Farrar was born in 1800. Died in Galena in 1883.
I own building which houses Amos' warehouse. He converted it to his home in 1831...I have done research on all users of this building...upright timbered structure in Galena Historic District. Two letters of Amos' from 1820 and 1821 in Yale Library. Also have records from his trading post, (Original ledger at Agustana College, Rock Island Ill.)
email from Marilyn Johnson, Gelena, Ill. Aug 2007)
Married to Black Thunder (Fox Indian)-had family in Galena. Amos' family died from white men's diseases, except for one daughter. 1831 married Sophia Gear in Galena. Sophia raised Amos' Indian daughter, who died in 1855. They had one daughter, who died at 7. Sophia Gear Farrar was born in 1800. Died in Galena in 1883.
I own building which houses Amos' warehouse. He converted it to his home in 1831...I have done research on all users of this building...upright timbered structure in Galena Historic District. Two letters of Amos' from 1820 and 1821 in Yale Library. Also have records from his trading post, (Original ledger at Agustana College, Rock Island Ill.)
email from Marilyn Johnson, Gelena, Ill. Aug 2007)
Last change (on this page): 15 OCT 2018