Two Hundred Years of Our American Families

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Elijah FARMER
 b. 12 NOV 1816, TN
 m. Mary M. MCCALLON
 d. 17 OCT 1886, Kingston, Hunt County TX
 Kingston Cemetery, Hunt County TX

Mary Margaret MCCALLON
 b. 25 JUL 1824, TN
 m. Elijah FARMER
 d. 26 JUN 1884, Kingston, Hunt County TX
 Kingston Cemetery, Hunt County TX

CHILDREN

1. Hettie A. FARMER
    b. ~1843, MO
    m. Unknown
    d. Unknown
   
   
2. James William FARMER
    b. 19 JUN 1842, MO
    m. Sarah Margaret MAXWELL
    d. 7 JAN 1928, Dublin, Erath County TX
    West End Cemetery, Erath County TX
   
   
3. John F. FARMER
    b. ~1848, TN
    d. before 1860
   
   
4. Eliza Jane FARMER
    b. 1 OCT 1851, TN
    m. Joseph Anton EDELBROCK
    d. 20 MAR 1939, Fort Worth, Tarrant County TX
   
   
5. Emily May FARMER
    b. 26 APR 1859, MO
    d. 24 JAN 1883
    Kingston Cemetery, Hunt County TX
   
   
6. Price Davis FARMER
    b. 17 SEP 1861, MO
    m. Laura Etta PATE
    d. 5 SEP 1944, Hunt County TX
    Kingston Cemetery, Hunt County TX

The first census we find for Elijah and Mary A. Farmer is in Rhea County TN in 1850. Living with them is Hettie A., 7; James W., 5; John F., 2; Sarah J. Mitchell, 26, TN; and Maranda Thompson, age unknown, of TN. I suspect that Sarah J. is Mary's sister and Maranda Thompson is their mother, though I cannot verify this.

Next door, in Meigs County TN, lives Thomas S. Farmer, 25, and his wife Ellen Jane, 24. Their children are John M., 6; Newton R., 5; Mary A., 3; Sarah Jane, 1., and James Majors, 23. A subsequent census suggests that Thomas E. is Elijah's brother.

Elijah and his family are in Newton County MO, in 1860. Their children are Hettie A., 17; James, 15; Eliza, 9; and Emily, 2. Next door is the widowed Ellen J. Farmer and her children, John D., 17; Newton, 15; Mary, 12; Sarah, 9; William, 7; and Thomas, 5.

In 1870, Elijah and his family are in Pleasant Hill, Cass County MO. Elijah is running boarding house. Their children are listed as: Ettie A., 24; James W., 22; Eliza J., 19; Emily M., 11; Price L, 8; Ellen M., 6.

In 1880, Elijah and Mary live next door to the James H. and Amanda Lavina Maxwell family. James W. Farmer is the head of the family, married to Sarah M. [Maxwell]. Living with them is Elijah, 63, father; Mary M., 56, mother; Price D., 18, brother; and Emily M., 22, sister. In this census, both Elijah's and Mary's parents are listed as born in Ireland.

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