Farmer, John

  • Posted on: 11 March 2016
  • By: mridout
Primary Name
First Name: 
John
Surname: 
Farmer
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
June
Birth Day: 
23
Birth Year: 
1804
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=farmer&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1895&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=112491179&df=all&
Title of Webpage: 
Find a Grave
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Death Info
Death Date Prefix: 
Circa
Death Month: 
February
Death Day: 
14
Death Year: 
1895
Death Note: 
John Farmer was buried February 16, 1895
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=farmer&GSfn=john&GSbyrel=all&GSdy=1895&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=112491179&df=all&
Title of Webpage: 
Find a Grave
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Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Seward Context: 
Official/Professional
Profession: 
Owner of local brickyard
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
In 1864, John Farmer bought 25 acres of land from William H. Seward, directly north of Harriet Tubman’s seven acres.30 There he operated a brickyard and built, probably about 1870, the frame structure that Harriet Tubman bought at auction in 1896 and that ultimately became Tubman’s Home for the Aged. That land also included the brick building that became John Brown Hall, which Farmer may have used as a tenant house and/or office for the brickyard. William Jr. writes to Fred in 18641200WSJ_FWS- "I have sold all the Burton farm to John Farmer with the exception of a lot on the south side the same size of Mrs Tubmans . The first sold to Farmer is about 25 acres and he is to have a deed, pay $500 down & give a Bond & Mtg for $2000 payable in four equal annual installments of $500 each with interest."
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://www.cayugacounty.us/portals/0/history/ugrr/report/PDF/5g.pdf
Title of Webpage: 
Sites Relating to the Underground Railroad, Abolitionism, African American Life
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Extra information from Google Docs spreadsheet
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Editorial Information
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