Jeremiah W. Farnham
Jeremiah W. Farnham (born in
sea captain
.
Captain Jeremiah (Jerry) W. Farnham, is a well-known resident of
Seattle
grow from the time it was a very small town, and had always predicted a great future for the city.
At age 15, Farnham left his home in
master
of his own ship.
He came to the West Coast in 1859, and from that time made either
Seattle
his home.
Farnham sailed ships from
Seattle
his home.
In January 1905, at age 76, he was stricken with
heart disease, and had been confined to his home since then. When he died, Farnham was unmarried, and had a brother and two sisters, including Nancy S. Farnham, who married Captain George W. Boyd
.
References
- Lewis & Dryden's Marine History of the Pacific Northwest.
- Perry, F. Port Madison, Washington Territory 1854-1889, 1989.
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Feb. 21, 1905, p. 16, "Capt. J. W. Farnham Dies at Old Age".
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