CHARLES FARNUM WAS BORN ABT. 1847 IN GROVELAND, OAKLAND CO , MICH.. HE WAS THE SON OF OTIS & MARIE BROWN FARNUM. THE FAMILY MIGRATED WESTWARD ABT. 1851. CHARLES' FATHER WAS A CAPT. OF THE " HOME GUARDS " IN KANSAS TERR..IN THE EARLY 1860'S HE GOT SEPERATED FROM HIS FAMILY . WHEN HE RETURNED TO NEMAHA CO. AREA OF THE KANSAS TERR. FOUND HIS FAMILY HAD MOVED ON TO ?? .
CHARLES AGE 23 IS LISTED ON THE 1870 CENSUS COLO. TERR. IN THE HOUSEHOLD OF NORTON GAGE FROM PA. & HIS FAMILY.THIS GAGE FAMILY WAS ALSO ON THE 1860 CENSUS IN NEMAHA CO , KANSAS TERR. AS OTIS FARNUM & HIS FAMILY.
OTIS WAS NEVER ABLE TO FIND HIS FAMILY BUT NEVER GAVE UP THE SEARCH UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1894. OTIS HIMSELF WAS MISSING UNTIL RECENTLY BUT HAS NOW BEEN FOUND . ALSO INCLUDES INFO PERTAING TO HIS YEARS AFTER SEPERATION FROM HIS FAMILY .
LOOKING FOR ANY LIVING DESCENDENTS OF CHARLES . WE NOW HAVE THE MISSING PIECES TO CHARLES' DAD. WOULD ENJOY HEARING FROM SOMEONE & HELP FILL IN SOME MISSING PIECES . A WONDERFUL FIND ON OTIS BUT INCLUDES A SAD TALE .HOPE TO HEAR FROM SOMEONE SOON.