Person

John Farmer (Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer)

b. 1812-06-30 d. 1908-11-06

Jackson County, Kentucky, farmer. Kentucky native. Married to Lucy "Icy" Frost. Father of Orpha Farmer, Denton Farmer, Simpson Farmer, Neal Farmer, Houston Farmer, Graham Farmer, Jane Farmer, and Stephen Farmer. Married to Mary "Polly" Callahan Farmer in Owsley County, Kentucky, on January 28, 1856. Stepfather of Rebecca Callahan, Robert Callahan, Martha Callahan, and Nancy Callahan. Father of John T. Farmer and Andrew F. Farmer. Clerk of County Court in Hancock County, Tennessee, in 1850. Farmer in Jackson County, Kentucky, in 1860.

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Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Tennessee, Hancock County, Subdivision 33, pp. 56A-B.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Owsley County, District of Kentucky, p. 317B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, My Division, p. 883.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jackson County, Sturgeon, p. 243B.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records – Microfilm (1852-1910), KDLA, Roll #994027-994058, Owsley County Marriages, p. 5.

Find A Grave, "John "Jack" Farmer (1812-1908)," Memorial #5350190, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/5350190 (accessed April 7, 2020).

Citation

Farmer, John. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32210302 (November 12, 2026).

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