RUSS IS THE SON OF CHARLES & ELIZA GLYNN FARNUM, BOTH OF MILLINGTON.AND A GRANDSON OF MOSES & ELLEN KING FARNUM "ATWOOD", BOTH EARLY PIONEER SETTLERS . HE GRADUATED MILLINGTON H.S. CLASS OF 1911. HE WAS INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND WAS A MEMBER OF MILLINGTONS 1911 CHAMPION BASEBALL TEAM . HE WORKED IN THE HENDERSON DRUG STORE IN MILLINGTON AND IN 1912 ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM THE SANDUSKY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. HE MARRIED (CARRIE) ILA BEACH OF MILLINGTON IN 1914 AND IN 1916 THEY MOVED TO ASHLEY MI. AND OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUG STORE
.ABOUT 1923 MOVED TO ALMA TO OPERATE A DRUG STORE THERE. IN 1929 HE MOVED HIS FAMILY(2 SONS)TO SAGINAW MI. AND WAS A DRUG SALESMAN TILL 1940 WHEN HE OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUGS AT THE CORNER OF COURT & MASON ST.. THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS . WHEN HE PASSED IN 1957, HE WAS BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIEL . HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ASHLEY MI. MASONS IN 1917 AND WAS A 39+ YEARS MEMBER WHEN HE DIED. WHILE A MEMBER HE ROSE THROUGH THE 12 LEVELS TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .On Aug 15,2009 at the Farnum family reunion in Millington,his Knights Templar sword was donated to the Millington-Arbela Historical Society & Museum, who have been entrusted as the next good stewarts of his personal sword ,legacy & memory.
.ABOUT 1923 MOVED TO ALMA TO OPERATE A DRUG STORE THERE. IN 1929 HE MOVED HIS FAMILY(2 SONS)TO SAGINAW MI. AND WAS A DRUG SALESMAN TILL 1940 WHEN HE OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUGS AT THE CORNER OF COURT & MASON ST.. THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS . WHEN HE PASSED IN 1957, HE WAS BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIEL . HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ASHLEY MI. MASONS IN 1917 AND WAS A 39+ YEARS MEMBER WHEN HE DIED. WHILE A MEMBER HE ROSE THROUGH THE 12 LEVELS TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .On Aug 15,2009 at the Farnum family reunion in Millington,his Knights Templar sword was donated to the Millington-Arbela Historical Society & Museum, who have been entrusted as the next good stewarts of his personal sword ,legacy & memory.
RUSS IS THE SON OF CHARLES & ELIZA GLYNN FARNUM, BOTH OF MILLINGTON.AND A GRANDSON OF MOSES & ELLEN KING FARNUM "ATWOOD", BOTH EARLY PIONEER SETTLERS . HE GRADUATED MILLINGTON H.S. CLASS OF 1911. HE WAS INVOLVED IN SPORTS AND WAS A MEMBER OF MILLINGTONS 1911 CHAMPION BASEBALL TEAM . HE WORKED IN THE HENDERSON DRUG STORE IN MILLINGTON AND IN 1912 ATTENDED AND GRADUATED FROM THE SANDUSKY SCHOOL OF PHARMACY. HE MARRIED (CARRIE) ILA BEACH OF MILLINGTON IN 1914 AND IN 1916 THEY MOVED TO ASHLEY MI. AND OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUG STORE
.ABOUT 1923 MOVED TO ALMA TO OPERATE A DRUG STORE THERE. IN 1929 HE MOVED HIS FAMILY(2 SONS)TO SAGINAW MI. AND WAS A DRUG SALESMAN TILL 1940 WHEN HE OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUGS AT THE CORNER OF COURT & MASON ST.. THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS . WHEN HE PASSED IN 1957, HE WAS BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIEL . HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ASHLEY MI. MASONS IN 1917 AND WAS A 39+ YEARS MEMBER WHEN HE DIED. WHILE A MEMBER HE ROSE THROUGH THE 12 LEVELS TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .On Aug 15,2009 at the Farnum family reunion in Millington,his Knights Templar sword was donated to the Millington-Arbela Historical Society & Museum, who have been entrusted as the next good stewarts of his personal sword ,legacy & memory.
.ABOUT 1923 MOVED TO ALMA TO OPERATE A DRUG STORE THERE. IN 1929 HE MOVED HIS FAMILY(2 SONS)TO SAGINAW MI. AND WAS A DRUG SALESMAN TILL 1940 WHEN HE OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUGS AT THE CORNER OF COURT & MASON ST.. THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS . WHEN HE PASSED IN 1957, HE WAS BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIEL . HE BECAME A MEMBER OF THE ASHLEY MI. MASONS IN 1917 AND WAS A 39+ YEARS MEMBER WHEN HE DIED. WHILE A MEMBER HE ROSE THROUGH THE 12 LEVELS TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR .On Aug 15,2009 at the Farnum family reunion in Millington,his Knights Templar sword was donated to the Millington-Arbela Historical Society & Museum, who have been entrusted as the next good stewarts of his personal sword ,legacy & memory.
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