BIRTH NAME IS CARRIE ILA BUT ALWAYS WENT BY HER MIDDLE NAME OF ILA. AND IN WRITING HER NAME FOR LEGAL PURPOSES, SIGNED HER NAME C. ILA FARNUM.SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF MILLINGTON H.S. CLASS OF 1909. AFTER SCHOOL SHE WORKED IN HER GRANDFATHERS store(HOMER BEACH - 2ND SETTLER OF MILLINGTON) IN MILLINGTON AT THE CORNER OF STATE & MAIN ST.. IN 1914 SHE MARRIED RUSSELL LEE FARNUM ALSO FROM MILLINGTON & IN 1916 THEY MOVED TO ASHLEY MI. WHERE THEY OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUG STORE (RUSS WAS A DRUGGIST).IN 1929 THEY MOVED ,ALONG WITH THEIR 2 SONS, TO SAGINAW; AND THERE THEY OPENED ANOTHER R.L. FARNUM DRUGS ON COURT ST. AT THE CORNER OF MASON.THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR BOTH FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE MOVED FROM MICH IN 1960 BUT DID RETURN FOR VISITS.SHE SPOKE WARMLY OF HER TIMES AND MEMORIES OF MILLINGTON. SHE ALWAYS MADE IT SOUND LIKE A WARM, LOVING PLACE TO LIVE.HER HUSBAND CAME HOME TO MILLINGTON FOR BURIEL SO WHEN IT WAS HER TIME, HER ASHES WERE BROUGHT HOME TOO AND PLACED NEXT TO RUSS.
BIRTH NAME IS CARRIE ILA BUT ALWAYS WENT BY HER MIDDLE NAME OF ILA. AND IN WRITING HER NAME FOR LEGAL PURPOSES, SIGNED HER NAME C. ILA FARNUM.SHE WAS A GRADUATE OF MILLINGTON H.S. CLASS OF 1909. AFTER SCHOOL SHE WORKED IN HER GRANDFATHERS store(HOMER BEACH - 2ND SETTLER OF MILLINGTON) IN MILLINGTON AT THE CORNER OF STATE & MAIN ST.. IN 1914 SHE MARRIED RUSSELL LEE FARNUM ALSO FROM MILLINGTON & IN 1916 THEY MOVED TO ASHLEY MI. WHERE THEY OPENED THE R.L. FARNUM DRUG STORE (RUSS WAS A DRUGGIST).IN 1929 THEY MOVED ,ALONG WITH THEIR 2 SONS, TO SAGINAW; AND THERE THEY OPENED ANOTHER R.L. FARNUM DRUGS ON COURT ST. AT THE CORNER OF MASON.THERE WERE REGULAR TRIPS BACK TO MILLINGTON FOR BOTH FARNUM & BEACH FAMILY GATHERINGS. SHE MOVED FROM MICH IN 1960 BUT DID RETURN FOR VISITS.SHE SPOKE WARMLY OF HER TIMES AND MEMORIES OF MILLINGTON. SHE ALWAYS MADE IT SOUND LIKE A WARM, LOVING PLACE TO LIVE.HER HUSBAND CAME HOME TO MILLINGTON FOR BURIEL SO WHEN IT WAS HER TIME, HER ASHES WERE BROUGHT HOME TOO AND PLACED NEXT TO RUSS.
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