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∼S/O DAVID & ESTER BROWN ATWOOD,MARRIED 1 MARY TERWILLIGER & HAD 3 CHILDREN,AFTER HER PASSING MARRIED ELLEN KING FARNUM OF MILLINGTON & HAD 2 DAUS.. WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN,RANK AT DISCHARGE 2ND LT..HIS OFFICER'S SWORD WAS DONATED TO THE MILLINGTON-ARBELA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN AUG 2009 AT THE DESCENDENTS OF MOSES FARNUM FAMILY REUNION.SAM WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF MILLINGTON & WITNESSED MUCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY,GROWTH & IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP.BEING AN ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY,IN THE EARLY DAYS HE BUILT & OWNED A HOTEL,WAS A FARMER,MACHANIC & CARPENTER,MAPPED THE 1ST PLOTTING OF THE AREA,WAS POST MASTER & TOWN CLERK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FIRST SEXTON OF THE MILLINGTON TWP. CEMETERY, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE G.A.R. POST & HELD SEVERAL OTHER OFFICES,A BOARD MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AMONG SOME OF HIS PROFILE.IN HIS LATER YEARS, EXACT YEAR NOT KNOWN, HE AUTHORED THE BOOK " A HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLINGTON,TUSCOLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN".
SAM'S 1ST WIFE & 3 CHILDREN SADLY PASSED YOUNG;ALL ARE BURIED IN THE MILLINGTON CEMETERY.WITH HIS 2ND MARRIAGE TO ELLEN FARNUM, HE WAS NOT ONLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HER RAISE HER 6 FARNUM CHILDREN BUT THEY HAD 2 DAUS.;BOTH WENT ON TO MARRY BUT LEFT HIM NO DESCENDENTS.IN THE NEWS PAPER ON HIS FUNERAL, IT IS REPORTED THAT HE WAS A BELOVED & REVERED CITIZEN, A LARGE CROWD OF THE TOWN'S FOLKS WALKED IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION INCLUDING THE TOWNS BAND & SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS.MANY LARGE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WERE AT HIS CHURCH & GRAVE SIDE SERVICES.IT ALL LIKELY GAVE ELLEN & HER FAMILY COMFORT TO SEE & RECEIVE THE TOWNS OUT POURING IN HIS PASSING.
SAM'S 41+ YEAR MARRIAGE TO ELLEN A. KING FARNUM REVEALS IN PICTURES & FAMILY HISTORY THAT HE HAD A CONNECTION & MAINTAINED A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL 13 OF MOSES FARNUM'S CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES.SAM IS A BELOVED STEP GT GR FATHER IN THE FAMILY TREE OF MOSES FARNUM'S DESCENDENTS.
∼S/O DAVID & ESTER BROWN ATWOOD,MARRIED 1 MARY TERWILLIGER & HAD 3 CHILDREN,AFTER HER PASSING MARRIED ELLEN KING FARNUM OF MILLINGTON & HAD 2 DAUS.. WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN,RANK AT DISCHARGE 2ND LT..HIS OFFICER'S SWORD WAS DONATED TO THE MILLINGTON-ARBELA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN AUG 2009 AT THE DESCENDENTS OF MOSES FARNUM FAMILY REUNION.SAM WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF MILLINGTON & WITNESSED MUCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY,GROWTH & IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP.BEING AN ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY,IN THE EARLY DAYS HE BUILT & OWNED A HOTEL,WAS A FARMER,MACHANIC & CARPENTER,MAPPED THE 1ST PLOTTING OF THE AREA,WAS POST MASTER & TOWN CLERK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FIRST SEXTON OF THE MILLINGTON TWP. CEMETERY, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE G.A.R. POST & HELD SEVERAL OTHER OFFICES,A BOARD MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AMONG SOME OF HIS PROFILE.IN HIS LATER YEARS, EXACT YEAR NOT KNOWN, HE AUTHORED THE BOOK " A HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLINGTON,TUSCOLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN".
SAM'S 1ST WIFE & 3 CHILDREN SADLY PASSED YOUNG;ALL ARE BURIED IN THE MILLINGTON CEMETERY.WITH HIS 2ND MARRIAGE TO ELLEN FARNUM, HE WAS NOT ONLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HER RAISE HER 6 FARNUM CHILDREN BUT THEY HAD 2 DAUS.;BOTH WENT ON TO MARRY BUT LEFT HIM NO DESCENDENTS.IN THE NEWS PAPER ON HIS FUNERAL, IT IS REPORTED THAT HE WAS A BELOVED & REVERED CITIZEN, A LARGE CROWD OF THE TOWN'S FOLKS WALKED IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION INCLUDING THE TOWNS BAND & SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS.MANY LARGE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WERE AT HIS CHURCH & GRAVE SIDE SERVICES.IT ALL LIKELY GAVE ELLEN & HER FAMILY COMFORT TO SEE & RECEIVE THE TOWNS OUT POURING IN HIS PASSING.
SAM'S 41+ YEAR MARRIAGE TO ELLEN A. KING FARNUM REVEALS IN PICTURES & FAMILY HISTORY THAT HE HAD A CONNECTION & MAINTAINED A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL 13 OF MOSES FARNUM'S CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES.SAM IS A BELOVED STEP GT GR FATHER IN THE FAMILY TREE OF MOSES FARNUM'S DESCENDENTS.
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∼S/O DAVID & ESTER BROWN ATWOOD,MARRIED 1 MARY TERWILLIGER & HAD 3 CHILDREN,AFTER HER PASSING MARRIED ELLEN KING FARNUM OF MILLINGTON & HAD 2 DAUS.. WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN,RANK AT DISCHARGE 2ND LT..HIS OFFICER'S SWORD WAS DONATED TO THE MILLINGTON-ARBELA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN AUG 2009 AT THE DESCENDENTS OF MOSES FARNUM FAMILY REUNION.SAM WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF MILLINGTON & WITNESSED MUCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY,GROWTH & IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP.BEING AN ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY,IN THE EARLY DAYS HE BUILT & OWNED A HOTEL,WAS A FARMER,MACHANIC & CARPENTER,MAPPED THE 1ST PLOTTING OF THE AREA,WAS POST MASTER & TOWN CLERK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FIRST SEXTON OF THE MILLINGTON TWP. CEMETERY, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE G.A.R. POST & HELD SEVERAL OTHER OFFICES,A BOARD MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AMONG SOME OF HIS PROFILE.IN HIS LATER YEARS, EXACT YEAR NOT KNOWN, HE AUTHORED THE BOOK " A HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLINGTON,TUSCOLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN".
SAM'S 1ST WIFE & 3 CHILDREN SADLY PASSED YOUNG;ALL ARE BURIED IN THE MILLINGTON CEMETERY.WITH HIS 2ND MARRIAGE TO ELLEN FARNUM, HE WAS NOT ONLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HER RAISE HER 6 FARNUM CHILDREN BUT THEY HAD 2 DAUS.;BOTH WENT ON TO MARRY BUT LEFT HIM NO DESCENDENTS.IN THE NEWS PAPER ON HIS FUNERAL, IT IS REPORTED THAT HE WAS A BELOVED & REVERED CITIZEN, A LARGE CROWD OF THE TOWN'S FOLKS WALKED IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION INCLUDING THE TOWNS BAND & SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS.MANY LARGE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WERE AT HIS CHURCH & GRAVE SIDE SERVICES.IT ALL LIKELY GAVE ELLEN & HER FAMILY COMFORT TO SEE & RECEIVE THE TOWNS OUT POURING IN HIS PASSING.
SAM'S 41+ YEAR MARRIAGE TO ELLEN A. KING FARNUM REVEALS IN PICTURES & FAMILY HISTORY THAT HE HAD A CONNECTION & MAINTAINED A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL 13 OF MOSES FARNUM'S CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES.SAM IS A BELOVED STEP GT GR FATHER IN THE FAMILY TREE OF MOSES FARNUM'S DESCENDENTS.
∼S/O DAVID & ESTER BROWN ATWOOD,MARRIED 1 MARY TERWILLIGER & HAD 3 CHILDREN,AFTER HER PASSING MARRIED ELLEN KING FARNUM OF MILLINGTON & HAD 2 DAUS.. WAS A CIVIL WAR VETERAN,RANK AT DISCHARGE 2ND LT..HIS OFFICER'S SWORD WAS DONATED TO THE MILLINGTON-ARBELA HISTORICAL SOCIETY IN AUG 2009 AT THE DESCENDENTS OF MOSES FARNUM FAMILY REUNION.SAM WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF MILLINGTON & WITNESSED MUCH OF THE EARLY HISTORY,GROWTH & IMPROVEMENTS OF THE TOWNSHIP.BEING AN ACTIVE CITIZEN OF THE COMMUNITY,IN THE EARLY DAYS HE BUILT & OWNED A HOTEL,WAS A FARMER,MACHANIC & CARPENTER,MAPPED THE 1ST PLOTTING OF THE AREA,WAS POST MASTER & TOWN CLERK FOR SEVERAL YEARS, FIRST SEXTON OF THE MILLINGTON TWP. CEMETERY, PAST PRESIDENT OF THE G.A.R. POST & HELD SEVERAL OTHER OFFICES,A BOARD MEMBER OF THE METHODIST CHURCH AMONG SOME OF HIS PROFILE.IN HIS LATER YEARS, EXACT YEAR NOT KNOWN, HE AUTHORED THE BOOK " A HISTORY OF THE TOWNSHIP OF MILLINGTON,TUSCOLA COUNTY, MICHIGAN".
SAM'S 1ST WIFE & 3 CHILDREN SADLY PASSED YOUNG;ALL ARE BURIED IN THE MILLINGTON CEMETERY.WITH HIS 2ND MARRIAGE TO ELLEN FARNUM, HE WAS NOT ONLY INSTRUMENTAL IN HELPING HER RAISE HER 6 FARNUM CHILDREN BUT THEY HAD 2 DAUS.;BOTH WENT ON TO MARRY BUT LEFT HIM NO DESCENDENTS.IN THE NEWS PAPER ON HIS FUNERAL, IT IS REPORTED THAT HE WAS A BELOVED & REVERED CITIZEN, A LARGE CROWD OF THE TOWN'S FOLKS WALKED IN THE FUNERAL PROCESSION INCLUDING THE TOWNS BAND & SCHOOL CHILDREN WAVING AMERICAN FLAGS.MANY LARGE FLOWER ARRANGEMENTS WERE AT HIS CHURCH & GRAVE SIDE SERVICES.IT ALL LIKELY GAVE ELLEN & HER FAMILY COMFORT TO SEE & RECEIVE THE TOWNS OUT POURING IN HIS PASSING.
SAM'S 41+ YEAR MARRIAGE TO ELLEN A. KING FARNUM REVEALS IN PICTURES & FAMILY HISTORY THAT HE HAD A CONNECTION & MAINTAINED A RELATIONSHIP WITH ALL 13 OF MOSES FARNUM'S CHILDREN & THEIR FAMILIES.SAM IS A BELOVED STEP GT GR FATHER IN THE FAMILY TREE OF MOSES FARNUM'S DESCENDENTS.
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