FARNHAM, Emma Berintha (nee Lower) Coffin 1859-1928

FARNHAM, LOWER, COFFIN, DAVRE

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 3/12/2010 at 11:18:53

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Emma Farnham,

FORMER OSAGE TEACHER
DIES AT CHARLES CITY

Mrs. Emma L. Farnham was Stepmother of Mrs. Louis Savre.

Mrs. Emma Lower Farnham, stepmother of Mrs. Louis Davre, died Sunday night at her late home in Charles City after an illness of two weeks. She had been a resident of that city for many years. Other stepchildren surviving are Benton and Ralph Farnham of Charles City.

As Miss Emma Lower, she was one of the successful teachers in the Osage public schools and there are pupils still living here, past middle life, who remember with affection her gracious personality in the school room.

Her first husband was F. F. Coffin, a prominent attorney. A number of years after his death she was married to Mr. Farnham of Charles City.

Submitted 2005 - Marilyn O'Connor
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Emma Berintha (nee Lower) Farnham was born on February 20, 1859 Osage, Mitchell county, Iowa, and died on April 29, 1928, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa. She is buried in the Osage cemetery.

She was the daughter of Charles Bertrand Lower, 1825-1895, and Mary A. (Parker) Lower, 1829-1912, both of whom are buried in Osage. Note that the cemetery records have Mary's name as "Mary A. (Parks) Lower" but her maiden name was "Parker."

Emma first married Frederick F. Coffin, born January 1, 1858; died March 5, 1890. He is buried in Osage cemetery.

After Frederick's death she married Samuel Fisk Farnham, born May 23, 1846, and died May 26, 1897. He is buried in Riverside cemetery, Charles City, Floyd, Iowa. Frederick's first wife was Phoebe Johnson Farnham; she died in 1881 and is also buried there.

[From Diane Scott]
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Emma B. Farnham was born in Osage, Iowa, February 20, 1859, and died in Charles City April 29, 1928. Burial was at Osage. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lower.

As Emma Lower, she was a teacher in Osage public schools in 1879 when she was married to Frederick F. Coffin, a lawyer of Osage. She assisted him in his law practice. Mr. Coffin died in 1890, and in 1893 she was married to Samuel Fiske Farnham, a banker of Charles City, and thereafter resided there.

She was acquainted with the best in literature, had traveled extensively in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and had been three times to Europe. She was a woman of talent, had a strong personality, and exercised a positive influence for good.

Source: Annals of Iowa, Third Series, Vol. XVI, No. 7, January 1929, Pg. 560.

(Submitted to IaGenWeb by Errin Wilker, 7/27/2014)

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