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George Thomas Farmer

Birth	:	14 Jan 1859 Hamburg, Fremont County, Iowa, USA
Death	:	18 Apr 1927 Santa Clara County, California, USA
Burial	:	Hanford Cemetery, Hanford, Kings County, USA
Coordinate	:	36.3222008, -119.6355972
Description	:	Born at Hamburg, Fremont county, Ia., January 14, 1859, George T. Farmer was a son of John M. and Martha J. (Utterback) Farmer. Attending school until he was sixteen he then came to California, arriving in what is now Kings county, on March 11, 1875. On April 17, following, he was employed in the construction of the People's ditch, but a little later he was heading grain on the present site of Lemoore, and in the fall of that year he was hauling lumber. Later, in association with his uncle, William T. Farmer, he was raising wheat and buying hogs,... Read More	Born at Hamburg, Fremont county, Ia., January 14, 1859, George T. Farmer was a son of John M. and Martha J. (Utterback) Farmer. Attending school until he was sixteen he then came to California, arriving in what is now Kings county, on March 11, 1875. On April 17, following, he was employed in the construction of the People's ditch, but a little later he was heading grain on the present site of Lemoore, and in the fall of that year he was hauling lumber. Later, in association with his uncle, William T. Farmer, he was raising wheat and buying hogs, and their first harvest was the grain produced on one hundred and sixty acres of land, situated one and a half miles south of his present home. In the fall of 1879 he married and removed with his bride to Iowa, but came back to Kings county in 1880, and in the fall of 1881 moved to Yolo county, where he worked on road construction. He later came to Kings, then Tulare county, and in 1888 went to Siskiyou, where he served as justice of the peace of Lake township. It was in 1891 that he moved to his present locality, and in 1896 moved to his present ranch, which he bought January 19, 1903. He has been very successful here and is now extensively engaged in stock-raising and dairying, giving attention to thoroughbred cattle, including Guernsey dairy cattle, and is considered one of the leading breeders of his class in the county. Fraternally Mr. Farmer affiliates with the Sons of Veterans and the Woodmen of the World. Taking a public-spirited interest in affairs of the community, he has filled several local offices. For eight years he was deputy assessor of Kings county, and for seventeen years he has been a school trustee, including seven years as trustee of the Hanford high school, during two years of which he was president of the school board. He has served also as his party representative in the county central committee of Tulare and Kings counties. On November 11, 1879, Mr. Farmer married Miss Gertrude Ruggles, a native of Woodland, Yolo county, born September 13, 1858, one of the first white girls born in that county, and a daughter of Lyman B. and Martha Ann (Dexter) Ruggles. They have eight children: Leta, who married Dr. Cothran, of San Jose; Milton T., who is at Berkeley; Lyman D., who is now filling the office of sheriff of Kings county; Ethel, a teacher in the Hanford grammar school; Theodore, who is on the home farm, and Clarence and Paul, who are in the high school, and Lucile, in the grammar school. History of Tulare and Kings Counties, California with Biographical Sketches, 1913 Eugene L. Menefee & Fred A. Dodge pp. 586-587 Note - George and Gertrude had ten children. Eight were still living at the time the above sketch was written.

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George Thomas Farmer's memorial is located at: Hanford Cemetery, Hanford, Kings County, USA.
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George Thomas Farmer death on 18 Apr 1927 in Santa Clara County, California, USA
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Latitude: 36.3222008
Longitude: -119.6355972

Family Members:

Parent

John Milton Farmer

(1833 - 1867)

Martha Jane Utterback Meek

(1840 - 1909)

Spouse

Gertrude Margaret Ruggles Farmer

(1858 - 1947)

Siblings

Mary Elizabeth Farmer Samuels

(1860 - 1940)

James Farmer

(1865 - 1933)

John A Farmer

(1867 - 1908)

Lee Meek

(1876 - 1928)

Children

Lyman Dwight Farmer

(1885 - 1980)

James William Farmer

(1891 - 1901)

Theodore Parker Farmer

(1893 - 1915)

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