Amos Farrar

1796 - 1832  (36 years)

• Name	Amos Farrar
  Birth	5 Mar 1796	Concord, Mass.
  Gender	Male
  Death	Jul 1832	Galena
  Person ID	I25392	Cecilie Family
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2007

  
  

  Father	Jacob Farrar,   b. 15 Feb 1750, Concord, Mass. d. 8 Mar 1820, Concord, Mass. (Age 70 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Haywood   d. 15 May 1796
  Family ID	F3359	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 5 Mar 1796 - Concord, Mass.  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Amos Farrer   American Indian trader. Partner of George Davenport & Russell Farnham-traders on the Mississippi River.   Married to Black Thunder (Fox Indian)-had family in Galena. Amos' family died from white men's diseases, except for one daughter. 1831 married Sophia Gear in Galena. Sophia raised Amos' Indian daughter, who died in 1855. They had one daughter, who died at 7. Sophia Gear Farrar was born in 1800. Died in Galena in 1883. I own building which houses Amos' warehouse. He converted it to his home in 1831...I have done research on all users of this building...upright timbered structure in Galena Historic District. Two letters of Amos' from 1820 and 1821 in Yale Library. Also have records from his trading post, (Original ledger at Agustana College, Rock Island Ill.)   email from Marilyn Johnson, Gelena, Ill. Aug 2007) For more information see the Our Folk - Hart family Web Site