William Bigelow Farmer, the son of William F Farmer and Fannie Bigelow of Niles, MI.
photo from John Schulke webpage above
Children of William F. and Fannie Ann (Bigelow) Farmer:
15197.5151 Milton Horatio FARMER, b 19 Oct 1877 Belleville, Jefferson Co., NY; d 14 Oct 1955 Baywood Park, San Luis Obispo co, CA; buried in 1955 in Niles, MI, Silverbrook Cemetery, near his brother, William. His gravestone says: Milton H. Farmer 1877 - 1955. He died on 14 Oct 1955 in Baywood Park, San Luis Obispo Co., CA. Milton was 15 years old when his father died. He took his father's place and worked the farm for his mother with her help for a year when she traded the farm for a home in Elkhart, Ind. He was married to Myrtle ADAMS (daughter of John ADAMS and Josephine DELEON ) on 10 May 1903 in Riverside, IL. Milton spent much of his life doing FARMER family research, after finding the 1890 BIGELOW Genealogy by G.B. Howe. He produced a history of the FARMER Family, which was unpublished at the time of his death as the result of an automobile accident in 1955. (see below)
15197.5152 William Bigelow FARMER, b 03 Oct 1883 in Mancelona, Antrim co, MI; d 02 May 1970 in Niles Berrien co, MI; m 03 Apr 1904 Myrtle Ann Scamehorn in Niles, MI. Myrtle was born 01 Apr 1886 in Goshen, Elkhart co, IN. She died 14 Dec 1973 in Niles, MI. She was the daughter of John and Minnie Louella (Carmien) Scamehorn.(see below)
Sources:
Bigelow Family Genealogy Vol II , p 55;
Howe, Bigelow Family of America;
cemetery inscriptions, Ellisburg, NY;
Descendant Note:
Subject: Descendants of Fannie Ann (BIGELOW) FARMER
Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 09:02:00 -0400
From: John & Marge Schulke < SchulkeJW@mpinet.net
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I noticed that you list William Bigelow Farmer, the son of William
F. and Fannie (BIGELOW) FARMER, in your descendants report, but do
not listed his brother Milton Horatio FARMER. The following information
may be of interest to you.
Milton Horatio FARMER was born on 19 Oct. 1877 in Belleville, Jefferson
Co., NY. He was buried in 1955 in Niles, MI, Silverbrook Cemetery,
near his brother, William. His gravestone says: Milton H. Farmer 1877 -
1955. He died on 14 Oct 1955 in Baywood Park, San Luis Obispo Co.,
CA. Milton was 15 years old when his father died. He took his father's
place and worked the farm for his mother with her help for a year when
she traded the farm for a home in Elkhart, Ind. He was married to Myrtle
ADAMS (daughter of John ADAMS and Josephine DELEON ) on 10
May 1903 in Riverside, IL. Milton spent much of his life doing FARMER
family research, after finding the1890 BIGELOW Genealogy by G.B.
Howe. He produced a history of the FARMER Family which was unpublished
at the time of his death as the result of an automobile accident in 1955.
Note3:
Name: John William Schulke:
email SchulkeJW@MPInet.net
Website: Farmer
Family Home Page: http://www.familytreemaker.com/users/s/c/h/John-W-Schulke/index.html
From: Winter Park Florida
Time: 1998-07-12 18:34:37 Comments: I have been researching the Farmer
Family for many years.
Fannie Ann Bigelow married William F Farmer. They had two sons, one
of which was named William Bigelow Farmer. He is my Grandfather. I have
enjoyed your Bigelow Site very much.
Thanks John:
William Bigelow FARMER, born October 03, 1883 in Mancelona, Antrim
Co., MI; died May 02, 1970 in Niles, Berrien co, MI. He was the son of
William F. FARMER and Fannie Ann BIGELOW. He married Myrtle Ann SCAMEHORN
April 03, 1904 in Niles, Berrien Co., MI.
Myrtle Ann SCAMEHORN, born April 01, 1886 in Goshen, Elkhart Co., IN;
died December 14, 1973 in Niles, Berrien Co., MI. She was the daughter
of John Scamehorn and Minnie Louella Carmien.
About a month ago I found a bunch of old photos in an antique store
in Temecula California. The ones I bought had the names of the following
on them: man and woman-Wm Franklin Farmer and wife Fannie Ann Bigelow Farmer;
young woman-Miss bigelow; young man-William Bigelow Farmer younger, son
of William F Farmer; man an woman-Frank W. Bigelow and wife Lizzie Grier
Bigelow son of George W Bigelow; single woman-Watie Ann Arnold Bigelow,
mother of Fannie Ann Bigelow Farmer; small baby-Walter Bigelow, 6 months;
single man-Horatio Nelson Bigelow and then lists his children as Fannie
Ann, James Knox Polk, George Washington, Emily, Estrella Al?????
Are these related to your people?
Larry Hilsabeck lhilsab420@aol.com
bigelow@slic.com
Rod Bigelow at SLIC 
