Ancestry of
William H. Avery

37th Governor of Kansas

Orpha Farman

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• • Grandmother of William H. Avery — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 5 
  • Father:
  • Herod Farman 
  • Mother:
  • Elvira Hitchcock   
  • Birth Date:
  • 1 Feb 1841 
  • Birth Location:
  • Lowell, Orleans, Vermont 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 15 Mar 1923 
  • Death Location:
  • Wakefield, Clay, Kansas 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Highland Cemetery, Wakefield, Clay, Kansas 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Henry Avery
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Feb 1866 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Lowell, Orleans, Vermont 
  • Child:

  Herman W. Avery (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • Orpha Farman's maiden name is also seen as Farnham.

• Sources for Orpha Farman

  • ¹ Federal Census, VT, Orleans County, 1850, Lowell, Image 13 of 16.
  • ² Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 03/04/2025).
  • ³ Kansas, U.S., Security Benefit Association, Death Index, 1902-1930, Death record for Orphia Avery.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, National No. 87182, Membership application for William Henry Avery.
  • ⁵ Vermont, U.S., Vital Records, 1720-1908, Marriage record for Henry Avery and Orpha Farman.
  • ⁶ Farman, Elbert Eli, LL.D., Foreman-Farman-Forman Genealogy: Descendants of William Foreman, Who Came from London, England, in 1675 . . ., New York: Tobias A. Wright, Printer and Publisher (1911), 83, 89.