Elmer Frost Farnham was born on January 21, 1893, in the Collinsville section of Canton, Connecticut, the son of Charles A. and Sarah (Beckwith) Farnham, and received his early education in the Canton public schools. He graduated from Collinsville High School in 1911 and then from the Connecticut Agricultural College, now the University of Connecticut, in 1915. In the early 1920's Mr. Farnham was a tobacco grower in Simsbury and South Windsor, Connecticut. He moved to Norwich, Connecticut, in 1927 and worked as a security salesman with the Aspinook Company in Jewett City, Connecticut. By the late 1930s and early 1940s he was a clerk with the Selective Service System board, until 1947. In the early 1920s Mr. Farnham was a tobacco grower in Simsbury and South Windsor, Connecticut. He moved to Norwich, Connecticut, in 1927 and worked as a security salesman with the Aspinook Company in Jewett City, Connecticut. By the late 1930s and early 1940s he was a clerk with the Selective Service System board, until 1947. Elmer F. Farnham married Frances Murphy on July 1, 1922. He had two daughters, Jane and Elinor, and one son, David. He died on November 11, 1974, in Backus Hospital in Norwich, Connecticut.
From the description of Elmer F. Farnham Railroad collection, 1966. (University of Connecticut). WorldCat record id: 228106519
