Peter Farny

Other Events and Attributes:

• CLER: Y
• Occupation: Day laborer at Alzing farm at the time of his marriage
• Residence: 1822, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR
• Residence: 1835-1838, Woodford Co., IL

Notes:

Obit: Herald of Truth reported,
“Died 15th, Woodford County, Illinois of the infirmities of age Peter Farny age 76 years, 10 days. Buried 16th in presence of many family and friends, at which time rewards appropriate to the occasion were made by Jacob Zehr and Joseph Stuckey.”

Peter was orphaned at age ten and came to America for better opportunities. After a short stay in PA, Peter and brother Christian moved to Canada for a few years, then returned to the US and settled in central IL..

Peter and Anne had 8 children. Three were born in France, one in PA, three more in Canada and the last child was born in 1837 in the Mackinaw Dells area of Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL.

“A note of explanation to avoid confusion in the following family grouping: The father, Peter/Pierre Farny, married Joseph Oyer's oldest child in 1841. This was his second marriage. Two of Peter's children also married children of Joseph Oyer (in 1844 and 1854), while two of Peter's children married children of Joseph Oyer's brother Jacob.
Peter Farny was one of the “Amishmen who hired Lincoln.”
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He died at age: 77 years.

Husband of Magdalane (born 1805 in France)
Children: Christian, Susan, Mary, Peter, Barbara, Magdalane, & Annie.

Peter was an Amish elder and he and his brother, Christian, opened a saw mill (and later added equipment to grind corn & grain) in the town that would be called Farnisville (later named Slabtown). They were Amish Mennonites form Lorraine, France.

** Though rather wealthy at one time from their saw mill business, they lost most of it when they went in on a distillery with 2 ST Louis French investors, Charles de Boutcant & Paul Carrey. They told the Farni brothers European money was coming but they needed local money to get started. In 1857 the distillery collapsed and the 2 Frenchmen left the country. It was then that everyone realized the huge amounts the 2 Frenchmen had borrowed before they "ran out".The Farni brothers were left liable for the debts and the loss of all the money they had invested. One court case mentions the final judgement of $34,000 against the brothers. Lawyer Abraham Lincoln even handled one part of their court case. They took it all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court but still lost out, by then Peter was dead and Christian had moved to KS.

Residence:
Alzing farm day laborer

Residence:
Between Goodfield and Congerville

Buried:
Slabtown Cemetery, next to first wife Anne Kempf

Peter married Anne Kempf on 23 Jul 1822 in Bisping, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. Anne (daughter of Christian Kempf and Anna Pillman) was born on 12 Oct 1805 in Rhodes, Moselle, FR; died in 1840 in Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

At the time of his marriage Peter was a day laborer living on the farm Alzing, Gosselming, France.

1. Anna Farni was born on 8 Jul 1827 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 9 Jul 1897; was buried in Flanagan, Livingston Co., IL.
2. Catherine Farni was born on 1 Nov 1828 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died on 28 Mar 1868 in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL; was buried in Washington, Tazewell Co., IL.
3. Christian Farny was born on 26 Apr 1830 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR; died in 1909.
4. Barbara Farny was born in Aug 1831 in PA; died on 9 May 1912; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
5. Mary Farny was born on 1 Jan 1832 in Ontario, Canada; died in 1906; was buried in Congerville, Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL.
6. Susanna Farney was born on 20 Jan 1834 in Wilmot, Ontario, Canada; died on 16 Oct 1876 in Montgomery Twp., Woodford Co., IL; was buried in Groveland, Tazewell Co., IL.
7. Peter A. Farney was born on 3 Jun 1835 in Wilmot, Ontario, Canada; died on 9 Jul 1903 in Hutchinson, Reno Co., KS; was buried in Sterling, KS.
8. Lydia Farny was born on 4 Feb 1837 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 21 Oct 1901 in McLean Co., IL; was buried in Bloomington, McLean Co., IL.

Peter married Magdalena Oyer on 20 Nov 1841 in Tazewell Co., IL. Magdalena (daughter of Joseph, Sr. Oyer and Catherine Schrag) was born on 31 Aug 1805 in Niderhoff, Moselle, FR; died on 15 Nov 1888 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Woodford Co., IL. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
by Michael Mosiman

1. Magdalena (Malinda/Lena) Farny (Forney) was born on 2 Dec 1846 in Woodford Co., IL; died on 28 Feb 1913 in Milford, Seward Co., NE; was buried in Milford, Seward Co., NE.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: miller and farmer

Notes:

Of Nollweyer Pond near Bisping.

Joseph Farny/Farhni b. about 1748 at the mill on Les Bachets farm at Rhodes (9a)
d. 1 Feb 1800 at Bisping
1m. Anne Schertz
2m. Anne Risser daughter of Jacob/Jacques Risser and Catherine Roupe/Ruppe/Ruppe of Gosselming.
b. about 1759 on Alzing farm at Gosselming,
d. April 29, 1808 at Bisping

Anne Risser rm. 1 Dec 1800 to Jacob Moser, son of
Jacob Moser and Marie Schertz

Birth:
Les Bachats

Joseph married Anne Risser before 1792. Anne (daughter of Jacques (Jacob) Risser and Katherina Rupp (Rouppe, Ruppe)) was born in 1761; died on 29 Apr 1808 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 29 Apr 1809, Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR

Notes:

Married Joseph Farny of Nolveyer Pond at Bisping; secondly Anne Risser rm. on 1 Dec 1800 to Jacob Moser of Gosselming, son of Jacob Moser and Marie Schertz, born 1762.

Died:
On farm of Alzing. At age 47.

Notes:

Jacob and Katharina farmed the property Alsing near Gosselming late in the eighteenth century.

They were at Alzing when their daughter Anne was born in 1761, during the time when the local priest was trying to force baptisms of Anabaptist children born at on the farm.

Jacques + Katherina Rupp (Rouppe, Ruppe). Katherina was born about 1733; died on 1 Dec 1801 in Gosselming, Moselle, Lorraine, FR. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Of Alzing.

Birth:
1729?

Died:
Alzing