Eighth Generation


2946. John Edward FOLSOM737,741,742,743,1254,1255,1256 was born on 19 May 1824 in Maxfield, Penobscot, Maine.737

He appeared on the Washington State census in 1887 in Whitman County, Washington.737,1257 male, married, age 63, stockman
M. A. Folsom, age 53
John A. Folsom, age 23
Gilman Folsom, age 20
Augustus Folsom, age 18
Marion Folsom, age 14

He appeared on the Washington State census in 1889 in Whitman County, Washington.737

John died on 24 May 1897 at the age of 73 in Sprague, Lincoln, Washington.737 He was buried in Lamont, Whitman, Washington.737,1258 Sometimes called Swannack Cemetery or Gresham Cemetery. He was a Sailor.737

As a young man he had much experience in the whale fishing industry in the South Sea Islands. He kept a "record book and daguerreotype of all the whales caught on each four-year voyage. He went to San Francisco with a cargo of wheat from some of the South Sea Islands when he heard of gold mines being discovered in California, but could hardly get enough for it to pay for the sacks --no mills to grind it. He fell in with his bro. Moses and they both went to Oregon, John to Oregon City and Moses to Pendleton, Umatilla County. He m. and raised a large family." (Gilman Nathaniel Folsom).

John Edward FOLSOM and Margaret Ann WARNOCK were married on 6 May 1855 in Oregon City, Clackamas, Oregon.737,1259

Margaret Ann WARNOCK737,1259, daughter of unknown WARNOCK and unknown , was born on 9 January 1834 in Milford, Clermont, Ohio.737 She died on 20 May 1930 at the age of 96 in Chewelah, Stevens, Washington.737 She was buried in Whitman County, Washington.737,1258 Gresham Cemetery

John Edward FOLSOM-55177 and Margaret Ann WARNOCK-55204 had the following children:

+5669

i.

Charles Medville FOLSOM-55205.

+5670

ii.

Edward Presley FOLSOM-55206.

+5671

iii.

William Mason FOLSOM-55207.

+5672

iv.

Frank Lincoln FOLSOM-55208.

+5673

v.

John Andrew FOLSOM-55209.

+5674

vi.

Hiram Gilman FOLSOM-55210.

+5675

vii.

Augustus Melville FOLSOM-55211.

5676

viii.

Francis Marion FOLSOM737,1260 was born on 20 March 1873 in Zion, Lane, Oregon.737 He died on 11 June 1894 at the age of 21.737 He was buried in Whitman County, Washington.737 Gresham Cemetery located in Section 2, Two 19N R39EWM about 11 miles SE of Sprague, Washington on Hwy 23, or 2 miles SE of Lamont.

5677

ix.

Harvey Cross FOLSOM737,1260 was born on 25 February 1875 in Zion, Lane, Oregon.737 He died on 12 August 1877 at the age of 2.737
Last Updated: 12 March 2013