From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY
by William F. Peck (1895)
Part III, p. 104 - 105

Farnam, George W., a highly esteemed citizen of Pittsford, was born at Scipio, Caynga County, October 10, 1842, a son of George W., and grandson of Jeffrey Farnam. The latter was of Connecticut birth and early came to Caynga County. His wife attained the age of ninety-eight and reared a family of eleven children. George was a resident of Victor at the outbreak of the war, and in the summer of 1862 enlisted in Co. K, 1st N. Y. Mounted Rifles, an independent organization, which participated in the hardest conflicts. During his three years of army life Mr. Farnam's horse was twice wounded under him, but he escaped injury. In the early part of 1864 was attached to 18th Corps headquarters as orderly, and in the winter of 1864-65 was at General Butler's headquarters, and remained in the service till June, 1865. Returning home he has since resided on the farm purchased by his father in 1865, near Pittsford, and in December of the following year married Lucy Shepard of this town, and their children are: Amelia, wife of Delos Loughborough of Batavia; Frank L., a grocer, of Rochester, and Alfred H. of Pittsford.