Background
Farnham, Edwin Pickett was born on January 21, 1849 in Morris, Litchfield Company, Connecticut, United States. Son of William H. and Mirinda H. (Pickett) Farnham.
Farnham, Edwin Pickett was born on January 21, 1849 in Morris, Litchfield Company, Connecticut, United States. Son of William H. and Mirinda H. (Pickett) Farnham.
Connecticut Literature Institute. Suffield; Bachelor of Arts, Brown University, 1873, Doctor of Divinity, 1903. Graduate Rochester Theological Seminary, 1877.
Alice Bartlett; married second, Gertrude Richardson, of Salem, Massachusetts, July 16, 1889. Children—Elizabeth Rogers, Ruth Richardson, Gertrude Pickett. Ordained to Baptist ministry, 1877.
Pastor Friendship Saint (now Calvary) Church, Providence, Rhode Island, 1877-1883, Warburton Avenue Church, Yonkers, New York, 1883-1886, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1887-1888, 1st Church Salem, Massachusetts, 1888-1903.
Superintendent Church Extension Society of Brooklyn and Queens County, 1903-1917. Pastor Community Church, Great Neck, New York, 1917-1928 (emeritus).
President Massachusetts State Christian Endeavor Union. President Massachusetts Baptist Missionary Society.
President Baptist Ministers’ Conference, New New York
Member Brooklyn Clerical Union.
Member Brooklyn Clerical Union. Member Delta Upsilon, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married J. Adelaide Mather, of Providence, Rhode Island, June 26, 1879 (died March 1888). Married second, Gertrude Richardson, of Salem, Massachusetts, July 16, 1889. Children: Elizabeth Rogers, Ruth Richardson, Gertrude Pickett.