John Egbert Farnum

              OBITUARY
         Gen. J. Egbert Farnum.
 Gen. J. Egbert Farnum, who died yester-
day morning at his residence in this City,
was born in 1824 in New-Jersey, but was
brought up in Pennsylvania. Displaying
early in life an adventurous disposition
and a love for a military career, when
the Mexican war broke out he joined the
First Regiment of Pennsylvania Volunteers,
with which he served as Sergeant-Major until
the close of the war. During the war he was
distinguished for his great personal courage.
His service in Mexico served only to increase
his love for adventure, and subsequently
he was connected with WALKER in the Nic-
araguan expedition. At the outbreak of the re-
bellion, Gen. Farnum was one of the first to
offer his services to his country, and joining the
Excelsior Brigade as Major he rose, step by step,
until attained the rank of Major-General. He
was, during his service, once or twice wounded,
and finally so severely as to be incapable for
further active service, and he was transferred to
the Reserve Corps, in which he served until
1864, when he was mustered out and returned
home. He afterward, for some time, held a posi-
tion in the Custom-house of the City. Gen.
FARNUM, at the time of his death, was about
forty-six years of age.