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American jewelry designer

George Paulding Farnham (–) was an American jewelry designer, sculptor and metallurgist who worked for Tiffany & Co.

in the late 19th and early 20th century. Farnham married American sculptor Sally James Farnham in After leaving Tiffany & Co. in , Farnham focused his interests on developing mining properties in British Columbia.

Family and early life

George Paulding Farnham was born on November 6, , in New York City to George and Julia (née Paulding) Farnham.

The family lived at Sullivan Street (now 24 Charlton Street) in Hudson Square until they moved to Elizabeth, New Jersey, in The Farnhams had a long history in the United States with George Farnham's ancestors emigrating in from Kenilworth, England.

His mother Julia (–)^[3] was a descendant of John Paulding, a Revolutionary War militiaman that had a role in the capture of the British spy Major John André^[4] and her father was a close friend of Was