Elias Pym Fordham
American surveyor
About Elias Pym Fordham
Lived 1788 – 1850 (aged 61–62).
Elias Pym Fordham (1788-1850) was the original surveyor of Indianapolis. He was an English immigrant to the United States and author of an American travel memoir.
Elias Pym Fordham was born in Royston, Hertfordshire, one of two sons and seven children to Elias Fordham (1762-1838) and his first wife Ann Clapton. The family background was of liberal nonconformism in Hertfordshire, exemplified by his uncle Edward King Fordham. He studied civil engineering under George Stephenson (a developer of the steam locomotive).
His death was listed in the Dover Telegraph as having occurred at age 62 on 19 October 1850 in Capel-le-Ferne. His will was proved on 14 December 1850, his wife surviving him.
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Who was Elias Pym Fordham?
American surveyor
When was Elias Pym Fordham born?
Elias Pym Fordham was born in 1788.
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Elias Pym Fordham died in 1850.
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