History of Lehigh county, Pennsylvania and a genealogical and biographical record of its families, Vol. II, Part 66

Author: Roberts, Charles Rhoads; Stoudt, John Baer, 1878- joint comp; Krick, Thomas H., 1868- joint comp; Dietrich, William Joseph, 1875- joint comp; Lehigh County Historical Society
Publication date: 1914
Publisher: Allentown, Pa. : Lehigh Valley Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 948


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(V.) Stephen (4), eldest son of Stephen (3) and Sarah (Bennett) Farr, was born about 1739- 40, in Stow, and settled in the adjoining town of Acton. The lands owned by the family were on the town line. Thence he removed to Cum-


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mington, Hampshire county, Massachusetts, being among the first settlers of the town. He owned much land, and was one of the original members of the church organized July 7, 1771. At the proprietors' meeting held July 19, 1771, at the house of Joseph Farr, innkeeper at Cumming- ton, Stephen Farr was moderator. He later re- sided near the old road from Northampton, where some authorities say he also kept a tavern. Among the families in Cummington in 1776 were those of Stephen and seven others named Farr. Simeon and Silas Farr, of this family, from Hatfield Equivalent, Township No. 5, and Hadley, respectively, were soldiers in the Revo- lution. After the war Stephen Farr went north- ward and in 1790 was shown by the United States census a resident of Washington county, New York. Before 1803 he settled in Essex county, that state, where he died June 10, 1822, and was buried at Fort Ann, Washington coun- ty. He married, March 1, 1764, at Stow, Lois, daughter of Samuel and Priscilla (Farnsworth) Randall. Their children were: Lois, born about December, 1764; Reuben, about 1767; Steven, 1779, resided in Hounsfield, New York; Joel, lived in Warren county, New York; Randall, mentioned below; Levi, lived at Schroon, New York, and moved to Ohio; Arod, lived at Sack- ett's Harbor, New York; Sally, married a Mr. Miller, and lived east of Whitehall, New York; a daughter, married John Parrish, and has de- scendants in Iowa.


(VI) Randall, son of Stephen (4) Farr, was born in Cummington, March 10, 1772, died Nov. 26, 1857. When a young man, he settled in North Hudson, Essex county, New York, where he is said to have built the first saw-mill and conducted the first hotel. He married Lu- cretia Andrus, born July 25, 1785, died Feb. I, 1844, daughter of Obadiah Andrus, of Farming- ton, Connecticut, a soldier of the Colonial Wars and Revolution. He enlisted May 14, 1762, in Captain Timothy Northam's company, Colonel Michael Thody's regiment, New York troops, served till November 16th of the same year. He is described as a joiner by trade, twenty-one years old, five feet, ten inches in height, with dark complexion, brown eyes and dark brown hair. He enlisted Jan. 1, 1777, for three years, in Cap- tain Champion's company, Colonel Samuel Wyl- ly's regiment (Third Connecticut), and was discharged Dec. 24, 1779. He again enlisted Dec. 15, 1780, in the First Connecticut Regi- ment, under Captain Buell, Colonel Zebulon Butler, and was discharged March 18, 1783. From May to Steptember, 1783, he was a private in Captain Lemuel Swift's company of Swift's Connecticut regiment. During his first enlist-


ment his company was detached in many engage- ments, and under Washington's personal com- mand against Stony Point. They spent the win- ter of 1779-80 at Morristown, New Jersey. Children of Randall Farr:


I. Harriet. 2. Lucy, married (first) a Mr. Barnes, and (second) Chauncey Whitney. 3. George Washburn, mentioned below. 4. Harry. 5. Cyrus. 6. Rufus.


VII. George Washburn, son of Randall Farr, was born at North Hudson, New York, Sep- tember 12, 1807, died June 24, 1863. He be- came a lumber merchant at his native place at Schroon Lake, New. York, and about 1853, moved to Grand Rapids, Michigan, and for sev- eral years dealt in timber lands and lumber. He moved to Cleveland, Ohio, in 1857, and fol- lowed farming in that vicinity until 1863, then returned to Grand Rapids, where he died. He was a Congregationalist in religious belief and was a deacon for many years. He married (first) in January, 1831, Perlina E. Pease, who died June 6, 1832. He maried (second) in Sep- tember, 1835, Miriam Day, who died April 4, 1839. He married (third) Oct. 26, 1840, Esth- er Day, sister of his second wife, born in Es- sex county, Aug. 22, 1809, daughter of Bezaleel and Celinda (Day) Day. Children by second wife: L. Watson Barnes. 2. George Day, re- sides in Washington, D. C. Children by third wife: 3. Leroy Hull. 4. Willard Marion. 5. Freeman Seward. 6. Augustine Washington. 7. Marvin Andrus, mentioned below. Three of the sons were soldiers in the Civil War. Leroy H. died from the effects of prison life in the South; Willard M. was a captain, and George D. was the third brother who served in the Union Army.


VIII. Marvin Andrus, son of George Wash- burn and Esther (Day) Farr, was born at Schroon Lake, New York, Aug. 9, 1852. He at- tended private schools and a preparatory school at Waukesha, Wisconsin, and there prepared for college. In 1866, he entered Carroll College, at Waukesha, and was graduated in 1871. Since Dec. 2, 1872, he has resided in Chicago, where since 1892 he has been engaged in real estate business under his own name, and has become one of the foremost men there in his line of busi- ness. For some years he was manager of the West Chicago Land Company. He is a director and a member of the excutive committee of the Chicago Title and Trust Company, and is a member and former president of the Chicago Real Estate Board. He is also a director of the Illinois Brick Company.


Mr. Farr comes from some of the finest New England stock, and after a careful genealogical


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research has been able to trace his descent as follows: Eighth in descent from John Johnson, surveyor general; Captain John Whipple,. of Ipswich, Massachusetts; Hugh Calkin; Gregory and Simon Stone. Seventh from John Guild, John Gallup, Sr., Stephen Hart, Lieutenant William Hough, Captain Anthony Hawkins, George Robinson, Jr., John Whitney, Matthias Farnsworth, Hugh Rowe, Captain Whipple, of Providence, Rhode Island; John Tower; Thomas Wilmarth; George Clark. Sixth from Captain John Everett, John Shattuck, Stephen Farr, Sergeant John Randall, John Gallup, Jr., Lieutenant John Judd, Lieutenant Reynold Mar- vin. Fifth from Sergeant Thomas Hart, and third from Obadiah Andrus. Besides these there are many others who were prominent in early New England history.


Mr. Farr is a member of the New England Society of Chicago; the Sons of the American Revolution; the Society of Colonial Wars; the Chicago Literary Club; the Round Table Liter- ary Club; the Union League, of which he was first vice-president; the Kenwood Club, of which for nine years he was a director ; Kenwood Evan- gelical church, and various other organizations. He is a member of the Chicago Plans Commis- sion. In politics he is a Republican. His office is at 849 Marquette building.


He married Charlotte Camp, daughter of Isaac N. and Flora M. (Carpenter) Camp, of Burlington, Vermont. Children: Newton Camp, born at Chicago, Dec. 25, 1887, a gradu- ate of Cornell University, and a civil engineer, of Chicago; Barbara Charlotte, born Feb. 16, 1905.


FARR FAMILY, ALLENTOWN.


George Farr, a farmer, owned and occupied a farm of more than 50 acres, situated on the Bethlehem turnpike, two miles below Sellers- ville, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. On this farm his wife, Barbara, died about the year 1854, and is buried at the Hilltown church, of which all the family were members of the Lutheran con- gregation. A daughter, Barbara, died in 1858, and is buried by the side of her mother. After the death of his wife, George Farr sold his farm and went to live with his sister, Christiana, in- termarried with Joseph Stark, at Easton. There he died on May 1, 1860, at the age of fifty-eight years and is buried on the Easton cemetery. They had the following children:


I. George, Jr., born about 1831; was con- firmed at the Hilltown church in 1849, enlisted in the beginning of the Civil War in the nine months' service, as a substitute, and upon return-


ing home at the expiration of his enlistment, he died aboard ship from a contagious disease and was buried at sea about fifty miles from New York.


2. Henry.


3. Jacob L.


4. William was born June 22, 1845, and from 1859 until the close of the Civil War, he made his home with his aunt, Mrs. Joseph Stark, at Easton. He then went to Philadelphia and was engaged in the shoe business in that city until his death on July 30, 1871, aged 26 years, I month and 8 days. He is buried on the Stark plot in the Easton cemetery.


5. Barbara died in 1858, aged about 12 years.


Jacob Farr, shoe manufacturer, was born at Summerville, Jefferson county, Pa., in 1838. His opportunities for securing an education were very limited and at the age of 14, he secured em- ployment as a clerk in a store in Philadelphia. After a short time he came to Allentown and acquired a thorough knowledge of the shoe busi- ness. He then opened a small store which led to the foundation of the present shoe industry of Farr Brothers.


From a small beginning the business expanded until it became one of the largest of its kind in the Lehigh Valley. He died in April, 1889, and was interred in Union cemetery. He was a member of the Reformed Church.


He was married three times, (first) to Caro- line Smith. They had a son, William, who died in young manhood. He married (second) Eliza- beth Haas, and they had Harvey H., and Jacob L. Farr, who succeeded to their father's business and trade under the name of Farr Brothers.


He married (third) Agnes Wittman, daugh- ter of Joseph and Lovina (Kearns) Wittman. Mrs. Farr is a member of the Lutheran Church and is a highly respected lady. She resides at No. 825 Linden street, Allentown.


HARVEY H. FARR.


Harvey H. Farr, connected with the banking, mercantile, and manufacturing interests of Allen- town, is a native of this city. He acquired his early education in the public schools of Allen- town and then entered the academy at East Hampden, Massachusetts, but before the time of his graduation he was obliged to return home, owing to the death of his elder brother, William, who had been his father's assistant, and thus he was needed at home. In 1860 Jacob Farr estab- lished a shoe store and his son Harvey, upon his return in 1883, entered the store, where he re- mained as a salesman until 1888. In that year his father died, and he and his brother, Jacob L .. joined Nathan Haas under the firm name of


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Farr, Haas & Co. They succeeded to the busi- ness, and the partnership was maintained until 1900, when it was dissolved by mutual consent, and the new firm became H. H. Farr, Jacob L. Farr and Edgar Wenner, taking the name of Farr Brothers & Co. This they yet conduct, and have developed a large and profitable enter- prise. In 1898 Harvey H. Farr organized the Lehigh Valley Shoe Company, for the manufac- ture of men's and boy's shoes of Goodyear welts. The output at the present time is about one thousand pairs of shoes per day, and the demand by the large retail houses for their manufactured product is so great that they have to purchase nearly all of the goods which they carry in their store. There is nothing in the line of ladie's, men's and children's shoes that cannot be supplied to their large trade from their establishment. Their store is one of the most modern shoe em- poriums in the state and their sales having reach- ed a large figure.


Harvey H. Farr is a Republican in politics. He is a member of the Reformed Church, the Masonic Fraternity, and is one of the charter members of the Lodge No. 130, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, at Allentown.


JACOB L. FARR.


Jacob L. Farr, the secretary and treasurer of the Lehigh Valley Shoe Company, and a mem- ber of the firm of Farr Brothers, shoe merchants, at Allentown, was born in Allentown, July 17, 1875. He was educated in the public schools of his native city, the Exeter Preparatory Col- lege at Exeter, New Hampshire; and the Wor- cester Academy, at Worcester, Massachusetts. Afterward he clerked in the shoe store for two years, when he became interested in the Lehigh Valley Company. Mr. Farr became a manufac- turer of shoes because Farr Brothers themselves grew to become very large distributors of foot- wear, not only in Allentown, but also at Easton, and at Reading they conducted large retail stores.


Socially he is a member of Allentown Lodge, No. 130, B. P. O. E., and he and family are members of Zion's Reformed church.


On May 3, 1906, he was married to Mabel E. Lorish, daughter of Milton Lorish, of Allen- town. They have these children: J. Donald, Harvey L., and Elizabeth.


BENOIT FARISSIER.


Benoit Farissier, superintendent of the Queen City Silk Company, was born Oct. 28, 1867, in Paterson, N. J., and received his education in the common schools in the English and German lan- guages until 15 years old; then he became an ap-


prentice in a silk mill, learning the trade which he followed until 1888, when he removed to Al- lentown, where he was employed in several mills for nearly twenty years. In 1907 he was ap- pointed superintendent of the Queen City Silk Company, Allentown, manufacturers of silk rib- bons, and has since conducted the business in a successful manner with 150 hands under him.


He was married in 1888 to Hattie S. Huffort, daughter of Stephen Huffort, and they have three children: Raymond E .; Irene M., wife of Edwin H. Rabenold; and Antoinette. He is a member of the Knights of the Golden Eagle, and of the Reformed Church, and in politics is a Democrat.


His father is Morris Farissier, who emigrated to America in 1863, as a silk weaver. He was employed in a silk mill at Paterson, N. J., until 19II, when he removed to Allentown, and has since resided there.


FASSOLD FAMILY.


Valentine Neiman Fassold, ancestor of this family, had five children: Valentine and Caspar, and three daughters, who came to America in 1781. Caspar and his wife, Maria Dorothea, had children, born in Whitehall township: Eliza- beth on May 23, 1797, and Catharine on Aug. 17, 1798. Valentine Fassold was born in Ger- many, Dec. 6, 1765. He attended school there until fourteen years old, when he was appren- ticed to a weaver. He then served in the army and after emigrating to America, lived two years in Philadelphia and then settled in Whitehall township, where he was a weaver from 1783 to 1816, when he removed to Shamokin township, Northumberland county, where he died Nov. 16, 1824. He served in the War of 1812, and in religion was a Lutheran, a member of the church at Augustaville, where he is buried. He mar- ried, first, Christina Xander, and had six chil- dren : Susanna, born Oct. 8, 1798, married Abraham Wolf; Mary Elizabeth, born Dec. 18, 1799, married Henry Dornsife; John, who set- tled in Richmond, Ind .; and three who died in infancy. He married, second, Catharine Barbara, daughter of Herman Schriber. She was born Dec. 28, 1775, and died Dec. 31, 1858. They had eleven children: Catharine, married Jona- than Kreigbaum; Jonathan ; Peter, of Pottsville; George; Lydia, married Samuel Haupt ; Charles, of Mckeesport; Mary, married William Dach- enbach ; Joseph; Sarah, married George Zimmer- man; Henry; and Mary A., married Daniel Kreiger.


George Fassold, son of Valentine, was born May 25, 1809, and died Dec. 13, 1895, in North- umberland county. He married Mary Kreiger


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and among other children had a son, Samuel, born Feb. 16, 1839, died May 9, 1906, who mar- ried Mary Catharine Evert, and had three chil- dren: Ida J .; Rev. J. Calvin Fassold, of Wil- liamstown, Dauphin county; and Dolan W., of Selinsgrove, Rev. J. Calvin Fassold married Maggie Albert and had children : Evert L., Robert A., Hannah W., who died in infancy, and Marshall.


FATZINGER FAMILY.


George Fatzinger, ancestor of this family, lived in Allen township in 1772. He and his wife Elizabeth had three children: Valentine, Eva, and Henry. Eva Fatzinger married, Nov. 5, 1765, John Ruch.


Valentine Fatzinger was born in 1740 and died May 12, 1807. He married Barbara Laury, who was born in 1751 and died June 31, 1860. They are buried in the old Allentown cemetery. In 1785 he owned a 200-acre tract in Salisbury township, where he lived, but later moved to the southwest corner of Eighth and Walnut streets, Allentown. His children were: Jacob; Maria Magdalena, born Jan. 10, 1773; Susanna, born Jan. 22, 1775 ; Solomon, born Oct. 22, 1781 ; and John, born Feb. 14, 1779, died Jan. 24, 1799. Jacob and his wife, Catharine, had a son, John, born Nov. 27, 1799.


Solomon Fatzinger married Christina Seip, and had ten children: Charles; William; Jos- eph ; Daniel, born Jan. 1, 1814, died May 14, 1868; John; Eliza, born March 6, 1821, died Jan. 27, 1902, married Eli Beary; James; Thomas; Mrs. David Leiby; and Mrs. Clader.


Henry Fatzinger, second son of George, was born Nov. 1, 1752, and died April 4, 1835. He enlisted on July 9, 1776, in Capt. John Arndt's company of the Flying Camp, in the Revolution, was in the battle of Long Island, Aug. 27, 1776, where many of the company were killed or wounded, and in the battle at Fort Washington, Nov. 16, 1776, where 36 of the company were killed, wounded or missing. Thirty-three of the company, including the captain and 2d lieutenant rallied at Elizabethtown, N. J., after the battle. The company was discharged Dec. 1, 1776. Henry Fatzinger again saw service in 1781, when he was a sergeant in a company of Col. Geiger's Battalion. He lived near Shoenersville, in Hanover township, where he owned 200 acres of land in 1788. He married Catharine Weaver, who was born Nov. 17, 1763, and died Feb. 12, 1835. They are both buried at Shoenersville church. They had seven children: Catharine, married John Peter Osenbach; Margaret, mar- ried Henry Fogelman; Jacob; Adam; Henry,


married Nancy Quier and moved to Ohio; John; and George, who moved to Ohio with his family.


Jacob Fatzinger was born in 1785 and died in 1826. He married Catharine Brader, born 1783, died 1873, and had five children : Daniel, Charles, Samuel, Lydia, and Eliza.


John Fatzinger married Polly Weaver and had sons: Joseph, David, Henry, and Peter.


Adam Fatzinger, born Dec. 17, 1790, died March 23, 1880, was engaged in farming the homestead until he retired. His wife was Polly Adams, born Feb. 22, 1796, died April 29, 1881. He was a member of the Lutheran Church, a Democrat in politics, and served his township as supervisor. Mr. and Mrs. Fatzinger had these children: Charles, Thomas, William, Henry, Paul, Tilghman, Owen, Robert, Catherine, Juli- ann, Sarah, Polly, Susanna, who died at the age of 19 years, and Mary Ann.


Tilghman Fatzinger lived on the farm now the property of his son, Charles. The farm con- sisted of 155 acres and is now divided into a number of tracts: Robert has 18 acres ; William, 48 acres; Charles, 70 acres; and the tract the widow lives on consists of II acres. In politics Mr. Fatzinger was a Democrat. He was a mem- ber of the Lutheran church at Shoenersville, where he served as deacon for several years. His wife, Mary, daughter of John Clader, is still living. Mr. and Mrs. Fatzinger had these chil- dren: William A .; Charles H .; Alice, married Preston V. Snyder ; Annie ; Sarah ; Frank, of Cat- asauqua; Mary, wife of Albert Kleckner ; Tilgh- man; Owen; Robert; Minnie, wife of Frank Rhine.


Tilghman Fatzinger, a farmer of Hanover township, was born Nov. 10, 1874, and was reared upon the farm. In 1900 he began farm- ing for himself and prior to that time worked for his father. His farm consists of 17 acres and is a part of the Adam Fatzinger homestead. He is a member of the Lutheran Church and in politics is a Democrat. On Oct. 31, 1909, he was married to Agnes Fogel, daughter of Jonas and Emma (Kichline) Fogel, of Hanover. Mr. and Mrs. Fatzinger have one daughter, Helen M. A.


WILLIAM A. FATZINGER, a farmer of Han- over township, was born Nov. 6, 1861, and was reared upon the farm. In 1895. he began farm- ing in Hanover and was a tenant on the farm of his father-in-law, Walter Faust. In 1899, he acquired his present farm, originally the home- stead of Charles Fatzinger, and conducted it to this time. He is a member of the Lutheran church at Shoenersville, and is a member of the Democratic party. In 1893, he was married to Minnie A. Faust, daughter of Walter and Eliza-


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beth (Hoch) Faust. They have an only daugh- ter, Ellen.


CHARLES H. FATZINGER, a farmer and citizen of Hanover township, was born March 7, 1863. He attended the public schools of his native town- ship and was reared upon the farm. In 1898, he began farming his present farm, originally the homestead of his great-grandfather, Heinrich Fatzinger, who is buried at Shoenersville. This farm consists of 86 acres of fertile land. In 1862 the first log house was razed and was re- placed by the present brick house. The old stone barn was raised in 1892. The brick house was built by Adam Fatzinger. Mr. Fatzinger is a member of the Lutheran church at Shoenersville and a Democrat in politics.


In 1894, he married Eda Hoffman, daughter of Levi Hoffman, of Kreidersville. Mr. and Mrs. Fatzinger have an adopted daughter, Mabel Hoffman, a niece of Mrs. Fatzinger.


FAUST FAMILY.


The Faust family, of Pennsylvania, has been resident there since the early part of the eight- eenth century, and many of its members have earned distinction in various fields. They have always done their share in defence of the land of their adoption, and a partial record of their serv- ices in the Revolutionary War is here given. The family came to this country from Germany, and as the name signifies "fist," it may have been given because of their valor as soldiers.


Henry Faust, private in Captain Daniel De Turk's Company, of Berks County Association, July, 1776. Henry Faust and John Faust drew pay as privates in above company in 1778, for two months, service commencing August 26. Henry Faust, private in Captain Miller's Com- pany of Militia, of Berks county, commanded by Colonel Joseph Hiester, May 31, 1781. Jacob Faust was a private in Captain Jacob Ladich's Company of Berks county militia, from October I to October 17, 1781. He drew depreciation pay as a member of the continental line. In 1782 he is recorded as an ensign in the Seventh Company, First Battalion, Northumberland county. Johannes Faust was a private in Cap- tain Miller's Company of Berks county militia, commanded by Colonel John Hiester, May 31, 1781. He enlisted May 12, 1778, as a recruit of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment, was in ac- tive service, and received bounty, sixty dollars, at Philadelphia, August 5, 1778. He was a member of the Continental Line, Ninth Penn- sylvania, in 1780, and his name also appears among "Officers and Men," belonging to Penn- sylvania Line in Invalid Regiment from May, 1780, to September, 1780. John, Jacob, and


Peter Faust drew depreciation pay as members of the Continental line. John Faust is a private in Captain B. Weser's Company, Northumberland county, January 30, 1777. Michael Faust was a corporal of the First Pennsylvania Regiment in Continental Line from January 1, 1777, to Jan- uary 18, 1781, and drew depreciation pay. Peter Faust drew depreciation pay as a member of the Continental Line of Pennsylvania, on the Roll of the Pennsylvania Volunteers from June, 1780, to July, 1781 ; was a member of Captain John Reegel's Company.


Philip Faust was born about 1785, and died about 1850. He settled in Upper Berne township, Berks county, Pa., and was engaged in agricultural pursuits; was a Jeffersonian Dem- ocrat; and he and his wife were attendants at the Reformed Church. He married Christiana Lehr, born in 1787, died in 1870, and they were the parents of: Daniel, deceased; Mary, mar- ried William Hinckey; Jacob.


Jacob, son of Philip and Christiana (Lehr) Faust, was born in 1818, and died in 1892. He was a carpenter by trade, and also owned and cultivated a farm, first in Lower Heidel- berg township, later in Jefferson township, and was a man of considerable wealth at the time of his death. He was a Democrat, and a mem- ber of the Reformed Church, while his wife at- tended the Lutheran Church. He married Lydia Kline, born in 1823, died in 1888, and they had eleven childern, of whom ten attained maturity : Samuel, of Penn township; Sarah, married Dan- iel Shade; Amelia, married Levi Reber; Daniel; Kate; Catherine, married Frank Hollenbach ; John K .; Franklin; Matilda, married Alvin Rehn; Allen K., a missionary of the Reformed Church in Japan.


John K., son of Jacob and Lydia Kline) Faust, was born in Lower Heidelberg town- ship, Berks county, January 16, 1859. He followed farming until 1888 when he came to Reading and engaged in the paving and cement business, and is now one of the largest contractors in cement and flagstone paving in the City of Reading. He is a Democrat and has served as a member of the school board. Mr. Faust married, in 1882, Harriet, a daughter of John and Anna (Moyer) Hassler, and they have had children : Charles Floyd, deceased; Howard Calvin, a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, married Elenora Brossman, of Reading.




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