Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol II, Part 122

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1044

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FARRAR FAMILY.

The Farrar family of Vermont traces its an- cestry to two brothers, Jacob and John, who (ac- cording to the "Early Records of Lancaster," H. S. Nourse) came from Lancashire, England, were at Woburn, Massachusetts, and were among the subscribers to the Lancaster (Massachusetts) "Town Orders" in 1653. The estate of Jacob Farrar (I) was assessed in 1654 at £107,103,

David Farrar.

Esther Me. Farrar

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to which was added, when his wife came, £163 7s. His wife Ann and his children, Jacob (2), John, Henry and Mary, came in 1658. After the de- struction of Lancaster, Jacob Farrar removed to Woburn, where he died, August 14, 1657, and his widow married John Sears.

Jacob (2), son of Jacob (I), was employed in laying out the town bounds of Lancaster, 1658-9. He married Hannah Hayward, Novem- ber II, 1668. He was killed by the Indians, August 22, 1675 ; and his widow married, first, Adam Halloway, and, second, Jonathan For- bush.

Jacob. (3), eldest son of Jacob (2), was born at Lancaster, April 29, 1669. He was a cornet of cavalry militia, and his troop was engaged in scouting and fighting Indians at intervals from 1694 to 1712. He occupied several offices-con- stable, 1712 ; surveyor of highways, 1696; tithing man, 1714-19. He married, December 26, 1692, Susanna Redditt, at Concord, where he lived, and where the births of his eleven children are recorded, and where he died April 29, 1722, his gravestone still standing. His widow died March 15, 1737-8.

Jonathan (4), second son of Jacob (3), was born September 21, 1698. The annalist says : "He seems to have been a quiet kind of citizen, for the only trace he has left upon our town records, aside from the records of the births of his children, are that (in 1731) he was paid a bounty for killing wildcats; in 1751, and for two or three years afterwards, he was paid by the town for supporting his mother-in-law, the widow Mary Rigby, and that he was chosen hog-reeve in 1725 and again in 1753. From the fact that it was even then the custom to choose to that office every year the men who had married dur- ing the previous year, it is perhaps to be inferred that his wife (Rebecca, whom he married in 1724) died somewhere between 1744 and 1752, and that in the latter year he married the second time." He died October 10, 1783, and his grave- stone is still standing. He had five sons and three daughters.

Jonathan (5), third son of Jonathan (4), was born in Concord, July 27, 1731. He was a lieutenant in the regular militia, 1760: and at Concord, April 19, 1775, he fought at the north bridge in Captain Charles Miles' company of

minute-men. He married Hannah Fletcher, Jan- uary 17, 1760, and the births of three sons and three daughters are recorded at Concord. The family subsequently removed to Rupert, Ver- mont, and were pioneers in the settlement of that region.

Samuel (6), eldest son and third child of Jonathan (5), was born December 2, 1765, and died March 31, 1856, aged ninety years, three months and twenty-nine days. He married Rhoda King, February II, 1806, and she died October 18, 1844. They were the parents of eleven children: I. Charles, born November 8, 1806, died by drowning, May 9, 1808. 2. John, born December 6, 1807, married Betsey Barden, and resided on the homestead on Rupert Moun- tain until his death; his children were Martin, Mary E., Merritt, Caroline, Samuel and John B., all of whom married, and Merritt and John still live on the paternal estate. 3. Almaria, born October 5, 1809, died in young womanhood. 4. Eunice (deceased), born June 19, 1811, mar- ried Joseph B. Harwood, and resided on a large farm on Rupert Mountain, where Mr. Harwood was a successful breeder of full blood Merino sheep ; their children were Charles, Louis, J. M., Delia, John, Julia and Seymour. 5. Rhoda (de- ceased), born January 22, 1813, married Alex- ander Atcherson, and they resided at Westmin- ster, Vermont; their children were Lucian, Byron and Delia. 6. Marcia (deceased), born May 28, 1815, married Joel H. Sheldon, and re- sided at Pawlet, Vermont; their children were Anna, Helen, Julia and George. 7. Harriet (deceased), born March 26, 1817, married John W. Bailey, and resided in Rupert, Vermont ; their children were Cornelia and Wayne. 8. Samuel Jackson (still living), born April 5, 1821, mar- ried Harriet Johnson, and they moved in after years to Cambridge, New York. 9. Ruhamah (deceased), born April 27, 1823, married Oliver, brother of Joseph B. Harwood, and settled on a large farm in Dorset, Vermont; their children were Vesta and H. G. 10. David is to be fur- ther referred to hereinafter. II. Lyman (yet living), born February 12, 1828, with the ex- ception of one or two years, has resided at Rupert, Vermont ; he married Lemira Clark, and Laura was their only child.

David Farrar, tenth child of Samuel (6)

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and Rhoda ( King ) Farrar, was born at Rupert, Vermont, February 9, 1825. He was reared upon the paternal farm, and received his educa- tion in the district schools. He learned car- pentry and joinery, and worked at his trade in western Vermont, castern New York and in Cleveland, Ohio, and in that state, at Perrys- burg, also taught school for a time. November 15, 1854, he married Esther M. Smith, born March 19, 1833, a daughter of Major Sylvester S. Smith, of Rupert, Vermont. In the year fol- lowing his marriage, Mr. Farrar located upon a farm which he had purchased, situated partly in Pawlet, Vermont, and partly in Granville, New York, and known as the Thomas Crocker place. Upon this he lived as an industrious and intelli- gent farmer during the remainder of his life, making his acres increasingly productive, and adding a handsome new residence and substan- tial outbuildings. He never sought public posi- tion, yet from time to time held several minor offices in his township. He was not a member of any fraternal organization. In religious be- lief he was a Universalist, but not affiliated with the church. He was baptized in infancy in the Congregational church, in Rupert, Vermont, his father at the time being one of its deacons. He was known and called "the honest David Farrar" throughout his lifetime.

Mrs. Farrar lived a true home life, and she 1901. His widow remained on the homestead, but survived him less than a year, passing away March 3, 1902, victim to the same disease which caused the death of her husband. She was one of nine children, and the first to die; the youngest of her family is now living, and was past sixty when the mother died.

Mrs. Farrah lived a true home life, and she was never connected with any club or organiza- tion. She was a thrifty, industrious woman, and made the dairy cheese at home for nineteen years after her marriage. She was a Universalist in belief but was not connected with the church. She had a kind and benevolent disposition, and was beloved by all who knew her. Her chief pride consisted in the proper training of her children. A handsome monument marks the resting place of herself and husband, both of whom lived well spent lives.

David and Esther Farrar were the parents of

six children; Albert, born October 16, 1856, died February 28, 1859; a son unnamed, born October 15. 1859, died December 22, same year ; and the following who are living: Jason W., Samuel Fred, Charles H. and Stella.

Jason W. Farrar (8), third son and child of David (7) and Esther (Smith) Farrar, was born November 15, 1860, at Pawlet, Vermont. He received his education in the common schools in Granville, New York. His life was one of industrious labor from the outset. Reared upon a farm, he continued in that occupation until he was twenty-four years, and in September, 1884, went west, locating at Wells, Minnesota, and taking railroad employment as a locomotive fire- man on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Rail- road. He was so engaged until June, 1886, when he returned to Granville, New York, and in Oc- tober following he went on an engine on the Troy & Boston Railroad. After that road had become a part of the Fitchburg system, he went to Whitehall, and became a fireman on the Dela- ware & Hudson Railroad. In March, 1896, he relinquished railroading, and returned to Gran- ville, where he resumed farm work. In April, 1897, he engaged as stationary engineer with the Brandon Paint Company, at Whitehall, New York, remaining until the closing of the works, when he took similar employment with the Kane Falls Electric Light and Power Company, at the same place. He subsequently left this position to take a canvassing agency for the Granite State Evaporator Company. November 1, 1899, he purchased a farm in Granville, New York, near the hamlet of Truthville, and has resided upon the place to the present time.

Mr. Farrar is a member of numerous benev- olent and fraternal organizations. While in rail- way service he became a member of Saratoga Lodge No. 209, Brotherhood of Locomotive Fire- men, passed the chairs in the order, and was dele- gate to the grand lodge at the session of Sep- tember, 1892, held in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also united with the following other societies, all located at Whitehall, New York: Whitehall Lodge No. 5, I. O. O. F., Whitehall Encampment No. 69, I. O. O. F., Kahshahquahna Tribe No. 157, Improved Order of Red Men, and Tancred Lodge No. 303, Knights of Pythias. He has held various offices in each of the bodies named, passed

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the chairs in the lodge of Red Men, and repre- sented his tribe in the great council of the state, held in Rochester, New York, in August, 1895.

Mr. Farrar was united in marriage with Eva E. (Ballard) Kenyon, August 22, 1897, and of this marriage were born two children: Addie E., born at Whitehall, New York, August 12, 1898, who died of malnutrition, March 12, 1899; and Florence E., born in Granville, New York, July 8, 1900. Mrs. Farrar was born in Poult- ney, Vermont, August 19, 1868, a daughter of Henry L. Ballard. She was married June 2, 1883; to Gilbert Kenyon, of Rupert, Vermont, and of this marriage were born two children, Grace and Irving. She was granted a bill of absolute divorce, November 24, 1893.

Samuel Fred Farrar (8), fourth son and child of David (7) and Esther (Smith) Farrar, was born on the family homestead in Pawlet, Vermont, near Granville, New York, November 28, 1862. His education was received in the public schools with the exception of one term in the Quaker school taught by Miss Laura War- ner. He labored upon the home place until he had attained his majority, when he entered the Troy (New York) Business College, under the principalship of Thomas H. Shields. He had arranged for a four months' course, but at the expiration of three months he secured a posi- tion with Fellows & Company, collar and cuff manufacturers on Fulton street. and he finished his course at the night sessions of the school. He occupied his position with the firm named until June, 1887, when he resigned in order to accept a position in the National Bank of Gran- ville, at Granville, New York, preparatory to becoming cashier of the Bank of Braymer, at Braymer, Missouri. This change in his career had close relation to his marriage. February 24, 1887, he was wedded to Miss May Woodard, daughter of Daniel Woodard, who was president of the National Bank of Granville, New York. Mr. Woodard had conceived the organization of a bank at Braymer, Missouri, but did not live to see the consummation of his plans, his death occurring June 13, 1887, but a few months after Mr. Farrar had become his son-in-law. How- ever, D. D. Woodard, son of Mr. Woodard, and then cashier of the National Bank of Granville, carried forward to success the plans of his father

and saw to the firm establishment of the bank at Braymer, meantime retaining his interests in Granville, where he is now president of the Gran- ville National Bank, successor to the National Bank of Granville, the charter of which had ex- pired. February 14, 1888, a few days less than a year after their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Farrar arrived at Braymer, Missouri, where Mr. Farrar immediately entered upon his duties as cashier of the Bank of Braymer, a position which he has occupied with entire ability and signal success to the present time.

In childhood and early manhood Mr. Farrar attended the Baptist church at Granville, New York, and became librarian of its Sunday-school. While in Troy, New York, he attended the First Baptist church, and became a member of the "Garfield" class of young men in its Sunday- school, with William Shaw, a lawyer of that city, as teacher, and in January, 1887, he united with the church. Upon their arrival at Braymer, Missouri, he and his wife deposited their letters from the First Baptist church of Troy and the Lakeville (New York) Baptist church, respect- ively, with the Braymer Baptist church. Mr. Farrar was at once elected superintendent of the Sunday-school, and has held the position con- tinuously to the present time, with the exception of about six months, when he resigned to give place to another, and was subsequently re-elected by the church, and holds the position to-day. Re- garding his religious life, it is to be said that he attributes all the success which has crowned his life, in domestic, social and business concerns, to his faith in the one living and true God.

Mr. Farrar has attained to high rank in the Masonic fraternity, and is affiliated with the fol- lowing bodies: Braymer Lodge No. 135, A. F. & A. M., of Braymer, Missouri ; Lone Star Chap- ter No. 30, R. A. M .; Chillicothe Council No. 28, R. & S. M., and Paschal Commandery No. 32, K. T., all of Chillicothe, Missouri, and Ararat Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Kansas City ; and he has been invited to unite with the bodies of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, sitting in the Valley of Kansas City, Orient of Missouri. He is also a member of Caldwell Lodge No. 410, I. O. O. F.

Four children, all of whom are living, have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Farrar: D. Irving,

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born April 24, 1890; Lynn Woodard, born April 9. 1892; Mariam Esther, born July 4, 1897; S. F. Jr., born November 13, 1899. Mrs. Mariam Farrar (usually called May) was born at Salem, New York, May 10, 1863, and when her parents left the farm and removed to Granville, she and her younger sister, Lucina, went with them, and were educated in the district and Quaker school taught by Miss Laura Warner. After the death of her father (previously mentioned) her widowed mother, Mrs. Woodard, resided with her younger daughter, Lucina (now Mrs. S. E. Everts), until her death, October 20, 1902.

Charles H. Farrar (8), youngest son of David and Esther (Smith) Farrar, was born at Pawlet, Vermont, December 5, 1865. He was educated in the common schools of his native village and of Granville, New York. He was reared on the paternal farm, which he cultivated for a time on his own account. He was subsequently engaged for a year on a farm at Rupert, Vermont, and for another year as laborer for the village cor- poration of Granville, New York. In 1891 he resumed farming on the family homestead, but the following year went to South Dakota, where he was engaged in similar labor. In 1893 he re- turned to Granville and again worked the pa- ternal farm. He cultivated a farm in Pawlet, Vermont, for one year, and another at Midle- town Springs, in the same state, for six years. In 1902 he finally returned to the paternal home- stead where he was born, purchased the interests of the other heirs, and has since made his home thereupon. He is a member of the fraternity of Odd Fellows, affiliated with the lodge at West Pawlet, Vermont.

Mr. Farrar was married January 4, 1887, to Miss Frances J. Robinson, daughter of Chaun- cey H. Robinson, of Granville, New York, and of that marriage was born a son, Frank H., at Rupert, Vermont October 18, 1888. She de- clined to go to the farm in Pawlet, Vermont, with him, and Mr. Farrar subsequently ob- tained a legal separation. He married, January IO, 1894, Miss Katie Durkin, daughter of John Durkin, of Middletown Springs, Vermont.

Stella Farrar, youngest child and only daugh- ter of David and Esther (Smith) Farrar, was born at Pawlet, Vermont, May 22, 1874. She received her education in the common schools of

her native village and Granville, New York, and during their lives resided with her parents on the family homestead. She was united in mar- riage with Frank Kibling, of Granville, February 5, 1899. A son, Glenn F. Kibling, was born of this union, March 7, 1900. The family now re- sides at Granville, New York, where Mr. Kib- ling, a capable gardener, cultivates a small but highly improved farm situated near his original place.

FRANK A. SHERBURNE.

Frank A. Sherburne, of Montpelier, Vermont, was born in Corinth, Vermont, January 11, 1858, a son of the Rev. Joseph A. Sherburne. Daniel Sherburne, great-grandfather of Frank A. Sher- . burne, was born in Portsmouth, New Hamp- shire, in 1740, and was united in marriage to Miss Polly Lear, who was born in 1736. The following named children were born to them: Daniel, Nathall, David, John, Margaret, Ruth and Polly. The father of these children died in Goshen, New Hampshire.

Daniel, eldest son of the above named parents, and grandfather of Frank A. Sherburne, was born in Goshen, New Hampshire, February 28, 1778, where he was reared on a farm, and he acquired his education in the common schools. In 1801 he removed to Orange, Vermont, where he cleared and cultivated a farm out of a dense wilderness, on which he resided for the remainder of his days. He was a very quiet, unassuming man, and won the respect of the members of the community, and they elected him to serve in the various local offices of the town. He also acted as steward of the Methodist Episcopal church for many years. Mr. Sherburne was married about 1803 to Miss Wealthy Kinney, born April 13, 1786, in Bethel, Vermont, a daughter of the Rev. Jonathan Kinney, of Plainfield, Vermont. Ten children were born of this union, namely: Lydia, born October 3, 1804; Joel, born November 3, 1805 ; Jonathan, born September 17, 1808; Laura, born February 11, 1811; David K., born October 30, 1812; George, born February 7, 1815; Aba- gail, born May 7, 1817 ; Lucy A., born September 8, 1819; Joseph A., born November 22, 1821; and George N., born July 26, 1825.

Joseph A. Sherburne, father of Frank A.

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Sherburne, was born in Orange, Vermont, No- vember 22, 1821. He received his preliminary education in the district schools, and later took a course in the theological department of the Newbury Seminary. Having chosen the min- istry for his life work, he commenced preaching in 1846 in Brattleboro, Vermont, and in 1847 he became a member of the Vermont conference, and has preached the gospel in the following places : Brattleboro, one year; Woodsboro, two year; Perkinsville, two years, Cambridge, two years ; Wellington, two years; Putney, one year ; Corinth, two years ; Pittsfield, two years ; Roches- ter, two years; Northfield, two years; Chel- sea, two years; Wellington, two years; and Barre. He was appointed presiding elder at Montpelier, where he remained for four years ; he then went to Waitsfield for two years ; Waterbury, three years; Groton, three years. He then settled in Barre, and had charge of the churches at West Topham, East Orange and Waits River; he was again transferred to Chelsea, where he remained two years. Dur- ing his long pastorate of fifty-four years he has never missed the first roll call at conference. Mr. Sherburne chose for his first wife Miss Marinda Borrows, a daughter of Isaac and Har- riet Borrows, of Windsor, Vermont, to whom he was married June 8, 1848. Five children were born to them, namely: Ida Josephine, born Aug- ust 27, 1850; Leslie O., born May 30, 1853, a minister of the Methodist Episcopal church of Enosburg Falls, and has officiated as presiding elder of St. Albans district; Herman, born July 12, 1855, an osteopath physician of Boston, Massachusetts. The mother of these children died November 20, 1884. On August 20, 1885, Mr. Sherburne married Mrs. Hattie E. Dickey, nee Chandler, a daughter of John and Sally Chandler, of Barre, Vermont. Mr. Sherburne has been honored by being elected to fill the position of trustee of the Montpelier Seminary, which posi- ton he has retained for a quarter of a century, and for the last twelve years he has acted in the capacity of president of the board. He was elected a delegate to the general conference in 1872, and is now senior director of the Vermont Bible Society, trustee of the conference committee of the Preachers' Aid Society, and president of the board. He is a firm advocate of the cause of

prohibition, and his vote is cast with that party.

Frank A. Sherburne, the third son of the Rev. Joseph and Miranda Sherburne, was edu- cated in the Montpelier Seminary. In 1876 he entered into active business life as a clerk in the firm of Putnam & Marvin, grocery and crockery dealers, and he remained with them until 1888, when Mr. Putnam retired, and Mr. Sherburne purchased his interest; the firm name was changed to Marvin & Sherburne. They con- ducted their business in such a manner that their trade constantly increased, and after the death of Mr. Marvin Mr. Sherburne, on May 18, 1901, purchased his share, and he now carries on the business alone. He still retains the firm name of Marvin & Sherburne.

Republican in his political preferences, he has been elected by that party to serve as trustee of the village of Montpelier. He has also been a trustee of the Heaton Hospital since its organi- zation. He is a member and trustee of the Metho- dist Episcopal church. Fraternally he is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the encampment, and the Rebekahs, and a mem- ber of the Apollo Club.

Mr. Sherburne was married June 4, 1884, to Miss Josephine Gill, daughter of the Rev. Joshua Gill, of Brookline, Massachusetts. Three chil- dren have been born of this union, namely : Alice, Eunice and Edward Sherburne.

ARTHUR W. GILMORE.

Among the representative business men of St. Albans, Vermont, may be mentioned the name of Arthur W. Gilmore, who was born in that city, October 15, 1867, and is now a member of the firm of Gilmore & Son, who conduct one of the largest and most select livery and boarding stables in the city of St. Albans.

James Gilmore, grandfather of Arthur W. Gilmore, was a descendant of an old and hon- ored Irish ancestry. After acquiring a practical education he learned the trades of blacksmith and scythe-maker at Millbury, Massachusetts, a town situated near Worcester. He then located in Cambridge, Vermont, where he followed his trade for a short period of time, later removing to St. Albans, and then to Georgia, Vermont, where he pursued the trade of general blacksmith

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for a number of years, and by his well directed and energetic efforts succeeded in accumulating sufficient capital to enable him to retire from business life, which he accordingly did, taking up his residence again in St. Albans, Vermont, where the remainder of his life was spent. He was united in marriage to Betsy Collins, who was born in Craftsbury, Vermont, where her father preached for many years, being the first Congregational minister to settle in that town; the Rev. Mr. Collins was the father of several children, among them being two physicians, Rob- ert, who practices his profession in Brunswick, Vermont, and Samuel, a general practitioner of Danville, Vermont. Five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, two of whom are living at the present time (1903), namely : Miranda, wife of Hiram Cushman, a life-long resident of Georgia, Vermont; and Dennis Gilmore. The father of these children died at the age of eighty- one years, his wife passing away in her sixty- eighth year. They were both members of the Congregational church.

Dennis Gilmore, father of Arthur W. Gil- more, was born in Cambridge, Vermont, October 18, 1823, spent the early years of his life in Georgia, Vermont, where he acquired his edu- cation and learned the trade of blacksmith. He followed this line of business until 1864, when he removed to St. Albans and established livery, feed and sale stables, which he has success- fully conducted up to the present time. His reputation is unassailable in all business mat- ters, and the prosperity that has come to him is certainly well deserved. Although eighty years of age he is still hale and hearty, and in his actions and feelings is more like a man of fifty years. On January 5, 1853, Mr. Gilmore mar- ried Nancy A. Fairbanks, who was born in Georgia, Vermont. Six children were born of this union, three of whom are still living, namely : Maria, wife of B. F. Bradford, of Boston, Massa- chusetts, and they have one child, Alice G. Brad- ford; Colonel Charles G., a resident of Swanton, Vermont ; and Arthur W., of St. Albans, Ver- mont. Mrs. Gilmore is a descendant of Jona- than Ffayerbanke, who came to this country in 1633, from Sowerby, near Halifax, on the west border of Yorkshire, and Richard Ffayerbanke, who was the inn-keeper and first postmaster of

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Genealogical and family history of the state of Vermont; a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Vol II, Part 122

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed Publication date: 1903 Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company Number of Pages: 1044

Author: Carleton, Hiram, 1838- ed
Publication date: 1903
Publisher: New York, Chicago, The Lewis Publishing Company
Number of Pages: 1044