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Subject: [VAFairfax] Richard Farr, b. 1828 Virginia, m. Sarah Greer, 1853 Mississippi
Date: 21 Jul 2003 12:40:24 -0600
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Here's hoping someone can help me get past a longstanding "brick wall." Am seeking ancestors and any other information concerning my gggfa Richard A. FARR, b. 31 May 1828, supposedly in Virginia, d. December 1864 in Civil War (34th Mississippi Infantry).
He was married in Marshall County, Mississippi, on 16 July 1853 to Sarah Ann "Sally" GREER (b. 9 July 1834), daughter of William Arnold GREER and Mary Louisa GRIFFITH. Richard A. FARR came to Marshall County about 1850 and was overseer for his future father-in-law.
An experienced Farr researcher has suggested that my Richard may be related to the Roger FARR/Samuel Ratcliffe FARR families in Fairfax County, Virginia. So far, I have found no link, but am still looking.
Richard and Sarah FARR are listed on the 1860 Census for Marshall County. They had the following children:
Samuel Augusta, 1854-1915;
William Dunlap, 1856-1859;
Margaret, 1858-1860; and
Thornwell Dunlap, 1861-1944.
Samuel m. 1877 Mary Ann RIVERS (daughter of Joel Lewis RIVERS and Mary Elizabeth FORD).
Thornwell m. 1883 Mary "Molly" HEWITT.
Both brothers produced further descendants.
The GREER ancestry is already well documented. However, in over thirty years of trying, no one in my family has been able to discover Richard A. FARR's parents or anything else about his origins.
Intriguingly, a Mary Elizabeth FARR, said to be b. 1802 in Kentucky and d. 1862 in Marshall Co., Mississippi, is an ancestress of President Clinton's. However, to date, I have not been able to find a link between her and my Richard.
If anyone has any information at all concerning Richard, please post a reply or email me directly at . I will be most grateful.
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