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William Thomas Farrar
30 Mar 1834 – 19 Sep 1895
| Birth | 30 Mar 1834 |
| Death | 19 Sep 1895 |
| Cemetery | Farrar-Lane-Finney Family Cemetery Milledgeville , Baldwin County , Georgia , USA |
| Added by | George & Terri Lucero on 05 Sep 2016 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/80127946 |
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Sgt. WILLIAM THOMAS FARRAR was born on 30 March 1834 in Georgia to William Powel Farrar (1802-1861) & Hannah Minter-Farrar (1804-1843). William married Ellen Maria Peck-Farrar on 4 September 1856 in Putnam County, Georgia, and they had FIVE Children of record: Mary Louisa Farrar (1857-1862), Charles Minter Farrar, Sr (1859-1954), Olive Farrar-Odom (1864-1913), Lillian "Lilly" Farrar-Hendricks (1864-1953), and Thadius Deming Farrar (1867-?). After Ellen passed away, William married Matilda Lane-Farrar on 30 October 1873 in Baldwin County, Georgia, and they had THREE Children: Alma Irene Farrar-Bonner (1874-1953), Elizabeth Frances Farrar-Stewart (1876-1955), and William Henry Farrar (1879-1948). William passed away on 19 September 1895 in Bibb County Georgia according to the Georgia Death Index. (NOTE: Entered as Riverside Cemetery in the 1932 newspaper article). REFERENCES: 1. 29 May 1932, Atlanta Georgia Newspaper, "People Who Think," GENEALOGY DEPARTMENT; Minters, and inter-Married Lines, Were Pioneers in Early Georgia History, by Lilla Odom. 2. 5 November 1850 70th District, Putnam County, Georgia Census, (Stamped 314A, Family #601, Line 19, Father: William & Step-Mother: Margaret Farrar's Household. 3. 23 June 1860 Eatonton PO, 369 District, Putnam County, Georgia Census, (Sheet 399, Family #247, Line 25), Head of Household, Wm. T. Farrar. 4. 9 July 1870 Macon City, Bibb County, Georgia Census, (Stamped 839, Sheet 187, Family #1638, Line 17), Head of Household, William T. Farrar. 5. 19 & 21 June 1880 Pittsburg, District 319, Baldwin County, Georgia Census, (ED: 5, Stamped 256C, Sheet 23, Family #239, Line 14), Head of Household, Widower: Wm. T. Farrar. 6. Georgia Marriages, 1808-1967. 7. Burial information from the Farrar-Lane-Finney Burial Ground near Milledgeville, Baldwin County (close to Haddock), Georgia: http://www.friendsofcems.org/Baldwin/SQL.asp?CemNumber=28 8. Location: From the Baldwin County Courthouse, go west on Hancock Street for 2 blocks or 0.2 mile (or the one large block containing Georgia College & State Univ.). Turn right on Clarke Street. Go one large block or 0.2 mile. Turn left onto Highway No. 22 (west) or Montgomery St. Go about 10.3 miles or 3.5 miles past Watson Rd. - you should be near the Baldwin-Jones County line. Cemetery is on the left in a fenced-in area in the woods. Approx 150 ft from highway. Can be seen from highway only in winter. Is at the address of 708 Hwy 22. GPS coordinates: 33 02' 47.9" N 83 23' 09.6" W or in degrees only form: 33.04664° N X 83.386° W Google Map at: https://maps.google.com/?q=33.04664,-83.386+(Cemetery)
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1st Sargent, Company K, 42nd Georgia Infantry, CSA
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Siblings
- Mary Rebecca Farrar Lane 1840–1919
- Benjamin King Farrar 1845–1940
- Margaret Adelia Farrar Howard 1846–1939
- Zana Farror 1913–1913
Children
- Mary Louisa Farrar 1857–1862 FaG
- Charles Minter Farrar Sr. 1859–1954 FaG
- Olive Farrar Odom 1864–1913 FaG
- Lillian Farrar Hendricks 1864–1953 FaG
- Alma Irene Farrar Bonner 1874–1953 FaG
- Frances Elizabeth "Lizzie" Farrar Stewart 1876–1955 FaG
- William Henry Farrar 1879–1948 FaG
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