Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Floyd H Farrar

His childhood records are here.

Here's what I have from Family Tree Maker software:


Floyd H Farrar was born on 20 Jun 1905 in Arkansas, USA as the second child of Robert Eddings Farrar and Iautha Walker. He had three siblings, namely: Eva May, Robert Alfred, and Allen G. He died in Mar 1978 in Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, USA. When he was 23, He married Norma Marie Kimbrough on 12 Jan 1929 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA.

He lived in Extra, Ashley, Arkansas in 1910. He lived in Extra, Ashley, Arkansas in 1920. He lived in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA in 1929.  He lived in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana in 1930 (Age: 24; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head). He lived in Steeleys, Mobile, Alabama, United States on 01 Apr 1940. He lived in Mobile, Alabama, USA in 1941. He lived in Natchez, Mississippi, USA in 1950. He lived in Panama City, Florida, USA in 1955. He lived in Panama City, Florida, USA in 1958.

Floyd H Farrar and Norma Marie Kimbrough had no children that I've been able to find so far.




Marriage License - 1929 Ashley, Arkansas, USA

1930 US Federal Census - Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA

US Federal Census - Steeleys, Mobile, Alabama, USA
City Directory 1941 - Mobile, Alabama, USA
City Directory 1950 -Natchez, Mississippi, USA

City Directory 1955 - Panama City, Florida, USA
(his mother is living at the same address, her name is under his)
City Directory 1958 - Panama City, Florida, USA.








Sunday, January 27, 2013

Robert Eddings Farrar

We have him with his family as a child here and here.  Here's what I have on Family Tree Maker about him.

Robert Eddings Farrar was born on 23 Aug 1877 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA as the fourth child of Thomas Clay Farrar and Mary Catherine Geddie. He had four siblings, namely: William Harrison, James Thomas, John Wesley, and Walter Emmett. He died on 27 Mar 1953 in Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA. When he was 24, He married Iautha Walker on 09 Oct 1901 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA.

Robert Eddings Farrar was buried in Hamburg Cemetery, Ashley Co., Arkansas. He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1880. He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900. He lived in Extra, Ashley, Arkansas in 1910. He lived in Extra, Ashley, Arkansas in 1920. He lived in Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1930. He lived in Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA on 01 Apr 1940.

Robert Eddings Farrar and Iautha Walker had the following children:

1. Eva May Farrar was born in 1903 in Arkansas, USA. She died on 26 Mar 1977. She married Twyman
     H. Taylor on 02 Jan 1929.
2. Floyd H Farrar was born in 1906 in Arkansas, USA.
3. Robert Alfred Farrar was born on 23 Jun 1908. He died on 19 Nov 1971.
4. Allen G Farrar was born in 1917 in Arkansas, USA.


Marriage Certificate - 9 Oct 1901

 1910 US Federal Census - Extra Township, Ashley, Arkansas, USA
WWI Draft Registration

1920 US Federal Census - Extra, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

1930 US Federal Census - Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA
1940 US Federal Census - Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

WWII Draft Registration - 1942




Monday, January 21, 2013

Kenneth Farrar

His childhood census is shown here.

I must just really stink at finding people who are still alive.  I can't find anything.  I found a Kenneth Farrar who lived in Pine Bluff in 1993.  Even if that is him, that was 20 years ago.  And it provides no other information other than his name and an address.  Here is what I have for him on my Family Tree Maker... it's not much.


Kenneth Farrar was born in 1931 in Arkansas, USA as the second child of Thomas Elwood (Pudney) Farrar and Ruby Beatrice Sanderlin. He had four siblings, namely: Verneta Corinne, Johnnie Lavon, Delbert E, and James Winston.

Kenneth Farrar lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA on 01 Apr 1940.

That's it.

*****UPDATE!!!!
I found him!!  With the help of a nice man who was just using google to find Mr Farrar's address,  I not only found him, I talked to him on the phone for over half an hour.  He was awesome and a great source of information to fill in the gaps in his family.  When I come back around to the Farrar branch, I'll be updating this with lots of information from him.  Yay for new cousins!!!





Friday, January 18, 2013

Verneta Corinne Farrar

All of her census records are on her father's page, here.  Here is her information from my Family Tree Maker software.

Verneta Corinne Farrar was born on 29 Nov 1928 in Drew, Arkansas, USA as the first child of Thomas Elwood (Pudney) Farrar and Ruby Beatrice Sanderlin. She had four siblings, namely: Kenneth, Johnnie Lavon, Delbert E, and James Winston. She died on 30 Jan 2012 in Southhaven, Mississsippi. When she was 21, She married William Benton Bostian,son of T P Bostian and Lucy Bostian, on 15 Jul 1950 in Drew, Arkansas, USA (record is below).

Verneta Corinne Farrar lived in Wilmar, Drew, Arkansas, USA. She lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA in 1930. She lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA on 01 Apr 1940. Other: 12 Jul 1950 She lived in Monticello, AR in 1986. She was buried on 12 Feb 2012 in Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, USA.

William Benton Bostian and Verneta Corinne Farrar had the following children:

1. Dale
2. Patricia


Marriage Certificate - Verneta Corinne Farrar and William Benton Bostian - Drew, Arkansas, USA - 1950
Pine Bluff Commercial Newspaper Obituary

MONTICELLO - Verneta Corinne Bostian, 83, of Hernando, Miss., passed away January 30, 2012, in Southhaven, Miss. She was born November 29, 1928 in Drew County, Ark.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William Bositan; her father, Thomas Elwood Farrar; her mother, Ruby Sanderlin Farrar and her brothers, James Winston Farrar and Johnny Lavon Farrar.
She is survived by brothers, Kenneth Farrar and Delbert Farrar; her son, Dale Bostian; her daughter, Patricia Parrar, and two grandsons.
Funeral services will be 2 p.m. Sunday at Stephenson-Dearman Funeral Home with burial in Oakland Cemetery. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Saturday. Online guestbook www.stephensondearman.com.

So I just joined Genealogy Bank (for their 30-day trial), and I'm trying to see what I can find.  The first thing I was looking for I found quickly.  Verneta Corinne's obituary.  While it does list her children's names, I'm afraid I know nothing else.  Two more potential cousins to try to find, but I'm not very good at finding people who are still alive.  And who knows if they even want to be found.  So I'll continue with Verneta's siblings and keep her children in my tree in case more information on them pops up.

Action Items:
1. Continue to look for any information on children.  
2. Continue to look for William Bostian's obituary from 1997.


Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Thomas Elwood Farrar


His childhood census records (1910 and 1920) can be found here on his father's page.

Thomas Elwood (Pudney) Farrar was born on 01 Jan 1906 in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA as the fifth child of John Wesley Farrar and Anna Cordelia Smith. He had four siblings, namely: Anna Elizabeth, Johnnie Marvin, Sarah Lillian, and James Lee. He died on 16 Apr 1988 in Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, USA. When he was 21, He married Ruby Beatrice Sanderlin,daughter of Robert Luther Sanderlin and Carrie Olivia Knowles, on 04 Sep 1927 in Drew, Arkansas, USA.

Thomas Elwood (Pudney) Farrar was buried in Oakland Cemetery, Monticello, Drew Co. AR.. He lived in Wilmar, Drew, Arkansas, USA. His Social Security Number was 432-32-6283. SSN issued: in Arkansas, USA He lived in Marion, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA in 1920. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA in 1930.  On the record below you can see that his wife's name and their first daughter's names have been switched, also notice that they are living next to his sister Anna Elizabeth Farrar Mays and her husband.  This is corrected in the 1940 census.  He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA on 01 Apr 1940.  Their name is indexed as "Foner".

Thomas Elwood (Pudney) Farrar and Ruby Beatrice Sanderlin had the following children:

1. Verneta Corinne Farrar was born on 29 Nov 1928 in Drew, Arkansas, USA.
2. Kenneth Farrar was born in 1931 in Arkansas, USA.
3. Johnnie Lavon Farrar was born on 10 Jun 1932 in Drew, Arkansas, USA.  Died 05 Aug 2003 in    
    Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, USA.  (I just can't find anything else on him.)
4. Delbert E Farrar was born on 12 May 1934.  (I can't find anything else on him either.  I do have his name      
     listed in the obituary of his sister and still living, but nothing else.)
5. James Winston Farrar was born on 27 Feb 1944. (I have no records of him other than someone else's
    family tree.  So I will be making sure he's in this family before I do a page on him.  UPDATE: I found
    another James W Farrar who was born in 1946 in Arkansas.  I'm just not sure enough to put him in the
    tree, so I'm marking him as private until I get better information about him.)  


Marriage Certificate - 1927

1930 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA

1940 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA

Monday, January 14, 2013

James Lee Farrar

His childhood census records are here.

James Lee Farrar was born on 01 Apr 1901 in Arkansas, USA as the fourth child of John Wesley Farrar and Anna Cordelia Smith. He had four siblings, namely: Anna Elizabeth, Johnnie Marvin, Sarah Lillian, and Thomas Elwood. He died on 17 Aug 1933 in Drew, Arkansas, USA. When he was 30, He married Ida Chambless on 03 Nov 1931 in Drew, Arkansas, USA.

James Lee Farrar was buried in Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Geddie-Rawls Cemetery). He lived in Wilmot, Drew, Arkansas. He lived in Marion, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1920. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1930.

James Lee Farrar and Ida Chambless had no children (I think).

He had been married for nearly two years when he died.  So I want to find his wife in the 1940 Census and see if they had a child before he died, or if she was pregnant.  As of now, I have no children for them.  I'd also like to find out how he died.  There should be something about it in the newspaper.

Marriage License


Action Items:
1. Find Ida Chambless in 1940 to make sure there were no children. (I found her death record and it still shows her name as Ida Farrar, so I'm guessing she never remarried).
2. Find newspaper at the time of his death to see if there is an article.

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Anna Elizabeth Farrar

John Wesley Farrar and Anna Cordelia Smith's Oldest Child.  Her childhood information can be found here.

Anna Elizabeth Farrar was born on 10 Jun 1895 in Arkansas, USA as the first child of John Wesley Farrar and Anna Cordelia Smith. She had four siblings, namely: Johnnie Marvin, Sarah Lillian, James Lee, and Thomas Elwood. She died in Nov 1976 in Monticello, Drew, Arkansas, USA. When she was 32, She married Frank P Mays on 15 Apr 1928 in Drew, Arkansas, USA.  (I will load the picture of this later, when I can get it to work!)

Anna Elizabeth Farrar lived in Wilmar, Drew, Arkansas, USA. She lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900. She lived in Marion, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. She lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1920. Other: 13 Apr 1928 She lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1930. She lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, United States on 01 Apr 1940.  Her 1930 Census record is the only one that is different from the ones on her father's page, and it is listed below.  She and her husband moved back in with her father by 1940, and all those other census records can be found here.

Frank P Mays and Anna Elizabeth Farrar had no children. I don't know for sure that they didn't have any children, but on the last census I have for her (below), says she is 44 years old and they haven't had any children listed with them.  That doesn't mean that they didn't have any children, it just means that none of them lived to be older than 9 or 10.

1930 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA



Thursday, January 10, 2013

Dr. John Wesley Farrar

Here is the information about him and his family that I have so far.

John Wesley Farrar was born on 27 Nov 1874 in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA as the third child of Thomas Clay Farrar and Mary Catherine Geddie. He had four siblings, namely: William Harrison, James Thomas, Robert Eddings, and Walter Emmett. He died on 14 Mar 1952 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA. When he was 19, He married Anna Cordelia Smith on 09 Aug 1894 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA. (I have the information from the Ashley County marriages, but not a picture of the actual page).

John Wesley Farrar was buried in Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Geddie-Rawls Cemetery/Geddie-Rawls Cemetery). He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1880. He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900. He lived in Marion, Bradley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. WWI Draft Registration: 1918 in Hermitage, Bradley, Arkansas, USA He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1920. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas in 1930. He lived in Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, United States on 01 Apr 1940.  His Census records are shown below.

John Wesley Farrar and Anna Cordelia Smith had the following children:

1. Anna Elizabeth Farrar was born on 10 Jun 1895 in Arkansas, USA.
2. Johnnie Marvin Farrar was born on 04 May 1897 in Arkansas, USA. He died 1903 at the age of 6.
3. Sarah Lilian Farrar was born 01 Dec 1898 in Arkansas, USA. She died 17 Jan 1899.
4. James Lee Farrar (link will be up soon)was born on 01 Apr 1901 in Arkansas, USA.
5. Thomas Elwood Farrar was born on 01 Jan 1906 in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA.


1900 US Federal Census - Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

1910 US Federal Census - Marion, Bradley, Arkansas, USA

US WWI Draft Registration Card - Hermitage, Bradley, Arkansas, USA

1920 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA

1930 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA

1940 US Federal Census - Clear Creek, Drew, Arkansas, USA
 Action Items:
1. Get marriage certificate at courthouse in Hamburg.
2. Continue with descendants.
3. Look for newspaper with Johnnie Marvin and Sarah Lilian's death information.





Monday, January 7, 2013

Thomas Clay Farrar

Thomas Clay Farrar is my 3xgreatgrandfather. I know that he fought in the Civil War as a Confederate from the State of Arkansas.  I am fairly certain that this is the father of James Thomas Farrar.  I'm hoping that finding his actual pension record and looking at the actual paperwork might shed more light on his children so I can make sure it is him.  Or finding an obituary of some kind for him will help as well.  Until that time, here is his family sheet from Family Tree Maker:

Thomas Clay Farrar was born on 01 Sep 1844 in Perry, Alabama, USA. He died on 07 Mar 1902 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Rawls Cemetery). When he was 21, He married Mary Catherine Geddie on 21 Nov 1865 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA.

Thomas Clay Farrar was buried in Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Geddie-Rawls Cemetery).  1870 he lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1880. He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900.  1870 and 1900 Census records are listed below, the other Census record can be looked at by clicking the link.

Thomas Clay Farrar and Mary Catherine Geddie had the following children:

William Harrison Farrar was born on 06 Sep 1866. He died in 1876.  He was 9 or 10 when he died.  I'm sure that whatever happened was written down in the newspaper.
James Thomas Farrar - His pages are here and here.
John Wesley Farrar - done with as much as I have right now.
Robert Eddings Farrar - his page is done, working on his children now.
Walter Emmett Farrar - page coming soon.

Thomas Farrar and Mary Geddie Marriage Certificate

1870 US Federal Census - Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

1900 US Federal Census - Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA


Action Items:
1. Look for information on the death of William Harrison in the newspaper at the Crossett Library next time I'm home.
2. Follow up on children listed.
3. Get pension papers from Civil War Archives in Little Rock.



Saturday, January 5, 2013

James Thomas Farrar - Information

I have all of the previous media files for him listed here.

This page is going to be used to determine who his father was.  I have seen lots of trees that tell me that his father is Thomas Clay Farrar, and while Thomas Clay Farrar does have a son named James, born about the same time as "our" James.  I want to make sure it's the same person.  Here is the 1880 Census that lists Thomas Clay Farrar living in  Egypt, Ashley County, Arkansas.  His oldest son listed is James.  I have done a search for anyone else the same age as James, living in the same area of Arkansas, and I haven't found any other families.  Therefore, I tend to agree with the people who say that James Thomas' father is Thomas Clay Farrar.  I will look for a will/death record for Thomas Clay that may list any of his children or grandchildren, which will give me a better idea. Also, if you are searching for this record on either familysearch.org or ancestry.com you will find that his name has been indexed as "Junior", so don't search for James.


Action Items:
1. Check death records for Thomas Clay Farrar.



Wednesday, January 2, 2013

James Thomas Benjamin Farrar - Family and Media Files

I do remember my mother saying "Ben Farrar" before, but not much more than that.  There are a few discrepancies that I have just discovered in the two census records I have on him after he left home.  I am doing this whole process because when I started doing genealogy, over 9 years ago, I wasn't very good about citing sources!  This is bad, especially since I now have over 13,000 people in my whole family tree database.  So I'm now trying to go back through each family and check all the sources and fix my previous errors.  So here is the problem.  You will notice if you scroll down and look, that in 1930, he was living with just a wife, and the census record looks like it says Jana M. for her name.  This fits with the information that I have saying that her name was Jennie Mae.  BUT in the 1940 census, it has his wife listed as Sarah.  I'm not sure what the enumerator would've heard them say that he thought was Sarah, but I'm still sure this is the same Ben Farrar that my mother has talked about because the children listed are the same children that my mother used to play with as a child.
Maybe he got remarried and I know nothing of that.  I also can't find the marriage record of Ben and Jennie Mae, so I'm not sure how accurate that information is, except from my mother.  Here's what I have from Family Tree Maker about him:

James Thomas Benjamin Farrar was born on 27 Sep 1903 in Arkansas, USA as the sixth child of James Thomas Farrar and Ethel Melinda Tubbs. He had five siblings, namely: Susan Flovelia, Mary Lelia, Nancy Cornelia, Amelia Carolyn, and Obelia Maggie. He died on 18 Dec 1961 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA. When he was 25, He married Jennie Mae Douglass on 23 Nov 1928.

James Thomas Benjamin Farrar was buried in Hamburg, Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Antioch Cemetery, Ashley, Arkansas, USA). He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. He lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1920. The 1910 and 1920 Census records can be seen here.  He lived in Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA in 1930. He lived in Morehouse, Louisiana, United States on 01 Apr 1940. 1930 and 1940 Census are below. 

James Thomas Benjamin Farrar and Jennie Mae Douglass had the following children:

1. Living Male Farrar was born in Louisiana, USA.
2. Living Female Farrar was born in Louisiana, USA.

1930 US Federal Census: Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA.

1940 US Federal Census: Bastrop, Morehouse, Louisiana, USA.

Tuesday, January 1, 2013

Nancy Cornelia Farrar - Info and Media Files

I remember nothing at all about her...  not even stories.  Her second son and his wife used to come visit Ethyl Amelia (Memaw Ethyl), and I remember them, but nothing else.  Here is the information I have on her:

Nancy Cornelia Farrar was born on 24 Jan 1897 in Arkansas, USA as the third child of James Thomas Farrar and Ethel Melinda Tubbs. She had five siblings, namely: Susan Flovelia, Mary Lelia, Amelia Carolyn, Obelia Maggie, and James Thomas Benjamin. She died on 15 Apr 1973 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA. When she was 24, She married Aubra Tipton Bunn,son of Thomas Newton Bunn and Louvenia A Boon, on 12 Jan 1922 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA.

Nancy Cornelia Farrar lived in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA. She lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900. She lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1910. She lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1920. She lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA in 1925. She lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA in 1926. She lived in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA in 1930. She lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA in 1931. She lived in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA on 01 Apr 1940. She lived in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.  (Her census records for 1900, 1910 and 1920 are here.  Her 1930 and 1940 Census are below as well as her marriage certificate).

Aubra Tipton Bunn and Nancy Cornelia Farrar had the following children:

1. Thomas Newton Bunn was born on 12 Dec 1922 in Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA. He died on 30 Aug 2010 in Georgetown, Floyd, Indiana, USA.
2. Living Male Bunn was born in 1926 in Louisiana, USA.
3. Living Female Bunn was born in 1928 in Louisiana, USA.

I know that each of them were married and had children, so now my goal is to find their children and grandchildren and fill out my tree.

Aubra Tipton Bunn and Nancy Cornelia Farrar's Marriage Certificate

1930 US Federal Census - Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.

1940 US Federal Census - Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.

US City Directory - Shreveport, Caddo, Louisiana, USA.