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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.