Moving on...

I've gone as far as I can go without organizing myself and going back over everything... so I've made a spreadsheet for myself and I'm going to work my way through it.  I've also given myself lots of tasks to get accomplished next time I go down to Arkansas to visit (this summer), so until then, I'm going on to the next branch.  Check out the Wells Family tab at the top of this page.  Until I get anything new....  Thanks for your interest...

Walter Emmett Farrar

His 1900 record is here.  He is another person who had lots of media online to follow him throughout his lifetime.  He also was born during that certain period where he has a WWI and a WWII draft registration.
Here is his short biography from Family Tree Maker:


Walter Emmett Farrar was born on 10 Jun 1880 in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA as the fifth child of Thomas Clay Farrar and Mary Catherine Geddie. He had four siblings, namely: William Harrison, James Thomas, John Wesley, and Robert Eddings. He died on 24 Dec 1946. When he was 23, He married Ethel L Honeycutt about 1904.

Walter Emmett Farrar was buried in Ashley, Arkansas, USA (Geddie-Rawls Cemetery). He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA in 1900. He lived in Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas in 1910. He lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas in 1920. He lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas in 1930. He lived in Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, United States on 01 Apr 1940. He lived in Ashley, Arkansas in 1942.

Walter Emmett Farrar and Ethel L Honeycutt had the following children (their pages will be coming soon):

1. Emmett Osborne Farrar was born on 18 May 1905. He died on 25 Jan 1907.
2. Lois Virginia Farrar was born on 19 Jul 1907 in Arkansas, USA. She died on 19 May 1984.
3. Ella Avon Farrar was born on 03 Sep 1910 in Rawls, Ashley, Arkansas, USA. She died on 03 Nov  
     2003 in Crossett, Ashley, Arkansas, USA. She married William Fort Rawls on 15 Aug 1927 in Ashley,
     Arkansas, USA.
4. Tom Morris Farrar was born on 12 Mar 1916 in Arkansas, USA. He died on 28 Dec 1976. He married
     Mary Catherine Middlebrook on 21 Jun 1947 in Ashley, Arkansas, USA.

1910 US Federal Census - Egypt, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

WWI Draft Registration

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

1930 US Federal Census - Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

1940 US Federal Census - Elon, Ashley, Arkansas, USA

WWII Draft Registration - 1942

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.

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

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!!!

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.

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