Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
Mills-Martin Family Records - Person Sheet
NameGilbert Latey FARR 
Birth20 Feb 1843, West Gardiner, Kennebec, Maine [88, p 113]
Death18 Mar 1916, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa [88, p 113] Age: 73
OccupationQuaker minister [88, p 113]
FatherNoah FARR Jr. (1808-1875)
MotherEliza B. MEADER (1814-1863)
Individual Notes
• He was the first Friends missionary to Jamaica, sponsored by the Iowa yearly meeting. [92]
Spouses
Birth20 Jun 1844, Beddington, Washington, Maine [2314]
Death22 Apr 1882, Jonesboro, Washington, Maine [88, p 113; date only], [2314, day, month and place only] Age: 37
FlagsMayflower Descendant
FatherWilmot BRIDGHAM (1817-1882)
MotherHannah SCHOPPE (1820-1903)
Individual Notes
• I have three conflicting sources on her birth date. One is June 20, 1844. Another is Feb 12, 1841 in Greene. This third is Feb 21, 1841, in Greene. Since her parents were not married until July 19, 1841, I’m going with the 1844 date. [2785]
Research
• Mayflower descendant from John Alden.
Marriage14 Aug 1867, Winthrop, Kennebec, Maine [88, p 113; date only, states 20 Aug 1867], [2785]
Birth17 Aug 1854, No. Weare, Hillsborough, New Hampshire [88, p 113]
Death19 Jan 1891, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa [88, p 113] Age: 36
FatherHenry THORNDIKE
MotherAnna PAIGE
Marriage19 Jun 1885 [88, p 113]
ChildrenWendell Gilbert (1886-1981)
Willard Henry (1888-1981)
Birth15 Aug 1863, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa [88, p 113]
Death8 Nov 1949, Chicago, Cook, Illinois [88, p 113] Age: 86
Memoat home of Willard Henry Farr
BurialOskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa [88, p 113]
FatherWilliam P[enn] McPHERSON
MotherCelia Ellen LAMB
Individual Notes
• Prall says: “The above family in the Oskaloosa MM, Mahaska Co, IA. On Aug 31, 1882 and some of the younger children were granted a cert. to New Sharon MM, IA,” I don’t know where that is. Other dates for her and other family members are from then to 1904, as they moved from one MM to another. She was apparently in Nebraska for a time -- Spencer MM, NE, Nov. 4, 1891. [3099, p 2]
General
• “MM” -- that’s the Quaker abbreviation for “Monthly Meeting,” the term they used to mean their church, or their gathering place for worship. So Ann Maria was a Quaker. [3099]
Marriage20 Dec 1892 [88, p 113], [3098, marriage only]
ChildrenLaurence McPherson (1894-1991)
Carey Swift (1896-1973)