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Farr, Eliza – Farrelly, Hugh P

Farr, Eliza

poet. She has written extensively for the periodical press, and several of her poems have been given a place in standard collections.

Farragut, David Glasgow

was born July 5, 1801, near Knoxville, Tenn.

He was America's great admiral. His capture of New Orleans and Mobile during the civil war created for him name equal in fearless bravery to Nelson; and in grandeur of character to the illustrious Collingwood. He died Aug. 14, 1870, in Portsmouth, N.H. A monument to his honor stands in Madison square, New York city.

Farrar, Henry

artist, was born March 23, 1843, in London, England. His principal works are On the East River; A Hot Day; A Calm Afternoon; Sunset, Coast of Maine; The Silent Tongue; The Old Homestead at Twilight; and a November Day.

Farrar, John

educator, was born July 1, 1779, in Lincoln, Mass. He published for the use of his pupils a translation of Lacroix's Elements of Algebra (1818), which he followed by selections from Legendre, Biot, Bezant, and others.

These works were at once adopted as text-books by Harvard, the United States Military academy, and other institutions.

He died May 8, 1858, in Cambridge, Mass.

Farrar, Samuel

lawyer, banker, was born in 1784, in Lincoln, Mass. He was one of the chief founders of the Andover Theological seminary, and for thirty-eight years was treasurer of that institution and of Phillips academy. He was the first president of the Andover bank, and held the office thirty years.

He died May 13, 1864, in Andover, Mass.

Farrar, Thomas Charles

artist, was born Dec. 16, 1838, in London. He came to New York in 1858; and attained success as an instructor in his art. He served in the union army during the civil war, and in 1869 returned to London, where he has since resided. Among his works exhibited at the National academy in New York were Field-Lily, and Twilight on the Hudson (1867); Beach at Hastings, and English Farm.

Farrar, Timothy

soldier, lawyer, jurist, was born July 11, 1747, in Concord, Mass. He was a major in the revolutionary army, and after the war became a justice of the court of common pleas of New Hampshire. He died Feb. 21, 1849, in Hollis, N. H.

Farrar, Timothy

jurist, author, was born March 17, 1788, in New Ipswich, N. H. He was a New Hampshire jurist; and the author of Report of Dartmouth College Case; Reviews of the Dred Scott Decision; and Manual of the United States Constitution. He died Oct. 27, 1874, in Boston, Mass.

Farrel, Franklin

manufacturer, was born Feb. 17, 1828, in Waterbury, Conn. The Bridgeport Forge Co., a concern of which Mr. Farrel is president and principal owner, was organized and located in Ansonia, Conn. The Bridgeport Copper Co. was organized soon afterward through the efforts of Mr. Farrel, and its first buildings erected in the same locality. He became identified with the Parrot Silver and Copper Co., of Butte City, Mont., and the first mine was worked in 1877.

Farrell, Jeremiah W

railroad contractor, was born Jan. 22, 1861, in Jefferson county, N. Y. For ten years he was a member of the democratic state central committee; was judge of awards at the World's Columbian exposition; and was a member of the state board of transportation. He is a successful railroad contractor of Orleans, Neb.

Farrelly, Hugh P

lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 2, 1858, in Greene county, Ill. He is one of the foremost lawyers of Kansas at Chanute, and in 1887 and 1890 was its city attorney. During 1891-94 he was county attorney of Neosho county; and is now a member of the state senate from the thirteenth district, consisting of Neosho and Wilson counties.