Brief Life History of William A
When William A Farr was born on 2 May 1865, in Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States, his father, William C. Farr, was 41 and his mother, Elsie A C Barrett, was 35. He married Addie Adelaide S Jennison on 9 March 1886, in Windham, Windham, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 9 November 1944, in Quincy, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 79.
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- Willie A Farr in household of Florinda Farr, "United States Census, 1870"
- Willie Farr, "Vermont, Births and Christenings, 1765-1908"
- Will Farr in entry for Farr, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"
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1866 · The First Civil Rights Act
The first federal law that defined what was citizenship and affirm that all citizens are equally protected by the law. Its main objective was to protect the civil rights of persons of African descent.
1867 · Sorry Mr. President, You can't do that.
This Act was to restrict the power of the President removing certain office holders without approval of the Senate. It denies the President the power to remove any executive officer who had been appointed by the president with the advice and consent of the Senate, unless the Senate approved the removal during the next full session of Congress. The Amendment was later repealed.
1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Name Meaning
English: from Middle English fear(r), farre (Old English fearr) ‘steer, ox’, applied as a nickname for a fierce man or a metonymic occupational name for someone who kept a bull.
German: nickname from Middle High German varne, var, with the same meaning as 1 above.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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