Lorenzo Sumner Farr

Male10 April 1870–19 May 1935

Brief Life History of Lorenzo Sumner

When Lorenzo Sumner Farr was born on 10 April 1870, in Dalton, Coos, New Hampshire, United States, his father, Sumner E. Farr, was 31 and his mother, Elizabeth Ann Clark, was 27. He married Jennie Maria Clark about 1907, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He lived in Littleton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States for about 10 years. He died on 19 May 1935, in Coos, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 65, and was buried in Dalton, Coos, New Hampshire, United States.

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Family Time Line

Lorenzo Sumner Farr
1870–1935
Jennie Maria Clark
1887–
Marriage: about 1907
Eugene Lorenzo Farr
1918–1981

Sources (11)

  • Lorenzo S Farr, "United States Census, 1930"
  • Lorenzo Sumner Farr, "New Hampshire Death Records, 1654-1947"
  • Lorenzo Sumner Farr in entry for Eugene Lorenzo Farr and Jennis Nora Nutter, "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    about 1907New Hampshire, United States
  • Children (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings (2)

    World Events (8)

    1872 · The First National Park

    Age 2

    Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.

    1872 · The Amnesty Act

    Age 2

    A federal law which reversed most of the penalties on former Confederate soldiers by the Fourteenth Amendment. The Act affected over 150,000 troops that were a part of the Civil War.

    1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act

    Age 20

    This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.

    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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