Brief Life History of Carl Wise
When Carl Wise Farrar was born on 2 January 1894, in Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States, his father, Horatio Russ Farrar, was 43 and his mother, Mabel Matilda Christina Martinson, was 35. He married Marie McCool on 24 January 1915. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1935 and Riverside Township, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States in 1940. He died on 10 February 1944, in Larned, Pawnee, Kansas, United States, at the age of 50, and was buried in Leon Cemetery, Leon, Butler, Kansas, United States.
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Family Time Line
Sources (7)
- Carl W Farrar in household of H R Farrar, "Kansas State Census, 1895"
- Carl Wise Farrar, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"
- Carl Farrar in entry for Virginia Ferris, "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007"
Spouse and Children
1894–1944 Male
1898– Female
Children (2)
1915–1981 Male
1917–1918 Female
Parents and Siblings
1850–1939 Male
1858–1912 Female
Siblings (6)
1880–1945 Male
1883–1915 Female
1884–1959 Female
1887–1971 Male
1891–1947 Male
+1 More Child
World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
Age 2
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 4
1908 · The Bureau of Investigation is formed
Age 14
Name Meaning
English (northern): occupational name for a blacksmith or worker in iron. From Middle English fer(r)o(u)r, fer(r)er, fa(r)ro(u)r ‘ironworker, blacksmith’ (Old French ferreor, from medieval Latin ferrator, an agent derivative of ferrare ‘to shoe horses’, from ferrum ‘iron’, in medieval Latin ‘horseshoe’). Compare Ferrier and Farrow .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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