Arthur Stewart Farley

Male5 March 1895–12 October 1980

Brief Life History of Arthur Stewart

When Arthur Stewart Farley was born on 5 March 1895, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, his father, Joseph Farley, was 37 and his mother, Rosa Ellen Turner, was 33. He married Mary C. Columbus on 15 September 1917, in Clark, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Center Township, Marion, Indiana, United States in 1900. He died on 12 October 1980, in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 85, and was buried in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, United States.

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Family Time Line

Arthur Stewart Farley
1895–1980
Mary C. Columbus
1895–1966
Marriage: 15 September 1917
Marie E. Farley
1918–
Marian Frances Farley
1919–2005
Arthur J. Farley
1929–1929

Sources (15)

  • Arthur Farley in household of Joseph Farley, "United States Census, 1910"
  • Arther S Farley, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • Authur Stewart Farley, "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 September 1917Clark, Indiana, United States
  • Children (3)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson

    Age 1

    A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.

    1900 · Governor Shot

    Age 5

    On January 30, 1900 Governor William Goebel of Kentucky was assassinated. He took a bullet to the chest, outside the Old State Capitol. He died on February 3, 1900.

    1918 · Attempting to Stop the War

    Age 23

    To end World War I, President Wilson created a list of principles to be used as negotiations for peace among the nations. Known as The Fourteen Points, the principles were outlined in a speech on war aimed toward the idea of peace but most of the Allied forces were skeptical of this Wilsonian idealism.

    Name Meaning

    English: habitational name from any of various places called Farley, of which there are examples in Berkshire, Derbyshire, Hampshire, Kent, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Staffordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, Shropshire, and Sussex. From Old English fearn ‘fern’ + lēah ‘woodland clearing’. See also Farleigh , Fairley , Fairlie .

    Irish: shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Fearghaile (see Farrelly ).

    Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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