Brief Life History of John Clement
When John Clement Farr was born on 15 June 1884, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, his father, John Farr, was 21 and his mother, Rachael Ann Witten, was 20. He married Mary Alice Preece on 16 June 1909, in Millcreek, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Weber, Utah, United States in 1900. He died on 29 August 1946, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 62, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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- John Clement Farr, "Utah, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records, 1914-1960"
- John Clement Farr, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
- John Clement Farr, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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1886
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
1889
Weber comes from John Henry Weber, an early fur trader. The university opened for students on January 7, 1889. By the late 1920's, the college was in financial difficulty and the Utah Legislature passed a law allowing the purchase of both Weber College and Snow College from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. In 1954 the college moved from downtown Ogden the southeast bench area of the city where it resides currently.
1901 · Assassination of Mckinley
President William McKinley was shot at the Temple of Music, in the Pan-American Exposition, while shaking hands with the public. Leon Czolgosz shot him twice in the abdomen because he thought it was his duty to do so. McKinley died after eight days of watch and care. He was the third American president to be assassinated. After his death, Congress passed legislation to officially make the Secret Service and gave them responsibility for protecting the President at all times.
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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