Harriet Snow Farr

Brief Life History of Harriet Snow

When Harriet Snow Farr was born on 28 February 1804, in Chesterfield, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Asahel Farr, was 38 and her mother, Lydia Snow, was 31. She married Ephraim Badger on 14 September 1826, in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. She lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850. She died on 21 October 1880, in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States, at the age of 76, and was buried in Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ephraim Badger
1802–1855
Harriet Snow Farr
1804–1880
Marriage: 14 September 1826
Harriet Charlotte Badger
1829–1833
Orson Pratt Badger
1835–1897

Sources (17)

  • Harriet Badger in household of Orson P Badger, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Harriet Snow Farr Badger, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Harriet Farr, "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005"

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World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1808 · Concord Becomes the Capital

In 1808, Concord became the capital of New Hampshire. It was originally the Penacook Plantation given to the state by the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 

1825 · The Crimes Act

The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.

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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