When Lorin Farr Sr was born on 25 July 1820, in Waterford, Caledonia, Vermont, United States, his father, Winslow Farr Sr, was 26 and his mother, Olive Hovey Freeman, was 21. He married Nancy Bailey Chase on 1 January 1845, in Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Salt Lake, Utah, United States in 1850 and Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States for about 50 years. He died on 12 January 1909, in Willard, Box Elder, Utah, United States, at the age of 88, and was buried in Ogden City Cemetery, Ogden, Weber, Utah, United States.
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A United States law to provide financial relief for the purchasers of Public Lands. It permitted the earlier buyers, that couldn't pay completely for the land, to return the land back to the government. This granted them a credit towards the debt they had on land. Congress, also, extended credit to buyer for eight more years. Still while being in economic panic and the shortage of currency made by citizens, the government hoped that with the time extension, the economy would improve.
Historical Boundaries: 1827: Hancock, Illinois, United States
"In October 1845, the newspaper Times and Seasons published a poem written by Eliza R. Snow entitled ""My Father in Heaven."" It has become the well known hymn, ""Oh My Father."" The song is only one in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints hymnbook that referrs to a Heavenly Mother."
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.
Son of Winslow Farr and Olive Hovey Freeman Married - Nancy Bailey Chase, 1 Jan 1845, Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois Children - Enoch Farr, Julia Farr, Sarah Farr, Tirzah Farr, Ezra Farr, Lorin Farr, …
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