Biography

01/07/1818 - 01/05/1875


FARRER, John, a Representative-elect from Washington County; born, January 7, 1818 in Mount Pleasant Township, Washington County, Pa.; farmer; teacher; engaged, mercantile business; established, Beulah Church of the Presbytery of Rock River, Il.; elected, associate judge, Washington County (1866-1871); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in 1874; died prior to taking the oath, January 5, 1875 in Smith, Washington County, Pennsylvania; interred, Raccoon Church Cemetery, Candor, Washington County, Pennsylvania.


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