Don Wilder Farr

1893 - 1954  (61 years)

• Name	Don Wilder Farr
  Birth	28 Jan 1893	Park Hill, Westmoreland, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	9 Jun 1900	Arlington, Middlesex, MA ; age 8, born Jan 1892 in NH, at school, living with parents
  Census	12 May 1910	Orland, Hancock, ME ; age 17, born NH, living with parents
  Census	27 Jan 1920	Corinna, Penobscot, ME ; age 26, born NH, machinist at machine shop, living with parents
  Census	25 Apr 1930	Corinna, Penobscot, ME ; age 37, born NH, farmer, living with parents
  Census	17 Apr 1940	Dexter, Penobscot, ME ; age 48, born NH, single, gr8 ed, residing here in 1935, living with parents
  Death	4 Jun 1954	Dexter, Penobscot, ME
  Person ID	I2275	Family Tree
  Last Modified	5 Nov 2019

  
  

  Father	Albert Larkin Farr,   b. 7 Dec 1871, Westminster, Windham, VT d. 25 Feb 1945, Dexter, Penobscot, ME (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Helen E Eaton,   b. Dec 1869, Fitchburg, Worcester, MA d. 1947 (Age ~ 77 years)
  Marriage	6 Jan 1892	Fitchburg, Worcester, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 6 Jan 1892 in Fitchburg MA, Albert L Farr, 20, a farmer born Westminster VT to Elijah & Josephine (Baker) Farr married Helen E Eaton, a dressmaker, born Fitchburg to Abel & Abbie (Case) Eaton. 1st marriage for each.
  Family ID	F636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Headstones

  Farr Family Gravestone JOSEPHINE S. FARR / 1841 - 1923 ALBERT L. FARR / 1871 - 1945 HELEN E. HIS WIFE / 1869 - 1947 DON W. THEIR SON / 1893 - 1954

  
  

• Notes

  from "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915" (familysearch.org) Don Wilder Farr was born 28 Jan 1893 in Park Hill, NH to Albert L Farr, b. Westminster, occ. Electrician and Helen E Eaton, b. Fitchburg. Parents living in Fitchburg. From "The Eastern Gazette", 6-10-1954, p.4 DON WILDER FARR Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Crosby Funeral Home for Don Wilder Farr, 61, who died Friday at the local hospital after a short illness. The Rev. A. Allan Brough of the First Baptist Church officiated. Bearers were: Philip Mosley and Ralph Brooks, Dexter; Carl Frost, Corinna; Harry Gilman, Clifton and William Eddy, all of Dover-Foxcroft. Interment was in the family lot at Corinna Center cemetery. Mr. Farr, who had been engaged in farming in the vicinity of Dexter since 1917, was born in Park Hill, N. H., Jan. 28, 1893, son of the late Albert and Helen Eaton Farr. For a number of years he lived in Massachusetts prior to coming to Maine. He was a former member of Plymouth Lodge No. 65, IOOF. He is survived by three sisters, Mrs. Marie Gilman of Dover-Foxcroft, Mrs. John Mosley of Dexter and Mrs. William Eddy of Dover-Foxcroft; several nieces, nephews, grand nieces and grand nephews.