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Shubell FARR - The subject of this sketch was born in
Chesterfield, New Hampshire, on the 4th day of March, 1805. He
is the oldest child of Alpheus and Sybil Farr, who reared a family
of twelve children. All the education Mr. Farr received was in
the public schools of Massachusetts. His vocation through life
has always been that of a farmer. He was married at the age of
twenty-seven to Miss Ludinda McKillips, daughter of David and
Resine McKillips. He removed from his native State with his family
to Orange County, Vermont, where he resided for a number of years,
removing from there to Indiana, where he lived until the month
of June, 1838, when he emigrated to Rock County, Wisconsin, where
he located on one hundred and sixty acres of government land,
and has since resided. The farm is under a fair state of cultivation,
with good buildings. The house is said to be the first frame
building in Johnstown Township, if not the oldest in the County.
Mr. Farr has paid considerable attention to the growing and marketing
of fine stock. Politically, he is a strong advocate of the old
Democratic principles, and during the civil war was a strong
Union man. Being one of the early settlers of the County, he
participated in the first organization of the township of Johnstown.
Mr. Farr has always enjoyed good health, and is now living at
quite and advanced age. He enjoys the confidence and respect
of all his fellow-citizens. |