EDMUND FARRAH,
farmer, post-office Sandy Lake, was born December 9, 1833, in Trumbull
County, Ohio, to Isaac and Hannah (Webster) Farrah, natives, the father
of New Jersey and the mother of Massachusetts. They came to Ohio when
small. They were married in Trumbull County, Ohio, where they lived
until 1838, when they settled in Sandy Lake Township. The father died
in Michigan at the home of his son, Isaac Farrah. His father was a
soldier in the Revolutionary struggle, and served under George
Washington and Mad Anthony Wayne. The children of Isaac Farrah were:
Sallie, married Henry Leonard; Abram, dead; Webster, lives in Ohio;
Isaac, Hazzard, Edwin and Edmund, twins; Hannah, married John
McEnallen.
Our subject was educated in the common schools, and
has always been a farmer. He was married in 1855 to Eliza DeFrance, by
whom he has five children: Mary, married A. T. McElwain; Jefferson, at
present treasurer of Stark County, D. T.; Clara, married George Beggs;
Jessie M. and Nannie, a teacher. Mr. Farrah is a stockholder of the
Stoneboro Fair. He has taken an active interest in the Democratic
party.
Mrs. Farrah
was born August 29, 1833, in Mill Creek Township, to John and Mary
(Dailey) DeFrance, the former of whom was a native of France. The
Daileys were of Irish descent, and served in the Revolutionary War
under Anthony Wayne. The first to come to this country was the
great-grandfather of Mrs. Farrah. Her parents had five children who
grew up: R. M., dead; John, dead; Nancy, married John M. Galloway;
Eliza J. and James A. Her grand parents, James and Elizabeth (Arthur)
DeFrance, had twelve children: Robert, Allison, John, James, Charles,
Abram, William, Arthur, Matthew, Boon, Anna and Eliza, who died when
small from the bite of a rattlesnake. The maiden name of the mother of
Elizabeth Arthur was Boone, and she was a niece of the renowned Daniel
Boone. Robert was at a time a prominent officer at Burlington, Iowa,
and both he and John were in the War of 1812. Robert fought in the
battle of Lake Erie.
Mr. and Mrs. Farrah are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church of Sandy Lake.
History of Mercer County, 1888, page 1058
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