Doddridge County Roots

A West Virginia Genealogy

First Name Last Name
Home Search Login  
Share Print Bookmark
Paul Douglass FARR

Paul Douglass FARR

Male 1910 - 1982  (72 years)

Personal Information    |    Media    |    Sources    |    All    |    PDF

  • Name Paul Douglass FARR 
    Born 31 Oct 1910  Standard, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Pleasant District, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Clay, Clay Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1940  West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Military From 27 Nov 1943 to 13 Jan 1946  [3, 4, 5] 
    Tec 4, US Army, World War II 
    Education W.Va. Wesleyan (BA), West Virginia University  [6] 
    Occupation lawyer, mayor of West Union, WV House of Delegates (2 yrs)  [7] 
    Residence West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [8, 9] 
    Died 27 Nov 1982  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 10] 
    Buried Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11, 12] 
    Notes 
    • News item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Mar 2 1944, front page, in its entirety:
      FARR WITHDRAWS NAME
      Attorney P. Douglass Farr of the U.S. Army, stationed at Camp Gordon Johnson, Fla., has withdrawn his name from the Republican ticket as a candidate for House of Delegates from this county. Farr is the present representative from Doddridge.

      News item, "West Union Herald," Thursday, Jan 17 1946, front page, in its entirety:
      SGT. P. D. FARR HOME
      Sgt. P. Douglass Farr has arrived home from Fort Knox, Ky., from where he received his discharge after serving over three years in the Army. He served over two years in various places in the Pacifc theater of war.
      He was a member of the House of Delegates at the time he enlisted. His is a member of the Bar of this county. We are all glad he is home to stay.
    Person ID I58513  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 26 Nov 2022 

    Father Arthur Garfield FARR,   b. 30 May 1881, Ramsey, Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 13 Feb 1957, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Mother Daisy Frances CARLIN,   b. 11 Aug 1883, Fayette Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Apr 1966, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years) 
    Family ID F17356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Carolyn Elizabeth "Billie" GRIBBLE,   b. 10 Aug 1913, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1993, Morgantown, Monongalia Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)  [13] 
    Married 14 Mar 1941  Marietta, Washington Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Children 
     1. Living
     2. Living
     3. Living
     4. Living
    Family ID F24187  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    58513_Paul-Douglass-Farr_1942.jpg    		58513_Paul-Douglass-Farr_1942.jpg
    58513_FARR_PaulDouglass_1910-1982_MasonicMemlPark_CrystalLake_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		58513_FARR_PaulDouglass_1910-1982_MasonicMemlPark_CrystalLake_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg
    58513_FARR_PaulDouglas_CarolynElizabethGribble_MasonicMemlPark_CrystalLake_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg    		58513_FARR_PaulDouglas_CarolynElizabethGribble_MasonicMemlPark_CrystalLake_WestUnion_DoddridgeCoWV.jpg

    Documents
    58513_FARR_PaulDouglas_Candidate-for-HouseofDelegates_WestUnionHerald_16Jul1942.jpg    		58513_FARR_PaulDouglas_Candidate-for-HouseofDelegates_WestUnionHerald_16Jul1942.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S16] Kanawha County Birth Records, Charleston, WV.

    2. [S5] Headstone.

    3. [S2512] U.S. World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946, (Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration).

    4. [S2580] U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    5. [S2624] Military Grave Marker.

    6. [S1579] Newspaper wedding announcement, West Union Herald, 3/20/1941.

    7. [S2635] 1940 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Town of West Union).

    8. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    9. [S960] Obituary of mother.

    10. [S1696] Obituary - Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital.

    11. [S1793] West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)).

    12. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    13. [S1362] Obituary of wife's father.