Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Wesley Josiah Farr    
                Born: ca 1824              in Vermont  1,2
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Mountain Cove, Fayette Co, WV  
             Resided: 1867                 in Fayette Co, WV  1
              Census: 1860                 in Fayette Co, (W)VA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  1,3,4,5
              Father: Artemus Farr 
              Mother: Chloe ___   (1796 -     ) 
Other spouse 1
Notes 
                Wife: Mary E. Legg   2  
             Married: Mar-24-1867          in Fayette Co, WV  6
                Born: ca 1844              in Fayette Co, (W)VA  1
              Census: 1870, 1880           in Mountain Cove, Fayette Co, WV  
             Resided: 1867                 in Fayette Co, WV  1
              Father: William Legg 
              Mother: Elizabeth ___ 
           M Child 1: Arthur Garfield Farr      
                Born: May-30-1881          in Ramsey, Fayette Co, WV  7,8,9
                Died: Feb-13-1957          in Kanawha Co, WV  7
              Buried:                      in Sunset Memorial Park, South Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  10,11
             Resided:                      in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  10
              Census: 1940                 in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  
              Census: 1930                 in Clay, Clay Co, WV  
              Census: 1920                 in Pleasant District, Clay Co, WV  
              Census: 1910                 in Standard, Kanawha Co, WV  
             Resided: 1909                 in Kanawha Co, WV  8
              Census: 1900                 in Mountain Cove, Fayette Co, WV  
          Occupation:                      coal & lumber (retired)  7
          Occupation:                      one of organizers of Middle Creek Coal Co in Clay County  10
          Occupation: 1930                 coal mine operator  12
          Occupation: 1920                 retail store manager  9
                Wife: Daisy Frances Carlin  b. Aug-11-1883  d. Apr-22-1966  
             Married: Oct-12-1909          in Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV  8

Sources:
(1) Fayette County Marriage Records, Fayetteville, WV. 
(2) Death record of son. 
(3) 1880 Census, Fayette County, WV. 
(4) 1870 Census, Fayette County, WV. 
(5) 1860 Census, Fayette County, (W)VA. 
(6) Fayette County Marriage Records, Fayetteville, WV, Identified as Wesley Josiah Farr, widowed, 42, farmer, b. Vermont, 
res. Fayette Co, son of Artemus & Chloa Farr; and Mary Legg, single, b. & res. in Fayette Co, dau of William & Elizabeth 
Legg.  Married Mar 24 1867 in Fayette County by Isaac C. Cavendish, Minister of the Gospel. MR p. 6 : 
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=12087596&Type=Marriage. 
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com. 
(8) Kanawha County Marriage Records, Charleston, WV. 
(9) 1920 Census, Clay County, WV. 
(10) Obituary. 
(11) Findagrave.com. 
(12) 1930 Census, Clay County, WV. 







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