"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR. CHICAGO: F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS. 1884.
F. A. BATTEY. F. W. TEPPLE
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP AND MARTINSVILLE, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA
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DR. URIAH H. FARR was born in this county October 23, 1846, and is a son of
Daniel C. and Susanna (Teague) Farr. Daniel C. Farr was born in Jefferson
County, Ky., May 8, 1816, moved with his parents to this State in 1822, and
was married in this county February 20, 1834, to Miss Susanna Teague. He
afterward engaged at farming in Ray Township with success, and by industry
was soon enabled to enter land until he owned 300 acres. He was father of
three children, and died August 14, 1850. August 6, 1862, Dr. U. H. Farr
enlisted in Company B, Seventieth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, in which he
served three years, and was in the following battles: Resaca, New Hope
Church, Kenesaw Mountain, Peach Tree Creek, the Atlanta campaign, the march
to the sea, Savannah and Bentonville. He was discharged June, 1865, and
March 16, 1866, married Miss Sarah Blankenship, with a result of four
children--Anna A., Kate E., Montana E. and Daniel B. Dr. Farr continued
farming until 1874, when he began the study of medicine and attended
lectures at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Indianapolis, from which
he graduated in 1876. After practicing at Paragon until 1882, he removed to
this town. Dr. Farr also took a course of lectures at the University of
Pennsylvania, and received the ad eundem degree there from.
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