Dates: 1764; 1842-1989; n.d.
Original Robert Dunbar family tree is restricted; reference photocopy must be used instead.

Biography:

Daniel Farrar 

Daniel Farrar (1786-1845) was born in Adams County, Mississippi. He was the son of Alexander and Jane Davis Farrar. Daniel Farrar married Eliza King (1791-1864) on February 3, 1814. She was the daughter of Caleb F. King (1743-1820) and Mary Swayze King (1750-1816). The Farrars had eight children: Alexander K. (1814-1878), Thornton H. (1816-1836), Mary Jane (b. 1821), Caleb Franklin (1824-1904), Ann Eliza (b. 1827), Sarah Sophronia (b. 1830), and Daniel Smith (b. 1836).

Daniel Smith Farrar

Daniel Smith Farrar was born in Adams County on January 23, 1836. He enlisted in Company C, Fourth Regiment, Mississippi Infantry, and served with the Army of Northern Virginia during the Civil War. Farrar later transferred to a cavalry regiment and served with General Nathan Bedford Forrest in Mississippi and Tennessee, later attaining the rank of captain. He married Alice V. Phipps on October 10, 1865. After her death, he married Adaline Campbell (b. 1854) of Fayette, Jefferson County, Mississippi, on January 8, 1873. She was the daughter of R. W. Campbell (b. 1858) and Nannie Burch Campbell. Daniel and Adaline Campbell Farrar had four sons: Daniel Smith, Jr. (b. 1873), Robert C. (b. 1875), Caleb F. (b. 1877), and Ralph North (1878-1939). Adaline Campbell Farrar died on September 10, 1908. Daniel S. Farrar was a Jefferson County resident who lived with his sons during his last years. He died at the age of seventy-nine in Rosedale, Bolivar County, Mississippi.

Daniel Smith Farrar, Jr.

Daniel Smith Farrar, Jr., was born in Kingston, Adams County, on October 26, 1873. At the age of eighteen, he became first lieutenant of Company B, First Regiment, Mississippi National Guard, during the Spanish-American War. After contracting pneumonia, Farrar received a medical discharge and returned to Mississippi in December of 1898. He married Mary Sue Aydelotte of Columbia, Tennessee, on June 27, 1909. She was the daughter of W. C. and Sarah Polk Cherry Aydelotte. The Farrars had one daughter: Sarah Polk (b. 1909). Mary Sue Aydelotte Farrar died in 1933, and Farrar married his second wife, Sallie Muir Stripling, on October 25, 1938. The Farrars resided on a plantation near St. Joseph, Louisiana, in 1952, and they later moved to Shaw, Bolivar County, Mississippi. Farrar was president of the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, which was first organized as the King-Swayze-Farrar-Eaton Family Association in 1940. He was a member of the Shaw Methodist Church. Farrar died at the age of ninety-one.

 

Scope and Content Note:

This collection consists of correspondence, photographs, genealogical and military records, printed materials, maps, and newsclippings related to the Farrar or allied families.

 

Series Identification:

Series 1: Correspondence. 1878-1924; n.d. 1 folder.

The correspondence is primarily between Daniel S. Farrar, Jr., and John M. Gillespie concerning the management of Winter Quarters Plantation, located near Newellton, Tensas Parish, Louisiana. Gillespie often wrote about supervising the Italian immigrant workers on his plantation. Two 1908 letters from Charles Scott to Farrar discuss the management of Sunnywild plantation, located near Rosedale, Bolivar County, Mississippi. A few 1921 business letters are also present.

Box 1, folder 1

 

Series 2: Photographs. 1872-1970; n.d. 11 folders.

The photographs are black-and-white in format, and the dated ones cover the period between 1872 and 1970. Most of the photographs depict members of the Farrar family, including Daniel Smith, Jr., Duncan, Ralph North, Robert C., and Sarah Polk Farrar. Numerous relatives and acquaintances are also represented, including John Neal Campbell, Lizzie S. Collins, George Comstock, Margaret Eaton, Effie Chamberlain Stowers, and Earl Whitney. Various places are depicted, including the Caleb King monument at Kingston, Mississippi; the Elizabeth Female College ruins at Washington, Mississippi; Kings Tavern at Natchez, Mississippi; Farrardale Farm, located near Fayette, Mississippi; and Winter Quarters Plantation, located near Newellton, Louisiana. There is also a folder of photographs of Panther Forest Plantation, located near Lake Village, Arkansas, which were taken between 1936 and 1938.

Box 1, folders 2-8
Box 2, folders 1-3
Box 5, folder 1

 

Series 3: Genealogical Records. 1842-1989; n.d. 9 folders.

The genealogical records consist of correspondence, publications, and an oversized Robert Dunbar family tree. The majority of this material is genealogical correspondence dating from 1943 and 1963. The principal correspondents are Daniel S. Farrar, Jr., Alex K. Farrar, C. F. Darden, Henry B. Eaton, and T. Ralph Isaacs. Photographs or compiled genealogical data accompany a few letters. Most of the genealogical publications concern meetings of the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, but there are also histories of the Robert Dunbar, Henry Alexander Eaton, Henry King Eaton, Thomas Eaton, Elizabeth C. Pomeroy, and Whitney families. The papers concerning the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers include minutes of annual meetings, newsletters, and membership lists.

One genealogical folder contains several drafts of a history of the Alexander Farrar family, the King family, and the Kingston Methodist Church of Adams County. It also contains genealogical correspondence dating from 1938 to 1949 and several newsclippings concerning the Farrar family. Another folder contains correspondence of various Farrar family members concerning the maintenance of the family cemetery at Kingston. Still another folder contains genealogical notes, land surveys, legal records, materials relating to the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers, an 1898 Spanish-American War pension claim of Daniel S. Farrar, Jr., a 1912 history of Kingston written by Martha Farrar, and a 1939 flier concerning the Spanish-American War.

Box 3, folders 1-9

 

Series 4: Military Records. 1898; 1911; 1931. 2 folders.

The military records include an 1898 muster roll of Company B, First Regiment, Mississippi National Guard. It contains company pay accounts and notes about specific soldiers and their military status. There is a 1911 United States Army publication entitled Infantry Drill Regulations, which belonged to Daniel S. Farrar, Jr. Also present is a 1931 booklet entitled First Mississippi Regiment: Its Foundation, Organization, and Record.

Box 4, folder 1
Box 5, folder 3

 

Series 5: Printed Materials. 1895-1913; 1935; 1956-1962; n.d. 5 folders.

The printed materials include a 1913 Ritual of the Order of the Eastern Star, which belonged to Mrs. Daniel S. Farrar, Jr. There is a small, bound, paginated, and indexed ledger with a few unidentified 1901 grocery accounts. Several recipes are written in the back of the ledger. There are a few booklets concerning the Natchez Pilgrimage and a program from the 1935 convention of the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Several pamphlets from the Washington Cemetery Protective Association commemorate the lives of Anne Boyd, Leonard Covington, and Samuel Parker. An undated record book contains addresses and genealogical data on a number of Farrar family members and acquaintances.

Box 4, folders 2-6

 

Series 6: Maps. 1764; n.d. 1 folder.

There are two reproductions of period maps. The first map is entitled A Map of the Country Comprised of the State of Mississippi and is dated 1764. The second map, depicting Adams County, Mississippi, was drawn by county surveyor C. W. Babbit and is undated.

Box 5, folder 2

 

Series 7: Newsclippings. 1931-1961; n.d. 1 folder.

The newsclippings concern members of the Farrar family, especially Daniel S. Farrar, Jr., or the Descendants of the Jersey Settlers. There are a number of newsclippings from the Clarion-Ledger; the Fayette Chronicle, the Natchez Democrat, and the Natchez Times. Also present are obituaries for several family members, including Daniel S. Farrar, Sr., and Thomas Sidney Eaton.

Box 5, folder 4

 

Box List:

Box 1, folder 1: correspondence
Box 1, folders 2-8: photographs

Box 2, folders 1-3: photographs

Box 3, folders 1-9: genealogical records

Box 4, folder 1: military records
Box 4, folders 2-6: printed materials

Box 5, folder 1: photographs
Box 5, folder 2: maps
Box 5, folder 3: military records
Box 5, folder 4: newsclippings