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Rh FARLEY, Michael, patriot, b. in Ipswich, Mass., in 1719; d. there, 20 Jnne, 1780. He repre- sented iiis native town for several years in the gen- eral court, and ranked among its most active members. In 1774 he was chosen one of the coun- cil, but Gov. Gage negatived his election. This, however, was considered something of an honor, such men as John Adams, Bowdoin, Winthrop, and Jedidiah Foster being at the time laider a similar ban. He was a delegate to the Provincial congress of Massachusetts in 1774-'5, and was after- ward a member of the house of representatives, July, 1775. He subsequently acted as one of the supreme executive council, and was for several years major-general of the 2d division of militia. He appears to have been an ardent patriot, and rendered the popular cause essential service.

FARLINGER, Alexander, land-owner, b. in Dundee, Huntingdon co., Quebec, 1 June, 1824. His grandfather, Nicholas, though of German de- scent, was a loyalist during the war of the Revolu- tion, and emigrated from the Mohawk valley, set- tling in Cornwall, Canada. Capt. Farlinger in early life commanded one of the line of steamers plying between Kingston and Montreal, and on several occasions accomplished the difficult feat of safely passing the Long Sault, Coteau, Cedar, and Cascade rapids at night. After seven years spent in the service he retired, and engaged in business as a forwarder and general merchant at Prescott. He subsequently removed to Morrisburgh, where he became the owner of a large amount of real estate. This he managed, also speculating in land, until, in 1880, he found himself the owner of 19,000 acres of improved farming property in various parts of eastern Ontario. Many years ago he es- tablished a system of farm-tenantry, and now he has more than 100 tenants, several of whom have retained the same holdings for twenty-five years. Capt. Farlinger has interested himself in railway enterprises, and in 1865 projected the Ottawa, Waddington, and New York railway and bridge company, which obtained a chai'ter in 1882. He is an extensive breeder of superior stock, and has been prominent in militarv matters.

FARLOW, William Gilson, botanist, b. in Boston, Mass., 17 Dec, 1844. He was graduated at Harvard in 1866, at the medical department of that university in 1870, and spent several years in Eu- rope, studying under Henri A. de Bary in Strasburg, and also with Eduard Bornet and Gustave Thuret. In 1874, after his return to the United States, he was appointed adjunct professor of botany at Har- vard, and in 1879 was elected to the chair of crypto- gamic botany. He is a member of scientific soci- eties in Europe and in the United States, and be- sides being a fellow of the American association for the advancement of science, received in 1879 an election to the National academy of sciences. Prof. Farlow's publications have been principally devoted to marine alga% fungi, and diseases of plants. These have gained for him a high reputa- tion among cryptogamie botanists. The accounts of the " Progress of Botany;" in the reports of the Smithsonian institution fi'ora 1879 till 1886, were written by him, and he has also contributed valu- able articles on his specialties to the reports of the U. S. fish commission and to the Massachusetts board of agriculture. He has published " The Po- tato Rot" (Boston, 1875); " Diseases of Olive and Orange Trees " (1876) ; " The Gvmnosporangia, or Cedar-Apples of the United States" (1880) ; "The Marine AlgjB of New England " (Washington, 1881) ; and has in preparation (1887) " Introduction to Cryptogamie Botany."

FARMAN, Elbert Eli, jurist, b. in New Haven,. Oswego CO., N. Y., 23 April, 1831. He was edu- cated at Lima, N. Y., and at Amherst, where he- was graduated in 1855. He studied law in War- ' saw, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1858. He went abroad in 1865, and spent two years iii' travel and study. On returning home he was ap- pointed district attorney of Wyoming county. N. Y., to fill a vacancy, and was elected to two terms thereafter as his own successor. He was appointed consul-general at Cairo, Egypt, in March, 1876, and was designated by President Hayes as a member of the International commission to revise the inter- national codes. He was appointed by President Garfield as judge of the international courts of Egypt, and by President Arthur as a member of the International commission that examined the claims of the citizens of Alexandria for damages arising from the bombardment, burning, and pil- lage of that city in the war of 1882. Mr. Farman was chiefly instrumental in securing from Egypt the granite obelisk known as " Cleopatra's needle," which stood so long in front of the temple of Caesar in Alexandria, and is now in Central Park,, New York. On leaving Egypt, Mr. Farman re- ceived from the khedive the decoration of " Grand Officer of tlte Imperial Order of the Medjidich," a distinction rarely conferred upon foreigners.

FARMER, Ferdinand, clergyman, b. in South Germany in 1720; d. in Philadelphia, Pa., in 1786. He entered the Society of Jesus, and was sent to- Maryland in 1752. His real name was Steenmeyei', but on coming to America he changed it to Farm- er. He was learned and zealous, and for many years performed missionary duty at several places- in New Jersey, and seems to have been the first Roman Catholic priest to visit this colony regu- larly. He was afterward stationed in Lancaster county. Pa., whence he frequently visited numer- ous outlying stations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. After six years' service at Lancaster, he- was transferred to Philadelphia.

FARMER, George Edgar, soldier, b. in New York city in 1840; d. there, 16 Feb., 1870. He engaged early in life in mercantile pursuits, but at the beginning of the civil war in 1861 was commissioned 2(1 lieutenant of the 6th New York cavalry. He was subsequently appointed quartermaster, but before leaving for the seat of war was promoted to captain, and led his company in all the battles in which the regiment participated. At Trevillian Station, during Gen. Sheridan's first raid, Capt. Farmer was shot, but, continuing in the field, was still more seriously wounded at Deep Bottom. He rejoined his regiment in the autumn of 1864, and was with Sheridan throughout his campaign in the- valley of the Shenandoah. After the battle of Cedar Creek he was made major, and was for some time in command of the regiment. Continuing with Sheridan's cavalry corps until the surrender of Lee, he was then promoted to lieutenant-colonel by brevet. He was honorably discharged at the close of the war, returned to business, and became a prominent and earnest member of the Grand army of the republic, at his death being in command of the oldest post in the state.

FARMER, Henry Tudor, poet, b. in England in 1782 ; d. in Charleston, S. C., in January, 1828. In early life he emigrated to Charleston, S. C, where he engaged in mercantile pursuits. He subsequently retired from business, studied medicine in New York, was graduated at the College of physicians and surgeons in 1821, and returned to Charleston, where he practised until his death. He published a small volume entitled " Imagination, the'