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 FARRINGTON

FARWELL

Fordham, N.Y., aud was graduated frcm Broth- ers academy iu IbSO, He was employed by the Press comijany in that year aud later with his father purchased the Albany Union, Times and Sun, and re-established the Times Union, which he conducted till 1896, when he assumed the management of the Albany Aryiis. He was made a director of the Park bank, of the Equal Rights life insurance association, and resident vice-president of the National Surety company of Albany.

FARRINQTON, Oliver Cummings, mineralo gist, w:is liitrji in Brewer, Maine, Oct. 9, 1864; son of Joseph R. an<l Ellen E. (Holyoke) Earring ton: and grandson of Oliver and Hannah (Rider^ Farrington and of Edward and Melinda (Snow) Holyoke. He was graduated at the University of Maine, B.S., 1881, M.S., 1888. He was teacher of science, Greely institute,

Maine, 1883-88; prin- cipal and teacher of sciences, Bridgton ,' • fi academy, Maine,

■v 1884-87; tutor in min-

V,. '"wto eralogy at Yale

'' ^' university, 1889-91; assistant in the de- jiartment of mineral- '' ogy, U.S. national

museum, Washing-

d{^ 4- ^^AA^-vt^it^ to-i' ^■^■' 1«93; cura- ff tor of geology. Field

Columbian museum, Chicago, 111., from 1894, and lecturer in mineralogy at the University of Chicago from 1895. He was elected a fellow of the Geological society of America in 1895 and a member of the Chicago academy of science in 1895. He was married, Aug. 3, 1896, to Clara Adaline Bradley. He received the degree of Ph.D. from Yale in 1891. In addition to numer- ous geological and mineralogical [lapers in scien- tific journals he published: lhiii,v,n,,l ,,f .)/, i, ,,rilis (1895); and Observations on I'li/mciirpril amJ Jxtacri- Imatl (1896).

FARRINGTON, William George, clergyman, was born in New York city, Dec. 15, 1832; son of John C. and Louisa (Brady) Farrington; grand- son of George and Fi-ances (Guion) Farrington and of William and Mary (Verniilyea) Brady; and a descendant of Edmund Farrington, who came from Southampton, England, and finally settled at the eastern end of Long Island, calling the settlement Southampton, Dec. 13, 1640. He was graduated from Columbia in 1853 and from the General theological seminary in 1856. He was ordained deacon, June 29. 1856, and advanced to the ])riesthood, Dec. 21, 1856, by Bishop Hora-

tio Potter. He was rector of St. John's church, L.I., 1856-58; assi-stant in Trinity parish, New York city, 1858-63; rector of Christ church, Hackensack, N.J., 1863-70; of St. Barnabas's chm-ch, Newark, N.J., 1870-73, and of Christ church, Bloomfield, N.J., 1877-89. In the fall of 1889, having become a member of the editorial staff of The Churchman of New York, he removed to Orange, N.J. He was married, Jan. 14, 1865, to Anna Wilson, only daughter of Leonard W. Kip of New York city. The College of William and Mary conferred upon him the degree of S.T.D. in 1873. He published tractates on The Historical Church, Christian Education and 'Jhe Order and Sijstem of the Church, and sermons on The Brotherhood, The Duty of Giviiuj 2'hauks and otiier subjects.

FARROW, Samuel, representative, was born in Virginia in 1759. The family removed about 1765 to Musgrove's Mills near Spartanburgh, S.C., wliere Samuel became a scout in the patriot army and was in the battle of Musgi'ove's Mills. With his two brothers he was captured by the British and his mother secured their release by delivering up six British prisoners captured by her. At the close of the war he studied law and in 1793 was admitted to the South Carolina bar. He established a practice at Spartanburgh, was lieutenant-governor of Soutli Carolina, 1810-13, and was Democratic representative in the 13tli congress, 1813-15. He was re-elected to the 14th congress, but resigned in order to serve in the lower house of the state legislature, of which body he was a member, 1816-31. He helped to found state asylums for lunatics and deaf mutes. He died in Columbia, 8.C., Nov. 18, 1824.

FARWELL, Charles Benjamin, senator, was born near Painted Post, Steuben county, N.Y., July 1, 1833. His first ancestor in America left England for Massachusetts in 1640. He attended Elmira academy and engaged in land surveying and farming until 1844, when he removed to Chicago. 111., where he was a clerk in the county clerk's office, teller in a bank, and from 1853 to 1861, clerk of Cook county. In 1861 he entered into the dry goods business in partnership with his brother John Villiers Farwell, under the firm name, John 'V. Farwell & Co. He was a member of the state board of equalization in 1867; chair- man of the board of supervisors of Cook county in 1868, and a national bank examiner in 1869. He was a Republican rejiresentative from Illinois in the 43d and 48d congresses, 1871-75. His seat in the 44th congress was successfully contested by J. Y. Le Moyne in 1876. He was again a rep- resentative, serving in the 47tli congress, 1881-83, declining re-election. In 1887 he was elected to the U.S. senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Gen. John A. Logan and served