Uriah Lester Farr was born in Alanthus Grove, Gentry Co., Mo. He was one of 13 children born to Nathan Logan and Nancy Ann Stierwalt Farr. The family moved from Morgan Co., Indiana, to Missouri, and then to the Emporia, Lyon Co., Kansas Area. His parents are buried in Emporia, Kansas.
Lester Farr married Feb 7, 1917, Livingston Co., MO, Arminda Margaret Jones, daughter of Ransom Earl and Eliza Jane Mawhor Jones. He worked for the railroad and was a farmer. He lived near Chula, Mo., and Sumner, Mo., and Chillicothe in Livingston Co., MO.
His first wife was Alma Warren and they had 3 children, Dolly Farr Bloss, Margaret Farr Grubbs, and Carrie Farr Bloss. By his second wife, Minnie, he had Nina Marie Farr, born & died 1918, Doris Avis Farr Linscott, Elfreeda June Farr Payton, Mary Francis Farr Gibson Kilburn, Minnie Monzelle Farr Frakes, and Wayne Lester Farr.
Lester was a musician who could play the fiddle and played for dances and for the entertainment of his family and friends. He farmed and raised livestock. He was a strict father (had to protect his daughters). He was a wonderful grandpa to his grandchildren. He loved family reunions with all his children and grandchildren there. He had 16 grandchildren by his 2nd wife and at least 19 by his first wife. He was a religious man and a strong Southern Baptist. He lived to be 79 and is sadly missed by all who knew him. We will never forget him.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12,1963
Chillicothe Constitution Tribune
Lester Farr Dies in Front of Post office
Funeral Services Will Be Easter Sunday Afternoon.
Lester Farr, 78, died unexpectedly at 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon in his car, parked in front of thepost office. Mrs. Farr was with her husband when he was stricken. He had been in failing health three years and seriously ill for a year.
Mr. Farr was born at Alanthus Grove Mo., on April 29, 1884, a son of Nathan Farr and Nancy Ann (Stierwalt) Farr.
He moved to Kansas with his parents when a small child. He attended rural school at Madison, Kansas, returning to Livingston County in 1916 and residing on a farm near Chula. For the last nine years he had made his home in Chillicothe, at 223 Herriman street.
He was a member of the Assembly of God Church.
On Feb. 7, 1917, Mr. Farr married Minnie Jones, at Chillicothe.
Survivors are the wife; seven daughters, Mrs. Grover (Doris) Linscott, Chillicothe; Mrs. George (Elfreeda) Payton, Desoto, Kansas.; Mrs. Carl (Frances) Kilburn, Chillicothe; Mrs. Alexander (Frakes)Monzelle, Hale; Mrs. Carrie Bloss, Brookfield; Mrs. Margaret Thompson, Cameron and Mrs. Dolly Bloss, Hiawatha, Kan.; a son, Wayne Lester Farr, Columbia; 30 grandchildren and 38-great-grandchildren.
His parents, an infant Nina Marie Farr, six brothers and five sisters preceded him in death. Funeral services will be held at2 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the chapel of the Norman Funeral Home. The Rev. Orville Grace will conduct the services.
Burial will be in Wheeling Cemetery.