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Lovell FARR [Parents] 1 was born 2 in 1798 in New Hampshire, United States. He died 3 on 15 May 1877 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States. He was buried 4 in 1877 in Springdale Cemetery, Peoria City Township, Peoria, Illinois, United States. Lovell married 5, 6, 7 Lucia FIELD on 9 May 1825 in Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States.
Lovell resided 8 in 1830 in Walpole, Cheshire, New Hampshire, United States. He resided 9 in 1840 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. He resided 10 in 1850 in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States. He resided 11 in 1860 in Galva Township, Henry, Illinois, United States. He resided 12 in 1870 in Peoria, Peoria, Illinois, United States. He worked as Stagecoach Operator in Brattleboro, Windham, Vermont, United States.
Mr. Farr,
I've been working more on Lovell Farr, (M9GJ-NDL) and I believe now that he is probably a son of Abel Farr (97SQ-NZZ) and Polly Smith. Here is my reasoning:
1) Lovell Farr is known to have been born in NH about 1798. I went through every Farr in NH in the 1800 US Census, looking for families that had unknown sons under the age of 10. All Farrs in NH were in Chesterfield in 1800, except for Nathaniel Farr in New Ipswich, and he had no sons under the age of 10. Six Chesterfield Farr men had no sons under 10. Eight men had sons under 10 years old that could be positively identified. William Farr had 2 sons under ten. One was Otis, the other may be Loring. William's distribution of real estate at his death does not mention a son Lovell. Gardner Farr had 1 son under 10. But he married in 1799, and the son present in 1800 was not present in 1810, so must have died young. The same situation occurred with Joseph Farr. He had 2 sons under 10, with one being Daniel, the other unknown, but that son apparently died before the 1810 census. Jonathan Farr 4th had 3 sons under 10 in 1800, but only Austin is mentioned in his estate papers. (Jacob Farr had left NH by 1790, so could not be Lovell's father.)
That left Abel Farr, who had 2 sons under 10 in 1800. One was definitely Abel Jr., and it is possible that the second was Lovell, since we only have an estimated birth year for the next known son, Kimball, of 1799. There is a gap between Abel Jr's birth in 1795 and Kimball's in 1799/1800. Lovell fits between the two with estimated birth year of 1797/8. I was not able to find Abel Farr in Windham Co. VT in 1810 to verify this. I even went through the page images by hand, and did not find him. I could not find him in Ohio in 1810 either, but census records are sparse in Ohio in that year. He is in Huron Co. OH in 1820.
2) The History of Chesterfield NH by Oren E Randall states on pg. 303 that Abel and Polly Farr had children Lovell, Abel, and Fosket. In Hemenway's Historical Gazetteer of Vermont, Vol. 5, pg. 173, it states that Lovell was well remembered as a stagecoach proprietor. (The part of the Gazetteer that covered Abel Farr's family was written, but the author died and the manuscript was lost or destroyed,) The History of Rockingham VT by Lyman S Hayes (1907), pg 319 in their discussion of stagecoach drivers says that "some of those living at Walpole and noted far and wide were Lovell Farr...." So, Lovell was likely to be well remembered in Chesterfield.
3) Fosket Farr appears in Walpole NH after Lovell Farr removed to Brattleboro VT. Fosket only purchased small properties in Walpole, much less than an acre, so was not engaged in farming. Lovell was a contractor with the US Government to carry New Hampshire mail on his stageline, and this continued at least as late as 1849. It seems possible that Fosket was an agent for Lovell's mail business at that time.
4) The book Martin Shellabarger 1817-1894 - Descendants, Antecedents - Allied Families by Carmen M Bussard (1994), on p. 272 speaks of Kimball Farr, who came to Elyria in 1815. She states that Kimball's father Abel Sr. had two married sons who remained in Vermont. These were likely Lovell and Fosket.
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