Henderson French Farley (1858 - 1936)

Born 11 May 1858 in Giles County, Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Nancy Ellen (Hughes) Farley — married 18 Dec 1878 in Giles County, Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 21 Oct 1936 at age 78 in Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA

This profile is part of the Farley Name Study.

Biography

Birth Record

Name: Cenderson F. Farley

Birth Date: 11 May 1858

Birth Place: Mercer, West Virginia

Sex: Male

Mother: Harriet W. Farley

Father: Madison Farley

Residence: Mercer County

Occupation: Farmer ^[1]

Marriage Record

Name: H. F. Farley

Birth Date: 1858

Birthplace: Mercer Co., W. Va.

Age: 20

Spouse's Name: Nannie E. Hughs

Spouse's Birth Date: 1857

Spouse's Birthplace: Giles Co., Va.

Spouse's Age: 21

Event Date: 18 Dec 1878

Event Place: Giles Co., Virginia

Father's Name: M. Farley

Spouse's Father's Name: C. Hughs

Spouse's Mother's Name: H. Hughs

Race: White

Marital Status: Single

Spouse's Race: White

Spouse's Marital Status: Single ^[2]

Census Records

1860 Census

1860 > VIRGINIA > MERCER > PRINCETON P O ^[3] Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 26 M W VA VA MERCER PRINCETON P O 1860 Farmer, property owner value 500, personal property value 300 born in Virginia.
• Harriet age 27 born in Virginia

Children: All born in Virigina

• Lewis age 6
• Alice V age 5
• Henderson age 2^[4]

Next door is John Snidon and adult family; Albert Wilson and family.

1870 Census

1870 > VIRGINIA > GILES > STAFFORDSVILLE TWP > Post Office: Hobbs Ferry^[5]

Surname Given Name Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 37 M W WV VA GILES STAFFORDSVILLE TWP 1870, Shoemaker, born in West Virginia, property owner value 400, personal property 200
• Harriet, age 38, keeping house, born in Virginia
• Virginia [Alice V], age 14, born in West Virginia, attended school in last year
• Henders, age 12, born in West Virginia, attended school in last year
• Sollie, age 9, born in West Virginia
• Mary, age 6, born in Virginia
• Naomi, age 5, born in West Virginia
• William, age 7, born in Virginia^[6]

1880 Census

1880 > VIRGINIA > GILES > PEMBROKE DIST ^[7]

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

• FARLEY MADISON 47 W VA VA GILES PEMBROKE DIST 1880, farmer
• H M ,age 48, keeping house
• Sally M, age 19, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Mary L, age 16, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Nannie M, age 13, keeping house, attended school in past year
• Wm O, age 12, Laborer, attended school in the past year
• Giles R, age 8
• Malet [?] J, son, age 3

• FARLEY, HENDERSON, age 22, Laborer
• Nannie H, age 22, Keeping house
• Inda [?] P, daughter, age 4/12, born in Feby [February 1880]^[8]

1900 Census

1900 > WEST VIRGINIA > MERCER > PLYMOUTH DIST

Series: T623 Roll: 1766 Page: 142

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

FARLEY HENDERSON F 42 M W WV WV MERCER PLYMOUTH DIST 1900, born May 1858, age 42, Farmer, Property owner with a mortgage. Born in West Virginia, Father in West Virginia, mother in Viginia. Can read, write and speak English.

Nannie, born Nov 1857, age 42, married 21 years, mother of 7, 7 children living, born in West Virginia, parents both born in Virginia, can read, write and speak English.

Children:

Bessie H born Aug 1885, age 14, grade 8

Thomas K grade 3

Hubert F grade 3

Vivian M (son) grade 3

Bernard grade 3^[9]

1910 Census

1910 > WEST VIRGINIA > MERCER > PLYMOUTH

Series: T624 Roll: 1689 Page: 252

Surname GivenName Age Sex Race Birthplace State County Location Year

FARLEY HENDERSON F 52 M W WV WV MERCER PLYMOUTH 1910^[10]

• Henderson F, age 52, married 31 years, Farmer self employed, property owner with F under the mortgage space, born in West Virginia, father in West Virginia, mother in Virginia
• Nannie E age 52, married 31 years, mother of 7, 6 living, born in West Virginia, both parents born in Virginia

Children:

• Bessie H, age 23, born in Virginia, both parents in West Virginia, teacher in public school
• Vivian N, son, age 18, born in West Virginia both parents in West Virginia, laborer, Home Farm
• Bernard H, age 15, born in West Virginia both parents in West Virginia, laborer, Home Farm
• Stafford, Carrie N, daughter, widowed, age 27, mother of 2, 1 living, born in Virginia, both parents in West Virginia, teacher in public school
• [Stafford] Harold [Hammond?] G, grandson, age 7, born in West Virginia, both parents West Virginia

• Witacker, George C., laborer, age 51, widowed, born in Virginia, both parents in Virginia, laborer, farm hand

Death Record

Death.

Name: Henderson French Farley

Event Date: 23 Oct 1936

Event Place: Princeton, Mercer, West Virginia

Gender: Male

Age (Expanded): 78 years 5 months 20 days

Birth Date: 03 May 1858

Birthplace: Va.

Marital Status: Widowed

Father's Name: Madison Farley

Father's Birthplace: W. Va.

Mother's Name: Wilburn

Mother's Birthplace: Va.

Occupation: Retired Farmer

Cemetery: Family Cemetery

Burial Date: 25 Oct 1936 GS Film number: 804478

Digital Folder Number: 4227409; Image Number: 325; Affiliate Repository Type: County Records; Reference ID: v 5 p 59 ^[11]

W.L. Hunter, physician

Harold Stafford, informant

Find A Grave Memorial# 89675132

Birth: May 3, 1858

Virginia, USA

Death: Oct. 23, 1936

Princeton, Mercer County, West Virginia, USA

Name: Henderson French/Farley

Sex: Male

Death Date: 23 Oct 1936

Death Place: Princeton, Mercer, WV

Age at Death: 78y 5m 20d

Burial Place: Family Cemetery

Burial Date: 25 Oct 1936

Birth Date: 03 May 1858

Birth Place: Va.

Marital Status: W

Occupation: Retired Farmer

Mother: Wilburn

Mother's Birth Place: Va.

Father: Madison/Farley

Father's Birth Place: W. Va.

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Sun., Oct 25, 1936

H. F. FARLEY IS TAKEN BY DEATH

Henderson French Farley, 78, retired farmer, died at the home of his son, T. K. Farley, Mercer street, at 10:15 o'clock Friday night after an illness due to old age and complications.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Fredeking Funeral Service chapel this afternoon at two o'clock, by the Rev. Paul P. Martin, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church.

Interment will take place in the family cemetery on the old home place, old Athens road.

Pallbearers will be selected from the Wesley Brotherhood of the First M.E. church, of which he was a member.

Henderson F. Farley was born in Giles county, May 3, 1858. On December 18,1878, he married Nancy Ellen Hughes. For fifty years he was one of Mercer county's prominent and successful farmers. He retired ten years ago.

Mr. Farley leaves two sons, T. K. Farley of Princeton and Bernard Farley of Detroit, Michigan, and two daughters, Mrs. R. C. Spangler, of Morgantown, W. Va., and Mrs. Carrie Stafford of Princeton; three brothers, W. O., R. H. and W. J. Farley of Summers county, and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Farley of Pearisburg, Va., and Mrs. C. M. Vest of Summers county.

Burial: Farley Cemetery. Mercer County, West Virginia, USA ^[12]

Obituary

Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Sun., Oct 25, 1937

H. F. FARLEY IS TAKEN BY DEATH

Retired Farmer Passes At Home Of Son Here; Funeral

Services Will Be Conducted This Afternoon

Henderson French Farley, 78, retired farmer, died at the home of his son, T. K. Farley, Mercer street, at 10:15 o'clock Friday night after an illness due to old age and complications.

Funeral services will be conducted at the Fredeking Funeral Service chapel this afternoon at two o'clock, by the Rev. Paul P. Martin, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church. Interment will take place in the family cemetery on the old home place, old Athens road. Pallbearers will be selected from the Wesley Brotherhood of the First M.E. church, of which he was a member.

Henderson F. Farley was born in Giles county, May 3, 1858. On December 18, 1878, he married Nancy Ellen Hughes. For fifty years he was one of Mercer county's prominent and successful farmers. He retired ten years ago. Mr. Farley leaves two sons, T. K. Farley of Princeton and Bernard Farley ofDetroit, Michigan, and two daughters, Mrs. R. C. Spangler, of Morgantown, W. Va., and Mrs. Carrie Stafford of Princeton; three brothers, W. O., R. H. and W. J. Farley of Summers county, and two sisters, Mrs. J. M. Farley of Pearisburg, Va., and Mrs. C. M. Vest of Summers county. ^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ Birth, line 16, page 27.
2. ↑ Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M86875-0; System Origin: Virginia-EASy; GS Film number: 31740; Reference ID: Line 27 "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/X5Y1-N1L : accessed 22 Jan 2014), M. Farley in entry for H. F. Farley and Nannie E. Hughs, 18 Dec 1878.
3. ↑ Series: M653 Roll: 1362 Page: 489 ; Page 151, September 14 1860, Lines 20-24, House 1064, Family 991
4. ↑ 1860 Census
5. ↑ Series: M593 Roll: 1648 Page: 268, Page 1, Lines 4-11, House 18, Family 18
6. ↑ 1870 Census
7. ↑ Series: T9 Roll: 1367 Page: 45, Page 6 B, Lines 5-12 House number 10 Family 10(Madison), Lines 13-15 House number 11 Family 11 (Henderson) June 2nd 1880
   • NOTE: All members of both Families born in Virginia, all parents born in Virginia, and all members can read and write including Henderson's infant child.
8. ↑ 1880 Census
9. ↑ 1900 Census; June 18 1900 Sheet number 8 B Lines 77-88
10. ↑ 1910 Census Henderson and Nannie Farley; house 164, family 168, Lines 76-84
11. ↑ "West Virginia Deaths, 1804-1999," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NMNF-6BR : accessed 22 Jan 2014), Madison Farley in entry for Henderson French Farley, 23 Oct 1936.
12. ↑ Created by: Walter H. Pack Family, Record added: May 07, 2012

    Find A Grave Memorial# 89675132

13. ↑ http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/mercer/obits/farley01.txt

• Grandson, Hubert K.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Nae X for starting this profile.