Alton Everett Farr (1881 - 1940)

Born 8 Nov 1881 in Moretown, Washington, Vermont, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Belle (Rose) Farr — married 8 Nov 1904 (to before 1924) in Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States

Husband of Eunice Florence (Buzzell) Farr — married 14 Sep 1924 in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States

Descendants

Died 17 Oct 1940 at age 58 in Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States

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Biography

Birth

Alton was born in November 1881 ^[1][2], first child and son of Lewis W. Farr and Caroling "Carrie" (Miner) Farr ^[3].

Marriage

Married First (1) Mary B. Rose, 8 Nov 1904 at Gloucester, Massachusetts. ^[4]

Children (born at Melrose, Massachusetts):

1. Everett Edward (or Alton) Farr, b. 23 Oct 1905 ^[5]; m. Esther D. Roland, 12 Oct 1931 ^[6]
2. Ruth Carolyn (Farr) Seaver, b. 6 Feb 1907 ^[7]; m. Mark J. Seaver, 6 Jun 1931 at Raymond, New Hampshire ^[8]; d. 11 Jun 2001 at Montpelier-Barre, Vermont ^[9]

Divorced Mary Farr sometime before 1924.

Married Second (2) Eunice Florence Buzzell, 14 Sep 1924 at Waitsfield, Vermont ^[10]

Children:

1. Alton Everett Farr Jr., b. 6 Feb 1928, at Montpelier, Vermont ^[11]; d. Feb 1928 ^[12][13] (also no children listed on 1930 Census ^[14])
2. Eleanar Geraldine (Farr) Hasking, b. 14 Oct 1931 at Burlington, Vermont ^[15]; m. Dana L. Hasking, 23 Mar 1952 at Waitsfield ^[16]

Residence

• 1900, Age 19, single, living with his aunt Abbie and niece in Waitsfield town, Vermont ^[2]
• 1910, age 28, Married to Mary, living with her and 2 children in Waitsfield, Vermont ^[17]
• 1918, Age 36, Living in Waitsfield, Vermont with his wife Mary ^[1]
• 1920, age 38, married to Mary, living with her and 2 children at the home of Gladys Nelson (listed as Employer) at Waitsfield, Vermont ^[18]
• 1930, age 48, married to Eunice, living in Waitsfield, Vermont along with an employee, Joseph Moriarity ^[14].
• 1940, Age 58, Married to Eunice, living with her and daughter at Waitsfield, Vermont ^[19].

Occupation

• 1900 - Student ^[2]
• 1910 - Manager of the Telephone Company in Waitsfield ^[17].
• 1918 - "Telephone" at the Waitsfield and Fayston Telephone Company ^[1].
• 1920 - Manager at the telephone company ^[18].
• 1924 - Electrician on marriage certificate ^[10].
• 1930 - Manager of the Telephone Company in Waitsfield ^[14]
• 1931 - "Electrician" on Eleanor's Birth Record ^[15].
• 1940 - Owner of the Waitsfield Telephone Company ^[19].

Death

Alton Died in Oct 1940, age 58, at Waterbury, Vermont ^[20], of Pulmonary Tuberculosis and Chronic Gastritis ^[21]. He is buried with his wife Eunice and mother Carrie (Minor) Farr, in the Village Cemetery in Waitsfiled, Vermont ^[22]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Gives actual Date of Birth: "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2019), Alton Everett Farr, 1917-1918
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Gives Month and year of birth: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 October 2019), Alton E Farr in household of Abbie Miner, Waitsfield town, Washington, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 226, sheet 3A, family 64, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,695
3. ↑ "Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005," database with images, FamilySearch (29 November 2018), Alton Farr, 8 Nov 1881; citing Birth, Moretown, Washington, Vermont, United States, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005486694
4. ↑ "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), Alton E. Farr and Mary B. Rose, 8 Nov 1904; citing Gloucester, Essex, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,589
5. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (9 August 2017), Alton E. Farr in entry for Everett Edward Farr, 23 Oct 1905, , Melrose, Massachusetts, United States; citing reference ID #572, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,057,531
6. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (27 September 2017), Alton E. Farr in entry for Everett E. Farr and Esther D. Roland, 12 Oct 1931; citing No. Walpole, , New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,058,032
7. ↑ "Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915," database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Alton E. Farr in entry for Ruth Carolyn Farr, 06 Feb 1907, Melrose, Middlesex, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 607, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 2,315,133
8. ↑ "New Hampshire Marriage Records, 1637-1947," database, FamilySearch (27 September 2017), Alton Farr in entry for Mark J. Seaver and Ruth C. Farr, 06 Jun 1931; citing Raymond, Rockingham, New Hampshire, Bureau of Vital Records and Health Statistics, Concord; FHL microfilm 2,070,083
9. ↑ "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, 1980-2014," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 October 2019), Alton Farr in entry for Mrs Ruth F Seaver, Montpelier-Barre, Vermont, United States, 11 Jun 2001; from "Recent Newspaper Obituaries (1977 - Today)," database, GenealogyBank.com (http://www.genealogybank.com : 2014); citing Times Argus, The, born-digital text
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-2008," database with images, FamilySearch (6 December 2014), Alton E Farr and Eunice F Buzzell, Marriage, 14 Sep 1924, Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States; from "Vermont, Birth Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Death Records, 1909-2008," "Vermont, Marriage Records, 1909-2008," and "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908." Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2010); citing Vital Records Office, Vermont Department of Health, Burlington and New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston
11. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (24 September 2017), Alton Everett Farr in entry for Alton Everett Farr, 06 Feb 1928, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,991,710
12. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (24 September 2017), Alton Everett Farr in entry for Alton Everett Farr, 09 Feb 1928, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,991,710
13. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #54832750
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1 14.2} "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 October 2019), Alton E Farr, Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 35, sheet 5B, line 71, family 119, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2431; FHL microfilm 2,342,165
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (24 September 2017), Alton Everett Farr in entry for Eleanor Geraldine Farr, 14 Oct 1931, Birth; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,991,710
16. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (5 November 2017), Alton E Farr in entry for Dana L Hasking and Eleanor G Farr, 23 Mar 1952, Marriage; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,984,957
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 October 2019), Alton Everett Farr, Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 235, sheet 4A, family 69, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1617; FHL microfilm 1,375,630
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 19 October 2019), Alton E Farr, Waitsfield, Washington, Vermont, United States; citing ED 100, sheet 3A, line 46, family 61, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 1875; FHL microfilm 1,821,875
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (27 July 2019), Alton E Farr, Waitsfield, Waitsfield Town, Washington, Vermont, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 12-44, sheet 4B, line 56, family 77, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 4238
20. ↑ : "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (24 September 2017), Alton Everett Farr, 17 Oct 1940, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,991,710
21. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (24 September 2017), Eunice Buzzell in entry for Alton Everett Farr, 17 Oct 1940, Death; State Capitol Building, Montpelier; FHL microfilm 1,991,710
22. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 19 October 2019), memorial page for Alton Everett Farr (1881–1940), Find A Grave: Memorial #54832744, citing Waitsfield Village Cemetery, Waitsfield, Washington County, Vermont, USA ; Maintained by Barb Destromp (contributor 46785064) .

• Jones, Matt Bushnell, History of the Town of Waitsfield, Vermont, 1782-1908: with Family Genealogies (Published by the Press of Courier-Citizen Company, Lowell, Massachusetts, 1909, 524 pages )
• Alma F. Lamberton/Lamberton, Roy S./Cymbalsky, Stephen (and others); Farr-Freude Records;Collection of Unpublished, Partially sourced research into the Farr and Freude families of Brooklyn/Queens New York, to present, including dates and locations (held by Roy S. Lamberton.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #54832744
• FamilySearch.org entry for Alton Everett Farr; © 2019 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved. A service provided by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .