Thomas James Farrar (1839 - 1868)

Born 1839 in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 1868 at about age 29 in Fluvanna, Virginia, United States

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Private Thomas Farrar served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: Apr 8, 1862
Mustered out: Dec 13, 1862 (wounded)
Side: CSA
Regiment(s): Co. G, 47th Regiment, Virginia Infantry

Biography

Thomas was born in 1839, in Fluvanna, Virginia. He was the son of Garland Farrar and Mary Ann Lilly Shepherd.

On April 8, 1862, he enlisted as a Private in Company G, 47th Regiment, Virginia Infantry. Within a month he was sick and in the hospital in Richmond. On December 13, 1862, he was wounded in action, receiving a flesh wound to his upper right arm. He was sent on furlough to heal and believed he was discharged at this time.

On 28 Nov 1867, he married Maria Louise Megginson. They had one known child.

1. Thomas James Farrar Jr b. 1869 - d. 1941, m. Margaret Lynn Harris

Thomas died on 18 Dec 1868, of consumption, before his son was born. His brother Matthew had died of this just two months prior. He is buried at the Farrar Family Cemetery.

Three Farrar siblings married three Megginson siblings:

Matthew Farrar married Martha A Megginson

Benjamin Joseph Farrar married Pocahontas V Megginson

Thomas James Farrar married Maria Louise Megginson

Sources

• https://www.fold3.com/file/12556288

• "United States Census, 1850", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8DM-48Z : Sat Oct 07 00:14:44 UTC 2023), Entry for Garland Farras and Mary S Farras, 1850.

• "United States Census, 1860", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M41W-FML : Tue Oct 03 06:42:04 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas J M Farrar, 1860.

• "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J37J-LR3 : Thu Oct 05 20:44:24 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas J Farrar, 1861.

• "Virginia, Civil War Service Records of Confederate Soldiers, 1861-1865", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J3WV-RW1 : Wed Oct 04 11:10:35 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas J Farrar, 1862.

• "Virginia, Bureau of Vital Statistics, Death Records, 1853-1912", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DZCX-GNT2 : Thu Oct 05 12:52:47 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas ? Farrar and Garland Farrar, 18 Dec 1868.

• Sons marriage record. "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68L8-33MR : Sat Oct 21 15:23:18 UTC 2023), Entry for Thomas James Farrar and Thomas J Farrar, 28 Dec 1899.

• Wife's death certificate. "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVY2-618P : 16 August 2019), Thomas Farrar in entry for Maria Louise Farrar, 23 Jun 1925; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing , Buckingham, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

• Sons death certificate. "Virginia, Death Certificates, 1912-1987," , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVRH-7H34 : 16 August 2019), Thomas J Farrar in entry for Thomas J Farrar, 21 Dec 1941; from "Virginia, Marriage Records, 1700-1850," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2012); citing Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, United States, entry #, Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

Also see:

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158339258/thomas_j_farrar

"Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 September 2022, 22:34), entry for Thomas James M Farrar (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:LCQ9-BMD ); contributed by various users.