Born in Lincoln, Kentucky, USA
Ancestors 
Son of Isaac Farris
and Jerusha (Vaughan) Farris
Brother of
Susannah (Farris) Byrd, Elizabeth Farris, George Washington Farris, Wilmeth Farris, George Washington Farris Sr [half] and Isaac Farris
Husband of
Mary Shelton
— married
31 Oct 1805 in Mercer, Kentucky, United States
Husband of
Jane (Bird) Farris
— married
8 Jul 1822 in Barren, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Rebecca (Faris) Chinn
Died
at about age 54
in Kentucky, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Dec 2014
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Biography
Johns first wife was Mary Henderson Shelton. She passed in 1822. His second wife was Jane Byrd his niece from his sister Susannah. He married her in 1822.
NOTE: I will add more sources in the next day or so. Phone freezing up.
Sources
- Marriage record photo copy in images
- Ancestry.com. Kentucky, U.S., Compiled Marriages, 1802-1850 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 1997.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Sharon (Millhouse) Anderson 
:
23andMe
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~0.78%
Otha Vaughan Jr :
23andMe
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Family Tree DNA Family Finder, FTDNA kit #130234
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Stephanie (Gray) Carmon :
Autosomal DNA Test, GEDmatch Z763162 [compare]
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~0.39%
Kristen McDonald :
23andMe
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~0.39%
Simone (Stapel) Myers :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A875864 [compare], yourDNAportal SIMd0dc59a8, Ancestry member SRM1210
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