Napoleon B. Farr
circa 1848 - 1888 (~ 39 years)-
Name Napoleon B. Farr Born circa 4 Dec 1848 Missouri, USA 
- His tombstone gives his age as 39 years, 5 months and 0 days giving a calculated dob of Dec. 4, 1848.
Gender Male Census Sep 18, 1850 Miller, Marion county, Missouri, USA [1] Census Jun 04, 1880 Harris county, Texas, USA [2] Died May 04, 1888 Waller county, Texas, USA Buried Hempstead Cemetery, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA Notes - He was a rancher, his ranch located near where the town of Waller was platted.
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Killing at Waller Station.
Hempstead, May 4. -- This afternoon Jas. Carroll shot and killed Napoleon Farr at Waller station, about ten miles southeast of Hempstead. Carroll was arrested at his home and brought to town to-night and lodged in jail. Both are white and have families.
The Laredo Times, Monday, May 7, 1888, p. 1
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Waller County Killing
Hempstead, Texas, July 9 -- This morning about 10:00 at Waller station in this county, one Joe Driscoll, an Englishman, shot and instantly killed James Carroll, the man who killed Napoleon Farr at that place some time ago. The particulars are not known, but it is said that Carroll was assassinated. Driscoll is gone. Officers are in pursuit.
The Hesperian, Gainesville, Cooke Co., TX, July 1888.
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Similar article in the San Antonio Daily Light, Tuesday, July 10, 1888, p. 1 and the San Antonio Daily Express of the same date.
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Person ID I153638 mykindred Last Modified Aug 4, 2022
Father William Henry Farr, CSA, b. circa 1810, Virginia, USA , d. 1864, Austin county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 54 years) Mother Mary Violet Forsythe, b. circa 1817, Kentucky, USA , d. 1890 (Age ~ 73 years) Married Feb 22, 1842 Marion county, Missouri, USA [3] - On the index of Marion county (MO) marriages she is listed as "Valette Louisa Forsyth".
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1850 census, MO, Marion, Miller, Sept 18, HH 503/530
William H. FARR, 40, M, farmer, VA
Violet FARR, 33, F, KY
Joseph FARR, 12, M, MO
Mortimore FARR, 8, M, MO
Francas J FARR, 6, F, MO
John FARR, 4, M, MO
William FARR, 3, M, MO
Napoleon B FARR, 1, M, MO
Morris OSBORN, 18, M, labourer, VA
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1860 census, TX, Austin, Hempstead, p. 26, June 18, HH 213
William FARR, 50, M, trader, VA
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* in 1870, Violet is living with her daughter:
1870 census, MO, Adair, Kirksville, p. 30, Aug 27, HH 238/235
NEWNAM, Charles, 32, M, W, printer, MO
NEWNAM, Frances, 26, F, W, MO
NEWNAM, William, 8, MO
NEWNAM, Jennie, 6, IL
FARR, Violet, 54, F, W, without occupation, KY
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1880 census, TX, Harris, p 10, ed 81, June 4, HH 60
FARR, John B, W, M, 34, farmer, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Wm, 33, brother, farmer, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Napoleon B, 31, brother, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Mary V, 64, mother, KY, KY, KY
FARR, Bettie, 21, sis-in-law, TX, AL, AL
FERRIE, Jno, W, M, 19, boarder, works on farm, AL, Ireland, NY
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1880 census, TX, Austin, Hempstead, p 26, ed 81, June 18, HH 213
Wyatt IVEY, 48, M, farmer, $6,000, $5,000, NC
Abigail IVEY (wife), 46, F, NC
(6 children)
William FARR, 50, M, trader, VA
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Family ID F50556 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Elizabeth Cassey Cloud, b. circa Oct 1857, Hempstead, Waller county, Texas, USA , d. May 08, 1894, Waller county, Texas, USA (Age ~ 36 years) Married Sep 10, 1879 Waller county, Texas, USA [4] Notes - -
1880 census, TX, Harris, p 10, ed 81, June 4, HH 60
FARR, John B, W, M, 34, farmer, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Wm, 33, brother, farmer, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Napoleon B, 31, brother, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Mary V, 64, mother, KY, KY, KY
FARR, Bettie, 21, sis-in-law, TX, AL, AL
FERRIE, Jno, W, M, 19, boarder, works on farm, AL, Ireland, NY
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* they are on the 1880 census twice -- Harris county borders Waller county on its East border.
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1880 census, TX, Waller, p. 80, June 29
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FARR, V.L., W, F, 65, KY, PA, PA
FARR, J.B., W, M, 34, son, MO, VA, KY
FARR, William, W, M, 33, son, MO, VA, KY
FERREL, John, W, M, 19, boarder, AL, AL, AL
-- HH 885/996
FARR, N.B., W, M, 31, MO, VA, KY
FARR, Elizabeth, W, F, 20, wife, TX, GA, GA
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Children 1. Mary Viola Farr, b. circa 1882, d. Y 2. Bertha Francis Farr, b. Aug 23, 1884, Texas, USA , d. May 24, 1956, San Antonio, Bexar county, Texas, USA (Age 71 years)3. Daisy Leon Farr, b. Dec 19, 1888, Texas, USA , d. Feb 18, 1934, Houston, Harris county, Texas, USA (Age 45 years)Family ID F56357 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Documents 
CLOUD, Elizabeth & FARR, Napoleon
marriage license
Headstones 
Farr, Napoleon B.
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