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William H. Farrar, M. D., of De Soto, is a native of Arcadia, Iron Co., Mo., and was born in 1856. His father, Dr. George Farrar, is of Scotch descent, and was born in Perry County, Mo., in 1830; he is also a physician by profession, and is a graduate of Pope Medical College, of St. Louis. The latter moved to Iron County in 1854, and two years later entered upon the active practice of medicine, where he has since continued as one of the influential and prominent physicians of Iron County. He married Harriet P. Russell, who was born in Somers, Conn., in 1833, and is a daughter of Cyrus S. Russell, who was a colonel in the Revolutionary War. To this union nine children were born, William H. being the third. He received his literary education in Arcadia College, and at the age of seventeen began the study of medicine under the preceptorship of his father. In 1872 he entered St. Louis Medical College, from which institution he graduated in March, 1874. In 1876 he located at Valle’s Mines, Jefferson County, and engaged in practice for two years, at the expiration of which time he came to De Soto, where he has since been located. In the latter place he bought a drug store, which he successfully conducts in connection with his large and lucrative practice. He enjoys the most extensive practice of any physician of Jefferson County, and with one exception is the oldest resident practitioner of De Soto. In December, 1877, he married Miss Maggie A. Cole, who was born in Jefferson County, Mo., in 1858. They have one child Gertrude May. The Doctor is a democrat, politically, and a member of the A. O. U. W.