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JOSEPH FARRAR, an old and influential resident of Lincoln County, Tenn., was born in North Carolina, June 11, 1811, and was the son of John W., and Elizabeth (Williams) Farrar. The father of our subject was born in Virginia in 1750, and moved to North Carolina, and remained there until 1810. He was captain of a company in the Revolutionary war, under Gen. Greene, and served through its entire time. He was a cabinet-maker by occupation, and was with Daniel Boone, the first settler of Kentucky. He died in 1830. The mother of our subject was born in North Carolina, and died in Lincoln County, Tenn. Our subject received his education in the common schools, and December 22, 1831, he wedded Elizabeth, daughter of Robert and Polly Abernathy. Mrs. Farrar was born in Lincoln County, in 1814, and by this marriage became the mother of twelve children, four of whom are living: Nancy A. (wife of William West), James T., Pinkney E. and Miles J. After marriage our subject purchased one-half of the homestead, where he located and remained until 1853. In 1855 he bought 115 acres of land in the Thirteenth District, where he has since lived. He has since bought more land, and at one time owned 800 acres, but has divided it among his sons, reserving for himself about forty acres. Mr. Farrar is well known and highly esteemed far and near. He is an excellent citizen and a kind and obliging neighbor. He is a Democrat, and cast his first vote for Andrew Jackson. He and wife are worthy and consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.