A family Bible, in the posession of Mrs. Leila S. Davenport and transcribed online, reports that Pamela was born in South Carolina October 22, 1815.
According to online data, she was the daughter of Joel and Phereby Phillen Mixon. She married her first husband William Mason in Wilcox County, AL July 5, 1832. They were the parents of Joseph (May 12, 1833 – July 15, 1836) and Strother Hilliard Mason (August 31, 1835 – February 4, 1851). William died November 14, 1836 and is buried in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA. Pamela went on to marry William Wood Farmer, whose family Farmerville, LA is named for. They married in Ouachita Parish March 18, 1839. He was also Lieut. Governor of Louisiana for a time. They were the parents of William Wood Farmer, Jr. (original middle name Mills) (1840 – 1883), Frances M. "Fannie" (December 11, 1842 - 1876). Fannie Married Charles Henry Morrison in Ouachita Parish May 15, 1875. She had one son Farmer Morrison who was made an orphan in 1876. Farmer would be the only surviving descendant of Pamela and William Farmer, Sr. according to his uncle William Jr.'s obituary), Julia Arabella (July 12, 1847 - August 27 1848) and Susannah E. (September 13, 1849 - July 28, 1851). William, Sr. died in 1854 and Pamela never remarried. According to the family Bible, she died at the home of her son William, Jr. in Monroe of pneumonia November 22, 1874. According to clues in her obituary, she is buried next to her second husband in the Farmerville Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
The Ouachita Telegraph
Friday, November 27, 1874
Page 2, Column 2
Mrs. Pamela Farmer, relict of the late L't. Gov. W.W. Farmer, died in this place the past week. Mrs. Farmer had reached her 59th year. Her remains were interred at Farmerville where her husband is buried. Mrs. F. had led a quiet, domestic life, and died lamented by all who knew her.
According to online data, she was the daughter of Joel and Phereby Phillen Mixon. She married her first husband William Mason in Wilcox County, AL July 5, 1832. They were the parents of Joseph (May 12, 1833 – July 15, 1836) and Strother Hilliard Mason (August 31, 1835 – February 4, 1851). William died November 14, 1836 and is buried in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA. Pamela went on to marry William Wood Farmer, whose family Farmerville, LA is named for. They married in Ouachita Parish March 18, 1839. He was also Lieut. Governor of Louisiana for a time. They were the parents of William Wood Farmer, Jr. (original middle name Mills) (1840 – 1883), Frances M. "Fannie" (December 11, 1842 - 1876). Fannie Married Charles Henry Morrison in Ouachita Parish May 15, 1875. She had one son Farmer Morrison who was made an orphan in 1876. Farmer would be the only surviving descendant of Pamela and William Farmer, Sr. according to his uncle William Jr.'s obituary), Julia Arabella (July 12, 1847 - August 27 1848) and Susannah E. (September 13, 1849 - July 28, 1851). William, Sr. died in 1854 and Pamela never remarried. According to the family Bible, she died at the home of her son William, Jr. in Monroe of pneumonia November 22, 1874. According to clues in her obituary, she is buried next to her second husband in the Farmerville Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
The Ouachita Telegraph
Friday, November 27, 1874
Page 2, Column 2
Mrs. Pamela Farmer, relict of the late L't. Gov. W.W. Farmer, died in this place the past week. Mrs. Farmer had reached her 59th year. Her remains were interred at Farmerville where her husband is buried. Mrs. F. had led a quiet, domestic life, and died lamented by all who knew her.
A family Bible, in the posession of Mrs. Leila S. Davenport and transcribed online, reports that Pamela was born in South Carolina October 22, 1815.
According to online data, she was the daughter of Joel and Phereby Phillen Mixon. She married her first husband William Mason in Wilcox County, AL July 5, 1832. They were the parents of Joseph (May 12, 1833 – July 15, 1836) and Strother Hilliard Mason (August 31, 1835 – February 4, 1851). William died November 14, 1836 and is buried in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA. Pamela went on to marry William Wood Farmer, whose family Farmerville, LA is named for. They married in Ouachita Parish March 18, 1839. He was also Lieut. Governor of Louisiana for a time. They were the parents of William Wood Farmer, Jr. (original middle name Mills) (1840 – 1883), Frances M. "Fannie" (December 11, 1842 - 1876). Fannie Married Charles Henry Morrison in Ouachita Parish May 15, 1875. She had one son Farmer Morrison who was made an orphan in 1876. Farmer would be the only surviving descendant of Pamela and William Farmer, Sr. according to his uncle William Jr.'s obituary), Julia Arabella (July 12, 1847 - August 27 1848) and Susannah E. (September 13, 1849 - July 28, 1851). William, Sr. died in 1854 and Pamela never remarried. According to the family Bible, she died at the home of her son William, Jr. in Monroe of pneumonia November 22, 1874. According to clues in her obituary, she is buried next to her second husband in the Farmerville Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
The Ouachita Telegraph
Friday, November 27, 1874
Page 2, Column 2
Mrs. Pamela Farmer, relict of the late L't. Gov. W.W. Farmer, died in this place the past week. Mrs. Farmer had reached her 59th year. Her remains were interred at Farmerville where her husband is buried. Mrs. F. had led a quiet, domestic life, and died lamented by all who knew her.
According to online data, she was the daughter of Joel and Phereby Phillen Mixon. She married her first husband William Mason in Wilcox County, AL July 5, 1832. They were the parents of Joseph (May 12, 1833 – July 15, 1836) and Strother Hilliard Mason (August 31, 1835 – February 4, 1851). William died November 14, 1836 and is buried in Hasley Cemetery, West Monroe, LA. Pamela went on to marry William Wood Farmer, whose family Farmerville, LA is named for. They married in Ouachita Parish March 18, 1839. He was also Lieut. Governor of Louisiana for a time. They were the parents of William Wood Farmer, Jr. (original middle name Mills) (1840 – 1883), Frances M. "Fannie" (December 11, 1842 - 1876). Fannie Married Charles Henry Morrison in Ouachita Parish May 15, 1875. She had one son Farmer Morrison who was made an orphan in 1876. Farmer would be the only surviving descendant of Pamela and William Farmer, Sr. according to his uncle William Jr.'s obituary), Julia Arabella (July 12, 1847 - August 27 1848) and Susannah E. (September 13, 1849 - July 28, 1851). William, Sr. died in 1854 and Pamela never remarried. According to the family Bible, she died at the home of her son William, Jr. in Monroe of pneumonia November 22, 1874. According to clues in her obituary, she is buried next to her second husband in the Farmerville Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
The Ouachita Telegraph
Friday, November 27, 1874
Page 2, Column 2
Mrs. Pamela Farmer, relict of the late L't. Gov. W.W. Farmer, died in this place the past week. Mrs. Farmer had reached her 59th year. Her remains were interred at Farmerville where her husband is buried. Mrs. F. had led a quiet, domestic life, and died lamented by all who knew her.
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