The 17 Jun 1880 US Census of Graysville, Catoosa Co., GA enumerated the household of 26 Y/O Charles Thomas Farrar, a sawyer in a local saw mill who was born in Evergreen, VA, and his 23 Y/O wife, Rosalind Virginia (Dawn) Farrar, born in TN. Also living in the household as a "boarder" was 45 year old William Baker Farrar, " local lumber dealer". He was Charles' first cousin from Evergreen, VA and the owner of the lumber saw mill where Charles was employed. Also living in the household were their children: 6 Y/O Maye Hardwick Farrar born in Dawnville, Whitfield Co., GA; 2 Y/O Thomas Bennett Farrar (b. 29 Oct 1877 Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN [Reference: Farrar Family Bible] - d. 19 Apr 1888 Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL [Reference: Farrar Family Bible]) and 10 months old William Charles Farrar, my grandfather, born in Graysville, Catoosa Co., GA.
Between 04 Jun 1881, the birth date of their son, Ogden Shelby Farrar, in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, and 16 Jan 1884, the birth date of their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA, Charles Thomas Farrar and his family began to migrate further southward with stops in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA where as noted above their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, was born on 16 Jan 1884. Their next stop was Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., GA where sadly their 1 Y/O son, Stephen Baker Farrar, died on 30 Jun 1885 and where their daughter, Jimmie Oden Farrar, was born on 05 Nov 1885. Charles and his family continued their migration and arrived in Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL (later to become part of Birmingham) about 1888 as their son, Thomas Bennett Farrar died there on 19 Apr 1888 and their son, Sam Cross Farrar, was born there on 15 May 1888. (NOTE: All birth and death dates confirmed by the Farrar Family Bible). Charles Thomas Farrar's first recorded employment in the Birmingham area was at the Sloss Furnace repair shop in 1888 (The Sloss Furnace is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971). By 1889, Charles went into the familiar business of lumber dealing and was the foreman of Hughes Lumber Yard in Birmingham but gravitated to the more lucrative job of working for the railroads. In 1890 he was a "locomotive fireman" for the "Georgia Pacific Railroad" By 1896 he was a "locomotive engineer" for the renamed "Southern Railway" and continued to work for the railroads most of his remaining life.
Interestingly, Sam Cross Farrar was named after Dr. Samuel Cross who delivered him.
Sam Cross Farrar was born on 15 May 1888 at Avondale, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1896 Birmingham City Directory records Charles Thomas Farrar, a Southern Railroad engineer, and his family, including Sam Cross Farrar, living in Avondale at the address, “2d ave A’dale” (Avondale). Avondale, at the time, was the site of a very large cotton mill and its accompanying company owned community and store. Avondale was located closely to the Sloss Furnace repair shop where Sam's father, Charles Thomas Farrar, worked in 1888.
I have not been able to locate the Charles Thomas Farrar family in 1900 US Census.
Sam began his employment in Birmingham, AL about 1907 as a lithographer for "Roberts and Son".
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. married Mabel Ealon Canterbury on 23 Nov 1909 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
The 1910 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 21 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a printing lithographer for "Roberts and Son", and his 20 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar.
In 1914 he was working as a machinist for "Continental Gin Company" and in 1916 he was employed by the "Mecca Dry Cleaning Co", both in Birmingham, AL. His 05 Jun 1917 WWI registration card recorded him employed at "American Steel Co." in Fairfield, Birmingham, AL. After WWI, in 1919, he became a "locomotive fireman" for the Southern Railroad.
The 1920 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 31 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 29 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 9 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar (b. 16 Jun 1910); 8 Y/O Marjorie Ealon Farrar (b. 16 Aug 1911); 7 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr. (b. 19 Oct 1912, d. 10 Dec 1963); 4 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar (b. 26 Feb 1915, d. 1971) and 11 months old Eleanor Virginia Farrar (b. 04 May 1919). NOTE: Another child: Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917, d. Nov 1917.
The 1930 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 41 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 40 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer at a steel plant; 17 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr., a clerk at a railroad office; 15 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar and 10 Y/O Eleanor Virginia Farrar.
The 1940 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 49 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were: 29 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer in a railroad office; 23 Y/O William Merritt Newby, Sr., son-in-law who was a public school principal; 21 Y/O daughter Eleanor Virginia (Farrar) Merritt and 3 months old William Merritt Newby, Jr.
The 1950 City Directory of Birmingham, AL recorded Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. as an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW.
The 1953 City Directory of Birmingham, AL is the last recorded for Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. He was still an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW. He remained a Southern Railroad locomotive engineer until he retired in 1955.
The children of Sam and Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar were:
1) Frances Ann Farrar, b. 16 Jun 1910 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 22 Jan 2006 Melbourne Beach, Brevard Co., FL; m. Charles Gilbert Black Sr. on 14 Oct 1944.
2) Majorie Ealon Farrar, b. 16 Aug 1911 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 05 Sep 2001 Alabama; m. Jerry Comer Bennett 15 Jun 1929 at Jefferson Co., AL.
3) Sam Cross, Jr. (See below)
4) Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL, d. November 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL.
5) Larston Dawn Farrar (See below)
6) Eleanor Virginia Farrar, b. 04 May 1919 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 18 Mar 2016 Athens, Limestone Co., AL; m. William Merritt Newby, Sr. 24 Dec 1938 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. was the 4th cousin 2 times removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) through his mother, Rosalind Virginia Dawn Farrar. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Between 04 Jun 1881, the birth date of their son, Ogden Shelby Farrar, in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, and 16 Jan 1884, the birth date of their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA, Charles Thomas Farrar and his family began to migrate further southward with stops in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA where as noted above their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, was born on 16 Jan 1884. Their next stop was Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., GA where sadly their 1 Y/O son, Stephen Baker Farrar, died on 30 Jun 1885 and where their daughter, Jimmie Oden Farrar, was born on 05 Nov 1885. Charles and his family continued their migration and arrived in Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL (later to become part of Birmingham) about 1888 as their son, Thomas Bennett Farrar died there on 19 Apr 1888 and their son, Sam Cross Farrar, was born there on 15 May 1888. (NOTE: All birth and death dates confirmed by the Farrar Family Bible). Charles Thomas Farrar's first recorded employment in the Birmingham area was at the Sloss Furnace repair shop in 1888 (The Sloss Furnace is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971). By 1889, Charles went into the familiar business of lumber dealing and was the foreman of Hughes Lumber Yard in Birmingham but gravitated to the more lucrative job of working for the railroads. In 1890 he was a "locomotive fireman" for the "Georgia Pacific Railroad" By 1896 he was a "locomotive engineer" for the renamed "Southern Railway" and continued to work for the railroads most of his remaining life.
Interestingly, Sam Cross Farrar was named after Dr. Samuel Cross who delivered him.
Sam Cross Farrar was born on 15 May 1888 at Avondale, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1896 Birmingham City Directory records Charles Thomas Farrar, a Southern Railroad engineer, and his family, including Sam Cross Farrar, living in Avondale at the address, “2d ave A’dale” (Avondale). Avondale, at the time, was the site of a very large cotton mill and its accompanying company owned community and store. Avondale was located closely to the Sloss Furnace repair shop where Sam's father, Charles Thomas Farrar, worked in 1888.
I have not been able to locate the Charles Thomas Farrar family in 1900 US Census.
Sam began his employment in Birmingham, AL about 1907 as a lithographer for "Roberts and Son".
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. married Mabel Ealon Canterbury on 23 Nov 1909 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
The 1910 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 21 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a printing lithographer for "Roberts and Son", and his 20 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar.
In 1914 he was working as a machinist for "Continental Gin Company" and in 1916 he was employed by the "Mecca Dry Cleaning Co", both in Birmingham, AL. His 05 Jun 1917 WWI registration card recorded him employed at "American Steel Co." in Fairfield, Birmingham, AL. After WWI, in 1919, he became a "locomotive fireman" for the Southern Railroad.
The 1920 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 31 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 29 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 9 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar (b. 16 Jun 1910); 8 Y/O Marjorie Ealon Farrar (b. 16 Aug 1911); 7 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr. (b. 19 Oct 1912, d. 10 Dec 1963); 4 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar (b. 26 Feb 1915, d. 1971) and 11 months old Eleanor Virginia Farrar (b. 04 May 1919). NOTE: Another child: Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917, d. Nov 1917.
The 1930 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 41 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 40 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer at a steel plant; 17 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr., a clerk at a railroad office; 15 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar and 10 Y/O Eleanor Virginia Farrar.
The 1940 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 49 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were: 29 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer in a railroad office; 23 Y/O William Merritt Newby, Sr., son-in-law who was a public school principal; 21 Y/O daughter Eleanor Virginia (Farrar) Merritt and 3 months old William Merritt Newby, Jr.
The 1950 City Directory of Birmingham, AL recorded Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. as an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW.
The 1953 City Directory of Birmingham, AL is the last recorded for Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. He was still an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW. He remained a Southern Railroad locomotive engineer until he retired in 1955.
The children of Sam and Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar were:
1) Frances Ann Farrar, b. 16 Jun 1910 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 22 Jan 2006 Melbourne Beach, Brevard Co., FL; m. Charles Gilbert Black Sr. on 14 Oct 1944.
2) Majorie Ealon Farrar, b. 16 Aug 1911 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 05 Sep 2001 Alabama; m. Jerry Comer Bennett 15 Jun 1929 at Jefferson Co., AL.
3) Sam Cross, Jr. (See below)
4) Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL, d. November 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL.
5) Larston Dawn Farrar (See below)
6) Eleanor Virginia Farrar, b. 04 May 1919 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 18 Mar 2016 Athens, Limestone Co., AL; m. William Merritt Newby, Sr. 24 Dec 1938 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. was the 4th cousin 2 times removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) through his mother, Rosalind Virginia Dawn Farrar. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
The 17 Jun 1880 US Census of Graysville, Catoosa Co., GA enumerated the household of 26 Y/O Charles Thomas Farrar, a sawyer in a local saw mill who was born in Evergreen, VA, and his 23 Y/O wife, Rosalind Virginia (Dawn) Farrar, born in TN. Also living in the household as a "boarder" was 45 year old William Baker Farrar, " local lumber dealer". He was Charles' first cousin from Evergreen, VA and the owner of the lumber saw mill where Charles was employed. Also living in the household were their children: 6 Y/O Maye Hardwick Farrar born in Dawnville, Whitfield Co., GA; 2 Y/O Thomas Bennett Farrar (b. 29 Oct 1877 Cleveland, Bradley Co., TN [Reference: Farrar Family Bible] - d. 19 Apr 1888 Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL [Reference: Farrar Family Bible]) and 10 months old William Charles Farrar, my grandfather, born in Graysville, Catoosa Co., GA.
Between 04 Jun 1881, the birth date of their son, Ogden Shelby Farrar, in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, and 16 Jan 1884, the birth date of their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA, Charles Thomas Farrar and his family began to migrate further southward with stops in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA where as noted above their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, was born on 16 Jan 1884. Their next stop was Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., GA where sadly their 1 Y/O son, Stephen Baker Farrar, died on 30 Jun 1885 and where their daughter, Jimmie Oden Farrar, was born on 05 Nov 1885. Charles and his family continued their migration and arrived in Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL (later to become part of Birmingham) about 1888 as their son, Thomas Bennett Farrar died there on 19 Apr 1888 and their son, Sam Cross Farrar, was born there on 15 May 1888. (NOTE: All birth and death dates confirmed by the Farrar Family Bible). Charles Thomas Farrar's first recorded employment in the Birmingham area was at the Sloss Furnace repair shop in 1888 (The Sloss Furnace is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971). By 1889, Charles went into the familiar business of lumber dealing and was the foreman of Hughes Lumber Yard in Birmingham but gravitated to the more lucrative job of working for the railroads. In 1890 he was a "locomotive fireman" for the "Georgia Pacific Railroad" By 1896 he was a "locomotive engineer" for the renamed "Southern Railway" and continued to work for the railroads most of his remaining life.
Interestingly, Sam Cross Farrar was named after Dr. Samuel Cross who delivered him.
Sam Cross Farrar was born on 15 May 1888 at Avondale, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1896 Birmingham City Directory records Charles Thomas Farrar, a Southern Railroad engineer, and his family, including Sam Cross Farrar, living in Avondale at the address, “2d ave A’dale” (Avondale). Avondale, at the time, was the site of a very large cotton mill and its accompanying company owned community and store. Avondale was located closely to the Sloss Furnace repair shop where Sam's father, Charles Thomas Farrar, worked in 1888.
I have not been able to locate the Charles Thomas Farrar family in 1900 US Census.
Sam began his employment in Birmingham, AL about 1907 as a lithographer for "Roberts and Son".
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. married Mabel Ealon Canterbury on 23 Nov 1909 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
The 1910 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 21 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a printing lithographer for "Roberts and Son", and his 20 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar.
In 1914 he was working as a machinist for "Continental Gin Company" and in 1916 he was employed by the "Mecca Dry Cleaning Co", both in Birmingham, AL. His 05 Jun 1917 WWI registration card recorded him employed at "American Steel Co." in Fairfield, Birmingham, AL. After WWI, in 1919, he became a "locomotive fireman" for the Southern Railroad.
The 1920 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 31 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 29 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 9 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar (b. 16 Jun 1910); 8 Y/O Marjorie Ealon Farrar (b. 16 Aug 1911); 7 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr. (b. 19 Oct 1912, d. 10 Dec 1963); 4 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar (b. 26 Feb 1915, d. 1971) and 11 months old Eleanor Virginia Farrar (b. 04 May 1919). NOTE: Another child: Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917, d. Nov 1917.
The 1930 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 41 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 40 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer at a steel plant; 17 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr., a clerk at a railroad office; 15 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar and 10 Y/O Eleanor Virginia Farrar.
The 1940 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 49 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were: 29 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer in a railroad office; 23 Y/O William Merritt Newby, Sr., son-in-law who was a public school principal; 21 Y/O daughter Eleanor Virginia (Farrar) Merritt and 3 months old William Merritt Newby, Jr.
The 1950 City Directory of Birmingham, AL recorded Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. as an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW.
The 1953 City Directory of Birmingham, AL is the last recorded for Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. He was still an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW. He remained a Southern Railroad locomotive engineer until he retired in 1955.
The children of Sam and Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar were:
1) Frances Ann Farrar, b. 16 Jun 1910 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 22 Jan 2006 Melbourne Beach, Brevard Co., FL; m. Charles Gilbert Black Sr. on 14 Oct 1944.
2) Majorie Ealon Farrar, b. 16 Aug 1911 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 05 Sep 2001 Alabama; m. Jerry Comer Bennett 15 Jun 1929 at Jefferson Co., AL.
3) Sam Cross, Jr. (See below)
4) Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL, d. November 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL.
5) Larston Dawn Farrar (See below)
6) Eleanor Virginia Farrar, b. 04 May 1919 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 18 Mar 2016 Athens, Limestone Co., AL; m. William Merritt Newby, Sr. 24 Dec 1938 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. was the 4th cousin 2 times removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) through his mother, Rosalind Virginia Dawn Farrar. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
Between 04 Jun 1881, the birth date of their son, Ogden Shelby Farrar, in Dalton, Whitfield Co., GA, and 16 Jan 1884, the birth date of their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA, Charles Thomas Farrar and his family began to migrate further southward with stops in Cedartown, Polk Co., GA where as noted above their son, Stephen Baker Farrar, was born on 16 Jan 1884. Their next stop was Tallapoosa, Haralson Co., GA where sadly their 1 Y/O son, Stephen Baker Farrar, died on 30 Jun 1885 and where their daughter, Jimmie Oden Farrar, was born on 05 Nov 1885. Charles and his family continued their migration and arrived in Woodlawn, Jefferson Co., AL (later to become part of Birmingham) about 1888 as their son, Thomas Bennett Farrar died there on 19 Apr 1888 and their son, Sam Cross Farrar, was born there on 15 May 1888. (NOTE: All birth and death dates confirmed by the Farrar Family Bible). Charles Thomas Farrar's first recorded employment in the Birmingham area was at the Sloss Furnace repair shop in 1888 (The Sloss Furnace is a National Historic Landmark in Birmingham, Alabama that operated as a pig iron-producing blast furnace from 1882 to 1971). By 1889, Charles went into the familiar business of lumber dealing and was the foreman of Hughes Lumber Yard in Birmingham but gravitated to the more lucrative job of working for the railroads. In 1890 he was a "locomotive fireman" for the "Georgia Pacific Railroad" By 1896 he was a "locomotive engineer" for the renamed "Southern Railway" and continued to work for the railroads most of his remaining life.
Interestingly, Sam Cross Farrar was named after Dr. Samuel Cross who delivered him.
Sam Cross Farrar was born on 15 May 1888 at Avondale, Jefferson Co., AL. The 1896 Birmingham City Directory records Charles Thomas Farrar, a Southern Railroad engineer, and his family, including Sam Cross Farrar, living in Avondale at the address, “2d ave A’dale” (Avondale). Avondale, at the time, was the site of a very large cotton mill and its accompanying company owned community and store. Avondale was located closely to the Sloss Furnace repair shop where Sam's father, Charles Thomas Farrar, worked in 1888.
I have not been able to locate the Charles Thomas Farrar family in 1900 US Census.
Sam began his employment in Birmingham, AL about 1907 as a lithographer for "Roberts and Son".
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. married Mabel Ealon Canterbury on 23 Nov 1909 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL.
The 1910 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 21 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a printing lithographer for "Roberts and Son", and his 20 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar.
In 1914 he was working as a machinist for "Continental Gin Company" and in 1916 he was employed by the "Mecca Dry Cleaning Co", both in Birmingham, AL. His 05 Jun 1917 WWI registration card recorded him employed at "American Steel Co." in Fairfield, Birmingham, AL. After WWI, in 1919, he became a "locomotive fireman" for the Southern Railroad.
The 1920 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 31 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 29 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 9 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar (b. 16 Jun 1910); 8 Y/O Marjorie Ealon Farrar (b. 16 Aug 1911); 7 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr. (b. 19 Oct 1912, d. 10 Dec 1963); 4 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar (b. 26 Feb 1915, d. 1971) and 11 months old Eleanor Virginia Farrar (b. 04 May 1919). NOTE: Another child: Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917, d. Nov 1917.
The 1930 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 41 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 40 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were their children: 19 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer at a steel plant; 17 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Jr., a clerk at a railroad office; 15 Y/O Larston Dawn Farrar and 10 Y/O Eleanor Virginia Farrar.
The 1940 US Census of Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL enumerated the household of 51 Y/O Sam Cross Farrar, Sr., a railroad fireman, and his 49 Y/O wife, Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar. Also living in the household were: 29 Y/O Frances Ann Farrar, a stenographer in a railroad office; 23 Y/O William Merritt Newby, Sr., son-in-law who was a public school principal; 21 Y/O daughter Eleanor Virginia (Farrar) Merritt and 3 months old William Merritt Newby, Jr.
The 1950 City Directory of Birmingham, AL recorded Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. as an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW.
The 1953 City Directory of Birmingham, AL is the last recorded for Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. He was still an engineer for the Southern Railroad living with his wife, Mabel, at 404 11th St. SW. He remained a Southern Railroad locomotive engineer until he retired in 1955.
The children of Sam and Mabel Ealon (Canterbury) Farrar were:
1) Frances Ann Farrar, b. 16 Jun 1910 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 22 Jan 2006 Melbourne Beach, Brevard Co., FL; m. Charles Gilbert Black Sr. on 14 Oct 1944.
2) Majorie Ealon Farrar, b. 16 Aug 1911 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 05 Sep 2001 Alabama; m. Jerry Comer Bennett 15 Jun 1929 at Jefferson Co., AL.
3) Sam Cross, Jr. (See below)
4) Mabel Catherine Farrar, b. 09 May 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL, d. November 1917 West End, Jefferson Co., AL.
5) Larston Dawn Farrar (See below)
6) Eleanor Virginia Farrar, b. 04 May 1919 West End, Jefferson Co., AL; d. 18 Mar 2016 Athens, Limestone Co., AL; m. William Merritt Newby, Sr. 24 Dec 1938 at Birmingham, Jefferson Co., AL
Sam Cross Farrar, Sr. was the 4th cousin 2 times removed of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (Mark Twain) through his mother, Rosalind Virginia Dawn Farrar. (See Find A Grave Memorials Mark Twain and Mark Twain.
Bio by Gresham Farrar.
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Maye Hardwick Farrar Gresham
1874–1960
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Thomas Bennett Farrar
1877–1888
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Dr William Charles Farrar Sr
1879–1958
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Ogden Shelby Farrar
1881–1955
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Stephen Baker Farrar
1884–1885
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Jimmie Oden Farrar Tucker
1885–1936
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Dawn Franklin Farrar
1890–1944
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PFC Sybley John Farrar
1892–1959
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Enoree Yvonne Farrar Jackson
1895–1970
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Dr Edward Larston Farrar Sr
1898–1980
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