Bowd Farrar

Full Name: Simon Bowdon "Bowd" Farrar, Jr.
Date of birth: December 26, 1866
Date of death: June 9, 1933

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information
Legislation

Terms of Service top

Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Counties in District
H	100-1	Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933	42nd	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis	Ellis
H	100-1	Jan 20, 1930 - Jan 13, 1931	41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis	Ellis
H	100-2	Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929	40th	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis	Ellis
H	100-2	Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927	39th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾	Democrat	Waxahachie / Ellis	Ellis

(1) 41st Legislature, 4th C.S. - Oath of Office Administered (to J.A. Riley, Sam Houston Allred, Frank T. West, S. Bowden Farrar, and Arthur C. Johnson), 1/20/1930, pp. 3-4. No committees apptd. for these members in 4th C.S. West apptd. to Education in 5th C.S. House Journal.
(2) S. Bowden Farrar, in special election 12/3/1929, sworn 1/20/1930, succeeded Elwin Gerron, resigned after 3rd Called Session. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.
(3) Assumed Democrat based on listing as Democrat in 39th, 40th, and 42nd Legislatures. Texas Legislative Manual.
(4) Acts of 1921, 37th Legislature, 2nd C.S., ch. 6 - district 100 comprised of Ellis County; district 55 comprised of Anderson County. Apportionment Laws of Texas, 1836-1950, 1950.
(5) District 100, Place 2, Bowd Farrar. House Journal.
(6) District 55, Bowd Farrar. Texas Legislative Manual.

Terms of Service top

House District 100-1
Jan 13, 1931 - Jan 10, 1933
Legislatures: 42nd
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 100-1
Jan 20, 1930 - Jan 13, 1931
Legislatures: 41st ⁽¹⁾ ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 100-2
Jan 11, 1927 - Jan 8, 1929
Legislatures: 40th
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

House District 100-2
Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927
Legislatures: 39th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ ⁽⁶⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Waxahachie / Ellis
Counties in district: Ellis

Biographical Information top

Resolutions and Journal entries

43rd Legislature, 1st C.S., 9/22/1933, pp. 71-72. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

Mentioned in biographical sketch of niece, Virginia Elizabeth Duff, pp. 125-129. Relatives: Hans Smith - grandfather, Virginia Duff - granddaughter; Bowd Farrar - uncle, Virginia Duff - niece. Capitol Women: Texas Female Legislators, 1923-1999, 2000.
Biographical sketch, "An Early East Texas Legislator and His Kin: Franklin Lewis Johnston (1840-1897), his wife Margaret Dysart, and Allied Families Farrar, Bowdon (Bowdoin), Roberts, and Allen," by Virginia Knobel Tschanz. Texas State Genealogical Society. Stirpes, Volume 38, Number 1, March 1998, pp. 3-12, crediting Texas State Genealogical Society. Simon Bowdon Farrar, Jr., married Franklin Lewis Johnston's daughter Nettie Johnston. Relatives: Hon. Franklin Lewis Johnston (1840-1897) - father-in-law, Hon. Simon Bowdon Farrar (1866-1933) - son-in-law, pp. 7-8. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

Other Resources

"Remembering a Texas Trailblazer" lists some of Virginia Duff's major legislative initiatives, including bills requiring vehicles to stop while school buses load or unload, and creating the State School for Children in Denton. Mentions Duff's great uncle, Bowd Farrar. Dallas Morning News.
Obituary, "Bowd Farrar, 66, Ellis County Bar President Dies: Former Member of Legislature Will Be Buried Saturday," 6/11/1933, p. 3 [text partially obscured]. Dallas Morning News.
Simon Bowdon Farrar, birth date 12/26/1866, death date 6/9/1933 in Waxahachie, Ellis County, lawyer. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
Bowd Farrar (1866-1933), burial in Hillcrest Park Cemetery, Waxahachie, Ellis County. Find a Grave.
Mentioned in "Fifty Years of News - The Enterprise" as "one of the local citizens who were special writers and who helped to make the paper outstanding." RootsWeb.com Internet genealogical service.

Photographs

Photograph. Bowd Farrar, 42nd Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Bowd Farrar, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Bowd Farrar, 40th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. Bowd Farrar, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
40th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.
42nd session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board.

Committee Information top

42nd R.S. - 1931 Congressional Districts Education Examination of Comptroller's and Treasurer's Accounts (Chair) Municipal and Private Corporations Oil, Gas and Mining
40th R.S. - 1927 Commerce and Manufactures (Vice Chair) Criminal Jurisprudence Education Penitentiaries
39th R.S. - 1925 Claims and Accounts Conservation and Reclamation Criminal Jurisprudence Penitentiaries Penitentiary Investigating Committee

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