Lochlin Johnson Farrar

Full Name: Lochlin Johnson Farrar
Date of birth: December 27, 1837
Date of death: July 16, 1901

Terms of Service
Biographical Notes
Committee Information

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Chamber	District	Dates of Service	Legislatures	Party	City/County	Note	Counties in District
S	15	Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 11, 1887	18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 19th ⁽¹⁾	Democrat	Groesbeck / Limestone		Freestone, Limestone, Navarro
H	9	Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876	14th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾	Democrat	Groesbeck / Limestone		Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885.
(2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883.
(3) 18th Legislature, Regular Session - All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office, 1/9/1883, p. 2; resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes, 1/10/1883, pp. 5-6; drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. January 10, 1883 January 9, 1883
(4) Springfield, Limestone County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874.
(5) Groesbeck, Limestone County (14th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures). Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.

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Senate District 15
Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 11, 1887
Legislatures: 18th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ 19th ⁽¹⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

House District 9
Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876
Legislatures: 14th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾
Party: Democrat
Home City/County: Groesbeck / Limestone
Counties in district: Freestone, Limestone, Navarro

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Resolutions and Journal entries

27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 8/13/1901, p. 17. Resolutions - Memorial.

Biographical Sketches

FARRAR, LOCHLIN JOHNSON (1837-1901). Handbook of Texas Online.
Biographical sketch, L.J. Farrar, p. 79. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885.
Biographical sketch, Major L.J. Farrar. Born 12/27/1837 in DeKalb County, Georgia. Description of Confederate service and election to the 14th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures. Lewis Publishing Company. A Memorial and Biographical History of Navarro, Henderson, Anderson, Limestone, Freestone and Leon Counties, Texas, 1893, pp. 368-369, crediting Palestine Public Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketches of Locklin [Lochlin] Johnson Farrar and William Abraham Kincaid, in "Groesbeck Law Firm Works Toward Its Bicentennial," The Bi-Stone Weekly Review (Mexia, Texas), 7/8/1976, p. 1, crediting Fairfield Library. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Obituary, Major L.J. Farrar, Groesbeck, Texas, The Houston Daily Post, 7/18/1901, p. 2. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).
Biographical sketch, p. 241. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883.

Military Service Notes

Farrar raised a company of "Limestone County Volunteers" at the start of the Civil War in 1861. Confederate States Army, Major, Col. William H. Parsons' 12th Texas Cavalry Regiment. Handbook of Texas Online.

Other Resources

Lochlin J. Farrar, birth date 12/27/1837, death date 7/16/1901, burial in Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County, with spouse Mattie Starley Farrar. Find a Grave.
FARRAR, TX, Limestone County, named for Lochlin Johnson Farrar. Handbook of Texas Online.

Photographs

Photograph. L.J. Farrar, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Farrar, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Farrar, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board

Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol

18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
19th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board.
14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board.

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19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville (Chair) Constitutional Amendments Counties and County Boundaries Education Frontier Protection Insurance, Statistics and History Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Penitentiaries Roads and Bridges State Asylums (Chair)
18th R.S. - 1883 Contingent Expenses County and County Boundaries Federal Relations Frontier Protection Internal Improvements Judicial Districts Judiciary No. 1 Lunatic Asylum (Chair) Military Affairs Roads and Bridges State Asylums (Chair)
14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments Finance Impeachment Managers, Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District Judiciary No. 1 Private Land Claims (Chair) Texas Central Railroad Treasurer's Office

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