Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Lochlin Johnson Farrar

Full Name: Lochlin Johnson Farrar
Birth date: December 27, 1837
Death date: July 16, 1901

Terms of Service

Senate, 19th ⁽¹⁾ & 18th ⁽⁴⁾ ⁽⁵⁾ Legislatures
1/9/1883 - 1/11/1887
Democrat
House, 14th ⁽²⁾ ⁽³⁾ Legislature
1/13/1874 - 4/18/1876
Democrat

(1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885 1885.
(2) Springfield, Limestone County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . . 1874.
(3) Groesbeck, Limestone County (14th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures). Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(4) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas 1883.
(5) 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 9, 1883
January 10, 1883

Biographical Notes and Resources

Resolutions and Journal entries

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

Photographs

Photograph. L.J. Farrar, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Farrar, State Preservation Board
Photograph. L.J. Farrar, State Preservation Board

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, LOCHLIN JOHNSON (1837-1901). Handbook of Texas Online .
FARRAR, TX, Limestone County, named for Lochlin Johnson Farrar. Handbook of Texas Online .
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 .
Biographical sketch, L.J. Farrar, p. 79. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature 1885.
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) .
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) .
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.