Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-09
Aaron T. Farr, One of the States
Leading and Best Citizens, Dies
At Logan from Paralysis.
He WAS STRICKEN LAST NIGHT
Had Just Recovered From Severe
Siege of Pneumonia When the Fatal
Attack Came Upon Him.
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Logan, Utah, Nov. 9.--Aaron +. Farr,
a pioneer Of lS4l. and one OF the states
leading and most highly respected citl-
zens, died at the home OF Hon. Moses
Thatcher In this city. last night the
direct cause of death being paralysis
superinduced by "A severe attack OF
pneumonia from which he had just re-
covered when stricken with the afnic-
ton which caused his death, The de-
ceased was So years oil ase, and was on
his way to ldano to visit some OF his
children when taken Ill with pneumonia.
lie leaves a family OF six children, they
beng Mis, Noes thatcher, aaron barr,
Jr., and n. G. FAIR OF Logan, William
farr OF Lewlsylie, Ida. Mrs. George
Hyde OF keADurg, Ida, ana Mrs. W.
SpanBerbuig OF ogden,
The remains viii Oe taken to Odgen,
where the funeral Viii be held at a time
to be announced later.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Judge Aaron r. Farr, elder brother of
Lorin Farr, was bonn IN the state OF
Vermont, Caledonia county, township OF
waterford, oct 81, 1915. lie liveu vita
his parents until ne was nine years OF
age, ana in 1874 he moved with tnym
40 miles north Of his birthplace to the
town OF Charleston, Orleans county, W.,
where he assisted his latner In clearing
up heavy timbered farm. lie receN-
ed common school, education and In
1882 was baptized into the Church Of
Jesus Christ OF Latter-day Saints,
having become attracted to the faith
ltrh fla htk t,sr a
Pratt and Lyman Johnson. In 1885
Aaron moved with his fathers family
to Kirkland, Ohio, the then gathering
place of the Saints. There he lived un-
III March 4, 1881 when he left to settle
In Missouri with his brother Lorin
from whom he parted for awhile on the
way. From Terre Haute he journey I'd
to Far West with Hyrum Smith. soon
after his arrival at Far West he was
called by the Prophet Joseph to go 10
Davis county TO seek out location for
more settlements, which led TO the os-
tablishment OF Adam Ondl Amman, so
famous in the early history Of the
saints, There were IN the cOmpany
Aaron Farr Erastus Bingham, Daniel
Carter, Geo, Harris and several others,
with the Prophet Joseph himself,
After this work was completed Aaron
Farr returned to Far West where he
| tarried TO awhile and then went 10
Fort LeayenwOrth to get employment.
At this time Fort LeaVenworth was just
being established and Aaron assisted
in making the first brick for the build
ing of LeaVenworth. This was In 1897
In the spring of 1889 he and his faith
ers family removed from Missouri into
Illinois and finally settled at Nauvoo,
where Aaron engaged In experimenting
his fathers farm. Thus he was engaged
TIL 1912 when he was called upon by
the Prophet to go on mission through
the states of Illinois, Indiana and
Ohio. He was on this mission nearly q
year, when he returned to Nauvoo,
where he arrived about the middle or
July, lS43.
on the 10th Of January. 1874 Aaron
Farr was married 70 Persls Atherton,
the Prophet Joseph performing the
ceremony Then came the terrible mas
sacre of the Prophet and Patriarch, In
which Aaron, with the rest Of the
Saints, bore the grief Of that awfu per-
iod. He remained In Nauyoo with his
wife and his fathers family until the
Saints were forced to leave, and he
and his family were among the first to
cross the Mississippi on the journey
west. He iourneyed in the company uf
President Young to Council BLUFFS, the
design being mat pioneer Dand OF
picked men should go with the presi.
dent and majority of the Apostles to
the Rocky mountains that year, How
ever, their plans were dsarranged
through the call Of the Mormon" bat,
talon.
In March lSi7 Aaron Farr received
notice to hasten TO Winter Quarters 20
Join the Pioneer band under President
Young to make the journey 10 the
mountains early in the season. lTe
promptly obeyod the order and enlisted
the band consisting Of li3 men, three
women and two children, with 70 wag-
ons. They were organized into tens
though several companies contained
fourteen, Aaron FAIR was In the tenth
company. the party consisting OF him
self, Appleton N, Harmon, II. r. Whit
ney, O, Z. Rockwell. j. c. Redden, f.
NJ. Pomcroy, william Clayton, Orson X
Whitney, N, T. Brown, John Pack and
Nathaniel Fairbanks. The journey 10