This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: FARR, HASTINGS, BURROWS, MUNN, POND, EVANS, WILLEY Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/pdV.2ACEB/656 Message Board Post: >From the "History of Dane County, Wisconsin-1880": Horatio FARR, farmer, Sec.9; P.O. Cottage Grove; was born in Pomfret, VT, Aug 18, 1805; when eight years old, his father, Abijah FARR, removed with his family to Essex Co, NY, town of Crown Point, and died there Aug 16, 1849; his mother, whose maiden name was Roxana HASTINGS, died Aug 3, 1844, aged 61 years. Mr FARR was first married in St Lawrence Co, NY, Feb 14, 1829, to Sarah MUNN; she died in 1850, aged 37 years, leaving four children --Lucia S, now Mrs Orlando POND, of Independence, Iowa; Hosea, who died in Essex Co, NY, in 1872; H.L. FARR, now of Cottage Grove, and Rollin F, of Kansas. His second wife, to whom he was married sept 30, 1852, was Lucinda E BURROWS, who was born in Crown Point, NY, Apr 21, 1821, daugther of Samuel and Mary (EVANS) BURROWS, natives of New Hampshire; has three children by the second marriage -- George and Charles at home, and Seraph S, now Mrs Thomas WILLEY, of the town of Deerfield, Dane! ! Co, Wis; all three born in Cottage Grove. The children of the first wife were all born in Essex Co, NY. Mr FARR came to Wisconsin in 1852, arriving in Cottage Grove on the 22d day of October, and has resided there ever since. Democrat, and has 100 acres of land on his farm, worth about $50 per acre. There is also a biographical sketch of H.L. FARR available upon request.