Farr, Cooper bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 434-435, Astoria Township
Cooper Farr, retired farmer. There are but few agriculturists in Fulton better or more favorably known than the subject of this sketch. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1807. His father, Amos Farr, was also a native of the Keystone State, and a millwright by occupation. He was married while residing in that State to Miss Susan Fox, by whom he had 7 children, Cooper being the second. About 1810 this family moved to Ohio, where our subject attained his majority. While there, in the year 1828, he was united in marriage with Miss Ada Linn, a native of Penn. In 1836 he concluded to settle in Illinois. Accordingly, in a covered wagon, after one month of travel, he landed in Astoria township, where he purchased 160 acres of heavily timbered land, which he set about clearing with energy. The first year he brought about 4 acres under cultivation, and year by year he cleared more and was soon on the road to prosperity. He built on his arrival a rough log cabin, and the first winter he lived rather roughly. Ventilation was quite abundant; although no window or door adorned the cabin, yet the wind, sunlight, rain and snow gained free access through the cracks between the logs. He now owns 360 acres of well improved land. The marriage of Mr. and Mrs. Farr was blessed with 11 children, 7 of whom are living, - Eliza D., Elizabeth, Susan, Mary E., William, John and Samuel.
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