Rutland

FARR, Albert George

Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches 
of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. 
Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 186

Albert George FARR, banker, Chicago [Cook County], Illinois, was born 03 
December 1851 at Brandon [Rutland County], Vermont, son of Flavius Josephus 
and Chastina Eliza Buck (PARKHURST) FARR. Educated at Brandon Seminary, 
1861-1868; graduated from Columbus High School [Franklin County], Ohio, 1870, 
with first honors; was fellow at the University of Chicago in 1911. Teacher 
and principal of high school at Columbus [Franklin County], Ohio from 1871 to 
1881. Admitted to the Illinois bar in 1882. Attorney 1882-1891; partner N. 
W. Harris & Company, bankers, Chicago, New York, and Boston, 1891. Director 
Harris Safe Deposit Company, Chicago, since 1909; Harris, Forbes & Company, 
New York, since 1911; N. W. Harris & Company, incorporated, Boston, since 
1911; director and member executive committee Michigan State Telephone 
Company 1904-1906; director Terre Haute Water Works Company [Vigo County], 
Indiana; trustee Ripon College [Fond du Lac County], Wisconsin, since 1897, 
and treasurer of same 1907-1910. Independent Republican. Member Union 
League, Mid-Day, Quadrangle, Chicago Literary, and South Shore Country Clubs 
of Chicago; member League of American Wheelmen; Cyclists Touring Club of 
England; delegate at Chicago of Touring Club de France. Residence at 5757 
Lexington Avenue, Chicago; office in Harris Trust Building, Chicago; summer 
home at Brandon [Vermont]. In 1873 he [Albert George FARR] married [Miss?] 
Alice PARKHURST of Berlin [Green Lake County], Wisconsin; she [Alice FARR] 
died in 1888; they had one child, Shirley. In 1890 he [Albert George FARR] 
married [Miss?] Lottie SNOW of Chicago.

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