Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Farquhar, Zimri August 1834 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, page 331
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

    Zimri Farquhar of Washington township, is the son of William Farquhar, a
native of Washington township, whose father, Robert Farquhar, subject's
grandfather, came with the Copes and others to the township in an early
day.
    Zimri Farquhar, born August, 1834, was reared on a farm, where he worked
in summer and attended school in winter.  He followed farming from 1854 to
1861.  When the war broke out, he enlisted as a private in the Sixty
second Pennsylvania Infantry, served on detached duty from the time of
his enlistment until he was discharged at the end of his term, dressed
nearly all of the time in the garb of a citizen, and served principally
as an army detective.  His duty was to gather up straggling soldiers, to
arrest deserters and return them to their regiments.
    After the war he removed to Illinois, where he remained on year when he
returned to Fayette county, engaged in the mixing department of the
Fayette City Glass Works and was here employed for eighteen years without
missing a day.
    He was married in 1856 to Miss Mariah Burges, daughter of Charles Burges
of Fayette City.  Charles Burges ancestors were early settlers in
southwestern Pennsylvania, coming from Old Town, Virginia.
    Mr Farquhar has seven children: Rachel A B Farquhar, married; Lizzie B
Farquhar, married; Thornton K Farquhar, educated at Lock Haven and a
teacher; Frank S Farquhar, educated for a stenographer and is in a
printing office at McKeesport; Duncan Farquhar, a musician; Flora M
Farquhar and Viola E Farquhar.
    Mr Farquhar has quite a valuable collection of Indian relics, also of
rare coins, noticeable among which is a five dollar gold piece of
Bechtler's (assayist) make.  He has a toothbrush given him by John Morgan,
the raider, and a knife given him by an aid of Robert E Lee.  He has been
councilman for some years, but has never sought office.
    He belongs to the A O U W and is a prominent member of the G A R.  He is
a good workman, a man of considerable observation, and is always
interested in whatever is best for his town and country. 

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