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Timothy Farrar Jr.

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Timothy Farrar Jr.
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Suffolk District[1]
In office
1854[1]–1854[1]
Personal details
BornAugust 18, 1734
New Ipswich, New Hampshire
DiedOctober 27, 1874
Boston, Massachusetts
NationalityAmerican
Alma materPhillips Academy;
Dartmouth College, 1807

Timothy Farrar Jr. (March 17, 1788 – October 27, 1874) was an American lawyer and politician who served as a judge in New Hampshire and as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.[1][2]

Early life

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Farrar was born on March 17, 1788, in New Ipswich, New Hampshire.[1] Farrar was the son of Chief Justice Timothy Farrar of the New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas.[3]

Education

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Farrar graduated from Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and from Dartmouth College in 1807.[1] Farrar read law and clerked in the office of Daniel Webster.[3] Farrar was admitted to the New Hampshire bar at Rockingham County, New Hampshire, in 1810.[2]

Law practice

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Farrar practiced law in New Ipswich from 1810 until 1813. Farrar entered into a law partnership with Daniel Webster in Portsmouth, New Hampshire,[1] on March 24, 1813.[3] After Webster moved to Boston in 1816, Farrar continued to practice law in Portsmouth.[1] In 1822 Farrar moved to Hanover, New Hampshire, where he practiced law and worked as the secretary, treasurer and librarian of Dartmouth College.[1]

Family life

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Farrar married Sarah Adams in 1817.[2]

Political offices

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Farrar represented one of Boston's Suffolk County districts in the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 1854.[2]

Judicial career

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Farrar was appointed as a judge of the New Hampshire Court of Common Pleas in 1824.[1] Farrar remained a judge until that court was dissolved in 1833.[1]

Death

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Farrar died in Boston on October 27, 1874.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, Massachusetts: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 125
  2. ^ a b c d e The New England Historic Genealogical Society (1907), Memorial Biographies of The New England Historic Genealogical Society, Volume VII 1871-1880, Boston, Massachusetts: The New England Historic Genealogical Society, p. 126
  3. ^ a b c Remini, Robert Vincent (1997), Daniel Webster: The Man and His Time, New York, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, p. 111