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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           NATHAN M. FARLOW, farmer, living on the old FARLOW homestead,
        which was settled by his grandfather, JOSEPH FARLOW, in 1811. was
        born near where he yet resides, January 5, 1842, and is the young-
        est of five children born to his father's marriage with RUTH MARIS,
        who was his wife.  On the death of MRS. FARLOW when NATHAN M. was
        only about two years old, his father married MARY HILL, by whom he
        was the father of four children: JONATHAN FARLOW, son of JOSEPH and
        father of NATHAN M., was born July 18, 1807, in Orange County, N.
        C., from whence he removed with his father and mother, the latter
        being RUTH LINDLEY, a sister of ZACHARIAH, and daughter of the one
        who laid out the town of Paoli, in the summer of 1811, and settled
        on the farm now owned by NATHAN M., entering the land from the
        Government. The origi-nal patent for this land is now in possession
        of the owner of the property.  Both the parents of JONATHAN FARLOW
        have long since been dead, as is also JONATHAN and his first wife.
        JONATHAN FARLOW received a fair education in youth, and died Sept-
        ember 14, 1873.  His first wife died November 17, 1843. She was
        born in Orange County, N. C., July 18, 1814. His second wife is yet
        living and is in the township. The family, on both sides, were
        members of the Society of Friends or Quakers.  NATHAN M. FARLOW has
        never known any home but in Orange County, Ind.  He was left
        motherless when only two years old, and was raised by his uncle,
        NATHAN FARLOW, in youth, receiving only a common school education.
        January 4, 1864, he enlisted as a private in Company F, Thirteenth
        Indiana Volunteer Cavalry, serving through the engagements in and
        around Murfreesboro the winter of 1864, afterward going to New
        Orleans, then to Spanish Fort, and at the surrender of Mobile. From
        there they returned through Alabama to Mississippi, doing special
        duty in this State until being mustered out at Vicksburg November
        18, 1865. He is the owner of 232 acres of good land. In politics
        he is Republican, and February 4, 1869, was married to MARTHA,
        daughter of DANIEL and MARY A. (MILLIKEN) CLOUD, who was born
        February 21, 1849, in Orange County, Ind., by whom he is the father
        of four children, named: ELMER, HARRY, MARY A. and WILLIAM. The
        parents have their church membership with the Quakers.  MRS. MARY
        (HILL) FARLOW, second wife of JONATHAN, deceased, is yet living,
        and resides in southern Paoli Township.  Of the four children of
        which she is the mother, only three are yet living, two living with
        MRS. FARLOW on a farm of 140 acres.  The two oldest children are
        married.  JOSEPH FARLOW, the old pioneer, died July 14, 1845, in
        his seventy-third year, followed by his widow January 2, 1854, aged
        nearly seventy four years. The names of the children born to
        JONATHAN FARLOW’S first marriage were: JANE — MRS. MARK HILL;
        JOSEPH, who first married HANNAH J. HILL, who died, then REBECCA
        COX, and after her death married MARY E. HILL, and resides in
        Kansas; DEBORAH, MRS. JOHN ATKINSON; THOMAS, deceased, amd NATHAN
        M.  To the union of JONATHAN FARLOW and MARY (HILL) FARLOW, these
        children were born: LINDLEY; RUTH, deceased; ELLEN, MRS. JOSEPH
        TRIMBLE; ASENATH M.  The oldest of these — LINDLEY — married MARY
        PEACOCK, and resides with his mother.

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