Obituary as published in The Manning Times (S.C.) Wednesday, 8 Nov. 1905 - Page 1
GONE TO REST - Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at His Home in Columbia.
A GALLANT SOLDIER - And an Excellent Christian Gentleman Has Passed Away After a Prominent Career. The End Came Unexpectedly After a Very Short Illness.
The Columbia State of Thursday made the sad announcement of the death in that city of Col. Thomas Stobo Farrow on Wednesday night after an illness of only 24 hours. His death was due to an attack of uremia, which followed a first attack just a month ago and which came near proving fatal. He was taken ill Tuesday night and although his condition did not at first excite alarm, he steadily grew worse from yesterday morning until the end last night.
Col. Farrow has been identified with the history of this State in time of war and of peace and the greater part of his life has been in public service. He was engaged at the time of his death in compiling a history of the Reconstruction period which but for his untimely end would have been completed in a short time.
He was the son of Patillo and Jane Stobo Farrow and was born in the village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. At the age of 16, he entered the South Carolina college and graduated in the class of 1852. He then read law and was admitted to the bar the following year, and began to practice in Spartanburg with his brother, James Farrow, who afterwards became a member of the Confederate congress. For a number of years prior to and up to the beginning of the war, he served as master of equity of Spartanburg county.
He entered the Confederate army as captain of the Forest Rifles in 1861 and served on the islands along the coast until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. Before going to the front this company was presented with a silk battle flag by the young ladies of the Limestone Female college, which was at that time the leading educational institution for young ladies in the northern part of the State. After the reorganization of the Confederate forces he was elected lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth South Carolina infantry; Gregg's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. He was engaged in most of the important battles and was twice wounded, once at the second battle of Manassas, where he was struck in the body by a fragment of a shell and seriously wounded. He was again wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg.
After the close of the war he moved to Atlanta, where he resided for four years. He then returned to Spartanburg to live, in time to assist in the redemption of his State from radical rule. He was in Columbia during the stirring times of '76 and acted as a courier between the headquarters of Gov. Hampton and the officials of the famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was elected clerk of the senate, which place he held until 1886, which he tendered his resignation to accept the position of second assistant auditor of the war department in Washington under the first administration of President Cleveland. During the term of President Harrison Col. Farrow was out of office but when Cleveland was elected for the second time he was again appointed to the same position he had occupied during Mr. Cleveland's first term.
After the election of President McKinley, Col. Farrow returned to South Carolina and opened a law office at Gaffney. He remained here until his marriage to Mrs. E. Adele Ellerbe in 1900, when he moved to Cheraw and from there they came to Columbia about three years ago. For the last two years and a half, he has devoted his life to his work on his history of the Reconstruction in South Carolina from '68 to '76, which had he lived, a few months longer, would have been given to the world.
Col. Farrow was married three times; first to Miss Laura Henry of Spartanburg in 1854. No children of this marriage survive. He was married to Miss Janie Beden of Walterboro in 1861, and by this marriage there were eight children, three of whom survive. His third marriage was to Mrs. E. Adelle Ellerbe of Gaffney on January 11, 1900. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Richard Geddings of Asheville and Miss Julia Farrow, also of Asheville, and one son, Mr. Patillo H. Farrow of Charleston. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia McGowan, who resides with her son, Mr. Samuel McGowan, in Washington, and one brother, Col. Henry P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentleman and was distinctly a representative of the old school of southern manhood. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and has for 40 years been an elder in the Presbyterian church at different places. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Chiefs, his membership being with the order in Washington.
His remains will be taken to his former home in Spartanburg Friday morning for interment. The funeral services will be held at the residence this city at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of the First Presbyterian church and the Rev. Dr. W. O. Lindsay of the First Baptist church.
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Confirmation of burial site found at Spartanburg Death Index, Kennedy Room, Spartanburg County Library (per #50510707)
GONE TO REST - Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at His Home in Columbia.
A GALLANT SOLDIER - And an Excellent Christian Gentleman Has Passed Away After a Prominent Career. The End Came Unexpectedly After a Very Short Illness.
The Columbia State of Thursday made the sad announcement of the death in that city of Col. Thomas Stobo Farrow on Wednesday night after an illness of only 24 hours. His death was due to an attack of uremia, which followed a first attack just a month ago and which came near proving fatal. He was taken ill Tuesday night and although his condition did not at first excite alarm, he steadily grew worse from yesterday morning until the end last night.
Col. Farrow has been identified with the history of this State in time of war and of peace and the greater part of his life has been in public service. He was engaged at the time of his death in compiling a history of the Reconstruction period which but for his untimely end would have been completed in a short time.
He was the son of Patillo and Jane Stobo Farrow and was born in the village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. At the age of 16, he entered the South Carolina college and graduated in the class of 1852. He then read law and was admitted to the bar the following year, and began to practice in Spartanburg with his brother, James Farrow, who afterwards became a member of the Confederate congress. For a number of years prior to and up to the beginning of the war, he served as master of equity of Spartanburg county.
He entered the Confederate army as captain of the Forest Rifles in 1861 and served on the islands along the coast until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. Before going to the front this company was presented with a silk battle flag by the young ladies of the Limestone Female college, which was at that time the leading educational institution for young ladies in the northern part of the State. After the reorganization of the Confederate forces he was elected lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth South Carolina infantry; Gregg's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. He was engaged in most of the important battles and was twice wounded, once at the second battle of Manassas, where he was struck in the body by a fragment of a shell and seriously wounded. He was again wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg.
After the close of the war he moved to Atlanta, where he resided for four years. He then returned to Spartanburg to live, in time to assist in the redemption of his State from radical rule. He was in Columbia during the stirring times of '76 and acted as a courier between the headquarters of Gov. Hampton and the officials of the famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was elected clerk of the senate, which place he held until 1886, which he tendered his resignation to accept the position of second assistant auditor of the war department in Washington under the first administration of President Cleveland. During the term of President Harrison Col. Farrow was out of office but when Cleveland was elected for the second time he was again appointed to the same position he had occupied during Mr. Cleveland's first term.
After the election of President McKinley, Col. Farrow returned to South Carolina and opened a law office at Gaffney. He remained here until his marriage to Mrs. E. Adele Ellerbe in 1900, when he moved to Cheraw and from there they came to Columbia about three years ago. For the last two years and a half, he has devoted his life to his work on his history of the Reconstruction in South Carolina from '68 to '76, which had he lived, a few months longer, would have been given to the world.
Col. Farrow was married three times; first to Miss Laura Henry of Spartanburg in 1854. No children of this marriage survive. He was married to Miss Janie Beden of Walterboro in 1861, and by this marriage there were eight children, three of whom survive. His third marriage was to Mrs. E. Adelle Ellerbe of Gaffney on January 11, 1900. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Richard Geddings of Asheville and Miss Julia Farrow, also of Asheville, and one son, Mr. Patillo H. Farrow of Charleston. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia McGowan, who resides with her son, Mr. Samuel McGowan, in Washington, and one brother, Col. Henry P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentleman and was distinctly a representative of the old school of southern manhood. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and has for 40 years been an elder in the Presbyterian church at different places. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Chiefs, his membership being with the order in Washington.
His remains will be taken to his former home in Spartanburg Friday morning for interment. The funeral services will be held at the residence this city at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of the First Presbyterian church and the Rev. Dr. W. O. Lindsay of the First Baptist church.
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Confirmation of burial site found at Spartanburg Death Index, Kennedy Room, Spartanburg County Library (per #50510707)
Obituary as published in The Manning Times (S.C.) Wednesday, 8 Nov. 1905 - Page 1
GONE TO REST - Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at His Home in Columbia.
A GALLANT SOLDIER - And an Excellent Christian Gentleman Has Passed Away After a Prominent Career. The End Came Unexpectedly After a Very Short Illness.
The Columbia State of Thursday made the sad announcement of the death in that city of Col. Thomas Stobo Farrow on Wednesday night after an illness of only 24 hours. His death was due to an attack of uremia, which followed a first attack just a month ago and which came near proving fatal. He was taken ill Tuesday night and although his condition did not at first excite alarm, he steadily grew worse from yesterday morning until the end last night.
Col. Farrow has been identified with the history of this State in time of war and of peace and the greater part of his life has been in public service. He was engaged at the time of his death in compiling a history of the Reconstruction period which but for his untimely end would have been completed in a short time.
He was the son of Patillo and Jane Stobo Farrow and was born in the village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. At the age of 16, he entered the South Carolina college and graduated in the class of 1852. He then read law and was admitted to the bar the following year, and began to practice in Spartanburg with his brother, James Farrow, who afterwards became a member of the Confederate congress. For a number of years prior to and up to the beginning of the war, he served as master of equity of Spartanburg county.
He entered the Confederate army as captain of the Forest Rifles in 1861 and served on the islands along the coast until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. Before going to the front this company was presented with a silk battle flag by the young ladies of the Limestone Female college, which was at that time the leading educational institution for young ladies in the northern part of the State. After the reorganization of the Confederate forces he was elected lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth South Carolina infantry; Gregg's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. He was engaged in most of the important battles and was twice wounded, once at the second battle of Manassas, where he was struck in the body by a fragment of a shell and seriously wounded. He was again wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg.
After the close of the war he moved to Atlanta, where he resided for four years. He then returned to Spartanburg to live, in time to assist in the redemption of his State from radical rule. He was in Columbia during the stirring times of '76 and acted as a courier between the headquarters of Gov. Hampton and the officials of the famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was elected clerk of the senate, which place he held until 1886, which he tendered his resignation to accept the position of second assistant auditor of the war department in Washington under the first administration of President Cleveland. During the term of President Harrison Col. Farrow was out of office but when Cleveland was elected for the second time he was again appointed to the same position he had occupied during Mr. Cleveland's first term.
After the election of President McKinley, Col. Farrow returned to South Carolina and opened a law office at Gaffney. He remained here until his marriage to Mrs. E. Adele Ellerbe in 1900, when he moved to Cheraw and from there they came to Columbia about three years ago. For the last two years and a half, he has devoted his life to his work on his history of the Reconstruction in South Carolina from '68 to '76, which had he lived, a few months longer, would have been given to the world.
Col. Farrow was married three times; first to Miss Laura Henry of Spartanburg in 1854. No children of this marriage survive. He was married to Miss Janie Beden of Walterboro in 1861, and by this marriage there were eight children, three of whom survive. His third marriage was to Mrs. E. Adelle Ellerbe of Gaffney on January 11, 1900. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Richard Geddings of Asheville and Miss Julia Farrow, also of Asheville, and one son, Mr. Patillo H. Farrow of Charleston. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia McGowan, who resides with her son, Mr. Samuel McGowan, in Washington, and one brother, Col. Henry P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentleman and was distinctly a representative of the old school of southern manhood. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and has for 40 years been an elder in the Presbyterian church at different places. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Chiefs, his membership being with the order in Washington.
His remains will be taken to his former home in Spartanburg Friday morning for interment. The funeral services will be held at the residence this city at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of the First Presbyterian church and the Rev. Dr. W. O. Lindsay of the First Baptist church.
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Confirmation of burial site found at Spartanburg Death Index, Kennedy Room, Spartanburg County Library (per #50510707)
GONE TO REST - Col. T. Stobo Farrow Died at His Home in Columbia.
A GALLANT SOLDIER - And an Excellent Christian Gentleman Has Passed Away After a Prominent Career. The End Came Unexpectedly After a Very Short Illness.
The Columbia State of Thursday made the sad announcement of the death in that city of Col. Thomas Stobo Farrow on Wednesday night after an illness of only 24 hours. His death was due to an attack of uremia, which followed a first attack just a month ago and which came near proving fatal. He was taken ill Tuesday night and although his condition did not at first excite alarm, he steadily grew worse from yesterday morning until the end last night.
Col. Farrow has been identified with the history of this State in time of war and of peace and the greater part of his life has been in public service. He was engaged at the time of his death in compiling a history of the Reconstruction period which but for his untimely end would have been completed in a short time.
He was the son of Patillo and Jane Stobo Farrow and was born in the village of Laurens on October 12, 1832. At the age of 16, he entered the South Carolina college and graduated in the class of 1852. He then read law and was admitted to the bar the following year, and began to practice in Spartanburg with his brother, James Farrow, who afterwards became a member of the Confederate congress. For a number of years prior to and up to the beginning of the war, he served as master of equity of Spartanburg county.
He entered the Confederate army as captain of the Forest Rifles in 1861 and served on the islands along the coast until after the surrender of Fort Sumter. Before going to the front this company was presented with a silk battle flag by the young ladies of the Limestone Female college, which was at that time the leading educational institution for young ladies in the northern part of the State. After the reorganization of the Confederate forces he was elected lieutenant colonel of the Thirteenth South Carolina infantry; Gregg's brigade, Army of Northern Virginia. He was engaged in most of the important battles and was twice wounded, once at the second battle of Manassas, where he was struck in the body by a fragment of a shell and seriously wounded. He was again wounded at the battle of Fredericksburg.
After the close of the war he moved to Atlanta, where he resided for four years. He then returned to Spartanburg to live, in time to assist in the redemption of his State from radical rule. He was in Columbia during the stirring times of '76 and acted as a courier between the headquarters of Gov. Hampton and the officials of the famous Wallace House. In 1877 he was elected clerk of the senate, which place he held until 1886, which he tendered his resignation to accept the position of second assistant auditor of the war department in Washington under the first administration of President Cleveland. During the term of President Harrison Col. Farrow was out of office but when Cleveland was elected for the second time he was again appointed to the same position he had occupied during Mr. Cleveland's first term.
After the election of President McKinley, Col. Farrow returned to South Carolina and opened a law office at Gaffney. He remained here until his marriage to Mrs. E. Adele Ellerbe in 1900, when he moved to Cheraw and from there they came to Columbia about three years ago. For the last two years and a half, he has devoted his life to his work on his history of the Reconstruction in South Carolina from '68 to '76, which had he lived, a few months longer, would have been given to the world.
Col. Farrow was married three times; first to Miss Laura Henry of Spartanburg in 1854. No children of this marriage survive. He was married to Miss Janie Beden of Walterboro in 1861, and by this marriage there were eight children, three of whom survive. His third marriage was to Mrs. E. Adelle Ellerbe of Gaffney on January 11, 1900. He is survived by his widow and two daughters, Mrs. Richard Geddings of Asheville and Miss Julia Farrow, also of Asheville, and one son, Mr. Patillo H. Farrow of Charleston. He is also survived by one sister, Mrs. Julia McGowan, who resides with her son, Mr. Samuel McGowan, in Washington, and one brother, Col. Henry P. Farrow of Gainesville, Ga.
Col. Farrow was a Christian gentleman and was distinctly a representative of the old school of southern manhood. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church and has for 40 years been an elder in the Presbyterian church at different places. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and was a member of the Scottish Chiefs, his membership being with the order in Washington.
His remains will be taken to his former home in Spartanburg Friday morning for interment. The funeral services will be held at the residence this city at 5 o'clock Thursday afternoon and will be conducted by the Rev. Dr. Samuel Smith of the First Presbyterian church and the Rev. Dr. W. O. Lindsay of the First Baptist church.
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Confirmation of burial site found at Spartanburg Death Index, Kennedy Room, Spartanburg County Library (per #50510707)
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