Lysander Farrar (May 2, 1812

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– December 25, 1876) was an American lawyer and politician from New York.

Life

He was the son of Josiah Farrar (c.1772–1824). He graduated

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from

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in 1836, and became Principal of the Jamestown Academy. On August 8, 1839, he married Melissa Malvina Keyes (1820–1892), and they had five children. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar, and practiced in

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. He was a member of the

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(28th D.) in

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and 1863.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1870; pg. 443)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and the Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1862 and '63''
by William D. Murphy (1863; pg. 64ff)
''The New York Annual Register''
(1836; pg. 248)
''A General Catalogue of the Officers, Graduates and Students of Union College from 1795 to 1854''
(pg. 55) {{DEFAULTSORT:Farrar, Lysander 1812 births 1876 deaths Republican Party New York (state) state senators Politicians from Watertown, New York Politicians from Rochester, New York Union College (New York) alumni 19th-century American politicians Lawyers from Rochester, New York 19th-century American lawyers