- Evarts Worcester Farr
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Born in
Littleton, New Hampshire , Farr attended the common schools andDartmouth College , Hanover. During the Civil War, he entered theUnion Army asFirst Lieutenant of Company G,2nd New Hampshire Volunteer Regiment , and served asMajor in the Eleventh Regiment, New Hampshire Volunteer Infantry.Following the war, he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1867 and commenced practice in Littleton. He served as assistant assessor of internal revenue, 1865-1869, and as assessor of internal revenue 1869-1873. He was solicitor for Grafton County, 1873-1879, and was a member of the
Executive Council of New Hampshire in 1876.Farr was elected as a Republican to the Forty-sixth and Forty-seventh Congresses and served from
March 4 ,1879 , until his death in Littleton,November 30 ,1880 . He was interred in Glenwood Cemetery.References
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