HUGO B. FARMER
History of Arizona, page 340

High on the roll of the learned and able members of the Yuma County 
bar appears the name of Hugo B. Farmer, whose record as a 
practitioner has gained for him the respect of his fellowmen and 
the esteem of his professional colleagues. He was born in Webster 
City, Iowa on the 10th day of October 1878 and is a son of Daniel 
W. and Hattie (Melrose) Farmer, the former of whom was a contractor 
and builder and was born and reared in New York state, while the 
latter was a native of Illinois and was a teacher for a number of 
years.  Both parents are deceased.  They were the parents of six 
children, three of whom are living. Hugo B. Farmer received his 
early education in the public schools of Goldfield, Iowa and 
graduated from high school in San Diego, California. He came to 
Yuma in 1897 and served as Clerk of Courts for eight years. In 
the meantime he took up the study of law and was admitted to the 
bar on November 18, 1922 since which time he has been engaged in 
the general practice of his profession. He is a close and constant 
student of the law, keeping in touch with the latest court 
decisions and the laws and has met with flattering success as a 
practitioner.

In 1908 Mr. Farmer married May McConkey, a graduate of the Kansas 
State Normal School and then a teacher in the Yuma City schools 
and they are the parents of three children: Lois, born 
August 13, 1910; Irene, born November 22, 1912 and Amy Louise, 
born February 24, 1917.

Mr. Farmer is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, in which 
order he has received distinctive preferment, being a past master 
of Yuma Lodge and is now Deputy Grand Lecturer of this district; 
also he is a member of Arizona Consistory no. 1 AASR at Tucson 
and El Zaribah Temple, at Phoenix.  He is a strong democrat in 
his political views and has been actively interested in public 
affairs, having served as Chief Deputy County Recorder three 
years, Clerk of Courts for eight years and is now the 
representative of his district in the State Senate. In that 
body he is chairman of the committee on agriculture and forest 
and was the father and sponsor for a number of important bills. 
His support has never been lacking in the interest of movements 
for the betterment of the community, along material, civic or 
moral lines, and he is recognized as a man of high ideals, 
consistent life and definite influence.

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