Georgia:  Coweta County:  Biography of J. J. FARMER 

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J. J. FARMER, one of the early settlers of this region, was born in 
Oglethorpe county May 19, 1825, his parents, John and Elizabeth (Hubbard) 
Farmer, being Virginians. His grandfather, John Farmer of Virginia, was a 
soldier in the war of the revolution. About 1805 he moved to Greenville 
district, S. C., and in 1817 he removed thence to Oglethorpe county, Ga., 
then a wilderness. Here he cleared up a farm and spent the remainder of his 
life, his son John succeeding him in charge of the homestead, where he also 
finished out his life. He was a deacon in the Baptist church, and his wife 
was the daughter of Thomas Hubbard, a soldier of the revolution, and also a 
Baptist. In this home in Oglethorpe county young Mr. Farmer spent his 
boyhood, with restricted privileges of obtaining an education, the old log 
school house being defective not only in comforts but in many respects more 
essential, the teachers often receiving quite rude treatment at the hands of 
the pupils. Mr. Farmer being desirous of further opportunities, when he 
reached the age of twenty-one, raised cotton with which he paid for his 
tuition and clothing. He himself wielded the rod of the pedagogue for three 
years. In 1855 he moved to Coweta county, and in 1861 enlisted in Company H, 
Fourth regiment of Georgia cavalry, the company commanded by Capt. J. H. 
Graham. Mr. Farmer served through the entire war, but was captured in 
August, 1862, and held until the following February. He was in many hard 
battles and skirmishes: Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Lookout Mountain, Newhope 
church, Resaca, and the siege of Atlanta. His last fight was at Raleigh, N. 
C., and at the close of the war he was at Danville, S. C. He was orderly 
sergeant throughout the war. Mr. Farmer now began life anew, and amid the 
hardships consequent to the devastations of war, but with the determination 
of his character, has been able to win in the struggle. He is now the owner 
of a fine farm of over 200 acres, about forty acres being devoted to the 
culture of grapes, of which he makes a specialty. He is a member of the 
masonic fraternity and of the Baptist church, of which he has been deacon for 
ten years. He is thoroughly respected wherever he is known. Mr. Farmer was 
married in 1861 to Miss Elizabeth Arnall, whose parents, John G. and Nancy 
(Gibbs) Arnall, were natives of Putnam county, Ga. Mrs. Farmer was born in 
Morgan county, Ga., in 1835. She was a member of the Baptist church. To 
this union seven children were given: Thomas G., Luther M., Millard C., J. 
J., R. A., Alice, and Lizzie D. In 1878, Oct. 29, Mrs. Farmer died, and in 
1880 Mr. Farmer married Mrs. Mary L. Farmer, daughter of William Brown, of 
Clarke county, Ga. Mrs. Farmer was born in Coweta county in 1843. She is 
also a Baptist. To them three children have been born: Beatrice M., Grace 
Lee, and Harvey Hill.

Transcribed from MEMOIRS OF GEORGIA published by the Southern Historical 
Association, 1895.