1872 Nomination of Captain William Wood Farmer for Judge, Native of Union Parish Louisiana
Submitted by:       Shawn Martin
Date of Submission: 12/2008

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1872 Nomination of Captain William Wood Farmer for Judge

From the New Orleans "Times Picayune", issue of 2 October 1872
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Capt. W. W. Farmer is in the field as the Fusion candidate for the judgeship of the 
fourteenth District.  He was nominated by the bar of the district, and the people 
have heartily indorsed the nomination.  Capt. Farmer is a son of the late Lieut. 
Gov. Wm. W. Farmer, a native of Ouachita parish, who resided in Union parish and 
died in 1851.  Capt. Farmer was born in Union parish in 1840, graduated at Cenenary 
college, in Louisiana, in 1858 and graduated at the law college in this city in 1861.  
He was appointed District Attorney of the Fourteenth District in 1870.

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NOTE: 
William Mills Farmer (29 Mar 1840 -  14 Apr 1883) legally changed his name to 'William 
Wood Farmer' in 1861 in honor of his father's memory. He graduated from Centenary College 
in 1858, studied law and became a lawyer in Monroe. The Law College of New Orleans licensed 
him as a lawyer in 1861. Served in the Confederate Army 1861-1865, the period 1862-1865 as 
captain of Company H, 31st Louisiana Infantry Regiment. Entered the law practice in 1866 
in Monroe with his former commanding officer, Colonel C. H. Morrison, who later married 
his sister Fannie. Was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 1880, serving 
as chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. The legislature elected him as Judge of the 
Second Circuit that year and resigned from the Legislature. He resigned his judgeship 
in 1881 and returned to his law practice. He was buried in the Monroe Cemetery.

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