Biographical Sketch of Albert U. Farrow, Crawford County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** Albert U. Farrow, attorney-at-law and postmaster of Cuba, was born in Montgomery County, MO., August 27, 1853, and is the youngest of the seven children born to John P. and Susan M. (Smith) Farrow, natives of Virginia. John P. Farrow was a merchant, and figured prominently as a county official, both in Montgomery and Crawford Counties. Albert U. Farrow was educated at Steelville, MO., receiving a good academical education, and in 1872 began doing for himself in the capacity of a school teacher, which occupation he followed until 1879, having two years previous been admitted to the Crawford County bar. He prosecuted his law studies under the preceptorship of Judge R. W. Jones, of Mont- gomery County, and E. A. Pinnell of Crawford County. In 1880 he was married to Mollie, daughter of Judge S. W. Smith, of Gasconade County and to this union have been born three children, all deceased. In 1886 Mr. Farrow was appointed postmaster at Cuba, which office he now holds. He is a stanch Democrat in politics and a member of the Masonic frater- nity. From 1879 to 1882 he edited the Maries County (Mo.) Courier, a Democratic organ, which he sold in 1882 to C. A. Bennet, his partner, who was a member of the State Legislature from Maries County. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================