Biography of Samuel F. Farrington

	This biography is from "Memorial and biographical record; an illustrated
 	compendium of biography, containing a compendium of local biography,
	including biographical sketches of prominent old settlers and 
	representative citizens of South Dakota..." Published by G. A. Ogle & 
	Co., Chicago, 1898. Pages 356-357

	Scan and OCR by Joy Fisher, 1997. This file may be copied for non-profit 
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SAMUEL F. FARRINGTON. one of Day county's pioneers, and a well-to-do and 
prominent citizen of Bristol, is now living in partial retirement at 
that place, rounding out in peace and quiet a useful and well spent 
life. Mr. Farrington was born in Prince Edward county, Ontario, Canada, 
July 4, 1827. His parents were Joseph and Lucy Ann (Rorabach) 
Farrington, natives respectively of Canada and New York. Joseph 
Farrington was a farmer by occupation and spent his entire life in the 
land of his birth. Our subject's mother went to Canada when a child with 
her parents, and remained there until the time of her death. Samuel was 
one of a family of nine children, five sons and four daughters, all of 
the others now being residents of Canada. Receiving his education in the 
Dominion, Samuel lived there, cultivating a farm for many years, and in 
1881 came to this country, settling in Dakota. He made the trip overland 
from Appleton, Minnesota, to his present farm in Kidder township, Day 
county, with an ox team. He homesteaded land at once, and gradually 
added to it, until at one time he had six hundred and forty acres, and 
one of the finest and best improved farms in the county. He has since 
disposed of much of his property, and now lives at Bristol, virtually in 
retirement. He deals in cattle and stock to a considerable extent, 
however, and is still an influential factor in political affairs about 
Bristol and vicinity. Mr. Farrington is a Republican in politics and has 
held a number of local offices, among them that of chairman of the board 
of township trustees of Bristol township.

	On the 30th of December, 1861, Mr. Farrington married Miss Sophia 
Ferguson, a daughter of Israel and Rebecca Ferguson, of Canada. Mr. and 
Mrs. Farrington are the parents of one daughter, who is now the wife of 
Mr. William Rankin, a well-known business man of Bristol, South Dakota.