Kimble County, TX - Obituaries:  Farmer, Mrs. G. W., 1947
Monday, July 31, 2000

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    Found in the scrapbook belonging to the late Margaret Griffen Harrison, Junction, Texas
                                  (Name of paper not given)

                          MRS. G. W. FARMER FUNERAL RITES HELD MONDAY

  Funeral services for Mrs. George W. Farmer, 92, who died in her sleep early Sunday 
morning, were held Monday at 4 p.m. from the College Street Church of Christ with
Walter W. Leamons, minister, officiating, assisted by the Rev. Thomas D. Murphy,
Presbyterian minister.  The Hodges Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.  Burial
was made in the Junction Cemetery.
  Mrs. Farmer, pioneer settler and homemaker on the F6 Ranch for almost 68 years, was
visiting in the home of her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. A. G. Farmer, at the
time of her death.  She was feeling as well as usual when she went to sleep.  Her
daughter-in-law made her customary visit to the elderly lady after the latter had retired.
Earlier in the day she had made three pairs of cloth mittens for her surveyor son, had
taken a car ride in the afternoon, and sat for a while after supper with her handiwork.
  Mrs. Farmer, born Jemima Magnolia Pullen, June 29, 1855, near Lockhart, saw the 
unification and development of the nation despite four major wars in her lifetime, the
spread the ranching industry, and the development of business in the Hill Country.
  She was married to George W. Farmer, a cowman with a record of three trips up the trail,
on Oct. 8, 1874.  Five years later, seeking a better climate for her husband's health,
they moved to Kimble.  For 21 days she and her husband and two small children traveled
by ox wagon and hack, bringing household goods, horses, cattle and sheep.
  The extensive, 30 section ranch which they established, took its name from the F6 brand
they brought from Caldwell Co.  It was the second ranch in the county to be fenced.  They
built the first lumber house west of Junction.  The first lumber hauled from Round Rock
was washed away by a flood in Copperas Creek the night after it was unloaded.
  ... night because of coyotes and foxes.  Fences were often cut.  In 1886 the first goats
were brought to the ranch--100 head of young nannies.  From them grew the thousands that
later stocked the ranch.
  Two trips per year were made to San Antonio for supplies.  Groceries were purchased in 
wholesale lots--flour and dried apples by the barrel, coffee by the sack, and canned goods
by the case.  A garden, irrigated by a nearby spring, provided fresh vegetables.
  The kerosene lamps of those days have been replaced by electricity.  Better roads have
been built and soil conservation practices followed at the F6 Ranch, and landing strips
have been provided.
  Since the death of Mr. Farmer in 1927, Mrs. Farmer has spent her time visiting with her
children, and the ranch has been operated by her sons and grandchildren.  She had been a
member of the Churhc of Christ, having been baptized by the late John S. Durst.
  Survivors include three sons, Asa, Hardy and Sayers, 8 grandchildren, 11 great grandchildren,
and one sister, Mrs. M. E. Holland of Christoval.
  Pall bearers were Gully Cowsert, Alfred Bannowsky, Clay Holland, Fred Mudge, C. T. Holekamp,
Asa Murr, Seaton Prentice, and S. O. Durst of Port Arthur.
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