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Lochlin Johnson Farrar Full Name: Lochlin Johnson Farrar Date of birth: December 27, 1837 Date of death: July 16, 1902 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District S 15 Jan 9, 1883 - Jan 11, 1887 18th (2) (3)   19th (1)   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro H 9 Jan 13, 1874 - Apr 18, 1876 14th (4) (5)   Democrat Groesbeck / Limestone   Freestone, Limestone, Navarro (1) Democrat, p. 163. Burke's Texas Almanac and Immigrants' Handbook for 1885, 1885. (2) Democrat. Pocket Directory of the Eighteenth Legislature of Texas, 1883. (3) 18th Legislature, 1/10/1883, p. 1, All Senators except District 3 and 21 are listed in Roll Call as taking the oath of office; pp. 5-6, Resolution by Sen. Gooch that the Senators shall now be divided by lot into two classes: Drew term of 4 years. Senate Journal. (4) Springfield, Limestone County. Directory of the Members and Officers of the Fourteenth Legislature of the State of Texas . . ., 1874. (5) Groesbeck, Limestone County (14th, 18th, and 19th Legislatures). Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Resolutions and Journal entries 27th Legislature, 1st C.S., 8/13/1901, p. 17. Resolutions - Memorial. Biographical Sketches FARRAR, LOCHLIN JOHNSON (1837-1901). Handbook of Texas Online. Biographical sketch. Personnel of the Texas State Government for 1885, 19th Legislature, 1885. Biography, p. 241. Texas Legislative Manual, 1882-83, 1883. Other Resources Lochlin Johnson Farrar, birth date 12/28/1837, death date 7/16/1902, interment in Faulkenberry Cemetery, Groesbeck, Limestone County. Find a Grave. Photographs Photograph. Lochlin Johnson Farrar, 14th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Lochlin Johnson Farrar, 18th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Lochlin Johnson Farrar, 19th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 18th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 19th session composite photo of Senate members (Senate chamber vestibule, east wall. 2E.V1). State Preservation Board. 14th session composite photo of Senate and House members (Ground floor elevator vestibule, east wall. GW.V3). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 19th R.S. - 1885 Agricultural and Mechanical College at Bryan, Prairie View Normal School, and Sam Houston Normal School at Huntsville (Chair)  Constitutional Amendments   Counties and County Boundaries   Education   Frontier Protection   Insurance, Statistics and History   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Penitentiaries   Roads and Bridges   State Asylums (Chair)  18th R.S. - 1883 Contingent Expenses   County and County Boundaries   Federal Relations   Frontier Protection   Internal Improvements   Judicial Districts   Judiciary No. 1   Lunatic Asylum (Chair)  Military Affairs   Roads and Bridges   State Asylums (Chair)  14th R.S. - 1874 Constitutional Amendments   Finance   Impeachment Managers, Judge William Chambers, 1st Judicial District   Judiciary No. 1   Private Land Claims (Chair)  Texas Central Railroad   Treasurer's Office

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