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Dec 22, 2021 · Richard Ratcliffe Farr was born on November 30, 1845, in Fairfax County and was the son of Richard Ratcliffe Farr, who died about ten weeks before he was born, and Margaret Conn Willcoxon Farr, who reared him and his elder brother.
Richard Ratcliffe Farr II Manuscripts, Historic Fairfax City, Inc., Fairfax, Va. Compiled Service Records of Confederate Soldiers (1861–1865), War Department Collection of Confederate Records, Record Group 109, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Richard Ratcliffe Farr - Soldier & Public Servant. Dick Farr was born at Farr's Cross Roads (Rt. 123 and Braddock Road) on the family farm. He was the son of Richard R. and Margaret Conn (Wilcoxsen) Farr. At the beginning of the Civil War Richard, who was to young to enlist, allegedly shot at some passing Union soldiers from the safety of his home.
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At the young age of fourteen years old, Richard Ratcliffe Farr sought to protect the Farr house by firing upon the Union troops. Although successful at first, the troops came back and burned down the house. The replacement of that house, finished in 1880, is the historic house that stands today.
Richard Ratcliffe Farr - Soldier & Public Servant. Dick Farr was born at Farr's Cross Roads (Rt. 123 and Braddock Road) on the family farm. He was the son of Richard R. and Margaret Conn (Wilcoxsen) Farr.
Feb 25, 2016 · Farr’s second son, Richard Ratcliffe Farr, was also a member of the Confederate army. After he was a soldier, he became a member of the Virginia House of Delegates and also served as the second state superintendent of schools, according to Mary Lipsey, member of the Fairfax County Historical Commission.
Farr Homeplace. 10230 Main Street, Private Residence. Built by Richard Ratcliffe Farr in 1880, the Italianate-style home was made with bricks from the family’s clay pit and kiln. Each of the home’s five baroque chimneys has a cross worked into the design reflecting Farr’s wife’s Catholic heritage.
