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THOMAS CINCLER FARMER
SURNAMES: FARMER, MCCOWAN, BLACKWELL, ANDERSON, HARGRAVE, BARTLETT, WEATHERS,
MILES, CLARK, WATERS, IRVIN, MIRICK, HATLEY, GOODMAN, DIAMOND, PEEVEY,
SPRINGFIELD, MOSELY, LONGHORNE
Thomas Cincler Farmer, b. 1847, d. January 9, 1933 at Durango, Falls County,
Texas and buried in Union Cemetery near Durango-was a son of Thomas Farmer, b.
1808 in Arkansas, and his wife, Sarah (McCowan) Farmer, b. ca 1814. Thomas and
Sarah (McCowan) Farmer were married in 1832, and by 1850, they lived in Red
River County, Texas, with eight children: William, b. 1833; Mary M., b. 1835, d.
1920 in Durango-married Warren J. Blackwell, b. March 12, 1833, d. February 23,
1907; Peggy, b. 1838; Mahala, b. 1841; Lucinda, b. 1843; Thomas Cincler, b.
1847; George, b. 1849; and Jemima, b. March 11, 1851-married William Anderson in
Hunt County, Texas.
Thomas Cincler Farmer enlisted in the Confederate States Army, Company A, 17th
Regiment, Texas Infantry-serving during the Civil War until 1864.
On February 13, 1871 in Hunt County, Texas, Thomas Cincler Farmer was married to
Mary Louise Hargrave, b. March 8, 1856, d. June 4, 1926 in Durango, Falls
County, Texas-a daughter of Reverend Harvey Lee and Martha (Bartlett) Hargrave,
whose father, Eldred Glenn Hargrave, settled in Hunt County, in The Republic of
Texas.
"Tom" and Mary Louise remained in Hunt County until 1873, when they, and the
families of two of his sisters, Warren and Mary (Farmer) Blackwell, and William
and Jemima (Farmer) Anderson, left in covered wagons for Falls County, Texas.
They settled on Deer Creek, two miles northwest of Durango, where they farmed,
and sent their children to a one-teacher school, and then to a three-teacher
school at Durango.
When Professor Bedichek's Academy was opened at Eddy, Tom and Mary Louise moved
to Eddy to be close to that school, where her sister, Helen, and her brother,
Eli, were teachers. Her father, Reverend Harvey Lee Hargrave, was a Methodist
minister in Eddy. In 1912, Tom and Mary Louise Farmer bought the Reeves in
Durango, and moved back to that community.
Thomas Cincler and Mary Louise (Hargrave) Farmer reared ten of their twelve
children:
George Lee Farmer, b. June 29, 1872 in Hunt County, Texas-married first ca 1892
to Martha Weathers; married second on September 2, 1903 to Vesta Miles, of San
Gabriel, Milam County, Texas, who lived to be age ninety-one years.
Lula Farmer, b. December 2, 1874 in Hunt County, Texas-married to Edward Clark,
and had Edith (Clark) Waters; and Ethel (Clark) Irvin. They lived in Hunt
County, Texas. Another daughter, Mabel Beatrice Clark, was b. October 22, 1892,
d. April 1, 1894 at Durango.
Dona Farmer, b. 1878-married Harry George Mirick, and had an Infant Son, born
and died December 15, 1920; and Meda (Mirick) Hatley, who had Allen Hatley. Dona
moved away, but retired at Lott, Texas.
Besie Allen Farmer, b. August 26, 1881, d. June 1, 1892 when a tornado destroyed
both her father and her brother, Lee's, homes.
Festus Farmer, b. July 6, 1884, d. January 9, 1926-the same month and year of
his mother's death.
Dallas Farmer, b. 1887-married Cicely Goodman, and had Dallas V. Farmer, b. May
8, 1912, who retired July 20, 1982 as Postmaster of Valley Mills, Texas.
Tollie Eli Farmer, b. October 9, 1889, d. October 31, 1910-married Ellie Goodman
and had a daughter, Nevada (Farmer) Diamond, who lives in Waco, Texas with two
sons.
Vera Farmer, b. 1892-married. No further information.
Bertha Farmer, b. 1895 at Durango, d. November 9, 1969 in Lott, when fire
destroyed her home. She married May 20, 1920 to N. Bonner Peevey, Sr.-a veteran
of World War I. Their son, Lieutenant Colonel N. Bonner Peevey, Jr., retired
U.S. Marine Air Corps, married Doris Springfield, of Lott, Texas-a daughter of
Chester P. and Elli (Mosely) Springfield. They live in Corpus Christi, and have
two daughters, Berta and Gail Peevey.
Garland Farmer, b. 1897 in Durango-married May 5, 1921 to Agnes Longhorne. They
lived at Henderson, Texas, where he owned and edited The Henderson Times,
authored two books, and published articles in national magazines. Their sons are
Garland Farmer, Jr.-graduate of The University of Texas, who works in Brussels;
Thomas Farmer-a graduate of The University of Texas, was a German prisoner of
war during World War II, died February 2, 1974; Eugene Farmer-a University of
Texas graduate-works at Dallas Tribune [Times] Herald; Jack Farmer-has his M.S.
degree from The University of California, Berkeley.
Johnnie Frazier, b. July 24, 1901, d. August 13, 1902.
Birdie Farmer, b. September 2, 1906, d. November 3, 1906.
After the death of Thomas Cincler Farmer in 1933, the descendants with the
Farmer surname left Durango; but there are many descendants with other surnames
who remain in the county.
Copyright Permission granted to Theresa Carhart for printing this bio of these
Falls County Families to this Web page.
"Families of Falls County," compiled and edited by the Falls County Historical
Commission, page 147, column 1.
THIS IS A CORRECTION TO THOMAS CINCLER FARMER BIO
Submitted by:Gloria Hargrave
Need to make a correction concerning the location of this family prior to their move to Falls County. Hunt Co is incorrect, they were from Hopkins Co. The Farmer - Hargrave marriage was in Hopkins Co, where the Hargrave family had come in 1841 from Warrick Co. Indiana.
