History of Kentucky, five volumes, edited by Judge Charles Kerr,
American Historical Society, New York & Chicago, 1922, Vol. IV, p. 254,
Henderson Co.
     
     HON. HENRY HUGHS FARMER.  Among the officials of Henderson County
whose high conception of Public service is an important factor in the
maintenance of law and the upholding of elevated standards is Hon. Henry
Hughs Farmer, county judge.  Prior to his election to his present office
Judge Farmer's activities had been devoted chiefly to business and
agricultural matters, but the capable manner in which he has discharged
his judicial duties and the favorable impression that he has made upon
the people of his locality would seem to indicate that he possesses the
attributes for useful public service.
     Judge Farmer was born on his father's farm in Henderson County,
September 19, 1876, a son of James and Mary (Craig) Farmer.  His father
was also born in this county, a son of Dr. Henry Hughs Farmers, a native
of Virginia.  Doctor Farmer was a man of strong intellectuality and
broad learning, and his life was indelibly identified with the history
of early Henderson County, where he was for many years a leading and
greatly-esteemed member of the medical profession.  Mary (Craig) Farmer,
the mother of Judge Farmer, was born in Virginia, a daughter of Major
Edward Chambers Craig, a pioneer settler of Henderson County, which
community he represented with distinction as a member of the State
Legislature.  The father of Judge Farmer was killed by a horse when the
son was but eighteen months old.  The mother is still living, as are her
two sons, Henry Hughs and Edward Chambers, who were reared on the farm
of their maternal grandfather, with whom their mother went to live after
the death of her husband.
      Judge Farmer was a lad of thirteen years of age when his maternal
grandfather located at Henderson.  The lad had received a public school
education in the country districts of Henderson County, and when
fourteen years of age went to work in a tobacco business.  Gradually the
young factory hand improved his condition until he finally engaged in
the business on his own account as a buyer and exporter, following this
line for some fifteen years.  At this time he is one-half owner of the
Eckert Packing Company, holds an interest in a loose tobacco leaf house
at Henderson, and for several years has had large and valuable farm
holdings, although always residing at Henderson.  In business circles he
is known as a man of the soundest integrity, shrewd and unerring in his
judgments and straightforward in all his transactions.
     Judge Farmer had always been primarily a business man, although a
citizen who took an interest in public affairs.  In 1917 he yielded to
the urgent importunities of his numerous friends and became a candidate
for county judge of Henderson County.  He was successful in the election
of that year and in January, 1918, assumed his official duties for a
term of four years.  His record thus far has been that of a wise and
impartial judge who has impressed the community with his possession of
qualities which fit him eminently for the important post which he
graces.  Judge Farmer is a democrat in his political allegiance.  As a
fraternalist he is prominent in Masonry, in which he has attained to the
Knight Templar degree, and is also a Noble of the Mystic Shrine.  He
belongs likewise to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, the Knights of
Pythias and the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.  Judge Farmer
is senior warden of St. Paul's Protestant Episcopal Church.  He is
unmarried. (Picture facing page)

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