Obituary Simon B. Farrar   Simon B. Farrar died Oct. 17, 1897 at Palmer. Capt. Farrar was one of the oldest settlers in the county having moved here about 50 years ago from South Carolina. He married a daughter of Hans Smith. He was a Mason and a member of the Christian Church. [Simon Farrar was the last living member of the scouting party which located Fort Worth on the Trinity River in 1849.] Abstracted from History of Ellis County compiled by Mrs. A. L. Feltenberger and the Rebecca Boyce Chapter DAR.   Copyright © 1999-2017, Ellis County TXGenWeb. All Rights Reserved. This page was last modified: Monday, 10-Sep-2018 10:23:32 MDT