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Death of Wm. H. Farquhar.—Mr. Wm.
H. Farquhar, a well-known resident of the
Sandy Spring neighborhood of Montgomery
county, and the father of A. B. Farquhar, an
extensive manufacturer, of York, Pa., died
yesterday at his residence, near Sandy Spring,
aged 74. A dispatch to THE SUN from York
states that the Pennsylvania Agricultural
Works, of which A.B. Farquhar is proprietor,
will be closed until Monday out of respect to
his father's memory. Wm. H. Farquhar was
one of the leading farmers of his neighborhood,
and took an active and intelligent interest
in public affairs, and particularly in the
horticultural exhibitions and farmers' meetings
at the Sandy Spring Lyceum.

Death of Mr. W. H. Farquhar.

It is with sincere feelings of regret
that we are called upon to announce
the death of Mr. William Henry Farquhar,
one of the oldest, most prominent
and highly esteemed citizens of
this county, who died at his home, "The
Cedars," near Sandy Spring, on Thursday
afternoon, February 17th, in the
74th year of his age.

Mr. Farquhar held a number of responsible
positions in this county and
elsewhere, and his valuable sevice[services] and
untiring energies as President of the
Board of County School Commissioners
and County Surveyor will always be
held in the highest favor by the citizens
of this county. Mr. Farquhar in early
life was employed as a Civil Engineer
on the Philadelphia, Wilmington and
Baltimore railroad, and at one time assisted
his brother in-law, the late Benjamin
Hallowell, in teaching in his popular
school at Alexandria, Va. For
nearly sixty years he had been a resident
of this county, and had always been active
in promoting the county's welfare.

A widow, five sons and a daughter
survive him. The funeral took place
on Saturday.
________________________

WM. HENRY FARQUHAR.

On Thursday, February 17th, Mr.
Farquhar passed peacefully away, at
"The Cedars," near Sandy Spring, in
his 74th year. For two years his mind,
so busy, so useful, so full of activity in
behalf of humanity, had been clouded
by disease, and his name had been less
frequently before his fellow citizens.—
Previously, for half a century, he had
been foremost in all good works, and
few in our county have commanded so
universally the request of all classes,
and of all shades of religious and political
opinions.

His family, on both side, were of old
Maryland stock. He was born in York,
Penn., whither his father had removed
from Carroll Co., to entered upon the
manufacture of cotton goods. He was
educated partly at home and partly at
the school of his brother in-law, Benjamin
Hallowell, of Alexandria, Va.,
and after serving for a time as civil engineer
on the then new railroad between
Baltimore and Philadelphia, he settled
on the farm where he died just 49 years
afterwards. He taught at Sandy Spring
and subsequently joined his sister, Mrs.
Mary W. Kirk, in conducting a boarding
school at Fair Hill, near Olney,
which became eminently successful
there being at one time fifty boarders in
attendance. For many years he lectured
on History before the scholars at Stanmore
and Rockland. He was deeply
interested in the system of public
schools and was for a while president of
the common school board, and served
most efficiently. For a number of years
he was county surveyor, and for a long
time afterwards many felt that their
lands had not been properly laid off unless
it had been done by him, so accurate
and conscientious was his work. In
this office he was often enabled to settle
[illegible] long standing [illegible] the
boundaries of estates. He was always
interested in politics, and believed it to
be one of the first duties of a citizen to
attend primary meetings and conventions,
and he was twice a candidate for
the State Senate. He was an optionist,
having faith in human nature, and its
advancement to a higher plane, and was
every ready to assist in all movements
looking to that end. His sympathies
were with the humble and poor, and oppressed.
He was from childhood a devourer
of books, and few had a mind
better stored. He was the first to suggest
the Farmers' Convention in Montgomery
county, now so productive of
good; and long the secretary of the
Farmers' Club, and was an earnest
member of the Horticultural Society
and the Grange. He was a director in
the Montgomery Fire Insurance Co. from
its origin; a director in the Union Turnpike
Co., and Historian of the neighborhood
for twenty years, the result of
the latter having been given in the "Annuals
of Sandy Spring."

His character was most worthy of
imitation. His integrity was spotless,
his industry unceasing, his love for his
fellows boundless, his devotion to his

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