Roy Mongomery Farrar
1870 - 1943 (72 years)
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Name Roy Mongomery Farrar Birth 16 Dec 1870 St Louis, St Louis, MO 
Gender Male Census 1 Jun 1900 Houston, Harris, TX R.M., age 29, born Dec 1870 in TX, marr 2 yrs, parents born MA/NY, living with dau in mother-in-law's house Census 16 Apr 1910 Houston, Harris, TX age 39, born MO, marr 2nd for 4 yrs, vice president of lumber co, parents born OH/OH Census 14 Jan 1920 Houston, Harris, TX age 49, born MO, president of lumber co, parents born MS/OH Death 17 Aug 1943 Person ID I2429 Family Tree Last Modified 12 Sep 2014
Father John Henry Farrar Mother Sarah Rebecca Rose Family ID F3450 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Emily Bagby Taylor, b. 29 Mar 1870, Houston, Harris, TX d. 19 Dec 1902, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 32 years) [1] Marriage 21 Oct 1897 Children + 1. Ellen Taylor Farrar, b. 22 Apr 1899, Texas d. 16 Aug 1981, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 82 years)Histories 
Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor Family ID F704 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 11 Sep 2014
Family 2 Madge Campbell, b. 1882, Texas Marriage 30 Apr 1906 Ellis Co, TX Children 1. Margaret Farrar, b. 1910, Houston, Harris, TX 2. Ruth Farrar, b. 1914, Texas Family ID F3561 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 21 Sep 2014
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Photos Roy Montgomery Farrar
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Notes - FARRAR, ROY MONTGOMERY (1870-1943). Roy Montgomery Farrar, banker and civic leader, son of John H. and Sarah (Rose) Farrar, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 16, 1870. After attending public schools in St. Louis he moved to Houston, Texas, in 1885, to Dallas in 1888, and back to Houston in 1896. He was connected with many lumber companies in Houston, including the South Texas Lumber Company, which he established with Jesse H. Jonesqv in 1902, and the Farrar Lumber Company, which he established in 1912. Farrar was president of the National Bank of Commerce of Houston from 1915 to 1921 and became the president of the Union National Bank in 1924. He was a member of the Houston Port Commission from 1914 to 1925, president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in 1916-17 and from 1925 to 1926, and chairman of the Houston Housing Authority. He married Margaret Campbell on April 30, 1906; they had three children. Farrar died on August 17, 1943.
From The Online Handbook of Texas at http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/
by The Texas State Historical Association
- FARRAR, ROY MONTGOMERY (1870-1943). Roy Montgomery Farrar, banker and civic leader, son of John H. and Sarah (Rose) Farrar, was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 16, 1870. After attending public schools in St. Louis he moved to Houston, Texas, in 1885, to Dallas in 1888, and back to Houston in 1896. He was connected with many lumber companies in Houston, including the South Texas Lumber Company, which he established with Jesse H. Jonesqv in 1902, and the Farrar Lumber Company, which he established in 1912. Farrar was president of the National Bank of Commerce of Houston from 1915 to 1921 and became the president of the Union National Bank in 1924. He was a member of the Houston Port Commission from 1914 to 1925, president of the Houston Chamber of Commerce in 1916-17 and from 1925 to 1926, and chairman of the Houston Housing Authority. He married Margaret Campbell on April 30, 1906; they had three children. Farrar died on August 17, 1943.
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Sources - [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 182.
- [S43] Red, Ellen Robbins, Early Days on the Bayou 1838-1890, The Life and Letters of Horace Dickinson Taylor, (Texian Press, Waco, TX, 1986), 182.