Bassett Family Association Database
Elias Farrar
Abt 1840 - 1863 (~ 23 years)-
Name Elias Farrar Born Abt 1840 Alabama 
Gender Male _UID CB907E3499205547B1BC20569C4FBA3D272D Died 22 May 1863 Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Buried Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois Notes - Elias Farrar never married. He enlisted as a private in Company I, 19 (Dawson's) Arkansas Infantry on February 26, 1862. He was wounded and captured on January 11, 1863 during the Union attack on Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post. He was sent to Camp Douglas outside of Chicago, Illinois, where he died of smallpox on May 22, 1863. He was buried in Chicago at Oak Woods Cemetery in a Confederate mound. While he was a prisoner he carved a pipe out of applewood and managed to send it to his sister Sarah Louisa Farrar. The family still has the pipe, with a note that Elias put inside of it.
1850 Federal Census of Summerfield, Dallas County, Alabama
Tabitha Black - 37 - Female - South Carolina
Martha - 16 - Female - Alabama
Inda - 13 - Female - Alabama
Elias - 10 - Male - Alabama
Louisa - 8 - Female - Alabama
Nancy - 1 - Female - Alabama
Person ID I41535 1A William Bassett of Plymouth Last Modified 15 Nov 2019
Father Stephen Farrar, b. Abt 1812, Georgia , d. 1848, Perry County, Alabama (Age ~ 36 years) Mother Talitha Bass, b. Abt 1818, Johnston County, North Carolina , d. 1878, Arkansas (Age ~ 60 years) Married 12 Feb 1836 Perry County, Alabama Family ID F14707 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Elias Farrar never married. He enlisted as a private in Company I, 19 (Dawson's) Arkansas Infantry on February 26, 1862. He was wounded and captured on January 11, 1863 during the Union attack on Fort Hindman at Arkansas Post. He was sent to Camp Douglas outside of Chicago, Illinois, where he died of smallpox on May 22, 1863. He was buried in Chicago at Oak Woods Cemetery in a Confederate mound. While he was a prisoner he carved a pipe out of applewood and managed to send it to his sister Sarah Louisa Farrar. The family still has the pipe, with a note that Elias put inside of it.