Title	Mrs.
Last Name	Farrar
First Name	Mary
Middle Name	A.
Maiden Name
Nick Name
Place of Birth	Fairfield, ME
Date of Birth	1832
Place of Death	Massachusetts
Date of Death	1914-03-07
Publication	The Eastern Gazette 03 26 1914 p. 1
Obituary	Died in Chelsea, Mass., March 7, Mrs. Mary A. Farrar. She was born in Fairfield, 1832, and was the oldest daughter of Benjamin and Grace Atwood Peakes. When small she moved with her parents to Athens, where she passed her childhood and later lived many years in Harmony. In 1857 she was united in marriage with Frank Farrar of Ripley. Five sons came to bless this union. One died in infancy, two died at early manhood, two survive their mother; Charles Edwin of Chelsea, with whom she made her home and Fred, of Stoneham, Mass. Mrs. Farrar will long be remembered in Ripley, for she lived there about thirty years, moving to Massachusetts a few years after the death of her husband, which occurred in Ripley in 1882. She was a beautiful woman her sweet disposition and her generous qualities of heart and mind endearing her all. "None knew her but to love her, None named her but to praise." Her friendship will always remain a blessed memory. Mrs. Farrar had been a great sufferer for many years, with heart trouble and rheumatism, but through all her suffering her fine witty mind was just as clear as ever to the end. She arose and dressed the day of her death, but complained of being sleepy in the afternoon. She died as she had lived, so sweet and peaceful that not even her son, who watched over could believe that it was death. In her declining years all was done for her that love and money can do, her daughter-in-law, especially doing all that any daughter could do for a mother. Besides the sons and daughter she leaves to mourn her loss, a granddaughter and grandson, who had always lived with her; also two sisters Mrs. Robinson and Miss Peakes of Brookine, and many nieces and nephews. The funeral services were held in her home Monday afternoon in Chelsea. There were many lovely flowers. The remains were brought to Ripley, accompanied by her son and grandson, and buried in the family lot at west Ripley. The casket was opened at the grave, and many relatives and warm friends gathered there to pay their last respects to their beloved, Aunt Mary Ann.