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Willard T Farrar prominent Concord undertaker dies
Willard T Farrar longtime Concord undertaker and civic figure dies at about midnight after a long illness heart failure suspected. Born 1828 he ran Farrar & Co for 42 years serving over 3000 funerals including Ralph Waldo Emerson and A Bronson Alcott. Funeral at Trinity Church with burial at Sleepy Hollow cemetery marks townwide mourning.
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Concord
Willard T. Farrar
Mr. Farrar
Lincoln
Hildreth’s Corner
Doctor Chamberlain
Louinah Wright
Wright Tavern
Sam and
Sophia Bruce
Farrar
Bolton
Grandfather Potter
Millbury
Davis
Potter
Bedford Rd
Harry Tut
Jonas Melvin
Joseph Dee, Jr
Willard Parrar
Ralph Waldo Emerson
A. Bronson Alcott
Louisa M. Alcott
George M. Brooks
B. Rockwood Hoar
Sherman
Enterprise
Concord Antiquarian Society
Undertakers
Boston
Thomas Todd
Benjamin Mood
Cyrus W. Benjamin
H. Towle
Miriam Davis
Lillian Thorpe
Edward Thorpe
Charles Towle
Sleepy Hollowery