Life on the frontier was harsh. Jacob Fox the father-in-law of Nathan Farr was captured in 1777 by Indians and taken to Quebec as a prisoner. He escaped nine months later and made it back to his family in Towanda Creek, Pennsylvania. Susan’s sister Elizabeth was the first white child born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1770. Nathan was an early resident of Towanda, Pennsylvania, a village near the New York-Pennsylvania border located in Bradford County. He married Susan Fox in 1806 in Towanda. Her family were among the first settlers in Towanda. Nathan’s father-in-law fought in the Revolutionary War. Shortly after Nathan and Susan were married they moved west to Ohio. Nathan Farr was born about 1781 in Pennsylvania or New York, maybe New England. He moved at least three times during his lifetime. He lived in Bradford County, Pennsylvania in 1800 and moved away by 1807, probably to Jefferson County, Ohio where his son William was born in 1814. Eventually Nathan moved to Hamilton County, Ohio. We do not know when he or Susan died, but it was likely in Anderson Township, Ohio. Family oral history says Nathan and Susan died of cholera when son Samuel Farr was very young, Samuel was born in 1816. The 1820 U.S. Census for Hamilton County does not list Nathan or Susan’s name. However, there is a Thomas Farr and his wife who appear with several young children. Perhaps, these young children are Nathan’s. Nathan and Susan had four children that are known (Elizabeth, Cooper, Samuel, William) and three whose names we do not know at this time. The 1810 U.S. Census has Susanna Farr living in Towandy, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania with two children Elizabeth and Cooper Farr.
Nathan Farr married Susan Fox – 1806
Children of Nathan and Susan Farr –
(1) Elizabeth Farr 1806 – 1865
(2) Cooper Farr 1807 – 1885
(3) William Henry Farr 1814 – 1891
(4) Samuel Farr 1816- 1895
Farr's of Fulton County, Illinois 