FARMER, William A. - Putnam

WILLIAM A. FARMER, livery-keeper at Cloverdale, purchased the stock and business of U. V. O'Daniels, August 21, 1886. He was born in Ringold County, Iowa, March 30, 1861, a son of Thomas B. Farmer, who resides in Marion Township, this county. When four years of age he came to this county with his parents, where he was reared on a farm and received a good common-school education. He followed farming until he engaged in his present business. He was married August 17, 1882, to Miss Florence I. Shaw, who was born in Jefferson Township, January 22, 1864, daughter of Oliver J. Shaw, a prominent farmer of that township. He is a member of Cloverdale Lodge, No. 132, A. F. & A. M., having joined December 1, 1885; he is senior deacon of the lodge. He is a successful business man, keeps a first-class stable, and socially a gentleman.