Asahel Farr

Asahel Farr
Member of the Wisconsin Senate
from the 8th district
In office
January 1, 1876 – January 1, 1878
Preceded byThompson Weeks
Succeeded byBenoni Reynolds
Member of the Wisconsin State Assembly
from the Kenosha district
In office
January 1, 1873 – January 1, 1874
Preceded byFrederick Robinson
Succeeded byRobert S. Houston
6th, 10th, 17th, and 21st Mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin
In office
April 1877 – April 1879
Preceded byJoseph V. Quarles
Succeeded byFrederick Robinson
In office
April 1871 – April 1874
Preceded byMilton Pettit
Succeeded byIsaac W. Webster
In office
April 1864 – April 1865
Preceded byFrederick Robinson
Succeeded byMilton Pettit
In office
April 1859 – April 1860
Preceded byGeorge Howard Paul
Succeeded byIsaac W. Webster
President of the Kenosha School Board
In office
April 1871 – April 1874
Preceded byE. P. Lewis
Succeeded byVolney French
Personal details
Born
Asahel Farr

(1820-10-10)October 10, 1820
Waterford, Vermont
DiedJune 13, 1887(1887-06-13) (aged 66)
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Political party
Spouses
  • Martha Jackson Wheeler
  • (m. c.1847; died 1878)
  • Emma Marr Durfee
Children
  • Dr. Albert L. Farr
  • (b. 1849; died 1920)
  • Dr. William Mattocks Farr
  • (b. 1853; died 1922)
  • Martha Wheeler (Nutting)
  • (b. 1862)
Parents
  • Alpheus Farr (father)
  • Sybil Farr (mother)
Alma materDartmouth College
Professionsurgeon

Asahel Farr (October 10, 1820 – June 13, 1887) was an American surgeon and Wisconsin pioneer. He was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly and the Wisconsin State Senate, and was Mayor of Kenosha, Wisconsin, for seven years between 1859 and 1879.