History of Concordia Parish Louisiana United States of America

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Edgar Howard Farrar, lawyer, was born in Concordia Parish, La., June 20, 1849. He was prepared for college at Baton Rouge and was graduated at the University of Virginia in 1871, with the degree of M.A. He studied law at the University of Louisiana, was admitted to the bar in 1873, and practised in New Orleans. In 1880 he was appointed corporation counsel for the city of New Orleans, having for two years previous been an assistant. In 1882 he was selected by Paul Tulane to act as one of the trustees of the fund of over a million dollars to found a university in Louisiana, which, by consolidation with the state university, became known as the Tulane university. He was for some years chairman of the executive committee of the committee of one hundred, organized for the purpose of reforming the municipal government of New Orleans. When the Mafia troubles arose in 1890, he was appointed chairman of the committee of safety formed to prosecute the assassins of the chief of police and to uproot the lawless societies. He led the campaign in 1892 which defeated the proposition to extend the charter of the Louisiana lottery company for twenty-five years.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

John Roy Lynch, representative, was born in Concordia Parish, La., Sept. 10, 1847; son of Patrick and Catherine Lynch. He was a mulatto, and after his father's death he was carried with his mother to Natchez, Miss., where they were held as slaves. After emancipation he engaged in photography and obtained a fair education by attending evening school. In 1869 he was appointed justice of the peace by General Ames, military governor of Mississippi. He was a representative in the state legislature, 1869-73, and speaker of the house, 1872-73; was a representative from the sixth district of Mississippi in the 43d and 44th congresses, 1873-77; claimed to have been counted out by the Democrats in 1876 for the 45th congress, General Chalmers being seated, and in 1880 he defeated Chalmers and served in the 47th congress, 1881-83. He was a delegate to the Republican national conventions at Philadelphia, June 5, 1872, Chicago, June 3, 1884, and June 19, 1888, and Minneapolis, June 7, 1892. He was elected temporary chairman of the Chicago convention of 1884; made a speech seconding the nomination of Chester A. Arthur for President, and was a member of the committee appointed to notify James G. Blaine of his nomination. In 1884 Mr. Lynch retired to his plantation in Adams county, Miss. He was chairman of Republican state executive committee, 1881-89; and was appointed by President Harrison fourth auditor of the U.S. treasury, to succeed C. M. Shelly of Alabama. He was married Dec. 18, 1884, to Ella W., daughter of James A. and Mary E. Somerville, of Mobile, Ala. In the war with Spain in 1898, he was appointed by President McKinley a paymaster in the U.S. volunteer service.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor