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

History of Concordia Parish Louisiana

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