Henry Bartow Farr

Background

Farr, Henry Bartow was born on November 17, 1889 in Short Hills, New Jersey, United States. Son of John and Frances Shelton (Bartow) Farr.

Education

Preparatory education in private school, Short Hills, New Jersey, 1900-1906. Bachelor of Arts, Princeton, 1910. Bachelor of Laws, Columbia, 1913.

Career

Admitted to New York State bar, 1913, and practiced as associate firm of Masten, & Nichols, 1913-1917, McAdoo, Cotton & Franklin, 1919-1925. Partner Miller Otis & Farr, 1928-1932, successor firms, now Willkie, Farr, Gallagher, Walton & Fitzgibbon, since 1932. Director and general counsel Continental Can Company, Incorporated., 1941-1960.

Director American Sumatra Tobacco Corporation, International Minerals & Metals.

Achievements

• Henry Bartow Farr has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served United States Naval Reserve, 1917-1919, discharge Lieutenant (junior grade). Member Bar Association City of New York, New York County Lawyers assosiation, New York State and American bar associations. Clubs: Bedford Golf and Tennis.

Connections

Married Mildred Blair, June 15, 1918 (died 1926). Married second, Selma Cross, June 16, 1928 (deceased 1957). Children: Henry, Mary Blair (Mistress George East. Bartol III).

Father:

John Farr

Mother:

Frances Shelton (Bartow) Farr

Spouse:

Mildred Blair

Spouse:

Selma Cross

child:

Henry Farr

child:

Mary Blair Farr (Mistress George East. Bartol III)