Bertie Lee FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
          Death: Unknown
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth ROBERTSON (      -      )
Billie FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Abt 1917
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Lillie JONES II (      -      )
Notes
General:
"by second marriage"

Charlie A. FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Aug 1886 1
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Mary Ann ??? (      -      )
Dewey FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
          Death: Unknown
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Mary Elizabeth ROBERTSON (      -      )
Dorothy FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Lillie JONES II (      -      )
Notes
General:
"by second marriage"

Edward Floyd FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 1790 - NC
          Death: Unknown
         Burial:
Events
1. Occupation in Farmer - Wheelwright
2. Religion in Methodist
Spouses and Children 
1.  *Mary PHILEN (       -       ) 
       Marriage: 9 May 1823 - Wilcox Co., AL 2

2.  Margaret HARRISON (       - Unknown) 
       Marriage: 3 Oct 1838 - Murray Co., GA 3
       Children:
                1. Nathan Harrison FARRINGTON (22 Sep 1841 - 20 Sep 1905)
                2. Samuel Newton FARRINGTON (28 Mar 1843 - 21 Oct 1921)
Notes
General:
1. Listed in 1850 census as farmer, value of real estate, 100.
2. 1840 census Edward Farrington 1M 50-60 1F 50-60 Murray Co. 824th Militia District page 15 #21
3. 1850 census Murray Co. GA marriage E.F. (Edward?) to M. Harrison "see(1840)C p. 89
4. Ferrington, Edward T. 1830 census Haywood Co., NC p. 377
5. Rutherford, NC 1810 third federal census: 1810 F652 FARRINGTON Floyd M-252 042 p. 101 NdRcd NCS1a1055555

1850 Census Murray County, GA taken 16 November 1850 by Absolem Holcombe
lists Floyd Farrington (60) Farmer with $100 real estate born in North Carolina with wife Margaret (62) and Harrison (8) and Newton (6), all born in North Carolina (from Roy B. Rhodes)

Elbert FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jul 1891 1
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Mary Ann ??? (      -      )
Ellis FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: Jun 1895 1
          Death: 
         Burial:
Parents
         Father: William "Bill" Harrison FARRINGTON (1866-      )
         Mother: Mary Ann ??? (      -      )
Eula Velma FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: F
Individual Information 
          Birth: 7 Jul 1909 - Summit, Blount, AL
          Death: 
         Burial:
Events
1. Occupation in Teacher, Registrar
Parents
         Father: Samuel Newton FARRINGTON (1869-1945)
         Mother: Molly Susan ROBERTS (1871-1956)
Spouses and Children 
1.  *James Thomas JOHNSON (13 Feb 1906 - 27 Jun 1988) 
       Marriage: 8 Aug 1930 - Etowah, AL
Fletcher Napoleon FARRINGTON
 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
          Birth: 25 May 1902 - Holly Pond, Cullman, AL
          Death: 2 Apr 1968 - Montgomery, Montgomery, AL
         Burial:
Events
1. Occupation in County Extension Agent
2. SS # in Ss#423-50-1871(AL) Lr. 36111
Parents
         Father: Samuel Newton FARRINGTON (1869-1945)
         Mother: Molly Susan ROBERTS (1871-1956)
Spouses and Children 
1.  *Eunice Gertrude GULLEDGE (12 Sep 1903 - 21 Sep 1999) 
       Marriage: 5 Feb 1926 - Altoona, AL
Notes
General:
The following is an excerpt from Farrington Tales And I 'm Sitting On Mine, compiled by Kay Farrington Frost:

KUDZU

In the late '30's, Kudzu was brought to Southeast Alabama to help control erosion of the soil. When it first came into Tallapoosa County, Fletcher Farrington Sr. was the County Agent. In 1934, Willie and Fletcher bought what was known as the Schussler Dairy Farm in Chambers County. It consisted of 1,047 acres at $7.50 an acre. This was at the end of the Depression. Close to the end of World War II Arvil had been with the Ordnance Department of the Army. In 1944, he left the Ordnance Department and went back to the farm.

A Prisoner of War camp was set up Opelika, where they housed German Prisoners of War. In 1944 and '45, Arvil and Willie dug kudzu crowns using German prisoner labor. The proceeds from the sale of these crowns paid for that 1,000 acres of land. A one-disc plow was used to just go round and round turning up kudzu. On the root of a kudzu plant there are joints about 6 ot 7 inches apart. They were plowed, picked up and taken to a table where the German prisoners would cut them up into six inch pieces, with each piece containing a joint. Then they would be bundled in 50 or a hundred crown bundles and shipped to different parts of the country.

After prisoner labor was no longer available, Willie moved to Camp Hill and Arvil kept dealing with the kudzu to make the extra money.

Sources

1 Roy B. Rhodes, Livingston, TX.

2 www.ancestry.com Alabama Marriages to 1825.

3 Early American Marriages, Jordan R. Dodd.

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