McDonald and Potts family tree- black Jewish YAHYA family line 2 » Rev William Wallace Faris (1843-1925)

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1. Geni World Family Tree

   William B. Faris<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: July 11 1834 - Ohio County, VA<br>Marriage: Spouse: Elizabeth A. Faris (born Birch) - Sep 13 1868 - Washington, Washington County, PA<br>Death: Nov 5 1871<br>Father: William Faris, Jr.<br>Mother: Elizabeth Faris (born McDonald)<br>Wife: Elizabeth A. Faris (born Birch)<br>Child: Gertrude Alexander (born Faris)<br>Siblings: Samuel Davies Faris<;/a>, Margaret Elizabeth Carter (born Faris), James Hervey Faris, Nancy Faris, Elizabeth Faris, Mary Faris, Archibald Faris, John McDonald Faris, Sarah Jane Flack (born Faris), Mary Ann Stewart (born Faris), Infant Faris

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2. FamilySearch Family Tree

   Rev William Wallace Faris<br>Birth names: Wm Wallis FarisWm Wallace FarisWilliam Wallace FarisisaWilliam Wallace FarisRev William Wallace Faris<br>Gender: Male<br&gt;Birth: Aug 25 1843 - Barlow, Washington, Ohio, USA<br>Marriage: Spouse: Isabella Hardie Thomson - June 22 1868 - Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States<br>Residence: 1860 - Rockford City, Winnebago, Illinois, United States<br>Residence: Census - 1870 - Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri, United States<br>Residence: 1900 - ED 32 Precincts 3-4, Lemon City, Coconut Grove & Precinct 7, Miami Miami city, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States<br>Residence: 1910 - Miami, Dade, Florida, United States<br>Death: Mar 16 1925<br>Burial: 1925 - Miami, Miami-Dade, Florida, United States of America<br>Parents: John McDonald Faris, Anna Elizabeth Faris (born Wallace)<br>Wife: Isabella Hardie Faris (born Thomson)<br>Children: Wallace Somerville Faris, John Thomson Faris, Marion Elizabeth Wiley (born Faris), Lella King (born Faris), William Wallace Faris Jr, Paul Patton Faris, Margaret Armstrong (born Faris), Sarah Faris, Agnes Nona Faris, Faith Hill (born Faris), Myron Phelps Faris, <a>Philip Melanchthon Faris<br>Siblings: Ada C Gronberg, Sarah Ann Faris, John Hervey Faris, Margaret Faris, Robert Faris, George Faris, Harriet Faris, (Infant) Faris<br>  Additional information:
   
   LifeSketch: Dr. W.W. Faris, well known to all of our older citizens, and pastor emeritus, of the First Presbyterian Church, of Miami, Fla., died at his home in that city Monday, March 16. Dr. Faris' health had been failing for 4 or 5 years. He retired from the active ministry five years ago after 50 years of active service. Barlow, Ohio, the son of the Rev. John McDonald and Anna Elizabeth Faris. He was educated in the high school of Fredericktown, Ohio, Miller Academy of Washington, Pa., and University of Chicago, graduating from the latter school in 1866, and from McCormack Theological Seminary of Chicago in 1869.ton, Peoria, Carlinsville and Anna, Ill., Cape Girardeau, Mo., Hazelwood Church, Pittsburgh, and Miami, Fla. From 1891 to 1893 he was editor of Occident, SanFrancisco, and during the same time he preached in various churches near San Francisco.Presbyterian church of Anna. While principal of the academy and pastor of the church he founded and edited The Talk, an independent weekly newspaper published at Anna, now conducted by a former pupil of 1883.ears in an academy in Sacramento and in the City College of San Francisco.t of calvary but was never mustered in because the war ended before the arrival of his commission. He was mustered out of service in November 1865, and returned at once to the East and completed his literary course in the old University of Chicago and entered the ministry, actually beginning to preach in 1866 and serving for a time as Sunday school missionary before taking a church. In 1855 Blackburn College of Carlinsville, Ill., conferred on him the honorary title of Doctor of Divinity. The presidency of this institution was offered him in 1891.cago to Miss Isabella Hardie Thomson, a teacher in the public schools of that city. To them were born 12 children, of whom 10 reached maturity. They are: The Rev. Wallace S. Faris, who died as a victim of famine relief work in China after nine years' service; the Rev. John T. Faris, D.D., editor of the Presbyterian Board of Christian Education of the Presbyterian Church in the United States; the Rev. Paul P. Faris, who served for a time as a missionary in China and who is now on the editorial staff of the Continent, Chicago; Phillip M. Faris, now in business in Los Angeles; Mrs. Charles H. Wiley, of Anna, Ill.; Mrs. Herbert M. King, Mrs. George Armstrong, once a missionary to Porto Rico and later in China, all of Miami; and Mrs. T. Lee Agnew, of Ogden, Ill.; Miss Sara Faris, now a missionary in China. All of these with the exception of the Rev. Wallace S. Faris, are still living. entitled "Children of Light", published in 1877 by Roberts Brothers of Boston, an edition which is now out of print. In 1908 he published a little book called "How to Talk With God", which is also out of print. In 1920 he published a small volume entitled "The Christian Home". Besides these he was author of many magazine and newspaper articles, literary and theological. The first of these was published in Scribner's Magazine, August 1873.cles was published in various periodicals of the Presbyterian Board of Education of Philadelphia. short time emergency principal of the public schools in 1900 and later was for several years a member and the chairman of the Dade County Board of Public Instruction.ic fraternity in 1868 and in Miami was for a time Worshipful Master of Bay Biscayne Lodge, the first High Priest of Jericho Chapter, R.A.M., and 1901 was Grand Chaplain of the Grand Lodge of Florida, F. and A.M.

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3. WikiTree

   William B. Faris<br>Gender: Male<br>Birth: July 11 1834 - Ohio County, West Virginia<br>Death: Nov 5 1871 - Neoga, Cumberland, Illinois<br>Father: William Faris<br>Mother: Elizabeth Faris (born McDonald)<br>Siblings: Reverend John McDonald FarisMargaret Elizabeth FarisNancy FarisElizabeth FarisSamuel Davies FarisMary FarisJames Hervey FarisSarah Jane FarisArchibald FarisMary Ann Faris StewertUnknown Faris

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• Birthday August 25, 1843
• Day of marriage September 13, 1868
• Day of death March 16, 1925

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