Alta Harriett Farr
American, 1862 - 1937
Alta and Edward later lived in Litchfield, Connecticut, where Edward was the farm manager for Miss Mary T. Buell, who gave her home and farm to the State of Connecticut for the George Junior Republic. Then they worked for Miss Buell's brother, Dr. John Buell, at Spring Hill Farms in Litchfield. Alta and Edward worked and managed the Groton Farms at Westbury, Long Island, New York between 1916 and 1918. Sometime after 1919, they managed the Gilbert Farms in Georgetown, Connecticut.
Upon their retirement, Alta and Edward bought a home in North Woodbury, Connecticut, on old Route 6. Alta died there on 24 May 1937; Edward died in 1951. They had no children.
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