Asa W. Farr

Asa Walton Farr (February 28, 1821 – October 6, 1863) was an American lawyer, Democratic politician, and Wisconsin pioneer. He served one term in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Walworth County during the 1856 term. Before moving to Wisconsin, he had served as district attorney of Middlesex County, Massachusetts from 1851 to 1853. During the American Civil War, he served as a Union Army quartermaster officer and was murdered by Confederate guerillas in the massacre at Baxter Springs.

Biography New England Asa Farr was born in Sharon, Vermont, in February 1821.

Wisconsin Disheartened by his firing, Farr moved to Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, with his wife and children.

Farr was elected to the Wisconsin State Assembly in 1855 and served in the 9th Wisconsin Legislature.

Civil War At the outbreak of the American Civil War, Farr volunteered for service in the Union Army and was enrolled as an assistant quartermaster in the 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry Regiment. The 3rd Wisconsin Cavalry was involved in anti-guerilla operations in the Trans-Mississippi theater of the war, especially around the Kansas–Missouri border area.

In October 1863, Farr was attached to the escort of General James G. Blunt near Fort Baxter, in Cherokee County, Kansas, when they came under attack from several hundred Confederate guerillas, led by William Quantrill. The Union caravan was overrun and many wounded and captured Union soldiers were murdered, including Farr, in what was referred to as the massacre at Baxter Springs.

Asa Farr married Elisabeth Hadley on May 13, 1845, at Lowell, Massachusetts. They had at least two children.