About John Thomson Faris
Lived 1871 – 1949 (aged 78). John Thomson Faris was an American christian minister.
John Thomson Faris (23 January 1871 – 13 April 1949) was an American editor, author, and clergyman. Faris was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, son of William Wallace Faris, D.D. and Isabella Hardy Thomson. He was married twice: first to Clara Lee Carter (died 1934). They had three daughters, including writer Bethann Beall Faris Van Ness. Then in 1936 he married Cora Lynn (Shaffner) Cooke.
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American travel writer
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John Thomson Faris was born on 23 January 1871 in Cape Girardeau.
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John Thomson Faris died on 13 April 1949.
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John Thomson Faris was a christian minister.
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John Thomson Faris was American.
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