A native of Pittenweem Pifeshire, Scotland, Farmer was a “townsman” of the young man who would later become the millionaire philanthropist, Andrew Carnegie. In his youth Farmer traveled widely throughout Europe and arrived in America on the eve of the Civil War. He quickly returned home when war broke out. In 1866, he returned to Macon and established a thriving general mercantile at Cotton Avenue and Cherry Street. This venerable old store would later become touted as one of the oldest standing buildings in Macon.
(1818-1908) (Olive, lot 5, row A24)
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