Allen Farquhar was the father of Robert, and a pioneer of Maryland; he was a son of William Farquhar, the latter a minister in Scotland of the Society of Friends in the seventeenth century; but further back than that very little is known of the family. There were a number of brothers of William Farquhar, three of whom are said to have been Quaker ministers. William had three sons, two of whom, Allen and William, located at Frederick, Md., and the son of William located at York, Pa., where some of his descendants are well known. Allen married Sarah Moore, of Frederick, Md., and to them were born four sons and three daughters. He settled first in Washington county, Pa., near the West Land Quaker church. This is said to have been there in 1789. Remaining there but a short time he went to Washington township, Fayette County where Robert Farquhar, the subject of this sketch, resides. The children of Allen Farquhar were as follows; Thomas, who remained in Washington county, and built what is known as the Farquhar house, near Centreville, Pa.: William, settled near Richmond, Ohio, dying there at an advanced age, leaving many descendants; Robert, grandfather of our subject; Mary, married Joseph Tobbert, of Richmond,Ohio, and lived to be one hundred and three years old; Sarah, married Amos Ellis, moved to Richmond, Ohio, where she also died at an advanced age; and Rachel, married Jeremiah Cook, and lived and died at the same place.