DIVISION 2
formally - DIVISION 1
FARIES MAUSOLEUM
LOT : 75
ROW : 12
COLUMN : 10
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Robert Faries
b. March 4, 1837
near Middleton, Shelby County, Ohio
d. November 17, 1919
Decatur, Macon County, Illinois
buried: November 19, 1919
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FATHER
James C. Faries
(1812-1852)
MOTHER
Mary Jane (nee-Conover) Faries-Hunt
(1816-1885)
MARRIED
Lena Bender
(1843-1918)
May 29, 1867
New Lebanon, Montgomery County, Ohio
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CHILDREN
with Lena
Laura May (nee-Faries) Walbridge
(1868-1925)
Florence Bernice "Birtie" (nee-Faries) Irving
(1871-1950)
James Francis "Frank" Faries
(1873-1907)
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NOTE:
Robert Faries,
fought in the
CIVIL WAR
CO. H. 11 IND. VOL. |
NOTE:
Robert's great-grandfather,
William Faries,
fought in the
REVOLUTIONARY WAR |
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Robert Faries contributed one of the nations most important farm inventions, a complicated machine
for tying knots in check rower wire used in corn planting. Faries who came to Decatur in 1863,
worked in several machine shops before devising the wire machine in his basement workshop in 1873.
He had a shop called The Decatur Novelty Shop behind his house on E Herkimer St (Now Grand Ave) and
the shop became Faries MFG.CO. which produced gas-electric lamps for fixtures. Faries also headed
Walrus MFG.CO. which was a maker of soda fountains, restaurant and bank fixtures. The later years
of his life were given over to nature study and photography.
Creation of the Decatur Park
District was brought about by the offer on April 27, 1924 of Faries' daughters (Mrs. Walbridge, and
Mrs. Irving) to donate 289 Acres of Faries Park to the city, in accordance with their father's
wishes. That land being situated between Archer Daniels Midland (ADM) and the lake. The property
is now owned by ADM.
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
19 MAR 1948 * page 37
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
15 AUG 1976 * page 51
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
18 NOV 1919 * page 3
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The Decatur Herald
(Decatur, Illinois)
18 NOV 1919 * page 3
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