MARGARET FRANCIS HIGGINBOTHAM, HUSBAND & SON SEE PORTRAIT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNVEILING AT SUTER'S HOME FOR HIGGINBOTHAMS; LOS ANGELES, CA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mrs. & Mr. Francis Farmer, Sr.

 

 

Farmer Home, Beaver, PA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• Father moved shop to present location in 1911

 

• Francis started in 1913 & purchased shop in 1920

 

• 60+ years never sold, changed hands or bankruptcy

 

 

• 1st Secretary Rochester Planning Commission

 

• 1st Commissioner Rochester Little League

 

• Vice President Civic Organization

 

 

• St. John A.M.E. Church, West Bridgewater

 

• The oldest church west of the Allegheny 

 

• Negro congregation of 140+ years old

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

• FARMERS'S BARBERSHOP, Rochester, PA

 

• 61 years in continuous business as of 1969

 

• Oldest business establishment in Beaver County

 

 

• Housing Authority Beaver, Vice Chairman

 

• Mayor's Advisory Committee, Rochester, PA

 

• Salvation Army, Board of Directors

 

 

• Past Master, King Solomon's Lodge #78; New Brighton

 

• High Priest, Holy Royal Arch Masons, New Brighton

 

• Inherited from Grandfather, Grand Master of Masons, NJ

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you for visiting our exhibit honoring Francis Farmer, Sr.