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Oliver Jasper Farabee
(1871-1959)

Oliver Jasper Farabee was born in January 1871, likely in Greene County, PA, the son of Spencer and Nancy (Minor) Farabee. Little is known about his life.

Oliver never married, and resided with his parents for many years.

In 1910, he worked as a laborer in a local tin mill. Working in the same occupation of his younger cousins William Allen Miner and Harry Orlan Miner, Ol also was a "well-known" carpenter in and around Greene County.

Ol was beloved by his many nieces and nephews, who adoringly called him "Uncle Ol." For more, be sure to read the memoir, Visits with "Uncle Ol" Farabee, by grand-nephew David Walker.

Ol resided in Franklin Township, Waynesburg.

Oliver died on Jan. 2, 1959, at the age of 87, at the Greene County Hospital in Waynesburg. He was buried at Oakmont Cemetery near Waynesburg, following services at the Church-Mariner Funeral Home, officiated by Rev. John P. Doney.

At his death, Ol's newspaper obituary was clipped by a nephew, William Franklin "Frank" Taylor (son of Ida [Farabee] Taylor), and saved for posterity. The obituary said Ol "was the last of his family and had never married. Several nieces and nephews survive."

In his will, Ol named as heirs his nephews Thomas Farabee, Barney Farabee and Charles Farabee, who were to receive $200 each, and his nieces Aldine Gause and Lottie Rankin, who were to receive $100 each.

His brother Clint and nephew Thomas served as executors of his estate.