Leonard Roscoe and Ethel E. Plummer Farmer
Leonard Roscoe Farmer, the eleventh child of George and
Lydia Farmer, was born in 1873 in Mooresville, Morgan County, Indiana.
He married Ethel E. Plummer, born 1881 in
The couple had two children:
Emmett T., b. 1901
Victor Roy, b. 1904, d. 1908 in Morgan County, Indiana, b. at the Mooresville Cemetery (Section 8S), Morgan County, Indiana.
Leonard Roscoe and/or Ethel E. are found in the following federal census records:
1910 in Brown township, Morgan County, Indiana (Leonard, Ethel, Emmett)
1920 in
1930 in Brown township, Morgan County, Indiana (Leonard, Ethel)
Leonard Roscoe died on
Leonard Roscoe Obituary
From a file at the Morgan County Public
Library, no newspaper name given, dated
"Death Claims Roscoe Farmer
Illness of Several Months Proved Fatal Friday Afternoon at Home at Camby
Funeral Will Be Held Sunday
Final Rites Will be Conducted in
Roscoe Farmer, former sheriff of Morgan county, died Friday
afternoon at
Mr. Farmer was 66 years of age. He was born on a farm two and one-half miles east of Mooresville and resided there until he was elected sheriff of Morgan county on the Republican ticket. He served as sheriff from 1916 to 1920, being re-elected after his first term of two years. Mr. Farmer made an excellent record in the office of sheriff and retired with the respect and good will of the public.
He located in Camby some time after retiring from office and resided there until his death.
Surviving relatives are his wife, one son, Emmett Farmer, who operates a chain of filling stations, and one sister, Mrs. Cassie Hadley, of Mooresville.
The funeral services will be held Sunday afternoon at
The burial will be in the Mooresville cemetery."