Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1914 — GEORGE W. FARIS DIED IN WASHINGTON, D. C. [ARTICLE]

GEORGE W. FARIS DIED IN WASHINGTON, D. C.

Forster Resident of Jasper County and Later Congressman From The Fifth District. George W. Faris, a native of Jasper county and so far as the writer knows the only native born man who was ever elected to the United States congress, is dead in Washington, D. C, where he has lived for a number of years. Mr. Faris lived for many years in Terre Haute, where he was elected to congress for three terms, running on the republican ticket. After serving .six years as the representative of the fifth Indiana district he engaged ih the practice of law in Washington, D. C.

Deceased was a first cousin of C. P. Wright and Mrs. J. W. Medicus, of this city.