Granville Edward Farish

In the winter of 1922, the community of Morrilton, Arkansas, was irrevocably altered by a violent sequence of events that led to the death of one of its own, Deputy Sheriff Granville Edward Farish. A male resident of Conway County, Farish was a married father of five children. His life was cut short in an encounter that spiraled into a grim chapter of local history.

On the afternoon of Saturday, December 9, 1922, Deputy Farish approached a man named Less Smith in an attempt to settle a de ...

Deputy Sheriff Granville Edward Farish

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