by Don C Seitz. 1919. 338p

Artemus Ward, born Charles Farrar Browne in Waterford, Maine, on April 26, 1834, was the son of Levi Brown and Caroline Eliza Farrar. Levi Brown descended from Thaddeus Brown, a settler from Massachusetts, while the Farrar family migrated from Guildhall, Vermont. The Brown and Farrar families were well-established in New England, with notable relatives including military officers and influential figures in the community.