William Stamps Farish II
William Stamps Farish II, born in Mayersville, Mississippi
(February 23, 1881 to November
29, 1942) was the Standard Oil president and a
founding member and president of the American Petroleum Institute in
1926[citation needed].
He was the son of William Stamps Farish (1843-1899) and Katherine Maude Power (1860-1931)[1], cousin of Jefferson Davis[2] (For unknown reasons, his father is not usually counted in the sequence.).
He married Libbie Randon Rice (cousin of the first wife of Jefferson Davis, Sarah Knox Taylor, daughter of President Zachary Taylor) in Houston on June 1, 1911. Libbie Randon Rice was a granddaughter of Walter Browne Botts, a founder of the international law firm of Baker-Botts. They had a son, William Stamps Farish, Jr., and a daughter, Martha Farish Gerry. William Stamps Farish, Jr., the father of William Stamps Farish III, was in the US Air Force during World War II.
Farish, with others, founded Humble Oil in March 1917. Later, it was absorbed by Standard Oil/Exxon. In 1933 he became chairman of the board of Standard's New Jersey division and in 1937 became Standard's general president.
Lazy F Ranch
William Stamps Farish II founded Lazy F Ranch in Texas. After his death in 1942, his widow and daughter took over the running of the operation. Under Lazy F colors, Martha Gerry bred and raced a number of Thoroughbred racehorses the most famous of which was Forego who raced between 1973 and 1978. Voted United States Horse of the Year three years in a row and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee, Forego was ranked #8 in The Blood-Horse magazine list of the Top 100 U.S. Racehorses of the 20th Century[citation needed].
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- William Stamps Farish III (son)
- William Stamps Farish IV (grandson)
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