William S. Farlow (1865-1929) was born in Orange, Illinois, and died in Los Angeles, California. The Farlow family, consisting of parents William and Perlina and their eight children, moved to Beatrice, Nebraska, in 1879. Along with his brother, Alfred Farlow, one of the most significant and well-known figures of the early Christian Science movement, they started a broom factory and also organized the Farlow Family Band, which gave concerts throughout the Midwest until the late 1880s. In 1885, a neighbor gave Farlow's mother a copy of Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. A reading of the book healed Farlow from tobacco addiction, as well as his brother Alfred from a life-threatening ailment. The family became interested in Christian Science and would study the book around the dining room table together during the evening. Soon after, in March 1886, Farlow and three of his siblings (Alfred, Emma L., and Sarah A.) enrolled in Primary class with Janet Colman, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's, who taught in Nebraska. Farlow then became a student of Eddy's himself, completing the Primary class with his brother, Alfred, in May 1887, the Normal class by himself in October 1887, and the Primary class again with his brother, Alfred, and sisters, Emma and Sarah, in February 1889. He became a member of the Christian Scientist Association in June 1887. The family moved to Topeka, Kansas, in 1888, and Alfred organized an institute for Christian Science instruction called the Kansas Christian Science Institute where both he and William taught and lectured extensively. Along with Alfred and their sister Sarah, Farlow joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Massachusetts, on April 1, 1893. The family moved to Kansas City, Missouri, that year and organized the Mission Church of Christian Science (also known as Third Church of Christ, Scientist) in 1895. Farlow married Ina S. Farlow (b. Schlotzhauer) in Kansas City, Missouri, in 1902. By 1910, they were living in Concord, Massachusetts, and by 1920 they had moved to Los Angeles. Farlow was a member of the National Christian Scientist Association, as well as the General Association of Teachers. He was listed in the directory of The Christian Science Journal as a Christian Science practitioner and teacher in Kansas City (beginning in 1895), Boston (beginning in 1900), and in Los Angeles (beginning in 1914) until his passing.

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