influential member of the grange, director of the Sandy Spring Savings Institution from circa 1856 to 1857, a census taker on at least two occasions (1850 and 1870) and a historian. He authored The Annals of Sandy Spring in 1882. Later life and death After about 1880, the aging Farquhar retired from most of his positions. For the rest of his life, he lived on his farm with his grandchildren and wife, where he published several books and remained influential with the Montgomery County School Board. Farquhar died at his home in Sandy Spring on February 17, 1887. Legacy In 1968, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) named their first middle school in the county William H. Farquhar Middle School after him. The school is on Batchellor's Forest Road. References External links 1813 births 1887 deaths 19th-century American historians 19th-century American male writers American surveyors People from York, Pennsylvania American people of Scottish descent People from Sandy Spring, Maryland Historians from Pennsylvania American male non-fiction writers Historians from Maryland