WARD: Artemus Wars (Charles Farrar Browne) A Biography and Bibliography with Illustrations and Facsimilesby 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.