Joseph Anderson Faris: A Visionary of Rural America Born in St. Clairsville, Ohio, in 1833, Joseph Anderson Faris’s life was a testament to the quiet beauty and profound storytelling found within the landscapes and faces of rural America. Initially apprenticed as a cabinetmaker under his father, Faris’s artistic inclinations soon led him to the craft of marble cutting in Wheeling, West Virginia, at the young age of eighteen. This earl…