John Thomson Faris was an American editor, author, and clergyman. Faris was born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, son of William Wallace Faris, D.D. and Isabella Hardy Thomson. He was married twice: first to Clara Lee Carter. They had three daughters, including writer Bethann Beall Faris Van Ness. Then in 1936 he married Cora Lynn (Shaffner) Cooke.
