DAVID M. FARRELLY, attorney, Meadville, was born March 15, 1807, in Meadville, and is a son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Meade) Farrelly; the former a native of Ireland, and who came to this county at an early day, was a lawyer. He was elected to Congress in 1820, served three terms, but died about the close of his last term. Our subject's mother was a daughter of Gen. Meade, who was at one time a large and wealthy land owner here, and laid out Meadville, of which he was the founder. Of Patrick and Elizabeth Farrelly's family, David M., our subject, is the eldest. He is a graduate of Allegheny College, and in 1824 entered West Point as a cadet, remaining three years, when he returned to Meadville and studied law under David Derickson. In the spring of 1830 he was appointed Register and Recorder of Deeds of Crawford County by Gov. Wolfe. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention. In 1838 he was appointed Surveyor in locating Erie Canal from Glenville to Erie, and had charge of that line of survey. He is now one of the oldest law practitioners in Meadville. Our subject was married in 1843 to Elizabeth Meade, who was a granddaughter of Gen. Meade. They have five children now living.
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 737.
Meadville, Dec. 15-David M. Farrelly, the oldest member of the Crawford County Bar, died this morning at his residence in this city, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Farrelly was born in Meadville, March 15, 1807, and was a grandson of General David Mead, the first settler. Mr. Farrelly graduated from Allegheny College in 1824 and later, was a cadet at the military academy at West Point. While there, he was an intimate friend of the late Jefferson Davis. He was admitted to the bar February 9, 1830, and practiced his profession for an unbroken period of sixty years.
Titusville Herald, Tuesday, 16 Dec 1890, p. 1, col. 2, Titusville, Pa.
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 737.
Meadville, Dec. 15-David M. Farrelly, the oldest member of the Crawford County Bar, died this morning at his residence in this city, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Farrelly was born in Meadville, March 15, 1807, and was a grandson of General David Mead, the first settler. Mr. Farrelly graduated from Allegheny College in 1824 and later, was a cadet at the military academy at West Point. While there, he was an intimate friend of the late Jefferson Davis. He was admitted to the bar February 9, 1830, and practiced his profession for an unbroken period of sixty years.
Titusville Herald, Tuesday, 16 Dec 1890, p. 1, col. 2, Titusville, Pa.
DAVID M. FARRELLY, attorney, Meadville, was born March 15, 1807, in Meadville, and is a son of Patrick and Elizabeth (Meade) Farrelly; the former a native of Ireland, and who came to this county at an early day, was a lawyer. He was elected to Congress in 1820, served three terms, but died about the close of his last term. Our subject's mother was a daughter of Gen. Meade, who was at one time a large and wealthy land owner here, and laid out Meadville, of which he was the founder. Of Patrick and Elizabeth Farrelly's family, David M., our subject, is the eldest. He is a graduate of Allegheny College, and in 1824 entered West Point as a cadet, remaining three years, when he returned to Meadville and studied law under David Derickson. In the spring of 1830 he was appointed Register and Recorder of Deeds of Crawford County by Gov. Wolfe. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention. In 1838 he was appointed Surveyor in locating Erie Canal from Glenville to Erie, and had charge of that line of survey. He is now one of the oldest law practitioners in Meadville. Our subject was married in 1843 to Elizabeth Meade, who was a granddaughter of Gen. Meade. They have five children now living.
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 737.
Meadville, Dec. 15-David M. Farrelly, the oldest member of the Crawford County Bar, died this morning at his residence in this city, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Farrelly was born in Meadville, March 15, 1807, and was a grandson of General David Mead, the first settler. Mr. Farrelly graduated from Allegheny College in 1824 and later, was a cadet at the military academy at West Point. While there, he was an intimate friend of the late Jefferson Davis. He was admitted to the bar February 9, 1830, and practiced his profession for an unbroken period of sixty years.
Titusville Herald, Tuesday, 16 Dec 1890, p. 1, col. 2, Titusville, Pa.
History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania: containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc., portraits of early settlers and prominent men, biographies, history of Pennsylvania, statistical and miscellaneous matter, Chicago: Warner, Beers & Co., 1885, page 737.
Meadville, Dec. 15-David M. Farrelly, the oldest member of the Crawford County Bar, died this morning at his residence in this city, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. Mr. Farrelly was born in Meadville, March 15, 1807, and was a grandson of General David Mead, the first settler. Mr. Farrelly graduated from Allegheny College in 1824 and later, was a cadet at the military academy at West Point. While there, he was an intimate friend of the late Jefferson Davis. He was admitted to the bar February 9, 1830, and practiced his profession for an unbroken period of sixty years.
Titusville Herald, Tuesday, 16 Dec 1890, p. 1, col. 2, Titusville, Pa.
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