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History of Lawrence, ORANGE, and Washington Counties, Indiana
Goodspeed Bros. & Co., Publishers - Chicago, 1884

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           WILLIAM FARRELL, an attorney of sixteen years' practice at the
        bar of Orange County, was born in New Albany, Ind., February 10,
        1841, a son of ANDREW and SARAH (METHENEY) FARRELL.  ANDREW
        FARRELL'S parents were natives of Ireland, but he was born at
        Liverpool, England, December 4, 1802, and in about 1816 immigrated
        to the United States.  For nearly ten years he followed seafaring,
        but then settled in Boston, from whence he removed to New Albany,
        Ind., in 1820, where he died in 1872.  His wife was born near
        Morgantown, on Cheat River, W. Va., in 1805, and died in 1876.
        WILLIAM FARRELL received his early education in the public schools
        of New Albany, and in 1861 enlisted in Company B, Thirty-eighth
        Indiana Volunteer Infantry, receiving his discharge in February,
        1802. In July of the latter year he became a clerk in the Subsist-
        ence Department of HANCOCK'S Army of the Potomac, a position he
        retained until the close of the war. He began the study of law at
        New Albany with JUDGE J. S. DAVIS, and in 1868 graduated from the
        Law Department of the Michigan State University. The fall of this
        year, he located for the practice of his profession, at Paoli, and
        has here since resided, engaged in active legal pursuits.  MR.
        FARRELL is the fortunate possessor of one of the most complete and
        extensive law libraries, from the organization of the Northwest
        Territory to the present, to be found in Indiana. In politics he
        is a Republican, and is a member of the I. O. O. F. In 1869 Miss
        MARY A., daughter of HENRY T. and HARRIET A. WIBLE, became his
        wife, and to their union were born five children: ALICE W.,
        HARRISON H., FRANCES H. (deceased), JOSEPHINE P. and MARY E. The
        mother died October 2, 1883.

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