Hon. John Wilson Farrelly

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Husband Hon. John Wilson Farrelly ¹

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           Born: 1809 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 2
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         Father: Hon. Patrick Farrelly (1770-1826) 3 4
         Mother: Elizabeth Mead (1786-1811) 3 5

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General Notes: Husband - Hon. John Wilson Farrelly

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He graduated from Allegheny College. He read law under Hons. John B. Wallace and David Derickson, and was admitted to the bar in June, 1828. He soon took a leading position among his professional cotemporaries, and rapidly obtained a large and lucrative practice. In 1837 he was elected to the Legislature, in 1842 to the State Senate and in 1846 to Congress, serving one term in each. In 1849 he was appointed by President Taylor Sixth Auditor in the Treas-ury Department at Washington, D. C., in which position he served four years. He possessed a discriminating, technical mind, was clear in his ideas and very correct and logical in his conclusions, and was regarded as one of the eminent lawyers of Pennsylvania. For many years he suffered from asthmatic troubles, and when he died, he left a wife and three chil-dren to mourn his loss. John B. Wallace once said to Judge Derickson: "I consider John W. Farrelly the finest lawyer between Meadville and Philadel-phia;" which alone shows the high estimation in which he was held by those who knew him best.

He was a graduate of Allegheny College, and in 1840 was elected to Congress from this district. He served under Presidents Taylor and Fillmore as Sixth Auditor of the Treasury Department of the United States.

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 304, 309, 737.

2 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 309.

3 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 173, 304.

4 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 201.

5 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 306.