PETER F. FARRELL

        Peter F. FARRELL,  a most highly respected and esteemed citizen 
of Wheeling, West Virginia, has lived in the city since 1857.  He was 
born January 19, 1840, and is a son of John and Ann (Donlon) Farrell.
	John Farrell was a very active man during his life, and had 
quite a railroad career.  He was born in County Longford, Ireland, in 
1800, and emigrated to the United States in 1828, proceeding to 
Washington, D. C., on his arrival in this country.  He made 
Washington his home for four or five years and then went to 
Baltimore, Maryland; he was employed on the construction train on the 
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad and went with it to Cumberland, Maryland.  
He made contracts with the road going west from Cumberland to 
Wheeling, and finished sections 4, 17, 183 and 185, comprising four 
miles.  Afterward he left that road and worked on the Northwestern 
Railroad from Grafton to Parkersburg, and finished section 93, known 
as "Farrell's Tunnel," and section 103, the last mile into 
Parkersburg.  His death too place at Walker, West Virginia, September 
13, 1855.
	John Farrell married Mrs. Ann Donlon, who was born in County 
Longford, Ireland, in 1805.  They had six children; among them are 
Peter F.; William, born in 1843, who is now deceased; Matthew, born 
in 1846, a resident of Colorado; and James A., born three years 
later, a prosperous merchant.  The boys came to Wheeling in 1857.  In 
political opinions, they are all Democrates.

From "HISTORY OF WHEELING and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens."  Edited & Compiled by Hon. Gibson Lamb 
Cranmer.  Biographical Publishing, 1902; p. 376-379. 

(Laurie Birks Dean)