Patrick J. Farley Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913, pg 465 Patrick J. Farley has lived in Arizona since 1888 and is now the clerk of the court in Prescott. He was born in Ireland, March 17, 1854 and is a son of Michael Farley who came to the United States in 1867, settling in Alabama. He later removed to Missouri where he was joined by his children in 1883. Patrick J. Farley acquired a normal school and civil service education in Ireland. In 1883 he became a resident of Missouri where for some years he was in a business partnership with his father. One year later he went to Kansas City and was for three years foreman for the contracting firm of Smith and Bear. In 1888 he came to Arizona and has been a resident since that time. Mr. Farley has given a great deal of time to journalism, beginning as a reporter on the Prescott Journal Miner and was serving as city editor when he resigned. Later he held a similar position on the Courier but was also again connected with the Miner as a night editor. He was elected county recorder in 1900 and served four years. Mr. Farley has been twice married. He wedded first Miss Mary Carr and after her death he married Mollie B. Kirwan, a native of Dublin Ireland. She is a daughter of a lumber merchant in that city and was graduated from St. Michael's Convent of Mercy in Newton Forbes, County Longford Ireland. She is a lover of good music and a pianist of unusual ability. Mr. Farley has four children by his first wife. USGenWeb Project NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format for profit, nor for commercial presentation by any other organization. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than as stated above, must obtain express written permission from the author, or the submitter and from the listed USGenWeb Project archivist.