OBIT: John FARRELL, 1886, Tyrone, Blair County, PA

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  Our community was sadly grieved yesterday afternoon, when the
news spread through town that John Farrell, Sr., was no more, he 
having expired suddenly a little after 3 o'clock at his residence 
in this place.  He had been ailing for some two weeks, and for a 
while was confined to his bed, but for the last few days he was able 
to go down stairs with his condition appearing so much better it was 
thought he was on the high road to recovery.  Kidney trouble was 
what ailed him, but it was stated last evening that he died of 
apoplexy. Whether this is true or not I cannot say, as I did not 
have time to investigate, but nonetheless Mr. Farrell, whom everyone
looked on with respect, has passed to the great beyond, and the 
curtain has dropped on a well spent and honorable career.  He was 
one of the oldest employees in the service of the Pennsylvania 
Railroad Company, having worked on the old Portage road, and was 
well and favorably known, not only in this county, but throughout 
Cambria and Somerset.  He struck the first pick that opened up the 
great P.R.R. on the western side of the Alleghenies, and was always 
looked upon as a faithful servant to the company.  He was about 72 
years of age and leaves a wife and seven children, five sons and two
daughters, to mourn his death.  He was a man of sociable qualities, 
an honest, upright citizen, a devout and faithful member of the 
Catholic church, and his loss will be deeply felt, not only by his 
own family, but by all who were intimately acquainted with him.  
May he rest in peace.

Tyrone Daily News, September 9, 1886

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