Middletown transcript., 1914-02-21
DEATH OF Mr.. FARRELL

Alexander farrell died at his home
IN Delaware City, Friday afternoon,
the 18th of February, 1914 Of him it
may be truly said that he belonged to
that class of men in whose character
is expressed the truest ideals of Amer
lean life; whose industry, sober poise,
and christian virtue, have, in times of
of peace, contributed nightly to the
development and material progress of
their country, and to the protection of
her Institution; and whose unfaltering
courage and vicarious sacrifice in times
of war, bore her flag through blood and
peril, and with their sword, maintained
her honor
He came of sturdy stock His grand
father, John Corse, of Little Greek
Hundred, Kent County, Delaware,
whose red blood flowed too strong to be
curbed by the peaceful tenets of his
Quaker breeding, Joined the First Del
aware Regiment under Col. Haslet, in
the barracks at Dover, and bore the flag
at Long Island, and soon thereafter re-
ceived a Captains commission, and
starved and suffered and fought with
his regiment through the war of the
American Revolution. Alexander Jar
rell, true to the traditions of his race,
at blazing out of the "Civil War"
eighteen years of age, heard Lincoln's
call, and leaving a widowed mother
| (Rho, like thousands of other mothers,
gladly laid her son on her country's
altar took up his rifle and Joined that
other First Delaware Regiment, whose
record is written in the history of the
Army of the Potomac. Where the Army
of the Potomac marched, he marched,
and where it fought, he fought: At the
White Oak Swamps, Antietam, Peters
burg, Charlottesville. Gettysburg, The
Wilderness, Appomattox.
At the battle of The Wilderness, he
was wounded and taken prisoner, and
laid in Libby Prison." suffering with
his wound and fever, till wasted to a
mere shadow, was exchanged; and after
a few weeks in the hospital at Wash
ington, determined to ''be in at the
death, rejoined his Regiment and was
on the fighting line at AppomattOx,
where he lost his left leg at the thigh
The war ended, he quietly and unob-
trusively took his way in the pursuits
of peace; first telegrapher, and then
school teacher. Teaching proved
detrimental to his health, and he there
fore withdrew from the school room,
bought small farm in Kent county,
Delaware, and was married to Mary
Mannering, of Indiana, who was dis
tantly related to his mothers family.
AS the years went on he suffered
more and more from his old wounds,
and his once iron constitution began to
give way. For this cause, he sold his
farm, and turned again to the scenes of
his boyhood at Delaware City, where
he built dwelling, and amid the quie
tude of village life, passed the rem
nant of his eventful life, dying at the
age of 72.
About seven years ago, his wife, Mary
Mannering, died and he subsequently
married Mrs. Lena E. Hickey, who
survives MIN. He was one of a family
of five, residing near Middletown, Del.
He was a consistent member of the
Methodist Episcopal Church, given to
hospitality, generous to fault, a,chris-
tian gentleman.
On Monday afternoon his friends
bore him away to his last bivouac and
laid him to rest beside his wife and
mother, till the call of the last reveille
shall quicken him to the resurrection of
the just.
Soldier, rest! thy warfare o FER,
Dream of fighting fields no more;
Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking
Morn of toll, nor night of waking"
'.lJo rude sound shall reach thine ear,
Armor's clang, or war-steed champing,
Trump nor pibroch summon here
Mus tering clan, or squadron tramping,
Soldier, rest! thy warfare Ger.