Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1915-10-28

cdbiSkH btasSS, puboeO away az Hth
home near Hazelton Thursday
night of last week after linger ill.,
ness. Peter Farrell. who was born
in County Kerry. Ireland. in March.
1912. died in the presence of the
members of his family and priest
Of the Roman Catholic faith, to
which denomination Mr.. Farrell had
always been devout member. can
Ger Of the stomach being the fatal
disease.
Peter Farrell was pioneer at
heart. When only 90 years of age
he left his home and friends in the
Old World and sailed for the shores
Of America to find happier life.
He worked at hIs trade of black
smithing at Freeport. H.. for a
few years and then moved to Des
M0ines. Iowa. where he had n shop
of his own. In 1869 he was married
to Eliza Nolan. After their mar
riage the Farrels moved to Omaha
and later Mr.. Farrell entered the
employment of The government and
was sent to Wyoming. Owing to the
continual Indian troubles there he
and his bride returned to Omaha.
Only three weeks after their depar-
ture the Indians fell upon the gar
rison and massacred the entire com
munity.
In 1884 Mr.. Farrell landed at Bis
marck. the frontier railroad town
which was to become the capital of
the state. Two years later he filed
on homestead near the present site
of Hszelton and has lived there ever
since. During the early days he
conducted a blacksmith shop at
Williamsport. Although the writer
was but youngster in those days
he remembers the old smithy well
as big. brawny son of Old Erin
that might we'll have been the hero
of Longfellow's immortal poem. AL
though it was six or seven miles
from his farm to town it was not
unusual for him to walk to and from
his work.
In addition to the aged wife, de.
ceased leaves four daughters and
two sons TO mourn his loss. They
are Mrs. w. B. Andrus, Misses
Lizzie, Anna and Regina Farrell
and James and Charlie Farrell.
The funeral was held at Hazelton
Monday morning at 6:30 o'clock
and the remains were taken to Bis
marck for burial.
With the passing from time to
time of Emmons county's pioneer
citizens who came here while yet in
the prime of life, we are continual
ly reminded that it is but a short
time until the personal remin-
iscences of those early days will be
silent in the grave and only history
can tell us of those soul.trying
times when hut the strong and
hardy survived: when. man IS
pleasure and prosperity were not
ready-made for him and could only
result from his own earnest endeav-
ors. 1t is hard for us of today to
realize what we owe to those who
suffered the many hardships of
those pioneer days to blaze the way
for our present happy circum-
stances.
AS we write this short resume of
the life history of one of Emmons
county's finest old men we are
caused to fancy standing by his bed
side while the once strong and ro-
bust constitution fought it's last
fight with that ever.certain victor,
Death. and a feeling of personal
loss results from simply knowing
that thu manly soul has been called
home to it's Maker.
While we feel for all members of
the bereaved family. especially does
our sympathy go out to the aged
widow who is left alone after a
companionship Of nearly half q
century.