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Surname: O'Farrell
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I could find no information for O'Farrell's, but I found a few references
to Farrell in Storey County. Could be same surname, with these relatives
dropping the O.
Buried in Virginia City
Mary Emma Farrell
b. Mar 12 1862
d. July 4, 1869
Only child of R. & F. Farrell. Buried plot A-053-CA
Richard Farrell
b. abt 1826
County Kildare, Ireland
d. August 18, 1882
Buried in plot A-053-CA
Buried in Gold Hill
Margaret Farrell
b. April 19 1873
Gold Hill NV
d. May 4, 1873
Catholic Cemetery, plot not located
From the Alf Doten Journals (A newspaper man's daily account
1949-1903)
I found these references, none of which have an O. I hope this helps in
some way, if not, it's still interesting reading about Nevada's history
and her characters.
April 13, 1882, Austin, Nevada:
Mr. Doten walks from his house to upper Austin, to visit with the bookkeeper
of the Manhattan Mine Company, M. J. FARRELL
May 31, 1882, Austin, Nevada:
Mr. Doten walks up to the Manhattan Mill and spends time with FARRELL,
the bookkeeper, who gives Doten a big specimen of very rich ore
July 16, 1882, Austin, Nevada:
SENATOR M. FARRELL of Nevada joined Mr.Doten during an interview with General
O. H. LaGrange..
August 23, 1882, Austin Nevada:
Mr. Doten toasted the town with Governor F. W. Dunn, Supt of the Nevada
Central and MIKE J. FARRELL, had a jolly time.
March 28, 1883, Austin, Nevada:
Mr. Doten rode with Melvin Curtis on a buckboard up to the Paxton Incline
where they were joined by Frank M. McMasters, general freight agent for
the Nevada Central Railroad and ED FARRELL, foreman of the Manhattan Mines,
together they rode down the incline to the 1650 level or bottom of the
incline
May 13, 1883, Gold Hill, Nevada:
Mr. & Mrs. MIKE J. FARRELL come from Austin to visit
July 19, 1883 Austin, Nevada:
The main office of the Manhattan Mining company, near the mill, is a very
unpretenticous structure, M. J. FARRELL is Chief Clerk in Charge and has
been for nummerous years.
August 16, 1883, Austin, Nevada:
Twenty years ago Austin was the grand Mecca of the Pacific Coast, toward
which fortune hunters rushed pell mell from all directions. Among the features
of the rushing pilgrimage,
giving it a decidedly Mecca-ish appearance, is recorded in M.J. FARRELL's
address, delivered before the Society of Reese River Pioneers:
"I recollect the advent of the train of camels, and the crowds they attarcted.
They were hideously ugly, carried immense loads, and were enginnerered
by a red-headed Oriental from County Cork. They were not impeded in their
progress by the crowded streets, as their presence was a terror to all
the horse kind. Of course the numberous pack trains of mules and donkeys
took to the sagebrush in demoralized dismay when these awful looking beasts
came stalking along with rod strides, humping their huge loads high in
air and assuming a proscriptive right to the road through their unrivaled
ugliness. It is not recorded that they made many trips across the deserts
to this Mecca. We all remember how these imported camels and dromedaries
were ranched and culitivated by some
French Arabs on the Carson river, and were used to pack salt and fuel to
Virginia City in the early days, and how an ordiance had to be passed against
their coming into the city in the day time on account of the disatrous
fright they gave to teams on road, and in fact to all other living animals.
It is a comfort to know that these ungainly, unprofitable beasts have permanently
evacuated this section, and are now roasting their humps beneath the red
hot skies of Arizona. They would
scare anything but a street locomotive"
February 5, 1885, Gold Hill, Nevada:
MIKE FARRELL in from Austin to attend meeting of the Silver Society tomorrow.