Biography

07/07/1809 - 12/20/1860

FARRELLY, John Wilson, a Representative from Crawford County; born, July 7, 1809 in Meadville, Crawford County, Pa.; A.M., Allegheny College, 1826; attorney (1828-1860); elected, burgess, Meadville (1837, 1839-1841); elected as a Whig to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1837-1838 term; unsuccessful campaign for reelection to the House (1838, 1839, 1840); elected, Pennsylvania State Senate (1841-1844); elected, United States Congress (1847-1849); presidential appointee, auditor, United States Post Office accounts, United States Treasury Department (1849-1853); elected, council, Meadville (1855); died, December 20, 1860 in Washington, District of Columbia; interred, Greendale Cemetery, Meadville, Crawford County, Pennsylvania.