Orleans FARRELL, Charles Henry & Patrick Joseph Biography of Charles Henry FARRELL (son of Patrick Joseph) Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 186 Charles Henry FARRELL, law student, Newport, was born 27 February 1888 at Newport [Orleans County, Vermont], son of Patrick Joseph and Sarah (MORSE) FARRELL. Educated at Newport High School and Georgetown University (Maryland). Mr. FARRELL is unmarried. He began work as a messenger boy in the freight traffic department of the Southern Railway Company in January 1906, continuing in various departments for about five years, when he left to become private secretary to Chairman PROUTY of the Interstate Commerce Commission, which position he now holds. Roman Catholic. Member of Bloomingdale Club of Washington, D. C.; was its president one year; member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity, vice justice for one year. 1st Biography of Patrick Joseph FARRELL (father of Charles Henry) Encyclopedia Vermont Biography: A Series of Authentic Biographical Sketches of the Representative Men of Vermont and Sons of Vermont in Other States. Dodge. Burlington: Ullery Publishing Company, 1912, p 187 Patrick Joseph FARRELL, lawyer, Washington, D. C., was born 10 May 1861 at Stanstead, Province of Quebec [Canada], son of James and Rose Ann Theresa (HART) FARRELL. Educated at Wells River and Newport Academies [Orange County, Vermont], but relying mainly upon his own efforts by private study to make himself a scholar. In early life he worked upon a farm; afterwards studied telegraphy; was billing clerk, Connecticut & Passumpsic Railroad, at Newport [Orleans County, Vermont], 1880; later, on the same railroad, train dispatcher at Lyndonville [Caledonia County, Vermont], station agent at Stanstead [Province of Quebec] and Derby Line [Orleans County, Vermont], and passenger train conductor between Stanstead and Newport. In 1884 began the study of law with Crane & Alfred, Newport, then with Hon. C. A. PROUTY; admitted to the bar 1887; appointed railway postal clerk the same year, and later chief clerk, with headquarters at Boston; resigned in 1889, and formed law partnership with C. A. PROUTY at Newport, continuing until 1891, when the Orleans Trust Company was organized and Mr. FARRELL made its treasurer, holding the position several years. For the past eleven years has been acting attorney for the interstate commerce commission, at Washington [D. C.], and in that capacity has occupied many offices including that of the commission's law division, with the title of solicitor. Democrat; has served several years on the Newport town committee, and was a member of the Democratic State Committee from 1888 to 1902; was candidate for states attorney for Orleans County in 1890; one of the Democratic candidates for Vermont presidential electors in 1892, and chairman of the Democratic state convention in 1894. Was delegate at large to, and member of resolutions committee in, Democratic national convention held at Chicago in 1896. Member of Roman Catholic Church. Legal residence at Newport [Orleans County], Vermont]; office at 1317 F Street NW, and residence at 1424 Clifton Street, NW, Washington D. C. In 1883 he [Patrick Joseph FARRELL] married [Mrs.?] Sarah M. BRADY of Newport [Orleans County, Vermont]; they have five children: Mary Agnes, Helen Isabel, Charles Henry, Charlotte Claire, and George Edward. 2nd Biography of Patrick Joseph FARRELL (father of Charles Henry) Men of Vermont: Illustrated Biographical History of Vermonters & Sons of Vermont. Ullery. Brattleboro: Transcript Publishing Company, 1894, pp 136-137 Patrick Joseph FARRELL, of Newport [Orange County, Vermont], was born 10 May 1861 in Stanstead, Province of Quebec [Canada]. His education was derived from the Wells River and Newport Academies [both in Orange County, Vermont], but he mainly relied on his own efforts by private study to make himself a scholar. Soon after his birth, his father removed to Newbury [Orange County, Vermont] and afterwards to Newport [Orleans County, Vermont]. In his early youth Patrick worked upon a farm and assisted his father in handling bark, and employed his evenings in studying the art of telegraphy. In the spring of 1880 he entered the employ of the Connecticut and Passumpsic Railroad, at Newport as billing clerk, and a few months after was transferred to Lyndonville [Caledonia County] as train dispatcher, then was employed at Stanstead [Province of Quebec] and Derby Line [Orleans County] as station agent, and conductor of passenger trains running from Stanstead [Canada] to Newport [Orleans County]. By the death of his father, he was compelled to resign this position and give his attention to the business affairs of the former, succeeding him as agent for a Boston firm who dealt in hemlock bark. He now turned his attention to the legal profession and in 1884 began studying law with Crane & Alfred at Newport, then entered the office of C. A. PROUTY, and was admitted to the bar in October 1887. He was appointed postal clerk the same year, his route extending from Newport [[Orange County, Vermont] to Springfield [Hampden County], Massachusetts, and soon after he was promoted to the position of chief clerk with his headquarters at Boston, having charge of the largest division in New England. He resigned in 1889 and returning to Newport, formed a copartnership with C. A. PROUTY in the law business which lasted nearly two years, when the Orleans Trust Company was organized and Mr. FARRELL was made its treasurer, which position he still retains and has also charge of the legal affairs of the bank. Mr. FARRELL has held several public offices in his town and village, and was, during three years, chairman of the board of trustees of said village. He is a strong Democrat, having served several years on the Democratic town committee, and is now a member of the Democratic state committee. In 1890 he was his party's candidate for the office of state's attorney in Orleans County, and in 1891 was one of the Democratic candidates for Vermont presidential electors and was an earnest and effective speaker in the political campaign of that year. On 09 August 1883 he [Patrick Joseph FARRELL] was married to Sarah M., daughter of Patrick and Johanna M. BRADY, of Newport [Orange County, Vermont]; their children are: Mary Agnes; Helen Isabel; Charles Henry; and Charlotte Claire. [Thus the fifth child, George Edward, who is mentioned in the 1912 biography, was born after the 1894 biography was published.] Mr. FARRELL is emphatically a self-made man, and one of the brightest attorneys in the state. He owes his success almost entirely to his own unaided efforts to advance, and deserves the highest credit for his energy and perseverance. He has used every honorable means to acquire his present enviable position, which now presents to him the flattering hope of a still more prosperous future. He is a member of the Roman Catholic church. [Note the discrepancy in these biographies regarding the maiden surname of Sarah FARRELL, the 1912 biography of Charles Henry FARRELL giving it as MORSE, and the biographies of Patrick Joseph FARRELL stating it as BRADY. She may have first been married to a MORSE and afterward married to Patrick Joseph FARRELL, or he could have married twice, both times to a woman named "Sarah." Submitter, who is not researching this surname, did not seek the actual marriage record in an attempt to resolve this discrepancy.] Submitted by Cathy Kubly