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13 8 BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. Farrell. was also a nath'e of Ire-land. and lived in Chicago upon coming to this country. The death of his father and the necessity which was forced upon him of earning his own living, madc it imperative for him to go to work. and at the age of eleven years he secured employment on a farm in lIIinois. He continued at this until the outbreak of the Civil War, in 1861, when he enlisted in the Thirteenth Illinois Infantry, and participated in all the important engagements of that conflict. He was present and took part in the battles of Vicksburg, Arkansas Post, Mission Ridge. Ringgold Gap, Averasboro and Jonesborough, North Carolina. He was taken prisoner while at Madison, Alabama, by the Confederate forcc;, and was confined in the prison at Cahaba, Alabama, where he remained for sixty days, when he escaped from prison. He .was, however, recaptured and taken to Mobile, and later to the prison camp at Andersonvill~. Georgia, and from there to Savannah in the samt: State, and was later moved to l\·Ii!an. Georgia. He made his escape from this latter prison, and joined Sherman's army and took part in his famous march to the sea. He served throughout the remainder oi the war in Georgia and in the Carolinas, and after the close of the war participated in the grand review of the Union amlY which took place in Washington, D. C. From WashinC7ton .., he was sent to Louisville, Kentucky, and from there to Little Rock. Arkansas, where he was finalh' mustered out of the service as SerC!'cant oi Company I of the Fifty-sixth Illinois Regiment. He had served throughout the entire war Cl1listillC7 on i\lav Z-l. 1861, and being discharg-I.'d 011 :\ugust 12, 1865. 1\ her thc cessation of hostilities he removed to the 'Vest, alld traveled through Colorado and New ~Iexico, and. in iact, all of the inter-mountain and Pacific Slope States. He took up the business of freighting and mining, and crossed the plains to Pueblo. Colorado, and was engaged for a considerable timc in freighting in that State, as well as in Utah, Xe\'ada and Idaho. He came to Utah and settled ill Park City twenty-two years ago. At that time the settlement there had been in existence about fi\'e years. and ~rr. !·'art ::, • • rell was one of the first to take lip the work of cle\'c1oping the mining properties of that locality. I n association with :\[ r. D. C. ~IcLaughlin, he formed the Quincy Company, which bonded the Quillcy l'Iine. ~Ir. Farrell being now the presi. dent of the company which conclllcts its operations. In adJition to this mining property, Mr. Farrell is also interestecl in variolls other mining properties throughout Utah and in other sections ~ of the West. The Quincy l'Iine has now grown to· be one of the largest in the State, and gives : emplovment to over one hundred men, and is one \ . of the best dividend-paying properties in Utah.) 11 r. Farrell has seen Park City -grow from a smallj "?ini~g camp on the froll~i~r to its 'Present po~i1 tlon In the ranks of the cIties of Utah and to ItS: importance as one of the mining centers of this.: State. Our subject was married, in Salt Lake City. to :\Iiss Elizabeth !\ash, daughter of Thomas. I !\ash, and by this marriage they have had four; children. In political life he has always been a Repub-. lican , and has been one of the men who have,1 been chosen by the citizens of Park City to direct. its affairs, having ser\'ed two years as Mayor~ and :llso a term of two years in the Council .that city. He is also interested in the develo~1 ment of P:lrk City aocl the enlar~ement of th.q commercial resources of Ctah. He is one of thet 1 owners of one of the largest frei~htillg and del li\'ery businesses in Park City, conuuctecl undct; the name of Jame:; Farrell &: Co. ~Ir. F:lrrell is essentially ascii-made lIIan, an~ one who has won his war to his presellt positiod by dint of hard work alld unwavering industry' lIe started out to care for himseli at the earll' a<Te of e1e\'en .\'ears, and since that time has buil,~ ::, his way. step by step. to a high place in the busL ness and mining world of Ctah. He is one of ~t mo!;t suhst:lntial men in this State. alld one wh~ enjoys the confidence and esteem of all the peopl:, with \\'holll he }~as bee." associated. Alt.hOUg~ practically one ot the pIOneers of Park City. h~ prefers to li\'e in the capital of the State, an makes his home in this city. as ot.