David M. Farrelly    

DAVID M. FARRELLY was born at Meadville, March 15, 1807, and Meadville, has always been his home. He was educated at Allegheny College, beginning his studies very young, and graduating in 1825. He also attended West Point. He adopted as his profession that of the law, and has continued its practice all his life. In the spring of 1830 he was appointed by Governor Wolf Register and Recorder of Crawford County. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Constitutional Convention which met at Harrisburg on the first Monday of May, 1837. The following year he was appointed as surveyor in locating the Erie Canal from Greenville to Erie, and in that capacity had charge of the clearing for the reservoir at Conneaut Lake. He made a survey of the ground to be covered as well as of the shore line of the lake in its natural state. Mr. Farrelly is a grandson of Daniel Mead, one of the first settlers of the county, and one of the pioneers of Meadville. Married February 3, 1843 to Elizabeth Mead of Meadville.

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