Featured Family - Farrell

Thank you Mary for stopping by yesterday and leaving a comment and a guess which family would be the next featured family. I could not believe my eyes as I read your comment, how did you guess? I did say that I had found information on the Farrell family in the 1860 Census at Footnote.com over the weekend.

My Great Grandmother, Sallie Rebecca Farrell Ziegler, was the twelfth child of Theophilus Lafayette Farrell and Janette M. Borden. I have to say that I was blessed to have known my Great Grandmother.


Theophilus Lafayette Farrell was born September 15, 1832 and died September 26, 1916 and Janette M. Borden Farrell was born December 23, 1833 and died January 13, 1913.
Theophilus and Janette married on May 5, 1853.

Children
l. Emily Parolee Farrell March 16, 1854 – Jan. 28, 1945
2. David Stokely Farrell July 9, 1855 – July 11, 1931
3. John Huff Farrell Jan. 18, 1857 – July 27, 1920
4. Mary Elizabeth Farrell May 17, 1858 – Feb. 13, 1944
5. Louisa Queen Farrell Jan. 20, 1860 – Sept.30, 1949
6. Jefferson Davis Farrell Aug. 9, 1861 – 1946
7. Thomas Lafayette Farrell Jan. 7, 1864 – Feb. 25, 1932
8. Addie Belle Farrell Feb. 5, 1866 – March 4, 1870
9. Nannie Janettte Farrell Dec. 11, 1867 – May 30, 1951
10. Marshall McKeldin Farrell Nov. 19, 1869 – Oct. 28, 1944
11. Ora Agnes Farrell (drowned) Mar. 31, 1871 – Feb. 26, 1875
12. Sallie Rebecca Farrell Nov. 30, 1873 – Mar. 2, 1972
13. Essie Gertrude Farrell April 26, 1876 – July 2, 1895
14. Pearl Mathenia Farrell April 5, 1878 – Oct. 20, 1958

There is no record of T. L. Farrell’s father. His mother was Elizabeth Marshall Farrell; she was born 1804 and died Oct. 30. 1878. She was known as Granny Farrell.
T. L. Farrell’s sisters were Julia Riddle, Rebecca Elizabeth Wilson, Mary (unmarried), and Louisa Edgemon (Aunt Sis).
I recently learned from the 1860 Census that T. L. Farrell was born in North Carolina. His sisters and mother were also born in North Carolina. I don’t know if the father died in North Carolina or after the family moved to Tennessee.
If you are related to the Farrell family in North Carolina or Tennessee please contact me.
I don’t have a lot of information or pictures but will be glad to share what I have.
The picture at the top of the blog is a copy, I don't know who has the original. I believe the boy on the left is my Grandfather, John Ziegler, and the lady next to him is my Great Grandmother. The older lady and man on the right side I believe are Janette and T. L. Farrell. I assume the others are their children but I do not know them.