Edward Farrell


Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery


Ed & Theresia

Birth: April 3, 1878 - Littleport, Clayton, Iowa, United States
Death: March 28, 1955 - San Diego, San Diego, California, United States
Buried: Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery, San Diego - Plot P, 110
Parents: James P. Farrell, Margaret (Dignan) Farrell
Wife: Theresia M. Farrell (born Wiese)
Siblings: Thomas Farrell, Nellie Kubias, William Farrell, Mary Moroney, Catherine Carey, Agnus Farrell, Frances Lorretta Donnelly, and names of 2 more siblings


According to Gerhardt Voge - Ed Farrell served in the Spanish America war.
Ed told Gerhardt that he was a war prisoner and was drug behind a horse as torture.

The 17th lost heavily in killed and wounded in the Spanish-American War, where it participated in the battles of El Caney and Santiago, and many of the officers and men were decorated for conspicuous bravery in action.