The History of the Yakima Valley, Washington, Comprising Yakima, Kittitas and
Benton Counties, The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1919, Volume II, page 506

PATRICK H. TYRRELL.

Patrick H. Tyrrell has the care of a twenty acre orchard in the Selah valley, of
which he became the owner in 1907, and in connection with the cultivation of
apples he is engaged also in raising alfalfa. Thus his time is busily spent and
his community finds in him an active and representative citizen.

Mr. Tyrrell was born in Chisago county, Minnesota, July 28, 1864, a son of James
and Margaret Tyrrell, who were natives of Ireland and became residents of
Chisago county in early life, their marriage being there celebrated. It was in
1864 that James Tyrrell settled in Minnesota, where he engaged in farming
throughout his remaining days, his death there occurring in 1916. His widow
still occupies the old homestead in that state, where for more than a half
century she has lived.
No event of special importance occurred to vary the routine of farm life for
Patrick H. Tyrrell in his boyhood days. He acquired a public school education
and remained at home until he had attained his majority, after which he worked
at the barber's trade for a few years. He was later engaged in the drug business
in Minnesota for thirteen years and in 1907 came to Yakima county, purchasing
twenty acres of land in the Selah valley, for which he paid twelve thousand
dollars, the tract being planted to apples. He has it all seeded to alfalfa at
the present time and is thus producing a good crop of hay as well as apples.

On the 14th of May, 1898, Mr. Tyrrell was married to Miss Mary Irene Burns, of
Stillwater, Minnesota, a daughter of Daniel and Ann (Shortie) Burns. They have
become the parents of nine children: Gerald, at home; Catharine R., who is
deceased; Theodore; Nathalie; Phillip; Patricia; Daniel; Helen and Elizabeth.

Mr. Tyrrell and his family are members of St. Joseph's Catholic church, and he
also belongs to the Knights of Columbus. He is likewise connected with the
Modern Woodmen of America and the Brotherhood of American Yeomen. In politics he
is a republican and while living in Minnesota he served for two years as a
member of the city council of Linstrom. He has never sought public office since
removing to the northwest, preferring to concentrate his attention and his
efforts upon his business affairs. He is today the owner of an excellent
property, highly developed, and the progressive methods which marked his grain
raising in the Mississippi valley are equally manifest in the care of his
orchards in the Pacific northwest. His plans are well defined and promptly
executed and the faithful performance of each day's duty as it comes to him
gives him strength, inspiration and encouragement for the labors of the
succeeding day.

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Submitted to the Washington Bios Project in December 2007 by Jeffrey L. Elmer.
Submitter has no additional information about the subject of this article.