Source: History of Mitchell and Worth Counties, Iowa, 1883; Page 336.
Samuel G. Tyrrell became a resident of Mitchell county in the spring of 1866, when he located on his present property in Jenkins township. Mr. Tyrrell was born in Windsor Co., Vt., Feb. 12, 1836. He went to Jo Daviess Co., Ill., when ten years old, and there grew to manhood.
He enlisted in the civil war in company E. 7th Illinois Cavalry Volunteers, serving until the close of the war, and returned to Illinois, where he resided until his removal to Iowa.
Mr. Tyrrell was married in Illinois, July 8, 1863, to Mary A., daughter of Joseph Lawfer, She was born in Pennsylvania. Mr. and Mrs. Tyrrell have three sons and five daughters – Oscar F., Minnie E., Viola A., Ada M., Cora E., George H., Willard J. and Florence E.
In 1875 Mr. Tyrrell bought a tract of 543 acres of land in Minnesota, near Leroy, and in 1876 commenced growing wheat on an extensive scale. A series of poor seasons made the enterprise unsuccessful, and in 1881 he sold out and returned to Mitchell county, to his old farm.
Transcribed by Gordon Felland, Dec. 2004