[p. 946] owner of 100 acres of fine farming land in North Beaver Township, which is situated on the New Castle-Petersburg Road, about ten miles southwest of New Castle, was born on a farm situated about one-fourth of a mile from his present one. The old farm is now the property of William Ehle. Mr. Failor was born November 9, 1853, and is a son of Jacob and Rosina (Griener) Failor.
Jacob Failor was about eight years old when he accompanied his father, Michael Failor, from Germany to America. The family settled near Unity, in Columbiana county, Ohio, and there Jacob was reared to manhood. He subsequently married the widow of John Ehle. She was born in Germany, and her people had also first settled in Ohio. Both parents died on the farm now owned by Andrew Failor.
Mr. Failor has spent his life in North Beaver Township. He married Anna Margaret Best, who is a daughter of Conrad and Margaret (Rosenberg) Best. Mrs. Failor was born and reared in Beaver County. Pennsylvania, where her parents died. Mr. and Mrs. Failor have two children—Lilly May, who is the wife of Lyman Johnston, of Hilltown, and Harry Monroe, who manages the entire work of the farm. It is very unusual to find a youth of but sixteen so successful and interested a farmer, but the truth is, the young man has had to shoulder all the responsibility of carrying on the place since he was thirteen years old, at which time his father was prostrated with a stroke of paralysis. Mr. Failor may well be congratulated that his son not only has the sturdy strength for his hard work, but also that he has the good judgment and the good will that make his undertaking successful. He is very highly esteemed through the neighborhood.
When married Mr. and Mrs. Failor went to housekeeping in a log cabin, which is still standing, and which is probably the oldest of these picturesque dwellings in Lawrence County. The family lived in comfort in the old house for twenty-one years, but in 1902 built the present commodious frame one. Mr. and Mrs. Failor are valued members of the Petersburg Lutheran Church in which he served as a member of the board of trustees until his affliction came upon him.
20th Century History of New Castle and Lawrence County Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens Hon. Aaron L. Hazen Richmond-Arnold Publishing Company, Chicago, Ill., 1908
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