Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Frank Mcfarlen
• Alt. Birth: 5 Feb 1888, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA
• Alt. Birth: Feb 1889, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1900, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA

Frank married Cora Mae Fear on 13 Jun 1909 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois, USA. Cora was born on 19 Dec 1892 in Jasper Co., Illinois, USA; died on 14 Jan 1979 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Odessa Mae McFarland was born on 8 Dec 1910 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois, USA; died on 25 Nov 2002 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
2. Vernon Franklin McFarland was born on 16 Apr 1913 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois, USA; died on 31 Aug 1972 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
3. Living McFarland
4. Rosemary Jaunita McFarland was born on 17 Feb 1920; died on 1 May 1939 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles, IL.
5. Robert Lloyd McFarland was born on 22 Sep 1922 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; died in Dec 1972 in St. Louis Co., Missouri, USA; was buried on 30 Dec 1972 in Rest Haven Memorial Gardens, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA.
6. Living McFarland
7. Frank McFarland, Jr was born on 24 May 1928 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; died on 20 Nov 2004 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA; was buried in Dodge Grove Cemetery, Mattoon, Coles, IL.
8. Living McFarland
9. Medford Eugene McFarland

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Benjamin Franklin McFarland
• Name: Bergimar Franklin McFarlin
• Name: Frank Mcfarlen
• Alt. Birth: 24 Dec 1854, Zanesville, Muskingum, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1900, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1910, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1920, Newton, Jasper, Illinois, USA
• Residence: 1930, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA

Notes:

1 - I have double-checked the Archibald connection, and believe it is incorrect. I did some looking in the 1860 census in Muskingum Co. and found two young McFarlin children who were living with families with different surnames. One was a John McFarlin, 12, in 1860 living in Falls, and an Elizabeth, 8, also in Falls, with a different family. Since you say he was bonded out, we can guess that he might be related to John and Elizabeth, and that their parents died, so they were taken in by other families. I looked for John age 2 in the 1850 census in this same county, but no luck--if he can be found, then we might have a clue to parentage.
Census records that show McFarland with Tanner family.
In 1850 in Greenup Kentucky, there is a John P. Tanner family. He is a 49 yr. old cabinet maker, with wife Rhoda, and son George, age 18, born KY.
In 1860 in Morgan Co. Ohio, there is a George Tanner, age 27, farmer, born in KY, wife Mary Ann, 35, from Ohio, George W. Tanner, age one, born Ohio, and Frank McFarland, age 6, born Ohio.
In 1870 in Greenup Kentucky, there is John P. Tanner, age 70, with wife Rhoda, age 62, and Frank McFarland, age 18, born in Ohio.
I believe this is your Frank McFarland ancestor because it gives documentation to the story of his life that appeared in the Jasper County book. There were no Tanners in St. Louis that fit that part of the story, but the census above seems to fit.
[ Mary Helen Haines in e-mail rec: 3 Aug 2011]

2 - [Several Ancestry.com trees have] an Archibald and Emmaline Truxell McFarland as Benjamin's parents, I have talked with a couple of owners of the trees last year and they couldn't provide me any proof of how they connected them with Benjamin.
[E-mail from descendant Heather McFarland rec: 3 Aug 2011]

3 - In a newspaper article dated, May 5, 1938, it states that Benjamin Franklin McFarland died at the home of his daughter Bertha Swope, at 7:30 pm following a prolonged illness.
It also states, that Mr. McFarland came to Mattoon, IL as a young man. He worked as a railroad section worker for a few years, then moved to Jasper County, where he resided on a farm near Newton, IL.

4 - Benjamin Franklin McFarland b. Dec. 24, 1856 in Zanesville, OH; d. May 5, 1938, Mattoon, Coles, IL
Story from the Jasper County book: He was bonded out (as the story goes) as a youth to a family called Tanners in St. Louis. He traveled across the Mississippi River to Jasper county where he met and married Eliza Jane Reed. Their marriage in 1878 resulted in 11 children - 6 daughters and 5 sons. Benjamin was a distinguishable man with his striking blue eyes and white hair even at a very young age. Very little else is known about Benjamin and Eliza, however Eliza Jane died of a valvular lesion of the heart and influenza. She is buried in Vanderhoof Cemetery. It is believed that Benjamin was buried there also without a marker, but no proof exists.
Marriage Certificate: 1878 - Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA
Benjamin F. McFarland, age 23 and Eliza Reed, 21, were married at her father's residence by J.H. Aldrieh on the 28th of July, 1878. Witness to the union was William R. Highland (county clerk).
Death Certificate: Bergimar Franklin McFarlin b. Dec. 24, 1854 d. May 5, 1938 wife - Elisa Jane Age at death - 83 years 4 mos. 12 days Birthplace - Ohio Informant - Bertha Swope, Mattoon, IL Place of Burial - Riverside Cemetery, Newton, Jasper, IL (May 7, 1938) Undertaker - Louis Markwell, Newton, IL Died from - Cerebral Hemorrhage
Census Records:
1880 - Mattoon, Coles, IL
McFarland, Frank 24 b. Ohio, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ohio
McFarland, Eliza, 23, b. Kentucky, Fb. Kentucky, Mb. Kentucky
1900 - Wade Township, Jasper, IL
McFarlen, Frank, 48, Dec. 1852, b. Ohio, Fb. UN, Mb. UN
McFarlen, Eliza J, 42, July 1857, b. Kentucky, Fb. Ky, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, Myrtle, 16, Mar. 1884, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, Willie, 13, Aug. 1886, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, Frank, 11, Feb. 1889, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, John, 7, Oct. 1892, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, James, 4, July 1895, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarlen, Bertha M, 7/12, 1899, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
1910 - Wade Township, Japser, IL
McFarland, Benjamin F., 60, b. Ohio, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ohio
McFarland, Eliza J, 53, b. Ky, Fb. Ky, Mb. Ky
McFarland, John, 17, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarland, James, 14, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarland, Bertha, 11, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
McFarland, Emma, 8, b. IL, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Ky
1920 - Newton, Jasper, IL
McFarland, Benjamin F., 72, b. Ohio, Fb. Virginia, Mb. Pennsylvania
McFarland, Eliza J, 62, b. Ky, Fb. Ky, Mb. Ky
1930 - Wade Township, Jasper, IL
McFarland, Benjamin F., 83, b. Ohio, Fb. Ohio, Mb. Pennsylvania
[Facebook post by Heather Mac recieved as e-mail attachment from Terrance Gach MacFarlane 4 Jan.2011]

5 - Said by some sources to be son of Archibald Kent McFarland and Emaline Truxell. The will of Archibald's brother James which details the children of Archibald and Emaline shows no Benjamin and specifically names only three children for Archibald excluding this Benjamin. This Benjamin supposedly went by the name of Frank and seems to have been confused with Archibald Kent McFarland and Emaline Truxell's son Frank who died aged 2 years.
[E-mail attachment McFarland, James Estate0001.pdf from Myrna Beach Goodwin rec:1 Mar 2012]

Benjamin married Eliza Jane Reed on 28 Jul 1878 in Mattoon, Coles, Illinois, USA. Eliza was born on 16 Jul 1857 in Louisville, Jefferson, Kentucky, USA; died on 25 Feb 1925 in Newton, Jasper, Illinois, USA; was buried in Vanderhoof Cemetery, Wade, Jasper, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 16 Jul 1857, Augusta, Bracken, Kentucky, USA

Notes:

(Research):DNA connection confirms descent from Ralph or father Obediah.-Ed.

DNA:
Scots lineage. Jesse is somehow related to the Ralph and Obediah McFarland line that moved to Ohio from Virginia.

Jesse married Elizabeth Eveland on 1 Aug 1838 in Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth was born on 6 Aug 1815 in Front Royal, Warren, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Feb 1858 in Muskingum Co., Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]