Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Fred L McFarland
• Alt. Birth: Feb 1879

Notes:

FRED L MCFARLAND (1879 to 1962)
Fred L McFarland is the oldest surviving son of Virgil and Mary McFarland. He first shows up in the 1900 Youngstown census, age twenty-one living with his parents, and a younger brother and sister.
He is next located in 1920, still in Youngstown, owning a house on Dewey Ave, working in a steel mill, and married with one daughter. By 1930, Fred McFarland, age fifty-one, with wife Jennie, daughter Anna Bell and mother-in-law Bridget, is stil l in Youngstown, now on West Florida, and is still a yardmaster at a steel mill.
Fred appears to have had only the one daughter. This "line" was not followed further.

1900 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 72 p 20b (his age 21, born in Ohio, a RR fireman)
1920 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 245 p 239 (his age 40, born in Ohio, a yardmaster at a steel mill)
1930 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 70 p255 (his age 51, born in Ohio, a yardmaster at a steel mill)
(by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, rev Oct 2018)

Fred married Jennie Donnachine on 15 May 1907 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. Jennie was born on 17 Oct 1878 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA; died on 19 Apr 1970. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Anna Bell McFarlin was born on 22 Jun 1909 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA; died after 1930.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Virgil C. McFarland

Notes:

The first child of William and Samantha (McClelland) McFarland was Virgil C McFarland, born in 1852, either in Youngstown or Coitsville, Ohio. His father William died when Virgil was less than eight and his mother took him and his younger brothe r William to her parents home in Coitsville. He is listed there as C V McFarland, in the 1860 Coitsville census.
His mother remarried in 1863, to John H Reed, and the three of them moved to the neighboring Reed farm where they joined their five new stepsisters and brothers, ages seven through twenty-four.
By 1870, at age eighteeen, Virgil had left home, perhaps for nearby Youngstown. At least he was not located in Coitsville, in the 1870 or 1880 enumerations, and is found again in the 1900 Youngstown census.
In 1878, Virgil had married Mary, daughter of David and Jemima (Raney) Cooper, born in Ohio, and seven years older than he. They had seven children, three were still living and with them in Youngstown in 1900. At this time he owns his own home o n Rayen Ave, and works for the railroad as a conductor. His twenty-one year old son, Fred L McFarland also works for the railroad as a fireman, and lives at home along with a brother, David C, and sister, Hazel B, both attending school.
By 1907, Virgil has died (*1 p 740), probably in Youngstown, leaving Mary a widow.

Sources for Virgil C McFarland
1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 16 with his grandfather William McClelland (Virgil's age 8, born in Ohio)
1870 census; Virgil not found
1880 census; Virgil not found
1889, 1890 Youngstown, Ohio city directories; Virgil C McFarlin, conductor for P&W yard, lives 228 Belmont Ave
1890 census; not extant
1900 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 72 p 20b (his age 48, a RR conductor, born in Ohio, both par b in Ohio)
1910 census; Virgil not found

Other References
*1 Sanderson; 1907

Virgil married Mary A Cooper in 1878. Mary was born on 29 Apr 1855 in Ohio, USA; died on 28 Jan 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: Apr 1842

Notes:

"Mary, daughter of David and Jemima (Raney) Cooper, is the widow of Virgil C McFarland..."(*1 p 740).

Other References
*1 Sanderson; 1907

Notes:

WILLIAM MCFARLAND (ca 1823 to ca 1856)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised Oct 2018)

William (son of "John") McFarland, "...reared a large family. Eleven c hildren arrived at years of maturity. But one son is living, Anderson , at Coitsville. Four of his daughters are living, viz: Mrs Lydia Maha n, Liberty, Trumbull county; Miss J emima McFarlin, Niles; Mrs Matild a Price, Coitsville, and Mrs Lavina Harris, Youngstown..." (*1 p 168) . In the sketch for Elizabeth Loveland (*1 p 165), Williams wrote, ".. .Elizabeth became the mother of six sons and six daughters." All abo v e written in 1881-1882.
This William McFarland (jr), is probably the son of William and Elizab eth (Loveland) McFarland.
In 1830, he appeared to be at home on his father's farm on the Hazelto n road in Coitsville, one of eleven children at that time. Ten years l ater, at age sixteen, he continued at home, helping his father farm. I n 1850 he appeard to have moved t o nearby Youngstown and is a clerk li ving with the A D Jacobs family. A D Jacobs' wife, Elizabeth, may b e a McFarland relation?
Later, in Dec 1850, William McFarland married Samantha McClelland, dau ghter of William and Hannah McClelland of Coitsville. He and Samanth a had grown up a few miles from each other. Samantha's father William , had been appointed the guardian o f this William McFarland's uncle Al exander's children, after Alexander was killed by a falling tree.
However, it seems that William jr died sometime between 1853, (since h is second son William M McFarland was born in 1854), and 1860, when hi s widowed wife Samantha is found living back at her parents home in Co itsville. About 1863 Samantha McFa rland remarries to a near neighbor , widower John Reed of Coitsville.
Probate, land and vital records should be checked for this William.

PFM's SOURCES for William McFarland;
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; with his father William McFarland , (William jr's age 5-10)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; with his father William McFarland , (William jr's age 15-20)
1850 census; Youngstown, Ohio p 420; with A D Jacobs, (William McFarla ne sic, age 27, clerk, born in Ohio)
1860 census; William not located

Other REFERENCES
*1 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2

William married Samantha McClelland on 19 Dec 1850 in Mahoning Co., Ohio, USA. Samantha was born on 4 Oct 1828 in Poland, Mahoning, Ohio, USA; died on 12 Mar 1896 in Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA; was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery, Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

SAMANTHA MCCLELLAND (1820 to 1896)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - Oct, 2018)

Samantha McClelland was married to William McFarland, 5 Dec 1850, b y A O Rockwell (*1). She was the daughter of William and Hannah McClel land, both born in Pennsylvania, who came to Poland, Ohio, the next to wn south of Coitsville, in the 1820's . Samantha is indicated in the 18 30 Poland census as their first daughter.
By 1840, Samantha, with her parents, had moved north into Coitsville , quite near various McFarland families, including her future husband , William McFarland. Samantha and her parents are still found there i n 1850, living in the same neighborhoo d with the McFarlands, McBrides , Harris', Kimmels and Kirks, all future relatives of hers (by marryin g a McFarland, and then a Reed). After their wedding in late 1850, th e couple may have stayed in Coitsville with William's parents, Willia m an d Betsy, or with her family. Land records here would be the most h elp to see if they had been granted any land to start with on their ow n.
They had two sons; Virgil and William Mason McFarland, and then appare ntly, her husband William died. The widow Samantha is found (with he r children) at her McClelland parents Coitsville home in 1860.
March 4th 1863, at age thirty-five, she married John H Reed, (widowe r of Jane Kimmel, *2 p 175). John was also from the same 'neighborhood ' in Coitsville. He was twelve years older than she, and had four chil dren of his own. Samantha and Joh n had two more daughters; Althea an d Pluma. This new family is presented in the 1870 census, still livin g in the same general area of Coitsville. In their household is Samant ha's youngest McFarland son, Mason, age seventeen, helping out as a f a rm laborer on his stepfather's farm. In 1880, Mason is with the Willia m Reed family in Coitsville.
Samantha (McClellend) McFarland Reed is listed in the 1880 Coitsvill e census with her farming husband John Reed and their two daughters. S amantha Reed died 12 March 1896 and was buried in the Oak Hill Cemetey , Youngstown, Ohio.

(Research):PFM's SOURCES for Samantha (McClelland) McFarland
1830 census; Poland, Ohio p 242; with her father William McClelland (S amantha's age, under 5)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 188; with her father William McClellan d (Samantha's age 5-15)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 579; with her father William McClellan d (Samantha's age 23, born in Ohio)
1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 16; with her father William McClellan d (Samantha's age 32, born in Ohio)
1870 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 95; with John Reed (Samantha's age 42 , keeping house, born in Ohio, both par born in PA)
1880 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 89; with John Reed (Samantha's age 52 , keeping house, born in Ohio, both par born in PA)
1880 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 90; (Samantha's son Mason's age, 26, b orn in Ohio, farm laborer)
1890 census; not extant

Other REFERENCES
*1 Marraiges of Mahoning county, Ohio 1846-1851 p 177
*2 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Distiller
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN (1780 to 1853)
SCOTS IRISH PIONEER and OHIO DISTILLER
(Research by 2nd gr gr grandson Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, rev
ised Dec, 2019)

William McFarland was born 8 May, 1780; (Pioneer Cemetery record) in I reland (confirmed by his 1850 census and son Amos' 1880 census) and im migrated to America along with his family, about 1796. (*1). This arri val date also agrees with his olde r brother Alexander's deposition giv en about the same time.
William's father; John McFarland was likely with the family when the y came from county Tyrone, Ireland. They all apparently lived somewher e in eastern Pennsylvania, since his father John McFarland; "... was k illed east of the Mountains..." (* 2 p 1024). (see John McFarland’s De c 2019 biography elsewhere).
About 1799 William's mother, the widow Margery (Anderson) McFarland ap pears to have arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford), Pennsylvania with he r children. (see Margery McFarland’s Dec 2019 biography elsewhere). Sh e apparently lived with her brothe r John Anderson in Hopewell/New Bedf ord for a few years. She and her children are likely enumerated with J ohn Anderson in the August 1800 US census (pg 433 for Mercer co, PA) , "... and then moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, where (William McFarl i n) was engaged in farming and distilling. (*2 p 1024)."
About 1803 William, age about twenty-three, arrived in Coitsville, Ohi o with his widowed mother Margery and five brothers and sisters, wher e they likely lived together with his older brother Alexander for th e first few years (*3 p 168). Willia m may have received (bought?) 10 0 acres of land in Oct of 1807. (*4a). He was a farmer (as most all we re termed) and was on the county poll tax lists in Coitsville, Ohio a t least for 1807 through 1811 (*4b). In December of 1812, William an d ne ighbor Elizabeth Loveland were married. They were both of Coitsvil le, Ohio (*5). She was the daughter of Amos and Jemima (Dickenson) Lov eland.
William and Elizabeth "...settled on the top of the hill on the Hazelt on road...in early times had a distillery and pushed the business wit h energy for some years... He reared a large family. Eleven children a rrived at years of maturity" (*3 p p 168,171).
William was conscripted into the US army to fight in the War of 1812 ( *6) and he "...served six weeks, then returned home and hired a substi tute." Dates of enlistment were January 1st to March 9th 1813. He serv ed as an infantry private in Capt . James Hezlop's company.
In 1820, all six of William and Elizabeth's children at the time wer e listed as under ten. The 1820 Coitsville census lists the widow Marg ery McFarland's four sons; William, Andrew, James and Alexander, in th eir own households all living near e ach other in Coitsville, three eve n adjacent. See 1830 map below; showing the four McFarlin brothers. Al so shown nearby in southwest Coitsville, across the Mahoning River, i s Amos Loveland, age 58, and his family. All four of the McFarlin fam i lies were 'engaged in agriculture'.
By the 1830 census there were eleven people enumerated in William’s ho usehold. In the 1831 Coitsville personal property list ‘William McFarl in’ owned two lots of land; 50 acres and 167 acres. (see 1830 Plat ma p above) He also owned two horses a nd six cattle. "... In 1831, Will iam McFarland built the old stone house to which the parents of Mrs Cr eed moved..." (*8 p 859). In both the 1840 and 1850 censuses, he rema ined in farming. In the census of 1850, he named IRELAND as his pla c e of birth and value of real estate at $4,800, a substantial family fa rm for those days.

This 1840 Coitsville Town Plat map indicates the first town roads by d otted lines. Land owned by the four McFarlin brothers shows them in th e southwest and south area of the town.

Alexander McFarlin died 1833 (age fifty-five) Owned sawmill. His heir s own - 77 acres
William McFarlin - age sixty - 160 acres and 50 acres. Ran a successfu l distillery.
Andrew McFarlin - age fifty-six - 80 acres. Postmaster and ran “Temper ance House” in the Village
James McFarlin died 1838 (at age forty-three), distiller. His heirs ow n - 124 acres

William McFarland died on his farm in Coitsville, November (or Decembe r?), 1853, aged seventy-three. He "died Nov 12(sic), 1853" (*7 Edwards ). In his estate settlement (*9), his widow Elizabeth and son Anderso n were appointed administrators, an d on the bond were "A D Jacobs an d John McFarlin". A. D. Jacobs was a merchant in Youngstown who ha d a William McFarlane, clerk, age twenty-seven, boarding at the mercha nt's home in 1850. This may indicate some kind of family connection. T he J ohn McFarlin, also on the bond, was likely William and Elizabeth' s son John (age about 34), who had been living at nearby David Lovelan d's farm in 1850.
The 18 Dec, 1853 Inventory shows goods set off to widow, and debts owe d to the estate were from; Edward Mahan, Calvin Applegate, David Lovel and, (son) Anderson McFarlin, Henry Morgan, J. B. Wolf, John Milligan , A.Y. Boak, A.D. Jacobs, and Davi d McMullin. At the 30 Dec 1853 vend ue (public auction) for William McFarland's remaining estate, the onl y McFarlands present were "Jno. and Andrew." These probably were clos e family members; likely his sons John and Andrew.
The Scots/Irish immigrant William McFarland was buried in the Pionee r Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Ohio. His cemetery marker reads; "Wi lliam McFarlin Born May 8 1780 Died Dec 13 1853" (*10).

The family members who erected the cemetery marker chose to spell th e family name in the newer fashion; McFARLIN

PFM's SOURCES for WILLIAM MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN;

1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; sp McFarland (his age 26-45, a fa rmer)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; sp McFarland (his age 40-50)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; sp McFarlane (his age 60-70, a fa rmer)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577; sp McFarland (his age 70, a farme r, born in IRELAND, real value; $4,800)
1853 Mahoning Co Graves Registration card; "William McFarlin died De c 13, 1853. born May 8 1780, bur Coitsville Methodist Cemetery; Row 10 , block 9, grave # 15. Served in War of 1812, 1/1/1813 to 3/9/1813. In f private in Capt James Hezlop's Co. "

Other REFERENCES;

*1 1809 Depositions on Contested Election of Richard Hayes on 7 Nov 18 09; Trumbull county; Ohio Gen Soc Report 24:3 p 202. William McFarlan d states; "America 1796", and (his brother) Alexander McFarland avows ; (he was in) "America about 14 year s".
*2 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888
*3 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*4a Ohio Land Records Pre-1908 Homestead ... and Plat Entry Index, Do c # 1868; from James Culbertson - to - William McFarland 100 acres sur vey date 1804/01/23 ref 1 Stat. 82.
*4b Ohio GS Report 27:3 (1987) pp 129-131
*5 Ohio County Marriages (v1-p58); William McFarland to Betsey Lovelan d, both of Coitsville township on 17 Dec 1812, by Nathaniel Blake sle y JP, (of Youngstown).
*6 Ohio Historical Society, Columbus, Ohio
*7 Mahoning Dispatch 19 April 1878, John M Edwards; "The Very Oldest I nhabitant" [Mrs Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland, William's mother]
*8 20th Century History of Youngstown and Mahoning Co Ohio; 1907 Gen T homas W Sanderson
*9 Mahoning Co Probate #447: 7 Dec 1853
*10 Henry R Baldwin Gen Records- LDS Microfiche 6051349-1 p 11
FSID GCYW-M1Y

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William married Elizabeth Loveland on 17 Dec 1812 in Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. Elizabeth was born on 7 Aug 1790 in Vershire, Orange, Vermont, USA; died on 16 Jun 1881 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; was buried in Pioneer Methodist Cemetery, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Betsy

Notes:

ELIZABETH (LOVELAND) MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN
(1790 to 1881) OHIO PIONEER
(Research by her gr gr grandson Peter Folsom McFarlin, - Jan 17, 201
1 reviewed Dec 2019)

Elizabeth (Betsey) Loveland arrived in April of 1799 from Vermont int o the Western Reserve of Connecticut, which soon became Coitsville, Oh io. She was about age nine, and traveled with her siblings and pioneer ing parents, Amos and Jemima (Dicki
nson) Loveland.

Amos Loveland; Revolutionary Soldier, Surveyor, Pioneer and Farmer
There is much found in the records and histories about Elizabeth’s fat her; Amos Loveland which will not be presented here. But, here's som e of his interesting story anyway.
Amos was the third of five boys and eight girls. While living in Glast onbury, Connecticut, on 1 May 1777, he enlisted at age fourteen for th ree years in the CT Continental Line's Seventh Regiment. He took par t in the battle of Germantown, and w as discharged 1 May 1780. Amos ree nlisted 1 July 1780 as a private in the Second CT Regiment and was dis charged again 9 December 1780 (*a). Now just 18 years old and a three- year veteran of the successful American Revolution, he returned to Gl a stonbury. In 1785, at age twenty-two, he married Jemima Dickenson, dau ghter of David and Beriah (Loveland) Dickenson. The couple immediatel y headed for the new opportunities now found in Vermont, made safer fo r settlement by the end of the Re volutionary hostilities. They settle d and started their family in Vershire (and Chelsea?), Vermont, livin g there for thirteen years. He is found there in the first federal dec ennial census of 1790. (He is not found in any federal census in 18 0 0 or 1810 - Ohio’s are not extant).
Early in 1798, at age thirty-five, he went to the Mahoning River valle y of the Connecticut Western Reserve (in the area which later became O hio). There he spent the summer in assisting John Partridge Bissel sur veying the new Connecticut Reserv e lands purchased by the absentee lan d company's owner, Daniel Coit of Connecticut. In the fall of 1798 Mr . Loveland purchased all the lands in that part of Coitsville townshi p on the south side of the Mahoning River; four hundred and twenty-fo u r acres. This sale was formalized in the land records five years late r (*b). Amos returned to Vermont in the fall of 1798, settled his affa irs there, and “...in December, 1798, with his wife and six children h e left Chelsea for his new home.. ." (*c). In two sleighs, (loaded wit h bedding, farming utensils, and furniture) drawn by four horses, thei r family of eight 'headed West' across New York and Pennsylvania towar ds their new homestead. It is possible that they may have stopped i n t o visit or stay with their (cousins), also named Amos Loveland just ea st of the Hudson river in the town of Greenbush (now Sand Lake), Renss elear co, New York.
They sleighed across the frozen Susquehanna River at Whitestone, and , since the snow was now melting, Amos exchanged his sleighs for a wag on and continued on. After completing the hard, four-month journey t o the Mahoning on 4 April 1799, they o ccupied the log cabin near the r iver, which he had erected for their use the year before. One half wa s floored with 'puncheons'; split logs dressed out with an axe, the ot her half remained earthen.
The Lovelands; Amos 37, Jemima 37, Elizur 13, Milly 12, Elizabeth 8, L ucina 7, Amos jr 5, and another son (?) were all shown in the Vershir e census of 1790. They became the first permanent settlers of Coitsvil le. During the first year, the fami ly depended largely on hunting an d some supplies from neighboring settlements. Amos cleared his farm an d resided there with various sons, daughters and their families unti l his death in 1851.
Just after Christmas, 1851, Amos died, probably at home, age 89. He wa s buried in the family cemetery on his farm, the land he'd long ago pl anned to live on after first seeing it during his pioneering survey o f 1798.

Amos Loveland’s story Notes;
*a- Revolutionary War Pension File W8090; 21 Aug, 1832; Amos applied f or pension age 69
*b -Trumbull County, Ohio deeds; A-166, 167; Dated 22 Aug 1803. "We, M oses Cleveland, Joseph Perkins of Connt., and Daniel Lathrop Coit of N ew York City, trustees of Erie Company, by our atty. Simon Perkins o f Trum Co Ohio, by letters dated 1 7 Mar 1803, for $726 from Amos Lovel and of Trum Co, land in Coitsville, range 1 Twp 2, lot 28, on the sout h bank of the Mahoning River."
*c - *3 Historical Collections of the Mahoning Valley; 1876 v 1 p 71

ELIZABETH BECOMES OLDEST RESIDENT OF THE WESTERN RESERVE

However, Elizabeth did all her traveling when a child, for she staye d continuously in the town after reaching Coitsville, except to live w ith her daughter Lavinia (McFarland) Harris just a few miles away in Y oungstown the last few years of he r life.
In 1812, at age twenty-two, Elizabeth married William McFarland, ten y ears older (*1). She moved only a few miles away, still in Coitsville , to his farmstead on the Hazleton Road. They appear to have had thre e boys and three girls by 1820, poss ibly two of the children were twin s, since six single birth children in eight years would be unusual, ev en in those times. The 1830 census shows William and Elizabeth, with e leven children. It is reported that she, "...became the mother of s i x sons and six daughters..." (*2 p 165).
The 1850 census lists her birthplace as Vermont, and confirms that sh e is ten years younger than her husband, William. The McFarland childr en still living at their home are; Amos, (age 38, b Ohio), Jemima, (ag e 30, b Ohio), Candace, (age 20 , b Ohio), Lovina, (age 17, b Ohio, i n school), and Annetta, (age 8, b Ohio, in school). Ten years later, i n 1860, she is a widow, living next door to her son Anderson and his f amily. Elizabeth McFarland is head of her own small household, wit h so n, Amos, age 48 ("idiotic"), and daughter Annetta J, age 18 (school te acher, and attending school).
In 1870, at age 80, she still maintains her own home very nearby to so n Anderson, while living with son Amos and youngest daughter Lucinia ( Lavinia) McFarland, age 35, who is keeping house with Elizabeth. By 18 80, Elizabeth and Amos were boardi ng with her daughter Lavinia who ha d now married Hamilton Harris (about 1875). He had been widowed by th e death of Lavinia's sister Candace in August of 1874, and this arrang ement may have been a marriage of 'convenience' for all concerned.

The following is quoted entirely from: Historical Collections of Mahon ing Valley, Youngstown, Ohio, May, 1876, pp 510-512.

THE DEAN RAFTS
"In December, 1804, an elderly gentleman came to this town (Youngstown , ed.) representing that he wished to contract for squared white-oak t imber and staves, the timber to be used for ship-building, and the sta ves to be taken to the Madeira Isl ands for wine casks. He was referre d to Isaac Powers, of this township, and Amos Loveland, of Coitsvill e Township, as men that could furnish what he wanted. He called upon t hem, and made a bargain, which they had to go to Poland to have writt e n. The contract was drawn at the house of Jonathan Fowler, and writte n either by him or Terhand Kirtland. The sizes and lengths of the timb ers were all specified. It was all large timber.
The contract for the timber was made with Isaac Powers, and the stave s with Amos Loveland. Mr. Dean was evidently a man that understood hi s business, and capable of doing a sharp bargain, as he succeeded in g etting Mr. Powers into a contract en tirely in his own favor. Mr. Power s, although being a good mechanic in timber, never had the experienc e of the cost of furnishing timber of such sizes and weight, and conse quently got but little to pay the scant wages due his workmen and fo r h is own time and labor. He, however, furnished the timbers as calle d for by the contract. Mr. Loveland's part of the bargain will be unde rstood by giving it in the words of his daughter, Mrs. Elizabeth M'Far land, who is now living in Coitsvill e Township, and is eighty-five yea rs of age. She says:"
'My recollection of the Dean rafts is that they were three in number , and were got up about the year 1803 or 1804. They were composed of s quared timbers hewed out, and of large air-tight casks. My father, Amo s Loveland, furnished all the timbe r for the casks, and helped to tak e it out. He also furnished the trees standing in the woods from whic h the square timber was made. He was not under contract for building t he casks or for any other part of the labor of constructing. He, howe v er, had the contract to furnish the staves dressed. The staves were go t out dressed and finished, and then set up for the wine casks, and af terward knocked down, that is, taken apart, and the staves destined fo r each cask bunched or bundled , each bundle being secured by a small h oop at each end. John Moore, father of Wm. 0. Moore of the Sarah J. St ewart tragedy, James Walker, ____ Holmes, with the help of my father , were the coopers who split them out (the staves) in the Summer , se t them up and built the casks in the Fall and Winter. The casks were i ntended to buoy up the rafts. We furnished the boarding and lodging an d shop for these coopers. We were often hard put to furnish the tabl e with the necessary substantia ls of life. For meat we often had game ; namely, wild turkey, venison, and occasionally bear meat.
'Mr Powers took out all the timber and built the rafts. It took abou t one year to get them completed. They were successfully launched in t he Mahoning River in Coitsville Township at the south end of the prese nt Lawrence Railroad Bridge at the S pring flood in 1806. The river wa s swollen to its highest water mark, and most of the inhabitants of th e surrounding neighborhood were there to see them off. An old gentlema n, Mr. Dean, contracted for the building and launching of them. He w a s not here often, but his nephew, James Dean, bossed the job. He, Jam es, fell out of a canoe between this and Beaver Falls. He with two me n were traveling in the canoe. The others went ashore to sleep, leavin g Mr. Dean in the canoe to watc h their trunks and outfit. The next mor ning, he was found at the bottom of the river, wrapped in his blanket , dead. The rafts went to pieces on the falls of Beaver on account o f insufficient depth of water to float them over.'
‘The timbers of the rafts were lost, but most of the staves were gathe red, loaded in flat-boats, and taken to New Orleans. These rafts wer e about one hundred feet in length, and about twenty-five feet wide. T he casks for buoys or floats were ma de air-tight, and frames or yoke s were made, in which they were confined. Upon this frame or yoke th e raft timbers were placed. The casks were about four feet in diamete r and six feet in length, and made of very heavy staves, and well boun d wi th hoops. The exact number to each raft is not known, but we are l ed to believe it was twenty-four. They were framed in the timbers in p airs, to move endways on the water. On the top of the rafts were pile d the staves.
‘Jonathan Fowler, the first settler of Poland Township, was drowned a t that time at Hardscrabble in the Beaver River. He was accompanying t he party that was running the rafts. While passing the rapids at tha t place, the canoe in which he was ri ding struck a rock and upset, an d he was lost. The others that were in the canoe at that time were res cued.
‘At the time these rafts were got out, and until after they were gon e and lost, there were no suspicions but what they were intended to b e used for legitimate purposes. It, however, afterward was rumored tha t Dean was a confederate or in the em ploy of Aaron Burr, and it was su pposed and believed by many that they were intended to be used by hi m in his treasonable purposes against the Government. Nothing, however , positive was ever known to the people of this country as to their in te nded destination.
Yours, etc.,
Youngstown, O., December 24, 1875.’

By the time Elizabeth died in June of 1881, she had been "...a residen t of the Western Reserve longer than any other person, having reside d continuously in the Mahoning valley over eighty-two years..." (* 2 p 165). She was buried near her husban d in the Pioneer Methodist Cem etery in Coitsville Center, Ohio.
Monument reads; Elizabeth Loveland McFarlin, born Aug 7 1790 died Jun e 16 1881.

PFM's SOURCES for Elizabeth (Loveland) McFarland/McFarlin
1790 census; Vershire or Chelsea, Orange co, Vermont p 219 Amos Lovela nd (Elizabeth's 4 mos)
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 239; (her age 26-45)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; (her age 40-50)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; (her age 40-50)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 577; (her age 70 sic, born in Vermont)
1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 13; (her age 69, born in Vermont, rea l value $1,000)
1870 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 107; (her age 80, b Vermont, real valu e $1,000, pers value $500)
1880 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED 104 p 264; with Hamilton Harris (Eliz abeth's age 89, boarder, born in Vermont,)
PFM's Other REFERENCES
*1 Trumbull County Marriages (1-58); William McFarland of Coitsville t o Betsy Loveland, on 17 Dec 1812, by Nathaniel Blakesley JP, of Youngs town.
*2 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties. Williams, Vol II 1882
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