Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Cleveland, Russell, Virginia, USA

Notes:

The research on the Lark family is the work of Cindy Lark Hartman, daughter of Scott Elmer Lark, whose DNA test provided the MacFarlane link. Her web-site is http://www.larkfamilygenealogy.com

George married Virginia Thompson on 3 May 1904. Virginia was born in 1886 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Living Lark
2. Living Lark
3. Living Lark
4. Scott Elmer Lark was born on 21 May 1923 in Russell Co., Virginia; died on 8 Nov 2019.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, , Russell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 1900, Cleveland, Russell, Virginia, USA

John married Susan A. Johnson on 21 Dec 1871 in Russell, Virginia. Susan was born on 9 Apr 1841 in Virginia; died on 2 Mar 1923 in Russell, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Cleveland, Russell, Virginia, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, , Russell, Virginia, USA
• Residence: 8 Jul 1902, Russell, Virginia

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Note that James M. Lark was the illegitimate child of a McFarlane father and Polly Lark. No marriage took place. That has been proven by the Y-DNA test, which puts his descendant in the same group as the descendants of this line of McFarlanes. The reason he is attached to this James McFarlane is because he was the only logical McFarlane of the right age in this area. Also the name he was given by Polly also points this father.

For a full reading of all the documents that back up this assertion, go to the Lark Family web-site at http://www.larkfamilygenealogy.com which is maintained by Cindy Lark, whose research led me to this conclusion.

James + Elizabeth Amburgy. Elizabeth was born in 1821. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

James would appear to be the oldest son since he was given the job as executor of his father's will.

CENSUS: 1830 VIRGINIA, Russell County, page 163 James M. McFarlane 1M 30-40, 1 F 0-5,
1F 5-10, 1F 15-20, 1F 20-30, 11 Slaves. (page 161 is
Alexander McFarlane, p. 162 is Augustus McFarlane, and on same page as James is Christopher McFarlane).

CENSUS: 1840 VIRGINIA, Russell County James M. McFarlane 2M 10-15, 1M 40-50,
2F 0-5, 1F 20-30, 1F 50-60.

Living in the county at this same time is the household of Michael Lark. DNA testing has shown that descendants of James M. Lark, (born abt. 1829 in Russell County, VA, the bastard child of Polly Lark) matches the DNA of the descendants of James McFarlane, Sr., father of this James M. McFarlane. The young man James M. Lark, was ordered to be bound out in 1834 to George Finney in Russell County. In the 1850 census for George Finney, living in his household is James McFarlane, 21, a laborer born in Russell Co. It appears that he used that name in the census in 1850, but by 1860 and from then on, he uses Lark as a final name.

Marriage to Martha Gose is verified by:

SOURCE: "Links with the Past: A genealogical Account of the Albert and Related
Families" On Internet Genealogylibrary.com. James McFarland married Martha
Gose, daughter of Stephen (ca 1762-1847 Russell Co, VA) and Maria Kettenring
(b. ca 1760).

LINKS: Will of Stephen Gose, Sr. Exec.8 Feb 1848 Residence N. side of Clinch
River, Russell County, bounded by Richard Long, Nathaneil Dickenson. Daughter
Martha, decd (md. _____McFarlane), grandson James M. McFarlane.

James + Polly Lark. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]