Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Grant Wick McFarlin

Grant married Mary Howe about 1878 in Pennsylvania, USA. Mary was born on 2 Jan 1858 in Worth, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 16 Apr 1939 in Worth, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Union Home Cemetery, Wolf Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: John Anderson McFarlin

Notes:

1 - Levina (a48) with seven children farming there. His father's place of birth is given as Ireland. The 1900 census from Wolf Creek, PA also shows (Jame's son) John A McFarlin (a77) and wife Levina (Kimmel) (a68) now living alone there. The plac e of birth given for John's father (James) is, again, Ireland. These two data give further "proof" that Margery McFarlin came to America at least after about 1796, since James' birthdate appears to be 1795.

2 - JOHN ANDERSON MCFARLIN (1823 - 1901)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, reviewed Dec 2017)

John Anderson McFarlin was born on his father James' farm in Coitsville, Ohio and grew up there. In 1840 and 1850 he i s with his mother Melissa, and brothers and sisters. In 1860 John is s till in Coitsville and is now married to Lavina, has tw o small childre n and his mother still is with them. By 1870 he has moved to Wolf Cree k, Mercer co, Pennsylvania with wife, children and mother Melissa. Th e 1880 census from Wolf Creek, PA shows John McFarland (a56) and wif e Levina (a48) with s even children, farming there. His father (James ) place of birth is given as Ireland.
The 1882 History of Mercer co, Pennsylvania (*1) wrote a biography o f John A McFarlin, quoted here;
"JOHN A MCFARLIN, farmer, post-office Centretown, (in Wolf Creek, Merc er co) is a son of James and Melissa (Hard) McFarlin, natives of Irela nd. His grandfather, John, immigrated to America in 1797 with his wife , Margery, and six children. He wa s killed east of the Mountains, an d his widow with her children visited her brother at New Bedford, Penn ., for about one year, and then moved to Trumbull County, Ohio, wher e the father of our subject was reared and engaged in farming and dist i lling. His wife was a native of Vermont, and by her he had nine child ren, five of whom are still alive. He died in 1838 and his widow in 18 86. Their living children are: Mary, widow of William Breckenridge, li ving in Illinois: Louisa, Mrs. Dani el Jacobs, of Kansas; Sarah, Mrs. L eonard Hogg, of Illinois Robert W., of Illinois. and our subject, wh o was born in Trumbull County, Ohio. June 1823, and was educated at th e public schools.
"In 1852 he (John) went to California and engaged in gold mining for t hree years. In 1861 he purchased his present farm, where he has sinc e resided. In 1855 he married Lovina W., daughter of Isaac and Annie K . (Wick) Kimmell, of Ohio, and by th is union has seven children: Gran t W., of Worth Township, married to Mary, daughter of Henry and Jane H owe, of Worth Township, and has two children, Alice and Luella; Willia m J., of Springfield Township, married Mary Sopher, daughter of Joh n S opher, of this Township, and has two children, John L. and Lewis C . ; Elmer, of Kansas, married Belle Blakely, of Clyde, Kas. ; Lizzie , Lillian, Frank O., Annie M. and Louise Blanche.
"Our subject has held the offices of supervisor, school director and a ssessor of the township. He and family are members of the Methodist Ep iscopal Church of Fairview, of which he is class-leader and steward, a nd has been trustee."

The 1900 census from Wolf Creek, PA shows John A McFarlin (a77) and hi s wife Levina (Kimmel) (a68) now living alone there, beside his son Gr ant's farm. This 1900 census, along with the 1880 census, also gives t he place of birth for John's fathe r James to be in Ireland. These tw o data give further proof that John A's grandmother, Margery McFarli n came to America at least after 1796, since her son James' birthdat e appears to be 1795, and he was born in Ireland.

John Anderson McFarlin is reported to have died in Wolf Creek 1901. H e is buried in Union Home Cemetery in Wolf Creek.

(Research):PFM's SOURCES for John Anderson McFarlin
1830 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 248; with his father Jame s McFarland (John's age 5-10)
1840 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 190; with his mother Meli ssa McFarland (John's age 15-20)
1850 census; Coitsville, Mahoning co, Ohio p 580b; John McFarlane farm er a 29 b Ohio, Sarah McF a 17 b O, Lysander McFa a 15 b O, Melissa Mc F a 48 b VT
1860 census; Coitsville, Mahoning co, Ohio p 15; John McFarland farme r a 36 b O, Lovina McF a 27 b O, Grant W McF a 3 b O, William J Mc F a 1 b O, Melissa McFarland a 57 b VT
1863 June 30; Coitsville, Ohio Civil War Draft Reg John A McFarland ag e 40, white, farmer b Ohio
1870 census; Wolf Creek, Mercer co, PA p 210; John A McFarlin farme r a 47 b O, Lavina McF a36 b O, Grant W McF a14, Elmer McF a 8 b O, Li zzie McF a 5 b PA, Frank McF a 2 b PA
1880 census; Wolf Creek, Mercer co, PA p 608a; John A McFarland farme r a 56 b Ohio, f b Ireland, m b VT with wife and family, but not Melis sa.
1900 census; Wolf Creek, Mercer co, PA p 297b; John A McFarlin farme r b June 1823 Ohio f b Ireland, m b VT, wife Lavina W McF b Aug 1831 ( have 7 of 8 children alive)

REFERENCES;
*1 History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania, Brown, Runk & Co. 1888 p 10 24.

Sources for John McFarland
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio with James McFarland (John's age
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio

John married Lavina Wick Kimmel on 10 Oct 1855 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Lavina was born in Aug 1832 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA; died on 16 Dec 1912 in Pennsylvania, USA; was buried in Union Home Cemetery, Wolf Creek, Mercer, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Lavinia Wick Kimmel
• Alt. Birth: 1836

Notes:

LAVINIA WICK (KIMMEL) MCFARLAND (1836 to 1912)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012)

Lavinia was the daughter of Isaac and Ann (Wick) Kimmel of Coitsville , Ohio, where she was also born. The Kimmels lived just south of Coits ville center.

She is buried in Union Home Cemetery in Wolf Creek, Mercer co, PA.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Distiller
• Alt. Birth: 1788
• Immigration: 1796

Notes:

JAMES MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN - SCOTS/IRISH IMMIGRANT and OHIO DISTILLER (1
795 - 1838)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised June 2019)

ARRIVAL IN PENNSYLVANIA - THEN TO OHIO
James McFarland, was just one year old when he arrived in America wit h his family in 1796. This date of arrival is chosen since his two old er brothers, Alexander and William, both stated that was the year whe n they had immigrated to America (*1
). I assume the whole family arriv ed in America together, including their father John.
As shown before, in the notes for his mother and older brothers and si sters, the family spent about four years elsewhere in Pennsylvania. Th en by 1799/1800 they lived about two years in Hopewell (New Bedford) , Mercer county, Pennsylvania with h is mother's brother, John Anderson . (see his 1800 US census pg 433 for Mercer co, PA)
About 1802/1803, the widow Margery McFarland, with her four sons and t wo daughters, came to Coitsville, Ohio. James was about seven then an d no doubt helped out on the family farm. He remained with his mother , Margery for the rest of her life i n Coitsville (she died in 1835).
By the 1820 census, he is newly married and head of his own family, ha ving settled "...on the road leading west from the village..." (*2 p 1 68). His wife is Melissa Hard, possibly a weaver, since she is from th e sheep farming area of Huntsbur g (Franklin co), Vermont.
James is said to have had one of the four early distilleries in Coitsv ille, his older brother William having another (*2 p 171). They "...pu shed their business with energy for some years, consuming about twenty -four bushels of grain daily at le ast one hundred and fifty days out o f the year, thirty-six hundred bushels per annum, and putting upon th e market nine thousand gallons, more or less, of ardent spirits". Jam es, the distiller, may be the person in his 1820 Ohio census househol d , 'engaged in manufactures' (unless it might be his wife Melissa, runn ing a loom?).
When his first son is born in 1823, they name him John Anderson McFarl and; probably the John after James' father, and the Anderson for his m other's maiden name. By 1830, they have three children living with the m; probably Mary, John and Louisa . Also in their household is James' m other, widow Margery, the original pioneer matriarch from Ireland. How ever, she dies in 1835, seventy-nine years old.
James then died in June of 1838 at age 43 (*3). His estate was probate d from 21 June 1838 to June 1841. At the latter date, a John Stewart w as chosen guardian by both his son John Anderson McFarlin, age 18, an d daughter Louisa McFarlin, age 14 , and the same John Stewart is appoi nted guardian to the younger children; Sarah M McFarlin, age 8, Lysand er J McFarlin, age 6 and Robert W McFarlin, age 4. The 'McFarlin' spel ling of the surname was used in these probate record's (*4). James w a s buried near his mother in the Hopewell Presbyterian cemetery, New Be dford, Pennsylvania (*5). This is where most of the early settlers o f Coitsville were interred since it was the nearest church in the earl y 1800's.
The Hopewell Cemetery records indicate that his mother's name was MARG ARET, and James' last name in 1838 was spelled MCFARLIN (*6).
Melissa carried on, raising the family, and remained a widow for forty -seven years.

PFM's SOURCES for James McFarland(McFarlin);
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; (his age 16-26, engaged in manufa ctures)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; (his age 30-40)

REFERENCES
*1 1809 Depositions On Contested Election; OGS Report 24:3(1984) p 202
*2 History of Trumbull and Mahoning Counties; Williams, 1882 v 2
*3 Henry R Baldwin Records Index; p 833
*4 Trumbull county Probate; James McFarlin Sr. 9-266, 9-313, 9-316, 11 -61, 11-150, and 11-168.
*5 Henry R Baldwin Records; LDS microfiche 6051349-1 p 1
*6 Hopewell Cemetery Records, New Bedford, Lawrence co, PA; "IN Memor y of JAMES MCFARLIN who departed this life 11 june 1838 aged 43 years " (verbatum from headstone)
FSID 2Z3X-HLR

James married Melissa Hard on 16 Nov 1820 in Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA. Melissa was born on 7 Apr 1803 in Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, USA; died on 8 Mar 1885 in Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

MELISSA (HARD) MCFARLIN (1803 to 1885)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, reviewed May 16, 2018)

Melissa was a daughter of Lysander Hard and the first of his three wives, whose name is unknown to me. Melissa's father was born 25 March, 1 769, in New Milford, Connecticut , the sixth child of Abraham Hard and Charity Munsee. Lysander shows up i n the 1800 Huntsburg, Vermont cen sus with wife and four children. They are living near the Lemuel Rober ts family and, after Melissa's mother dies, he apparently married on e of Lemuel's daughters, Rosamond Roberts in 1808. He had yet a thir d wi fe (Hannah Holcomb) by 1813.
Melissa was likely one of the two Hard daughters under ten, listed i n the 1810 Franklin, Vermont census, where the family was raising shee p and were taxed for a loom. Sometime from 1810 to 1820, the family mo ved to Ohio, perhaps staying in or n ear Coitsville for a while, wher e Melissa met and married James McFarland. Lysander Hard's brother, Ab raham Hard (b1766), and his family do appear in the (incomplete) 182 0 Wadsworth, Ohio census, and even though the NARA index shows Lysande r t o be on that census page also, his data do not show there. He repor tedly lived until 1851, but I could not locate him in any census listi ng after 1820.
It appears that Melissa Hard and James were married about 1819-1820, b ecause the 1820 census in Coitsville shows James and one female (age 1 6-26), probably Melissa, and one female (age 45+), very likely Marger y (Anderson) McFarland, but no chil dren yet. His mother Margery live d with them for fifteen more years.
In 1830 the family continued to grow, with one son and three daughter s by then. In 1835, widow Margery died, at age seventy-nine. Three yea rs later, Melissa was widowed by her husband James' death, his age for ty-three (*1). During the probate o f his estate (*2), some goods wer e set off to widow and children, debts were collected, and at the vend ue (sale) in July, 1838, Melissa was one of the buyers, probably the h ome-farm, since she is listed as head of family and likely owns rea l e state.
By 1840, at age thirty-seven, she was head of her family, with six chi ldren, ages three to eighteen. It is possible that the older male (ag e 20-30) that is also listed there, is William Brackenridge, who had j ust married Melissa's oldest daught er, Mary, and perhaps was staying o n to help until they could afford their own homestead.
Ten years later, in 1850, Melissa was still living in Coitsville, bu t now only with her unmarried sons John (age 29), and Lysander (age 15 , at school) (both farmers), and daughter Sarah (age 17, at school). L iving at the farm next door now, i s William Breckenridge (age 40, farm er) and his wife Mary (age 28, Melissa's daughter), along with their f ive children.
In 1860, Melissa age fifty-seven, was still living with her son John ( farmer, age 36), and his wife and three children. And, once again, liv ing next door, was another of her daughters; Sarah (age 27), with he r husband Leonard Hogg and their tw o young children.
By 1870, Melissa and the Leonard Hogg family had moved to Viola, Illin ois, still farming. In 1880, Melissa and her widowed daughter Mary Bra ckenridge, were sharing a home together in Viola, next door to the Cra wford Breckenridge family. Crawfor d was Mary's son and Melissa's grand son. However, Melissa was now "disabled" with "consumption" and, in 18 85, she died at age eighty-two.

PFM's SOURCES for Melissa (Hard) McFarland; Weaver?
1810 census; Huntsburg, Franklin co, Vermont p 269; with her father Ly sander Hard (her age under 10)
1820 census; Westfield, Wadsworth, Medina co, Ohio p 104 (Lysander Har d listed originally just after Abraham Hard?)
1820 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 239; (her age 16-26)
1830 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 249; with James McFarland , her age 20-30
1840 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 190; Melissa McFarland a s family head a 30-40, with her children
1850 census; Coitsville, Mahoning co, Ohio p 580b; John McFarlane farm er a 29 b Ohio, Sarah McF a 17 b O, Lysander McFa a 15 b O, Melissa Mc F a 48 b VT
1860 census; Coitsville, Mahoning co, Ohio p 15; John McFarland farme r a 36 b O, Lovina McF a 27 b O, Grant W McF a 3 b O, William J Mc F a 1 b O, Melissa McFarland a 57 b VT
1870 census; Viola, Green, Mercer co, Illinois p 197; (her age 64sic , born in Vermont)
1870 census; New Windsor, Rivoli Twnshp, Mercer co, Illinois p 366 wit h her son Robert W McFarland (her age 67, b VT)
1880 census; Viola, Green, Mercer co, Illinois p 288; with Mary Brecke nridge (Melissa's age 77, born in Vermont, both par b in Vt)

Other REFERENCES
*1 Henry R Baldwin Records
*2 Trumbull co probate records; 9-266, 9-313, 9-316, 11-61, 11-150, an d 11-168