Other Events and Attributes:

• Alt. Birth: 21 Oct 1874

William married Nellie Eleanor Pearson on 24 Nov 1902 in New Windsor, Mercer, Illinois, USA. Nellie was born in 1885 in Alpha, McPherson, Kansas; died on 7 Oct 1951 in Moline, Rock Island, Illinois, USA; was buried in Hopewell Cemetery, New Windsor, Mercer, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert W. McFarland
• Name: Robert Warner McFarlin

Notes:

ROBERT WARNER MCFARLIN (1837 - 1917)
(Researched by Peter Folsom McFarlin, May 16th, 2018)

Robert Warner McFarlin's father, James McFarland, was born about 179
5 in (County Tyrone?) Ireland and came to Pennsylvania in 1796 at abou t age one with his parents, three older brothers and two older sisters . They were early Scots pioneers who arrived in Hopewell (New Bedford ) western Pennsylvania about 1799 a nd then to Coitsville, Ohio about 1 802.
Robert's parents, James and Melissa (Hard) McFarlin lived together i n Coitsville for about eighteen years after their marraige in 1819 o r 1820. They had seven children, while James was active in the busines s of distilling. Robert was born May , 1837 (*1 and 1900 census), likel y in Coitsville, Ohio.
His father James died in 1838 at age fifty three and his estate finish ed probate in June 1841. A John Stewart was appointed guardian to al l the children including; Sarah M McFarlin, age 8, Lysander J McFarlin , age 6 and "Robert W McFarlin, ag e 4" (*2). However in the 1850 Coits ville census Robert, age thirteen, was not listed with his mother an d her other children, nor could I find him in other censuses. Robert m ay have been in another household at the time because by 1860, he i s l ikely the Robert McFarland laborer age 23, who is found in the Viola , Illinois household of the farmer John Sample. Also in 1860, his futu re wife, Frances L Gillespie was living with her parents in nearby Ale do, Illinois.
The American Civil War came and Robert W McFarlin, age 24, joined th e Union Army as a private in Company H, 8th Reg't of the Kansas Infant ry. He was enrolled for three years on Aug 1st 1861 in Moline, Illinoi s and was mustered in Aug 8th 1861 i n Quincy, Illinois. He was in Frem ont's Cavalry Body Guard and Robert H Graham's Cavalry Co which was so on attached to the 14th Missouri Infantry (Union). Robert was, "Take n prisoner at Lexington, Sept 20th 1861, Released on taking oath Sep t 2 0th 1861" (*3). This was known as the 'First Battle of Lexingon' a s well as the 'Battle of the Hemp Bales' or the 'Seige of Lexington' , and lasted from Sept 13 to Sept 20th, 1861. Robert was apparently am ong the 3000 Union soldiers captured i n this Union loss. There was; "N o record subsequent to Sept 19th, 1861", perhaps because of his oath t aken for his release. He was mustered out Oct 16 1861 in St Louis Miss ouri. Later, Robert was granted 'Invalid Status', June 28th 1880, du e t o 'age'. He was then forty-three and apparently rec'd a pension fo r this.
Robert returned to the Rivoli, Illinois area and married Frances Gille spie in 1863. In 1870 their P.O. was New Windsor where they had thre e children. His mother Melissa, age sixty-seven was also living wit h them. By 1880 they had seven childre n including William Herschel ag e five. In 1900 Robert and Frances had been married thirty-six years a nd were still on their home farm with James, Myrtle, Ada and Sylvanu s still with them. They reported that ten of their twelve children wer e st ill living.
By 1910 Robert and Frances had moved to Long Beach, California with My rtle and Sylvanus. They owned their own home while living off their ow n income. He reported that he was a survivor of the Civil War. France s died in 1913 and Robert Warner Mc Farlin died in March of 1917 and wa s buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, California.

All the following spellings of Robert's last name and family names ar e verbatum from the written records;

1820 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 239; James McFarland (an d Melissa? age 16-26) no children yet.
1830 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 249; James McFarland wit h children and female (Melissa)
1840 census; Coitsville, Trumbull co, Ohio p 190; Melissa McFarlan d a 30-40 with children. Robert was likely the youngest boy in 1840, a nd was listed in her household as under five. A John Stewart age 20-3 0 was also living nearby with his famil y. He was likely a friend of th e McFarlin family.
1841 Ohio Probate records; "Robert W McFarlin" named as being under gu ardianship of John Stewart (*2)
1850 census; at age 13, Robert W McFarlin not located in the censuse s (yet)
1860 census; Viola P.O., Twnshp 14, Mercer co, Illinois p 170; Rober t McFarland a 23 laborer, living with farm family of John Sample
1862 Kansas Civil War Enlst Papers 1862, 1863, 1868;
1863 Illinois Marraige Index; Mercer co, Illinois; Robert W McFarlin m arried Frances L Gillespie on Dec 23.
1870 census; New Windsor P.O., Rivoli Twnshp, Mercer co, Illinois p 36 6 Robert W McFarland a 33 farmer b OH, Francis a 24 b PA, Iv a H a 3 b IL, Celia A a 1 b IL, and with Robert's mother M McFarlan d a 67, b VT. Living next to the Hugh Breckenr idge family.
1880 census; Rivoli Twnshp, Mercer co, Illinois p 448b Robert McFarla n a 43 farmer, b Ohio, f b Ireland, m b Vermont, Frances a 34 b PA, ( b her parents b PA), Anna a 13, Alta a 11, Maud a 9, Herbert a 7, Hers hal a 5, Mary a 3, Clara a 1; all ch ildren born IL.
1900 census; Rivoli Twnshp, Mercer co, Illinois p 211b Robert W McFarl in a 63 farmer, b May 1837 Ohio, f lb Ireland, m b VT, wife Franci s L a 54 b Apr 1846, mar 36b yrs, 10 of 12 children living; Jame s H a 27 b Nov 1872, Myrtle J a 16 b Feb 188 4, Ada R a 14 b May 1886 , Syvanus P a 10 b Jan 1890, Nellie R Gibson grd, a 4 b Nov 1895.
1910 census; Long Beach ward 1, Los Angeles co , California p 55a, Rob ert W McFarlin a 72 retired (has own income) b OH, survivor of Civil w ar, Frances a 64, b PA, 10 of 12 children living, Myrtle J a 26 b IL , Sylvanus a 20.
1917 Mar 11, Robert W McFarlin died in Long Beach CA. Both he and Fran ces were interred in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, CA

*1 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 image)
*2 Trumbull county (Ohio) Probate; James McFarlin Sr. 9-266, 9-313, 9- 316, 11-61, 11-150, and 11-168.
*3 Service records of Volunteer Union Soldiers - serving from state o f Missouri. (fold3 image 2287 10731)

(Research):6 May 1837 Athens, Harrison, Ohio, USA
Source John McFarland c1750 Co. Tyrone descendants

This Robert's place of birth is Coitsville, Trumbull Co. Ohio. That is confirmed by his Civil War enlistment papers. Many of the Ancestry trees have mixed the two Robert McFarlands together. The one born in Harrison Co. Ohio is a different person.
[E-mail from MHH rec: 21 Jun 2018]

Robert married Frances Laura Gillespie on 23 Dec 1863 in Rivoli Twp., Mercer, Illinois, USA. Frances was born on 9 Apr 1846 in Pennsylvania, USA; died on 17 Jan 1913 in Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA; was buried in Sunnyside Cemetery, Long Beach, Los Angeles, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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