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3301 jk Phillips, Frank Ray (I1110)
 
3302 Joan MacFarlane
BIRTH 1860
DEATH Aug 1861 (aged 0– 1)
BURIAL Alva Cemetery, Alva, Clackmannanshire, Scotland
MEMORIAL ID 227513510

Inscription
Sacred to the memory of
Robert MacFarlane
who died at Breenburn, Doune
18th August 1895 aged 80
Catherine Louden
his wife
who died at Alva 26th Nov 1903
aged 88
Thomas J MacFarlane
his son
who died at Stirling 27th May 1881
aged 25 years
Joan his daughter
died in infancy August 1861
[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/227513510/joan-macfarlane] 
Macfarlane, Joan (I11210)
 
3303 John "McFarline" was born October 19, 1811 and baptized on October 31, 1811 in Low Church, Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland. In 1841, John married Mary Sutherland in Ramsay, Lanark Co., Ontario. He died on September 10, 1893 in Lanark Co.
[ http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cdobie/mcfarlane-descendants.htm ] 
McFarlane, John W. (I15702)
 
3304 JOHN A McFARLAND
John A. McFarland, aged 69, died at his home, 1205 Offnere street, at 11:20 last night, after a long illness of hardening of arteries and heart trouble. Mr. McFarland
had been ill since the middle of August and had been bedfast for the past three weeks.
Mr. McFarland was born in Ashland,. Ky., December 25, 1852, the son of John and Hannah McFarland. He moved to Scioto county early in life, however, and spent most of his life here. For a good portion of his life he was a school teacher, but in later years was employed at the Peebles Brick plant as a timekeeper.
Mr. McFarland was a member of the First Christian Church, and a splendid Christian gentleman, whose death will be mourned by a large number of friends.
Mr. McFarland is survived by his widow, Mrs. Alice Goodrich McFarland and seven children, Mrs. Alice Puckett, Mrs. Geo. Dawn, Miss Violet McFarland, Miss Florence McFarland, and Charles McFarland of this city and Mrs. Everett Armiger of Marloboro, Md., and Mrs.
Beatrice Lively of Hamilton, Oh.
(Obituary) 
McFarland, John Andrew (I14428)
 
3305 John and Margaret appear to have had three sons called Alexander. I am assuming the first two died in infancy.
The two Margarets christened a month apart in 1761 may indicate that there was another couple of the same name in Dull. If that is the case it will be difficult to allocate the children. 
Macfarlane, John JoM08 (I15619)
 
3306 JOHN CHARLESMCFARLIN (1909-1983)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - June 2019

It is unknown whether John and Sylvia McFarlin had any children. As o f the 1940 census they had not reported any. John C McFarlin was a pha rmacist in 1940 census in Stillwater co, Montana.
He became a Lt JG (Navy) May 12 1944.
John died Jan 18 1983 in Billings, Montana.
Sylvia Faye (Clark) McFarlin died 10 Aug 2004 in Billings, Montana. 
McFarlin, John Charles (I16625)
 
3307 John Dickinson Mahan, named for one of many Johns in his family's past , and Dickinson for great grandmother Jemima Dickinson, married Angela (?) ____ in 1870. They lived in Youngstown, Ohio in 1900, where he, ag ed 57, was a day laborer, and hi s son John Otis Mahan, an iron molder . Their daughter, Lida May, age nineteen, was working in a store a s a book keeper.

1900 census; Youngstown, Ohio ED79 p 129 (his age 57)
1910 census; Smith, Ohio ED 93 p 147 ( his age 66, born in Ohio, day l aborer, father born in Ireland) 
Mahan, John Dickinson (I16174)
 
3308 John Gordon MacFarlane b.1914 d. 1970
his wife Kathryn M Gillis b.1915 d.1995
they're children are...
Gordon George b.1937 d.1955
Frederick A b.1939 d. 1992
Margaret (I am unsure of dates for Margaret)
Donald James b.1943 d. 2002 married (may 21 1976) Shirley Olive b.1939 d.2008
[E-mail from tamara rec: 9 Nov 2013]
FSID GCDJ-QV8

(Research):Proposed Change: John Gordon Mcfarlane [MacFarlane] (I5523)
Tree: Unlinked
John Gordon MacFarlane b.1914 d. 1970
his wife Kathryn M Gillis b.1915 d.1995
they're children are...
Gordon George b.1937 d.1955
Frederick A b.1939 d. 1992
Margaret (I am unsure of dates for Margaret)
Donald James b.1943 d. 2002 married (may 21 1976) Shirley Olive b.1939 d.2008 2nd marriage Donald has 2 children from his 1st wife Son Gordon and Daughter Kimberly
William (living)
Robert (living)
tamara sonshyn_00@hotmail.com 
McFarlane, John Gordon (I24966)
 
3309 John had two sons-George Rowan McFarlane (12/25/1806-9/27/1852) and Robert Williamson. George Rowan McFarlane had two sons-John R. (3/05/1829-7/11/1910) and Thomas (1830-1902).
[Park McFarlane] 
McFarlane, George Rowan (I14957)
 
3310 John Johnson McFarland is not the son of John and Catherine Buie McFarland. His father is probably a James McFarland who is found living in the same Perry Co. Alabama census.

Y-DNA results match with two Smiths, no McFarlands. 
McFarland, John Johnson JoJM01 (I26706)
 
3311 John Krider was a blacksmith in Rockingham Co. VA where he and Rebecca and children appear in the censuses in 1850, 1860, and 1870. His name is spelled Krider in 1850 and 1860 and Crider in 1870.

In the marriage bond of May 25, 1831, his name is spelled Cryder. The German spelling of this name would correctly be Kreider. 
Krider, John (I16602)
 
3312 John Macfarlane Coachman 1811 - 1846
The douce locality of Stirling's Old Town Cemetery seems an unlikely spot in which to find a connection with the infamous Butch Cassidy, but connection there is, albeit somewhat tenuous.
In 1825, the custodian in Doune Castle was Daniel Sinclair. He brought up his family in the village, where one of his daughters married Robert Gillies. When in 1840 the first missionaries from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (the Mormons) arrived in Scotland, one of them, Robert Menzies, found himself in Doune. Such was Menzies' enthusiasm and persuasiveness that the entire Sinclair family (including the young Mrs Gillies) was converted to the new faith. A second Sinclair daughter married John Macfarlane; he died in Stirling and his widow emigrated with her children to the United States of America, home of Mormonism. Ten years later the Gillies family, including their 12-year-old daughter, also left for America and in due course this daughter became the wife of Maximillian Parker. Their son Robert Leroy Parker was born in Utah in 1866; he changed his name to Butch Cassidy and became renowned as a horse thief, cattle rustler, and bank robber. The date of his death is unknown.
Descendants of Butch Cassidy's great- uncle, John Macfarlane, erected this stone.
[http://www.oldtowncemetery.co.uk/history/macfarlane.html] 
Macfarlane, John (I14552)
 
3313 John married again after Phebe died in 1875. Clark (or Clarke), John (I19523)
 
3314 John Married Mary (Polly) Deviney, daughter of Aaron Deviney. Their children were: Clarissa, Alfred, Sarah, Patrick, Rebecca, Aaron, John, Angeline, Rachael, Mary,William, Louisa and James.
[ http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.pennsylvania.counties.cumberland/1012/mb.ashx ] 
McFarland, John (I20590)
 
3315 John McFarlan 6 Jul 1684 Margrat McFarlan 9 Jan 1686. Married 1708 in Buchanan. Had five children:
Margrat 13 Jan 1709
Agnes 19 Mar 1712
Robert 14 Jan 1715
Walter 31 Mar 1717 Buchanan
Alexander 27 Apr 1718
[E-mail from David McFarlane kit 124448 to Terrance cc'd to me 4 Apr 2018] 
McFarlane, John (I26861)
 
3316 JOHN MCFARLAND (ca 1805 d aft 1840)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, updated on Aug 4 2018)

Williams (1882) states that most of Alexander's seven sons and two dau ghters "settled in this vicinity" (*1 p 168). This John's name and bir thdate were taken from the IGI.
In March, 1833, the inventory of his father's estate states, "... Ale x, late of Poland..." and, later, "...Goods set off to widow and child ren; Sale held 16 Apr 1833; it says Alex of Coitsville. Some of the b uyers were: Andrew Margaret Willia m and Alexander McFarlane...8-538: p artial settlement, mentions cash paid to Alex. McF Jr and Andrew McF " . (*2)
John's name is not mentioned in his father's estate settlement (above) . This John may have died before his father Alexander's death in 1833 . Or, he may be the John McFarlane living in Poland near his brother A lexander McFarlane. If so, then h e was recently married and had a youn g daughter under five in 1840.
No further information was found in the censuses for 1850, 1860, and 1 870.

PFM's SOURCES for John McFarland
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 238; with his father Alexander McFarla nd (John's age 10-16)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; with his father Alexander McFarla nd (John's age 20-30)
1840 census; Poland, Mahoning co, Ohio p 191b; John McFarlane age 30-4 0, with; female age 20-30 and girl age under 5.

Other REFERENCES
*1 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*2 Trumbull county, Ohio Probate; 1833; 6-508, 6-531, 7-52, 7-53, 7-29 5, 8-538 (Extracted by Carol Willsey Bell, 1972) 
McFarland, John (I14030)
 
3317 JOHN MCFARLAND/MCFARLIN (1817 to 1862)
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, revised Oct 2018)

John McFarland, was born 24 March 1817, in Coitsville, Ohio. He appear s to be enumerated in his father William's household, both in 1820 an d 1830. But, in 1840, when he would be about twenty, he is not found w ith his father or listed as head o f his own household. It may be tha t he is with another household. There are Loveland's living very nea r by, where he may be living and working and where he appears to be li sted, by name, in 1850.
In the 1850 Coitsville census, an apparently unmarried John McFarlan e was living on the David Loveland farm, very near to William McFarlan d's. This John McFarlane is likely the son of William and Elizabeth (L oveland) McFarland; his age is thirt y (ie, born in 1820, which fits th e 1830 enumeration for William's family), he appears to be single, wa s born in Ohio, and is a farmer, owning real estate valued at $1,500 . John would be the 1st cousin of David Loveland.
About 1851 John McFarland married Sarah Moore who was born in Ireland . She was the daughter of James Moore and Jane Thompson Moore.
Two years later, in 1853, John McFarland's father William died (*2). T he "John McFarlin" listed on the bond was likely this son (b1819), an d also likely the "Jno"(sic) present at the vendue with an Andrew, lik ely his brother.
By 1860, John McFarland and Sarah had a substantial farm, valued at $1 0,000, near the coal-mining area of Thorn Hill in northwest Coitsville . He and his wife have three children with them at the time; James F M cFarland age 8, Candis McFarland a ge 6, and Sarah J McFarland age 4. A t this time, John had prospered enough to have a servant living in hi s household; James Alexander age 19, born in Ohio.
By 1870, John had died (1862) and his widow Sarah McFarland is found l iving in the town of Brookfield, Ohio, two towns to the north of Coits ville. Sarah has with her the same three children as ten years earlier , James, Candis and Sarah.
Again, in 1880, widow Sarah McFarland is located in Brookfield now wit h her son James McFarland and a granddaughter, Candis Clark.

(Research):PFM's SOURCES for John McFarland; Farmer
1820 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 240; with his father William (John's a ge <10)
1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; with his father William (John's a ge 10-15)
1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; not with his father William (John 's age would be 21)
1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 584; with his neighbor (and cousin) Da vid Loveland (John McFarlane, age 30, farmer, born in Ohio, real valu e $1,500)
1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 4; (John's age 42, born in Ohio, farme r, real val $10,000, pers val $500), Sarah McF a 33 b Ireland, Jame s F McF a 8 b Ohio, Candis McF a 6 b O, Sarah J McF a 4 b O.
1870 census; Brookfield, Trumbull co, Ohio p 64b; (widow Sarah McFarla nd age 40, born in Ireland, keeping house, real val $3,600)
1880 census; Brookfield, Trumbull co, Ohio ED 187 p 55; Sarah McFarlan d a 53 b Ireland, James McF a 27 b Ohio,

Other REFERENCES
*1 History of Mahoning and Trumbull Counties, Williams, 1882 v 2
*2 Mahoning county Probate; Dec 1853, #447, "William McFarlin of Coits ville" 
McFarland, John (I14033)
 
3318 John McFarlane grave monument in Municipal (part 1g) Cemetery, Hazelwood
John McFarlane grave monument: legible names and details
full name age birth death relationship
John McFarlane 61 1825 1886
Sarah McFarlane 69 1840 1909 wife of John McFarlane
[Gravestone Photographic Resource] 
McFarlan, John (I15395)
 
3319 John McFarlane or MacFarlane who married Barbara Rogers on December 14, 1829 in Strichen, County of Aberdeenshire, Scotland. They had a son named John McFarlane or MacFarlane also, who married Helen Anderson on March 15, 1862 in King Edward, Aberdeen, County of Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
[ http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.britisles.scotland.mor.general/154/mb.ashx ] 
Mcfarlane, John JoM09 (I16784)
 
3320 John McFarlane:- Informant to his fathers death 6th Nov.1868., Lived at 2 Alan Street, Govan. He would have been 37yrs.

(Research):http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,196819.0.html

Name John Mcfarlane
Gender Male
Christening Date 27 Feb 1831
Christening Place WEST OR OLD PARISH, GREENOCK, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Father's Name Alexander Mcfarlane
Mother's Name Ann Duncan
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQHY-S32
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11957-5
System Origin Scotland-ODM
GS Film number 1041063

Name John Mcfarlane
Gender Male
Christening Date 27 Feb 1831
Christening Place WEST OR OLD PARISH, GREENOCK, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Birth Date 22 Feb 1831
Father's Name Alexander Mcfarlane
Mother's Name Ann Duncan
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTNY-W8Z
Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
Indexing Project (Batch) Number C11957-5
System Origin Scotland-VR
GS Film number 1041063
Reference ID 2:18J925T 
McFarlane, John (Ian) (I23927)
 
3321 John Menzies Macfarlane was born in 1833 in Stirling Scotland. His father died when he was thirteen. When he was sixteen he moved with his mother, brother and sister to Glasgow, and in 1852 came with his family to Utah. He moved to Cedar City in 1853. In both the Sessions Settlement and in Cedar City he taught school. Where he gained the education to, in turn, be an educator is not known. He married Ann Chatterley December 30, 1854, and they had ten children, the fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth dying as young children. As the tenth, William, had only one child and no grandchildren, those of us descended from Ann are from the other four children Isaac, Charlotte Ann (Annie), Annabella (Bella), or John Morton. I won't say much about John M's wives, but that would be a good topic for another reunion-the wives of John and Daniel Macfarlane and the Husband of Ann.
John M. married Agnes Eliza (Tillie) Heyborne on October 9, 1866. They had nine children, eight of whom lived to adulthood, and six of whom had offspring. Those of us descended from Tillie, are from Sarah Ann, Agnes Eliza (Aggie), Catherine Heyborne (Caddie), Jennie Belle, Menzies John (Bud), or Erastus Heyborne.
In 1868, John M. took his wives to St. George, and later, in 1879 married Elizabeth Jane (Lizzie) Adams. They had seven children, five of whom reached adulthood and four of whom had offspring, Emma Adams (Em), Samuel Alexander (Alec), Elizabeth Adams (Bess), and Hubert Adams.
John M. was a farmer, teacher, surveyor, attorney, and judge. He led the local choir in Cedar City and later in St. George. He was a prominent early settler in Cedar City and in St. George. If his crops hadn't failed the year he tried to set up shop in Toquerville, he might have been a prominent member of that community. He was the first postmaster of Toquerville, and the first postmaster south of Cedar City. He surveyed many sites around southern Utah and Eastern Nevada. He was a defense attorney in the trial of John D. Lee. He was a County Prosecuting Attorney and District Attorney. In 1879 he was elected as probate judge, which was a county judge in the Territory of Utah. He served there until 1883, when he resigned due to the fact that he couldn't carry out his duties because he was in hiding often from federal marshals looking for polygamists. He left with his third wife Lizzie for Mexico to avoid arrest, and lived an interesting life in Mexico for several years. His second wife Tillie, and some of her children joined him in Mexico in 1891. In 1892 he returned alone to St. George to get some medical attention, and died there, June 4, from heart failure as a complication of diabetes. He is best known for composing two hymns that are still sung in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He wrote both words and music to "Far, Far Way on Judea's Plains", and he composed the music to "Dearest Children", lyrics written by his associate Charles L. Walker.
We have a lot to be proud of in John Menzies Macfarlane. As Wayland put it, "He had ambition, intelligence and grace, and to quote Uncle Henry Mathis, 'He was the most talented man I ever knew.' Or as Ann, his wife, put it, '
E was the Cock O' the Walk,
E was a Crackerjack.'"
[ http://macfarlane-sinclair.org/index.php?page=5 ] 
Macfarlane, John Menzies (I14548)
 
3322 John N Weir probated his estate, Nov. 6, 1865 Wier, William Cicero (I2384)
 
3323 John Pettit McFarland, and then his son Charles, stayed living in Piedmont Missouri. McFarland, Charles Polk (I29870)
 
3324 John Pharic MACFARLANE , barrister and solicitor was born on 12 Jan 1932 at Auckland. He married Patricia Ann ALLEN, daughter of Walter James ALLEN , seedsman and Phyllis Minnie WOOLF, on 1 Jul 1955 at Christchurch. Macfarlane, John Pharic B.A. LLB (I14832)
 
3325 John PORTER McFARLAND 1784 John Porter McFarland - b. abt 1750 Ireland d. 5-24-1824, Wilson Co. TN; served from N.C.troops as a pvt; served at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 and fought with Gates at his defeat (DAR Nat'l #'s 355108 & 332408);
received three land grants from N.C.: #1090 Davidson Co,TN, 640 acres btw Cedar Creek and Spencer Creek (now in Wilson Co), as the heir of his brother Alexnder McFarland;
#397 640 acres, Book #80, p. 341;
entry #826, issued 6-26-1793 on the head of Stones Creek; married Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (Davidson County) in 1783. His first son, James Menees was the second white male born in Middle TN, 1-10-1784. John and Nancy raised 9 children in Wilson Co. TN, current Mt. Juliet area. (Florence Parman)

Tennessee Land Grants, p. 68:
McFarlin, John (Davidson Co.) 640 acres, N. dist, bk C-3, p. 17-18, g#1089, Warrant #3364 assignee of Alexander McFarland, soldier
McFarlin, John (Davidson Co.,) 640 acres, N dist. Bk G-7, p. 190, g#397, Warrant #826

160 John Porter MC FARLAND. b. abt 1750 Ireland d. 5-24-1824, Wilson Co. TN; served from N.C.troops as a pvt; served at the Siege of Yorktown in 1781 and fought with Gates at his defeat (DAR Nat'l #'s 355108 & 332408); received three land grants from N.C.: #1090 Davidson Co,TN, 640 acres btw Cedar Creek and Spencer Creek (now in Wilson Co), as the heir of his brother Alexnder McFarland; #397 640 acres, Book #80, p. 341; entry #826, issued 6-26-1793 on the head of Stones Creek; married Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (Davidson County) in 1783. His first son, James Menees was the second white male born in Middle TN, 1-10-1784. John and Nancy raised 9 children in Wilson Co. TN, current Mt. Juliet area. (Born Paris, TN, resided in French Lick (now Nashville) TN, married Nancy Mennes.)The following information from Gary Morris , November 2000.

SOURCE: DAR Patriotic Index North Carolina, and LDS Ancestral File.

LAND: 1781 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. Jno McFarland, 7 Dec 1781, bought land
from William Ellis of Cumberland District.

TAXLIST: 1788 TENNESSEE, Davidson County. John McFarland.

PLACE: Probably lived in Davidson County, that part which later became Wilson
County.

CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Wilson County. John McFarland 001011 - 01101. Page
385.

SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File says son of Duncan McFarland and Elizabeth PORTER
(which probably is incorrect, since this couple lived in Augusta County, VA,
and probably did not have a son born as late as 1768). Indicates John had a
brother Thomas, born about 1770 in Scotland.

SOURCE: Mrs. Parman of TN says son of Arthur (b. Scotland) and Elizabeth
Porter. Also that Arthur was son of Duncan McFarland, born about 1700 in
Scotland.
John and his brother Thomas landed in USA in Charleston, SC "in time to
sign up and fight in American Revolution". He was made a Leiutenant. All
this information from her grandfather who did research about 1930.

RESEARCHER: (1999) Florence L. PARMAN Mt. Juliet,
TN.

HISTORY: John McFarland arrived in Charleston, SC about 1765. His brother
Thomas joined him in this country.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2000) James McFarland

NOTES: (FROM JAMES MCFARLAND) John Porter McFarland's son Ben Menees McFarland( b April 4 1803, d July 19 1878 Wilson C. TN) left a manuscript that tells the McFarland family history to John and James Sommers (his Somers Grandchildren). The second paragraph begins; "Our oldest ancestor, that I know of traditionally was Duncan McFarland who was born near Edinburgh, Scotland. He was the father of Walter and Tabby, and Tabby was the mother of the famous Rob McGregor. Walter had a son that he called Arthur who went to ireland and there married Elizabeth Porter, sister of Commodore Porter of Revolutionary fame." Ben Menees continues; "The fruit of this union was a girl whose name I have forgotten and three boys - Alexander , Thomas and John(My GGGrandfather John Porter McFarland)." ***( Note: My aunt said that they always said "Alexander the one they called Arthur".)**** _______There were two John McFarlands that were listed in most early Tennessee documentation (North Carolina till 1796). One was John Porter McFarland, listed in Claytons History of Davidson County Tennessee 1780-1880 p 58. "Names of persons who were in Davidson county in 1787, being the first year in which the tax of land and polls was taken---" The second lived in Knoxville. In fact there is a park in the older part of town that is named after him. He is mentioned in many of Nolechukie Jacks(Gov. Severe)papers. _______John Porter McFarland is listed in "Membership Roster and Soldiers the Tennessee Society of the DAR 1970-1984 Vol 3 p 505 gives his birth date as 1750. His wife and 11 children are listed, and who they married. Where this document gets confusing is that his son Benjamin Menees m Susy Young but it fails to say that Susy m 1847 is his second wife, His first was Penia Dun who died 1845. Susy and Ben had a son Ben Franklin McFarland who is my Grandfather.
Birth: ABT 1750 in Scotland or Ireland
Death: 24 MAY 1824 in Lebanon, Wilson County, Tennessee

Father: Arthur Walter McFarland b: ABT 1725 in probably near Edinburgh, Scotland
Mother: Elizabeth Porter b: ABT 1725 in Ireland

Marriage 1 Nancy Menees b: ABT 1766 in North Carolina
Married: 1783 in Fort Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee

161 Nancy MENESS; MANESS; Mennes. of Virginia. b: ABT 1766 in North Carolina

There is also the John Porter McFarland who immigrated to America 1774 on the ship Commerce which landed at NY on February 1774, served in the Rev. War and met and married his wife Nancy Menees in Fort Nashboro (now Nashville). He received a land grant for 660 acres from N. C. for his Rev. War service and when it was safe to leave the fort settled his land grand in what is now Wilson Co., TN and raised his family. 
McFarland, John Porter A7799 JoPoM01 (I26306)
 
3326 John Shaw Neilson (22 February 1872 – 12 May 1942), was an Australian poet. Slightly built, for most of his life John Shaw Neilson worked as a labourer, fruit-picking, clearing scrub, navvying and working in quarries, and, after 1928, working a s a messenger with the Country Roads Board in Melbourne. Largely untrained and only basically educated, Neilson became known as one of Australia's finest lyric poets, who wrote a great deal about the natural world, and the beauty in it.
Neilson was born in Penola, South Australia of purely Scottish ancestry. His grandparents were John Neilson and Jessie MacFarlane of Cupar, Neil Mackinnon of Skye, and Margaret Stuart of Greenock. His mother, Margaret MacKinnon, was born at Dartmo or, Victoria, his father, John Neilson, at Stranraer, Scotland, in 1844.
John Neilson senior was brought to South Australia at nine years of age, had practically no education and was a shepherd, shearer, and small farmer all his life. He never had enough money to get good land, and like other pioneers he fought drough t and rabbits and other pests, receiving little reward for his labours. He died in 1922 having lived just long enough to see his son accepted as an Australian poet. He himself had written verses; one song, Waiting for the Rain, was popular in th e shearing sheds, and in January 1893 he wrote the senior prize poem, The Pioneers, for the literary competition held by the Australian Natives Association. In 1938 a small collection of his poems, The Men of the Fifties, was published by the Hawt horn Press at Melbourne.
John Shaw Neilson had little more education than his father. When about eight years old he was for 15 months at the state school at Penola, but he had to leave in 1881 when the family removed to Minimay in the south-west Wimmera in Victoria. Ther e was no school at Minimay then, but four years later one was opened and Neilson attended for another 15 months. There was, however, a Bible and a tattered copy of Burns's poems in the house, and when at the age of 15 a copy of Hood's poems came i n his way, Neilson read them all with great joy. Driven out by drought, Neilson's father took his family to Nhill in 1889, and was employed as a farm worker and on the roads. His son soon after began to write verses of which some appeared in the l ocal press and one in The Australasian in Melbourne.
In January 1893 John Shaw Neilson won the junior prize for a poem at the Australian Natives Association's competition, in the same year that his father won the senior prize with a better poem. In 1895 he went with his father to Sea Lake, and abou t a year later had some verses accepted by The Bulletin in Sydney. But his health broke down and he did little writing for about four years.
He was contributing to the Bulletin between 1901 and 1906, and about 1908 some of his verses, mostly of a light or popular kind, were accepted by Randolph Bedford for the Clarion. From about 1906 Neilson's sight began to fail, for the rest of hi s life he was able to do little reading, and most of his work was dictated.
When the Bookfellow was revived in 1911 Neilson was a contributor, and Alfred George Stephens the editor, began collecting the best of his poems, intending to issue them in a volume under the title of Green Days and Cherries; Fred John's Annual fo r 1913 included Neilson as the author of this volume. It was, however, delayed; the war delayed it further; and it was not issued until 1919, when the title Heart of Spring was adopted. It had a too laudatory preface by Stephens which stated tha t some of the work was "unsurpassed in the range of English lyrics". In spite of this it was well received, and in 1923, with the help of Mrs Louise Dyer, another volume, Ballad and Lyrical Poems, was published. This included nearly all the work i n the first volume with some 20 additional lyrics.
About this time Neilson visited Melbourne and met many of the literary people of the period. Now in his 50s and not a robust man he was beginning to feel the strain of physical work.
"I don't mind some kinds of pick and shovel work," he said to Percival Serle, "but when I have to throw heavy stuff over my shoulder it gives me rather a wrench." He may have been referring to the time he spent in the Heyfield area, where he wrot e several poems and helped in the construction of the Lake Glenmaggie weir wall.
In 1925 and again in 1926, Alfred Stephens suggested in newspaper articles that more suitable employment should be found for him. The difficulty was that Neilson's poor eyesight unfitted him for most kinds of work. However, a movement began in Mel bourne to help him and he was granted a small literary pension; and eventually in 1928 a position was found for him as an attendant in the office of the Victorian Country Roads Board. This office was in the Exhibition Gardens, Melbourne, and in th ese pleasant surroundings Neilson spent his days until near the end of his life.
A volume, New Poems, was published in 1927, and in 1934 his Collected Poems appeared. Four years later another small volume was published, Beauty Imposes. A number of John Shaw Neilson's poems were set to music by composers such as Margaret Suther land, Alfred Hill, Cathie O'Sullivan and Darryl Emmerson www.darrylemmerson.com. The play, The Pathfinder, based on the life and writings of Neilson, enjoyed much success in the 1980s, toured twice, was produced for radio by the Australian Broadca sting Commission, and published by Currency Press, Sydney, in 1987. In 2012 an updated and expanded compilation of his Collected Poems, edited by Margaret Roberts, was published by University of Western Australia Press.
Neilson retired from the Country Roads Board early in 1941, and went to Queensland to stay with friends. His literary pension was now increased to £2 a week. Soon after his return to Melbourne his health began to fail, and he died at a private hos pital on 12 May 1942. He was buried in the Footscray Cemetery near Melbourne.
John Shaw Neilson never married.
The Fellowship of Australian Writers presents an award named in honor of Neilson, the FAW Shaw Neilson poetry award, for unpublished poems of at least 14 lines.
Works
Old Granny Sullivan, (poems), Sydney, Bookfellow, 1915.
Heart of Spring, (poems), Sydney, Bookfellow, 1919.
Ballad and Lyrical Poems, Sydney, Bookfellow, 1923.
New Poems, Sydney, Bookfellow, 1927.
Collected Poems of John Shaw Neilson, edited and with introduction by R. H. Croll, Melbourne, Lothian, 1934.
Beauty Imposes: Some Recent Verse, Angus and Robertson, 1938.
Unpublished Poems, edited by James Devaney, Angus and Robertson, 1947.
Shaw Neilson: poetry selections, selected and introduced by Judith Wright, Angus and Robertson, 1963.
The Poems of Shaw Neilson, edited and introduction by A. R. Chisholm, Angus and Robertson, 1965, revised edition, 1973.
Witnesses of Spring, edited by Judith Wright and Val Vallis, Angus and Robertson, 1970.
Selected Poems, edited by A. R. Chisholm, Angus and Robertson, 1976.
Green Days and Cherries: The Early Verse of Shaw Neilson, edited by Hugh Anderson and Leslie James Blake, Red Rooster Press, 1981.
Some Poems of John Shaw Neilson: Selected and With Wood-Engravings, Canberra, Brindabella Press, 1984.
John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography, and Correspondence, edited by Cliff Hanna, University of Queensland Press, 1991.
Selected Poems, edited by Robert Gray, Angus and Robertson, 1991.
The Sun Is Up: Selected Poems, Loch Haven Books, 1991.
Collected Verse of John Shaw Neilson", edited by Margaret Roberts, University of Western Australia Publishing, 2012.
Biographies
Shaw Neilson 1944, by James Devaney
Shaw Neilson 1968, by H.J. Oliver
John Shaw Neilson 1972, by Hugh Anderson and L.J. Blake
The Autobiography of John Shaw Neilson 1978
The Pathfinder 1987, by Darryl Emmerson
Poet of the Colours 1988, by John H. Phillips
The Folly of Spring 1990, by Cliff Hanna
John Shaw Neilson: Poetry, Autobiography and Correspondence 1991, edited by Cliff Hanna
John Shaw Neilson: A Life in Letters 2001, Helen Hewson
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Neilson] 
Neilson, John Shaw Australian poet (I12633)
 
3327 John was not included in father's will. Does he belong in this group, or did he die before 1860? McFarland, John Neely (I9786)
 
3328 John Wesley May marries his second cousin Elizabeth Hunter 1779 in Bedford Co. VA May, John Wesley (I27554)
 
3329 John Wesley McFarling was in the Civil War. He was shot in the left hand and lost all of his forefinger and half of his middle finger.
Uncle Ivan said that Grandpa McFarling used to sing, "Old Black Joe", his favorite song. He also played the guitar while Uncle Jim McFarling played the fiddle.
Uncle Ivan remembered that Grandpa was a good-natured man.
I asked Uncle Ivan why the variation in the spelling of McFarland/McFarling. All he told me was that there was a "rift" in the family!
[Ancestry.com public trees SMITH-LANDSDOWNE Family Tree Owner: thossmith]

2 - 1860 Age: 17
Residence Millcreek, Williams, Ohio, United States

1880 Age: 37
Residence Douglas, Boone, Iowa, United States

1900 Age: 57
Residence Neosho Township, Cherokee, Kansas

1930 Age: 87
Residence Joplin, Jasper, Missouri 
McFarling [MacFarlane], John Wesley (I16083)
 
3330 John Wilson and family are in the 1910 census, RI, Washington Co., North Kingston, Dist. 0304, p. 26A, fam. 586, living on Post Road. It states he arrived in 1905 and wife arrived in 1907.

In 1881, John is with his parents Edward Wilson and Elizabeth in Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland. 
Wilson, John (I256)
 
3331 John, fiar of Arrochar (-1705): son of Andrew, died before his father but he had exercised the powers of chief from about 1685. He was appointed Colonel of a regiment of foot in the army of William & Mary c1689. John built Inverioch House near Tarbet overlooking Loch Long in 1697. A portion of the house still stands as the rear of the present house now known as the Claymore Hotel. Unfortunately for the family he was an investor in the Darien Company and lost 200 pounds in that venture that led to the ruin of many Scottish families. He married, first, Agnes, daughter of Sir Hugh Wallace of Woolmot. They had one son, Andrew, who died young. He married, secondly, Helen, daughter of Robert 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnot, by whom he had four sons and one daughter: Walter, his heir; Robert, who died young; William, who succeeded his brother as chief; Alexander; and Catherine, who died young. Alexander became a trade merchant in Jamaica, where he amassed a considerable fortune. He died unmarried in 1755, and left a large estate to his brothers, Walter and William (the latter a physician in Edinburgh). He was a member of the legislative assembly in Jamaica and was one of the best mathematicians of his time. In his will, he left his valuable astronomical instruments to the University of Glasgow, where he had been educated. An observatory later erected at the University was named in his honor, the Macfarlane Observatory. John died on 13 May 1705, and was succeeded by Walter, his eldest son.



Source:
The Earls of Lennox and The MacFarlane Chiefs
By Chuck Poland, Terrance Gach MacFarlane, and Andrew Macfarlane

© November 2012
www.clanmacfarlane.org 
Macfarlane fiar of Arrochar, John (I31619)
 
3332 John, son of the above-mentioned Parlan, is a Bookseller in Detroit, Mich. He married Jane Fonda Schenck. Macfarlane, John (I18611)
 
3333 Johnnie was burried in a blue chiffon night gown with white lace.
The family spray was red and white carnations with babys breath. Son gs:
Beyond The Sunset, God Walked The Dark Hills.
She was burried in the Maplewood Cemetary.

Henry Co, Tenn Marriage records Pg. 374

Family Bible

Personal knowledge of Johnnie Evelian McFarland - 1973

Johnnie was in the Henry co nurseing home a long time before she died. 
McFarland, Johnnie Evelian (I23633)
 
3334 At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. Living (I10204)
 
3335 Joined the Air Corps for a three year stint on Sept. 9, 1940 in Lubbock, Texas. It listed his nativity as Oklahoma, with a Post-Graduate education and working in manufacturing automobiles. His death date and place comes from the SSDI record. McFarland, Numan Hugh (I30725)
 
3336 Jordan Dodd and Liahona Research, comp.. &lt;i&gt;Illinois, Marriages, 1851-1900&lt;/i&gt;. Index compiled from county marriage records on microfilm located at the Family History Library in Salt Lake City, Utah by Jordan Dodd of Liahona Research (P.O. Box 740, Orem, Utah 84059). Specific source information is listed with each entry. Source (S1399)
 
3337 Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. &lt;i&gt;Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900&lt;/i&gt;. Full list of sources in the description. Source (S1101)
 
3338 Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. &lt;i&gt;Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900&lt;/i&gt;. Full list of sources in the description. Source (S930)
 
3339 Jordan Dodd, Liahona Research. <i>Ohio, Marriages, 1803-1900</i>. Full list of sources in the description. Source (S2978)
 
3340 Joseph A. DeGuire appears in the 1900 census as a single employee, working as a night watch at the Terrell Mental Hospital. His birthdate is listed as March 1871. In 1920, a J.A. DeGuire, is a moomer, age 50, in Eastland TX working as a roustabout on the oil rigs. He is shown as married. DeGuire, Joseph A. (I9490)
 
3341 Joseph McFarland was married to Esther C, according to census record, born in VA (consistent on all census records) about about 1793. First found him in Middle Tennessee, Lincoln County, on the 1820 Census, lost him in 1830, found him again in 1840 (Lincoln County); 1850 (Maury County), 1860 (Hickman County); wife as a widow 1870 (Hickman County).
Children (James - my line), Mary, Elizabeth, and Melissa. Have info on James, of course, a bit on Elizabeth and I think I've found Mary and her family. Nothing yet on Melisssa. Unfortunately, the courthouse was burn as a result of "helpful" citizens during the civil war and we have very few records. Too many of the family cemeteries have been lost.
[Clan MacFarlane Facebook post by Tami McFarlin Greene Oct 2010 ] 
McFarland, Joseph JosM04 (I14922)
 
3342 Josiah appears to be present in the 1790 and 1800 census in Carlisle, Middlesex Co. Mass. He does not appear after this. Parlin, Josiah (I978)
 
3343 Joyce married Roderick D. "Mac" McFarlin on July 26, 1947 at St. Luke’ s Methodist Church in Dubuque, Iowa. They are the parents of John, Mer rikae & Thomas.

After Roderick's death Joyce married Clifford Andrew Carlson on Augus t 31, 1958 at Evangelical Covenant Church in Stromsburg, Nebraska. The y are the parents of Cristin, Cathrin & Clifford. 
Wilson, Joyce Louise (I16420)
 
3344 Judy Hagan, 72, returned to her heavenly Father on May 6, 2017 in Bellingham, WA. She was born on December 16, 1944 in Pasadena, CA to Elswurth (Mac) and Francis McFarland. Judy graduated from UCLA with a degree in History and a minor in French. She took a year off from college and traveled to Lille, France to work as an Au Pair for a family with 4 boys. In 1969, she met the love of her life, Stephen Hagan whom she married a year later on July 4, 1970. To Judy's dismay, they soon moved to Ketchikan, Alaska for a minimum of two years. She and Steve ended up loving Alaska and they lived happily there for 27 years, boating, fishing and beach combing in the summers; skiing, lake skating and socializing in the winter with so many great friends and families. Judy's fondness for travel and passion for teaching manifested in her professional career as she worked at Alaska World Travel and taught at the Community College, Clover Pass School and eventually retired from Schoenbar Junior High. She enjoyed working as a cruise lecturer for 18 years sailing the rugged waters of Alaska and giving talks about the Alaskan wildlife and Alaskan city adventures during the summers. She quickly learned the treasures of the ocean and charm of the small communities helping some unseasoned ship captains find little known sea lion rookeries. Judy often expressed that the greatest gift, and surprise of her life, was giving birth to triplet boys Matthew, Bradley and Robert in July 1974. From that point forward Judy centered her life on the care of her boys. She never tired of being a mom, including all the duties to raise three babies; such as cooking, bottle washing, changing cloth diapers, transporting, praying and finally singing the boys to sleep each night. As the boys excelled in swimming, she was well-known in the regional swimming community as an active parent hosting other young swimmers and working tirelessly each home meet. In 1997, Steve's career took them to Port Alice, BC where they lived for seven years. She enjoyed the adventures of the remote town, fishing and golfing and some very special friends. For a person who did very little ice sports, she took up curling here and was on the winning team the last bonspiel she curled. Judy and Steve retired to a home on a golf course in Sudden Valley, just out of Bellingham, in 2004. Her hobbies included golfing, skiing, curling, tole painting and creating homemade cards. Throughout her life Judy was devoted in her faith to Christ. She was a deacon at Birchwood Presbyterian Church, attended bible studies and prayer groups at the church. She was a PEO sister and volunteered countless hours with Love, Inc. She had everything, grace, beauty, compassion, thoughtfulness and intelligence. Judy will be remembered as always having a smile on her face, a warm greeting for all and reverence for God's grace. She was preceded in her death by her parents Mac and Francis McFarland. Judy is survived by her husband Steve, sons Matt (Christa) Hagan, Brad (Stacy) Hagan, Rob (Meredith) Hagan, sister Casey Anderson, brother Jim (Chris) McFarland, grandchildren Harrison, Madison, Hunter, Lashlee, Payton, Parker and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins. A celebration of life will be held at Birchwood Presbyterian Church at 2 pm on July 8, 2017. In lieu of flowers, donations in Judy's name can be made to Whatcom Love, Inc., 1998 Midway Lane, Bellingham, WA 98226. Share your memories at www.westfordfuneralhome.com. McFarland, Judith (I20348)
 
3345 Phillips, Everett Ellsworth (I694)
 
3346 McGaw, Dr. David Edgar MD (I1104)
 
3347 McGaw, Clara Elizabeth (I1102)
 
3348 McGaw, Margaret (I1059)
 
3349 McGaw, Alexander (I1048)
 
3350 Kansas, County, District and Probate Courts. Source (S1256)
 

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