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| 4301 | Marriage Book, Vol D 1874 - 1877 76 Lillard, James F. McFarland, Mollie M. 17 Apr 1878 Dan Eldridge, JPBC | Lilliard, James Francis (I24738)
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| 4302 | Marriage Book, Vol D 1874 - 1877 76 Lillard, James F. McFarland, Mollie M. 17 Apr 1878 Dan Eldridge, JPBC | McFarland, Mary "Mollie" Margaret (I24415)
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| 4303 | Marriage Book, Vol D 1874 - 1877 65 MCFARLAND, Thomas ADKINS, Martha Jane 11 March 1875 H.B. Rose, M.G. | Adkins, Martha "Mattie" Jane (I24772)
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| 4304 | Marriage contract date | Family: Reuben McFarland / Margret McFarland (F10046)
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| 4305 | Marriage Indexes. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. | Source (S414)
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| 4306 | Marriage Indexes. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. | Source (S1151)
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| 4307 | Marriage Indexes. New Jersey State Archives, Trenton, New Jersey. | Source (S2996)
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| 4308 | Marriage record in TN states the marriage was to Sarah G. Hawkins. This was his second marriage, so maybe she had been previously married as well and her maiden name was Sims. The marriage was solemnized on Oct. 15, 1845 according to the record. | Hawkins, Sarah Grand (I874)
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| 4309 | Marriage Records Book E 1877-1880 GROOM BRIDE page DATE OFFICIATING Rountree, John M., Hill, Prissilla C. 174 3 Sept 1879 E.McDaniel, M. | Rountree, John Middleton (I25718)
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| 4310 | Marriage Records Book E 1877-1880 GROOM BRIDE page DATE OFFICIATING Rountree, John M., Hill, Prissilla C. 174 3 Sept 1879 E.McDaniel, M. | Hill, Catherine "Aunt Kate" Priscilla (I25667)
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| 4311 | Marriage Records. Jackson County Clerk, Kansas City, Missouri. | Source (S3003)
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| 4312 | Marriage says she was from Uxbridge, Worcester Co. MA | Dun, Elizabeth Margret (I17913)
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| 4313 | MARRIAGE-BIRTH-PARENTS: record says married 25 Jan 1866 in Kanawha County to James, says he was 18, born in Kanawha County to S. and P. BOGGESS, and she was 36 years of age, widow, born in Kanawha County to A. and M. MC FARLAND. DEATH-PARENTS-BIRTH: Kanawha County Death Records; Book 1, page 47; Martha J. BOGGESS died 12 Dec 1866 Kanawha County, aged 35 years of consumption, daughter of Andrew & Matilda McFarland, born in Ohio, husband was James BOGGESS. | McFarland, Martha Jane (I25276)
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| 4314 | MARRIAGE: 1787 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Mercersburg (Peters Township). Sarah McFarland to James Campbell, May 3, 1787. Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church. CENSUS: 1800 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township, page 286. James Campbell Jr. CHILDREN: Second son named James Campbell (and third son named McFarland Campbell) and first daughter named Mary Reynolds Campbell. | McFarland, Sarah (I25371)
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| 4315 | MARRIAGE: 1796 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Mercersburg (Peters Township). John McLene to Peggy McFarland 20 April 1796. Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church. SOURCE: "Pennsylvania Vital Records" Vol 2 1983 (R929.3748 Penn at Bellingham Library). | McFarland, Margaret (Peggy) (I23887)
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| 4316 | MARRIAGE: 1805 OHIO, Belmont County. Robert McFarland and Agnes Shuey, 6 Aug 1805. SOURCE: IGI. MIGRATION: 1804 OHIO, Coshocton County. Robert McFarland (1771-1834) came to Coschocton county about 1804 from Virginia. TAXLIST: 1811 OHIO, Tuscawaras County, Oxford Township. Ezekial McFarland, Andrew McFarlane, Robert McFarlane and Samuel McFarlane. SOURCE: List under "First Taxpayers of Newcomerstown, Tuscarawas Co, OHIO" -- the first 44 land taxpayers in the old Oxford Twp. TAXLIST: 1811 OHIO, Coshocton County, Tuscarawas Township. Robert McFarland. SOURCE: "1811 Polls List, Coshocton County" found in OGS REPORT 27:4 (1987) p. 187. PLACE: Oxford and Adams Twp became part of Coshocton County on Jan 31, 1810 (In 1808 twps in Tuscarawas were formed: Goshen, Oxford, Lawrence and Salem.) LAND: 1814 Coshocton County, Ohio Robet McFarlane purchased land here. CENSUS: 1820 COSHOCTON COUNTY, Oxford Township Robert McFarling 200001-41010 Joseph McFarling 100010-40010 close to Robert Samuel McFarling 000210-00100 Ezekial McFarling 220001-20110 adjacent to Samuel Robert Corbit CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Coshocton County, Oxford Township Robert McFarlin 2M 10-15, 1M 50-60, 1F 0-5, 2F 5-10, 1F 10-15, 2F 15-20, 1F 20-30, 1F 40-50 Ellen McFarlen 1M 5-10, 1M 15-20, 2F 5-10, 1F 10-15, 1F 15-20, 1F 40-50 (Ellen living a few houses away from Robert, two doors from Robert Corbett) George McFarlin 1M 10-15, 1M 20-30, 1F 15-20 Robert McFarlin 1M 20-30, 1F 20-30. Very Close to George McFarlin. PROBATE: 1834 OHIO, Coshocton County. Robert McFarland Will. SOURCE: Coshocton County Will Book C, p67. CHILDREN: Married Anna _____, and had at least 2 boys and 7 girls. One child named J.W.C. McFarland b. 1826 OH, died 2 May 1835 Adams Township. One daughter named Margaret. SOURCE: Family listed on World Connect, at Rootsweb, INTERNET. | McFarland, Robert (I24046)
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| 4317 | MARRIAGE: 1818 OHIO, Champaign County. Moses McFarland and Nancy Stubblefield, 16 July 1818. SOURCE: IGI. CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Champaign County, Salem Township Moses McFarland. Page 444. CENSUS: 1830 INDIANA, Tippecanoe County, Shelby Township. Moses McFarland P. 103. 2M 0-5, 1M 30-40, 1F 0-5, 1F 5-10, 1F 20-30. NOTES-CHILDREN: ABEL THOMPSON, son of Jabez and Rebecca Thompson, was born January 8, 1830, in Warren County, Indiana, where the parents were early settlers. His father was a farmer and a blacksmith. Abel worked on the farm and attended school until the death of his parents, which event took place when he was about seventeen years of age, after which he continued farming. On February 6, 1850, he married Matilda Magee, who bore him one child, Matilda E., deceased. His wife died November 26, 1853. On January 15, 1854, he married Susanna McFarland, daughter of Moses McFarland, of Tippecanoe County, Indiana. The children born to them were Jasper Newton (deceased), Elizabeth J., William Otterbein, Martin L. (deceased), Norvill E. (deceased). SOURCE: Newton Co., IN Biography. Newton County, Washington Township. A History of Warren, Benton, Japer & Newton Counties, 1883 | McFarland, Moses (I24042)
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| 4318 | MARRIAGE: Also have marriage about 1859 to Narcissa _____? | McFarland, James Evans (I25394)
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| 4319 | MARRIAGE: Anna married (1) about 1910 to ----- CLARK, by whom she had two sons, and (2) about 1925/1934 to ----- NEWMAN, who died in 1935. RESIDENCE: 1970 at Ona, WV 25545. STORY: Letter from Anna L. NEWMAN to Gary J. Morris in 1969,"(Virginis)...used to be a black smith and had a flour and meal mill...I think he owned the store at Ona right after he married the first time. He sold shoes, horse shoes, and nails, rugs, feed, dry goods, groceries: everything there was to sell...When he lived, the store had a sign "V. LOVEJOY" on front and the road came right by it. I bought back the old property and had to go above my old house and build me a smaller store a hundred feet or so from where the old store used to be. I have been in the house now for about 15 years. All that is standing of the old building is the old two story house, and I still live in it." | Anna L. (I27311)
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| 4320 | MARRIAGE: Died Single. | Bratton, Mary (I5056)
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| 4321 | MARRIAGE: Gallia County marriage Records - Jane McFarlin married Joseph Skinner 30 Dec 1830. CONFLICT: Marriage date after date of birth of first child. LINKS-CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Page 167. Alexander McFarland M 1 0-5, 2 5-10, 1 20-30, F 1 0-5, 1 20-30. Living next to Jesse Denny (same ages of family, William Hutchinson, Joseph Skinner (50-60 years of age), Joseph Skinner Jr. (M 1 20-30, F 1 20-30), William McMullin, Lewis Atkinson, Edward McMullin, Joseph Coy, John Fox, George R(ominus?), John McFarland (father). CENSUS: 1840 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Page 23. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Joseph Skinner 40 NY, Jane 35 VA, Lucinda 16 OH, Elizabeth 15 OH, Eliza 14 OH, Hannah 13 OH, Clarisa 11, Sabra 10, David 9 Andrew 8, Harvey 7, John R. 3 Living next to father John McFarlan. | McFarland, Jane (I23967)
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| 4322 | MARRIAGE: Gilbert Scarbrough was previously married to Margaret Kiser on 2 July 1891. He was 32 and she was 30. They had several children. Gilbert & Georgianna had no children together. Gilbert Scarbro (Scarbrough/Scarberry) was married a total of three time, having children by the first two wives. Children by the first marriage were:Martha & Rachel/twins(Martha was murdered at Trace Fork in Jackson Co WV by Perry Johnson, while living with the Johnson | Scarbrough, Gilbert (I23968)
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| 4323 | MARRIAGE: Kanawha Co Courthouse, Charleston, WV Bk 2 pg 276 BIRTH: Kanawha Co. Courthouse, Charleston, WV Bk 1 pg 143:List Davis H. Bird born 2 Jun 1870 to Alex and Georgianna Bird. DEATH: Spring Hill Cemetery by Rose Peterson & Obituary Charleston Gazzete. | Byrd, David A. (Davis H.) (I20224)
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| 4324 | MARRIAGE: Kanawha Co Courthouse, Charleston, WV-list Alice as Reese Bk 5 PG 173 | Reed, Alice (I23825)
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| 4325 | MARRIAGE: Kanawha Co. Marriage record lists: Nancy J. Byrd, 21, born Jackson Co and James Bard (Baird), 22, born Kanawha Co, married 5/16/1893. | Bard, James (I25047)
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| 4326 | MARRIAGE: Kanawha County Court House; 16 Jul 1856 at Rocky Fork; Thornton F. LOVEJOY, age 30, born Bath County, Virginia, son of Samuel and Cynthia, he was a tailor, to Fannie McFarland, age 18, born Gallia County, Ohio to Andrew and Matilda McFarland, reside in Teays Valley. MILITARY: Civil War; Confederate;Private; Company A, 22nd Virginia Infantry, 1st Kanawha Regiment; Enlisted 15 Oct 1862 in Raleigh County, WV; served with brothers Nathaniel S. and Milton A., Privates; Wounded in mid 1863, apparently recovered from Aug 31 to Dec 31, 1863. He was paroled as a Prisoner of War May 1, 1865 in Staunton, Augusta County, Virginia (at this time he was 39 years of age, Height: 5 ft, 9 inches, Complexion: Dark, Hair: Black, Eyes Black, (While in military, signed name as T.F. or Thornton F.); RECORDS OF NATIONAL ARCHIVES, photocopies of original viewed March 1997. From Family stories: Thornton was killed while serving in the army, or, apparently just after the Civil War. CONFLICT-MARRIAGE: Verify original date, as it may have been 14 Jul 1856 instead of 16 Jul 1856. TO-DO: Verify marriage date (14 Jul 1856 vs 16 Jul 1856). ACTION: No census record for 1860 in West Virginia found. | Lovejoy, Thornton F. (I24006)
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| 4327 | MARRIAGE: KENTUCKY, Green County. Benjamin McFarland - Sarah Short 22 Feb 1830. James W. McFarland - Rachel Willock 25 Dec 1825. James W. McFarland to Milly Duckworth, consent of her mother, Polly, 24 Nov 1830. SOURCE: Green County Marriage records, USGENWEB, INTERNET. CENSUS: 1830 KENTUCKY, Green County. Benjamin McFarland. P. 018. James McFarland P. 018. Benjamin came to Green Co. KY abt. 1826. The section he settled in became Taylor Co. in 1848. | McFarland, Benjamin (I24004)
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| 4328 | MARRIAGE: Marriage record lists Mary's father as Andrew. | Hayslett, Mary (I23930)
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| 4329 | MARRIAGE: Married (1) Dorothy Ann Johnston, (2) Ann Eliza Buckner, and (3) Harriet Lightfoot Buckner. SOURCE: "Kentuckians in Missouri" by Stuart Sprague 1983 Bellingham Library R929.3778 S General David Willock born 1 Aug 1802, son of David and Rachael (McFarland) Willock, in Marion County, Missouri by 1830. CENSUS: 1830 KENTUCKY, Green County. Robert Willock 201111 (oldest 30-40). Fem 221001 (oldest 30-40). David Willock Jr. (adjacent to Robert) Males 1 0-5, 1 10-15, 1 15-20, 1 20-30. Females 2 0-5, 1 5-10, 1 15-20. Obviously brothers and sisters. Adjacent to Ben McFarland and James McFarland. | Willock, David (I25055)
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| 4330 | MARRIAGE: Never married. | Lovejoy, John B. (I7711)
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| 4331 | MARRIAGE: Never married. Mother of his son was Mildred R. ----, who later married Lloyd WHITE. She died 19 Feb 1969 in Swedish Hospital, Seattle, and buried by Greenlake Funeral Home of Seattle. Their son was killed early in life. MILITARY: WWI in England. CENSUS: 1920 NEW YORK, Kings County, Brooklyn. Mates aboard SS West Eldora. L. A. Lovejoy 28 KS KS KS. OCCUPATION: Early in life, he was a wireless operator; he flew airplanes about 1910, and is considered a spark plug ancestor; later he was a constable (sheriff) in Seattle. DEATH: Ashes scattered off the Olympic Coast, but a headstone was placed next to his father at Acacia Cemetery, Seattle. RELIGION: Raised a Protestant. POPULAR MECHANICS, April 1929, page 651 (Google Books on Internet) .....ARTICLE: “SIGNING OFF – HEROES OF SOS” .....It was Adolph J. Swenson who, with his chief Loren A. Lovejoy, rigged up an auxiliary set as soon as the water ran off the storage batteries at another lurch of the sinking "Hanalei." When the wireless cabin was swept overboard, he assisted the chief in sending signals to the nearby Pacific shore with a flashlight. In spite of the fact that men on land could see the signals, it was almost impossible, due to the storm and terrain, for them to effect a rescue. When only wreckage remained of the "Hanalei," Loren Lovejoy was picked up from the piece of driftwood to which lie was clinging by a passing ship. Adolph Svenson was added to that band who died on duty. .....MY NOTE: Sailing from Eureka, California, with 62 persons on board and a cargo of lumber, live cattle, sheep and hogs, Hanalei was lost on November 23, 1914, as she neared the Golden Gate, San Francisco. The schooner ran aground on Duxbury Reef opposite of the Marconi Wireless Station in Bolinas around noon on Monday, November 23. Thick fog obscured the water, and the steamer struck the rocks without warning, tearing off the rudder. Stuck on the rocks, Hanalei remained in the surf for 18 hours as rescuers, alerted by the ship's wireless SOS, gathered on shore. Efforts to rig a breeches buoy failed, and as night fell, would-be rescuers lit bonfires on the beach to wait for morning. When Hanalei disintegrated, passengers and crew were thrown into the surf. The battering of wreckage and the loose lumber cargo, as well as the choking effect of the ship's diesel fuel on the water took a deadly toll; 23 passengers and crew members died as they struggled to reach the shore. A number persons were saved when the lifesaving steamer McCulloch's crew plucked them from the water; others washed alive to the beach after several hours in the water, buoyed by floating wreckage. | Lovejoy, Loren Archibald (I24017)
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| 4332 | MARRIAGE: OHIO, Gallia County. Hannah McFarlin to James H. Eblin 6 Oct 1844. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township; page 80. CENSUS: 1860 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township; page 156. CENSUS: 1880 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township. James H. Eblin 60 OH (VA, VA), Clarissa A. (dau) 14 OH OH VA, Benjamin (brother) 56 OH VA VA. | McFarland, Hannah (I25016)
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| 4333 | MARRIAGE: OHIO, Gallia County. Nancy McFarland to Isaac Ayers 24 Aug 1835. CENSUS: 1840 OHIO, Meigs County, Rutland Township page 76 Isaac Ayers. NOTE: Same page as Thomas Shepherd, who married a McFarland. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Lawrence County, Aid Township. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Schuyler County. Note: The 3 youngest children are not shown on the 1860 census. CENSUS: 1880 MISSOURI, Adair County, Morrow. Benjamin DUPREE 51 NC Farmer VA NC Elizabeth Wife 47 OH VT VA (daughter) John H. 19 MO Farm Laborer NC OH William 17 MO Farm Laborer NC OH James R.14 MO Farm Laborer NC OH Nancy FOGLESONG MotherL 65 VT Keeping House VA VA BOOK: "History of Ayers family" by Mrs. Ruth Scarborough of the Hackettstown Historical Society, New Jerseyy. NOTE: Information on children from Paula Yount in Missouri, in records of Shirley Combs. | McFarland, Nancy (I25472)
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| 4334 | MARRIAGE: OHIO, Gallia County. Robert McFarlin to Mary Burks 24 Dec 1833. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township Page 24 Robert McFarlan 41 VA Farmer, Mary 42 OH, Caroline 15 OH, Mary 14, John 7, Robert 1, William Burk 22 OH. CENSUS: 1880 ILLINOIS, Clark County, Wabash Township. Robert McFarland 70 (F-VA, M-VA), Mary 62 OH (OH, OH), Douglas 21 IL (VA, Oh) (son), Lillie 21 IL (PA, PA) (dau in law). TO-DO: Obtain record of 1840 census to verify no other children. | McFarland, Robert (I25183)
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| 4335 | MARRIAGE: OHIO, Gallia County. Sabrina McFarlin to Samuel Oiler 7 Nov 1839. Gallia county marriage list as reference(1/225;1/285;1/336;2/133;2/227;2/253). CENSUS: 1840 OHIO, Gallia County, Hun______ Township page 48. CENSUS: 1850 OHIO, Gallia County, Morgan Township; John 73 born PA, a farmer, no wife listed. James 30 VA, Mary 23 OH George R. 23 OH, William 3/12 OH, Samuel Oiler 32 OH, Sabra Oiler 28 VA, Harrison Oiler 9 OH, George Oiler 7 OH, James Oiler 3 OH, Francis Oiler 1 OH. Living next to Joseph Skinner. CENSUS: 1860 OHIO, Gallia County, Hun---- Township. CENSUS: 1880 OHIO, Jefferson County, Jackson Township. Samuel Oyler 70 VA VA VA, Sabrian 65 VA VA VA, Marvin 25 OH, Samuel 21 OH, Adeline 17 OH, Jane 15 OH, Luvina 14 OH, Lucy Jane 12 OH. | McFarland, Sabrina (Sabra) (I23958)
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| 4336 | MARRIAGE: On the marriage record she is listed as Vina, born in Kanawha Co, WV; he was born in Wirt Co, WV, and lived at Morristown, WV. The information was given by John Simpson and E.G. Bennett. | Byrd, Lavinia (Sovina) (I25078)
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| 4337 | MARRIAGE: Unmarried. | Sigman, Ethel Mae (I7541)
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| 4338 | MARRIAGE: 1815 TENNESSEE, Wilson County, Lebanon. John McFarlin and Sally Bilbrew, 17 Jun 1815. Surety was John McFarlin. SOURCE: "Marriage Record of Lebanon, TN." found in "Tennessee Records: Bible Records and marriage Bonds" by Jeannette T. Acklen 1974 Bellingham Library R929.3 A. page 462. CENSUS: 1820 TENNESSEE, Wilson County. John McFarland Jr. 100010 - 20010. Page 388.MARRIAGE: 1815 TENNESSEE, Wilson County, Lebanon. John McFarlin and Sally Bilbrew, 17 Jun 1815. Surety was John McFarlin. SOURCE: "Marriage Record of Lebanon, TN." found in "Tennessee Records: Bible Records and marriage Bonds" by Jeannette T. Acklen 1974 Bellingham Library R929.3 A. page 462. | McFarland, John Porter Jr. (I22695)
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| 4339 | MARRIAGE: Kanawha Co., WV Courthouse DEATH: Kanawha Co., WV Courthouse | Byrd, James Everett (I25081)
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| 4340 | Marriage: Rasmus McFarling to Celia S. Parrish on Nov. 13, 1832 Granville Co. In the 1830 census in Granville Co. Nancy McFarland, aged 50-60, is on the same page #45 as the Robards, Parish, Edwards, Laws, and Jones families 1840 census: TN, Cocke Co. Erasmus, Image 30, Moses, Image 32 1850 census: TN, Carroll Co. Erasmus, Moses in Madison Co. 1860 census: TN, Gibson Co. Erasmus, Moses in Carroll Co. 1870 census: TN, Gibson Co. Erasmus OBJE: _TEXT Location: Granville County, NC | McFarland, Erasmus (I14821)
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| 4341 | MARRIAGE:Jackson Co Marriages | HATTON, Eliza (I23949)
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| 4342 | Married 15 days after death of first wife, yet living with him in 1930 census as his wife. | Family: Beverly Sproul / Louise B Beckel (F224)
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| 4343 | Married by John R. Whisett | McFarland, Mary (Polly) (I24803)
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| 4344 | Married on 1 May 1870 OBJE: _MTYPE document OBJE: _STYPE jpeg OBJE: _SIZE 37694 OBJE: _WDTH 400 OBJE: _HGHT 400 OBJE: RIN 78ee549a-3dc3-40f7-8dde-b78dde04bf1c OBJE: PLAC Clarion, Pennsylvania OBJE: _CREA 2020-08-28 00:51:41.000 OBJE: _USER zpyAJgN6C6nlLrfJdKgILhzfnfNaZkUqku8BbxrTZn3/rQ5X52YgEFOxVSKbbjaELAcq1JaGvIhxQwx/yYc0nw== _ENCR 1 OBJE: _CLON _TID 7620967 _PID 1129242444 _OID 564adff9-f630-4a85-adec-103a65682df6 _USER bkIrk06D9STTuEc3+0QxPtb6LaIrWT+3MPEJc5Bu6zK02tWE6c0F+X8PRQL/kuFX6DWpqWjw9rsYpTl0EkQe3w== _ENCR 1 _DATE 2019-10-25 23:59:43.000 OBJE: _ORIG newspapers _URL https://www.newspapers.com/clip/37881492/obituary_for_john_b_mcfarland/?xid=865 OBJE: _ATL N | McFarland, John Benton (I20710)
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| 4345 | Married on 14 Dec 1860 Married at Lowndes, Alabama, USA | McFarland, Archibald Alexander (I21307)
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| 4346 | Married on 1889 | Payne, Miriam C. (I20918)
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| 4347 | Married on April 1909 Married at West Ham, Essex | MacFarlane, Elizabeth Miller (I27317)
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| 4348 | Martha A. McFarlane b. c1827, died 1897, m. Caleb W. Trynor b. 1824, d.1868, s/o Roger and Sophia Trynor: settled in Pennfield Parish: had issue: | McFarlan, Martha A. (I12487)
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| 4349 | Martha McFarlane McGhee Bell DAR #A008762 Martha McFarlane was born 1735 in Alamance County, North Carolina, and died September 20, 1820 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She married (1) John McGee abt. 1759 in Randolph County, North Carolina. She married (2) William Bell on May 06, 177 9. (In 1735 there was no Alamance Co. It would have been Edgecombe Co. in 1741, then in 1746 Granville Co., then in 1752 Orange Co.. Alamance Co. was created in 1849) MARTHA McFARLANE McGEE BELL, 1734-1820 Martha McFarlane was born in 1734 in Alamance County, North Carolina of Scottish Parents. At this time I do not have any information about her father or mother. Sometime around 1850 Martha Married John McGee who was born about 1716 and about 15 ye ars her senior. John McGee at his death in 1773 had seven plantations in North Carolina of 40,000 acres and seven children. Martha took over the managing of this large property at this time. Robert McGee in his paper written in 1992 quoted an artical written about Martha but he did not say from whom. Quoting: " After the death of her husband (John McGee), being the richest widow anywhere in the region, she was much sought after. . . she was 'a little haughty' but this probably orginated with those who could not succeed in gaining her affections. . . ' a good looking woman'. There was nothing about her that could be regarded as masculine and nothing in her deportment, ordinarily, that was at all inconsistent with the modesty and delicacy of her sex but she was a woman of strong mind, ardent in h er temperment and remarkably resolute in whatever she undertook. . . Strong in her attachments, and equally so in her dislikes; there could be no better friend, and no more undesirable enemy; but there was no woman in the country who sustained a b etter character, or was respected by all the better part of the community. High minded, conscious of her integrity, and inflexable in her adherence to what she believed to be right, she seems to fear nothing except her Maker, and to desire nothin g so much as the universal perseverance of peace and freedom, truth and righteousness." Even prior to the Revolutionary War Martha was noted for her courage and intelligence. Caruther's noted that she could instantly create appropriate responses to emergency situations. After John McGee died in the period before the Revolutionary Wa r Martha carried out his job. In one case she rode a horse, with only her memory of his talking of the places that he stopped along the way to guide her. Taking servents with wagons filled with deerskins, furs, flax-seed, and beeswax she set out t o trade for provisions for the plantations and supplies for the store. On the 400 mile winter journey to Petersburg and back she found her way through a heavy snow storm by relying on the knowledge that the largest, heaviedt limbs grew on the sout h side of the pines. The Revolutionary War actually started many years before official hostilities in savage partisan rivalry. The american Revolution was part regular and part guerilla warfare, part revolution and part civil war and in this war the Scotch-Irish wer e largly pitted against the british and their supporters the Tories. It was a savage war, as all wars are. It was said that Martha could not stand the sight or the mention of the name of a Tory and refused to intercede on behalf of those condemne d to die. During the war the widowed Martha associated with William Bell, a neighbor who lived near Sandy Creek. They were married on the 6th of May 1779 during the war and six years after John McGee's death. William Bell was a rich but childless widower wh o owned a grist mill on Deep River called Bell's Mill and 40,000 acres of land. Bell's Mill was located about a mile above the Deep River ford on the road from Greensburo to Ashburo at a point where Muddy Creek emptied into Deep River. It was situ ated just below a high beautiful knoll on which stood their house. In 1990 the chimney was still standing at the house site. Robert McGee stated in 1990 that Bell's mill was still standing a few years ago. The mill site in now under a lake and hig hway 220 crosses a new bridge over the area of the mill area, the State of North Carolina named the bridge 'Martha McGee Bell Bridge'. During the war, Tories burned their barn, wounded one of her sons, wounded and drove William Bell into hiding, and threatened to shoot the entire family or burn the house down with them in it. One day when Martha's aged father was visiting her, To ries came with the intention to kill the old man, they draw their swords and started to advance on him but instantaneously, Martha seized a broad-ax and raised it over her head threatening to bring it down on the head of one of the swordsmen, spea king in her Scottish accent with a sternness which was irrestible, " if one of ye touches 'em I'll split ye down with this ax. touch 'em if ye dare." They dared not, sheathing their swords they left the house. Martha McFarlane: Burial: September 1820, Welborn-Bell Cemitary. Martha McFarlane and John McGee marriage: Abt. 1759, Randolph County, North Carolina. Martha McFarlane and William Bell marriage: May 06, 1779 Children of Martha McFarlane and John McGee are: +Jane (Jean) McGee, b. March 05, 1760, Guilford County, North Carolina, d. January 05, 1835, Randolph County, North Carolina. Susanah McGee, b. March 23, 1761, Guilford County, North Carolina, d. April 26, 1843, Greensboro, Guilford Co., North Carolina. Andrew McGee, b. 1762, Guilford Co., North Carolina, d. August 1819, Guilford Co., North Carolina. +John McGee, b. June 09, 1763, Guilford Co., North Carolina, d. June 16, 1836, Dixion Springs, Smith County, Tennessee. +William McGee, b. 1768, Orange County, North Carolina, d. September 20, 1817, 3 Forks of Duck, Bedford County, Tennessee. Notes for Martha McFarlane: This information copyed from information compiled by Robert McGee in 1992 at Greensburo, North Carolina. He went to the public library in Greensburo and found a book by Helen Bowling McKnight entitled " My McGEE and JOYNER Familys, Patroits, Preac hers and Pioners". Robert made a photo copy of of this information. He also copied information from a book by Dr. Caruther's "Interesting Revolutionary Incidentsand Sketches of Character, Chiefly in the Old North state" this work devotes 36 page s to Martha McGee. It was written 36 years after her death but much of the information was obtained years before from people in her neighborhood, some who had known her for most of her life, and some who had known her for a short timeafter the Rev olutionary war. (http://ncpedia.org/biography/bell-martha & http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/m/c/d/Tammy-M-Mcdonald-CA/WEBSITE-0001/UHP-0645.html) | McFarlane, Martha Revolutionary hero MarM01 (I16639)
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| 4350 | Martin died of his wounds in enemy hands, 24 days after being wounded at the Battle of Sharpsburg. He was 22 years old. | Swann, 1st Lieutenant, Co. B, 2nd Louisiana Infantry "Louisiana Zouaves", CSA, Martin Van Buren (I28593)
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