Lysander J. McFarland

1835 - 1862  (27 years)

• Name	Lysander J. McFarland  [1]
  Birth	1835	Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	19 Dec 1862	Andersonville Prison Camp, Fort Sumter, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Soldier's Home National Cemetery, Washington D.C.
  Person ID	I14011	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James McFarland,   b. Abt 1795, Co. Tyrone, Ulster, Northern Ireland d. 11 Jun 1838, Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA (Age 43 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Melissa Hard,   b. 7 Apr 1803, Franklin, Franklin, Vermont, USA d. 8 Mar 1885, Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Alt. Marriage	Abt 1820  [1]
  Marriage	16 Nov 1820	Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F4515	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Laura Bissell,   b. 1836, Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA d. Aft 1880, Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA (Age > 45 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1859	Mercer Co., Illinois, USA
  Children	1. Blanche McFarland,   b. Aug 1862, New Windsor, Mercer, Illinois, USA d. Aft 1900 (Age > 39 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F699	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  LYSANDER J MCFARLAND (1835 to 1862) (Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - updated June, 2018) Lysander J McFarland was born in Coitsville, Ohio about 1835 (census d ata) and in 1850 was living there with his brother John, sister Sara h and mother Melissa. They were next to his sister Mary (McFarland) an d William Brackenridge and their fam ily. Lysander appears to be helpin g with John's small home farm. Nearby, also in Coitsville, lived Laur a Bissell, daughter of Porter and Margaret. Lysander and Laura were married in Mercer co, Illinois on June 2nd 186 0. However, they were listed in the July 1860 census of the town of Ta fton in Grant co Wisconsin, where he was a harness maker. By 1862 Lysander had volunteered in the Union Army during the civil wa r. He was a private in Co K 7th Wisconsin Infantry, (mustered in on Se pt 21, 1861 with a total of 1106 men). His war record is unknown. While Lysander was serving, Laura had moved to Illinois and gave birt h to their daughter Blanche in August of 1862. By December of 1862, Ly sander became ill with "Chronic Diarhear" and died Dec 19th 1862 in th e Carver General Hospital in Washin gton D.C. This was typical of man y Union soldiers at the time. He was buried in the nearby Soldiers Hom e National Cemetery (#3377). In 1870, Laura was living in Viola, Mercer co, Illinois next to (a cou sin?) Abby M Hogg and Abby's two daughters. In 1880 she and Blanche ar e near to James (b 1806) and Mary Hogg , still in Viola. In 1900, daughter Blanche, age 38, is unmarried and boarding in Fordyc e, Dallas co, Arkansas. (Research):PFM's SOURCES 1850 census; Coitsville, Mahoning co, Ohio p 580b; John McFarlane farm er a 29 b Ohio, Sarah McF a 17 b O, Lysander McFarlane farmer a 15 b O hio, Melissa McF a 45 b VT. 1860 census; Tafton, Grant co, Wisconsin p 703; Lysander J McFarland H arness maker a 25 b Ohio, Laura Mcf a 22 b Ohio 1870 census; Viola, Mercer co, Illinois p 199; Laura McFarland a 3 4 b O, Blanche McF a 7 b Illinois 1880 census; Viola, Mercer co, IL p 290; Laura McFarland a 44 b Ohio , Blanche McF a 17 b Illinois 1900 census; Fordyce, Dallas co, Arkansas p 36b; Blanche McFarland boa rder b Aug 1862 Illinois

  
  

• Sources

  [S57] Peter Folsom McFarlin, Descendants of John McFarland, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: John McFarland descendants (no notes).pdf rec: 6 Dec 2010;;;;;). [S55] Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Clan MacFarlane Worldwide Genealogy Form, Skip McFarlin #659 from MHH rec: 21 Jun 2018.