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- 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
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