Mary Jane McFarland

Mary Jane McFarland

Female 1821 - 1911  (89 years)

Personal Information    |    Notes    |    Sources    |    All

  • Name Mary Jane McFarland  [1
    Birth 18 Oct 1821  Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Female 
    Name Mary Jane McFarlin 
    Death 13 Feb 1911  Cloud Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Hollis Cemetery, Cloud, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14082  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

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

    Family William Crawford Breckenridge,   b. 1811, Mercer Co., Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Aug 1854, Cokesbury, Hunterdon, New Jersey, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years) 
    Marriage 9 Mar 1841  Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Children 
    +1. Rufus Manning Breckenridge,   b. 9 Mar 1841, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Apr 1817, Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. William Crawford Breckenridge,   b. 18 Feb 1843, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1931, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Caroline J Breckenridge,   b. 17 Apr 1845, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1897, Viola, Mercer, Illinois, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. John Walter Breckenridge,   b. 12 Aug 1847, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Sep 1909, Albany, Linn, Oregon, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +5. Hugh Ellis Breckenridge,   b. 9 Dec 1849, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Oct 1924, Hollis, Republic, Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Alice Breckenridge,   b. 22 Mar 1852, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Aug 1831, Cloud Co, Kansas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F697  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • MARY JANE (MCFARLIN) BRECKENRIDGE (1821 to 1911)
      (Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - May, 2012, updated June 2019)

      This first child of James and Melissa (Hard) McFarlin was born in Coit sville, Trumbull co, Ohio on 12 October, 1821. She married William Bre ckenridge about 1840 and remained in Coitsville. In 1850 William, Mar y and children live next door to he r brother John McFarlin and his wif e Sarah. In John's household is their mother, Melissa McFarlin.
      Her husband William Brackenridge III died 10 Aug 1854 and by 1860, Mar y had moved with her five children to Viola, Mercer co, Illinois, wher e she remained through 1900. In both 1880 and 1900 she reports that he r father (James) was born in Irela nd.
      By 1910 Mary was living with her farmer son Hugh and family in Grant , Kansas. Mary McFarlin Breckenridge died in Kansas at age eighty-nine .
      She was buried in the Hollis cemetery, Cloud co, Kansas.

      (Research):PFM's REFERENCES
      Much of the vital statistic information for Mary Jane and her childre n was taken from a public tree on ancestry.com and has not been verifi ed.

      PFM's SOURCES for Mary (McFarland) Brackenridge;
      1830 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 249; with father James McFarland (Mary 's age 5-10)
      1840 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 190; with widowed mother Melissa McFar land (Mary's age 15-20)
      1850 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 581; with husband William Brackenridg e (Mary's age 28, born in Ohio)
      1860 census; Viola, Mercer co, Illinois p 809; Mary Breckenridge b Ohi o age 38 with Rufus M a 19, William C a 15, John W a 12, hugh e a 10 , Alice a 8 (all b Ohio)
      1870 census; Mary and family not located
      1880 census; Viola, Mercer co, Illinois p 288; widow Mary Breckenridg e a 58 b in Ohio, f b in Ireland, m b in Vt, with mother Melissa a 7 7 b VT
      1900 census; Viola, Greene, Mercer co, Illinois p 30B; widow Mary Jan e B living alone a 78 b Oct 1821 Ohio f b Ireland, m b VT
      1910 census; Grant, Republic co, Kansas p 140 Mary a 88 with son Hug h and Emily Breckenridge and their son Denzel

  • Sources 
    1. [S57] Peter Folsom McFarlin, Descendants of John McFarland, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: John McFarland descendants (no notes).pdf rec: 6 Dec 2010;;;;;).

    2. [S55] Clan MacFarlane Worldwide, Clan MacFarlane Worldwide Genealogy Form, Skip McFarlin #659 from MHH rec: 21 Jun 2018.