William Mason McFarland

William Mason McFarland

Male 1856 - 1891  (34 years)

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  • Name William Mason McFarland  [1
    Birth 21 Jul 1856  Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 17 Apr 1891  Youngstown, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I209  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father William McFarland,   b. Abt 1823, Coitsville, Trumbull (later Mahoning), Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1856 (Age 33 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Samantha McClelland,   b. 4 Oct 1828, Poland, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Mar 1896, Coitsville, Mahoning, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Alt. Marriage 5 Dec 1850  [1
    Marriage 19 Dec 1850  Mahoning Co., Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Family ID F706  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • William Mason McFarland/McFarlin
      PFM Edited Oct 2018

      William Mason McFarland was listed in the Coitsville, Ohio census of 1 860 when his widowed mother Samantha (McClelland) McFarland had return ed to her parents home there. After she remarried John H Reed in 186 3 they all moved to the nearby Ree d farm. William stayed on and helpe d in the building of a successful farming business (*1 p 175) with hi s new stepfather and stepbrothers, where he was listed in 1870. Later , in 1880, he was continuing to farm at his step-brother William Reed ' s farm in Coitsville.
      He married after 1880, but appears to have had no children, and was di vorced before his death in 1891. In the Application for letters ... Wi lliam McFarlin of Youngstown died 17 April 1891, leaving no widow, hav ing been divorced. Virgil C McFarl in, admr., states he is the only hei r. Virgil C McFarlin, brother, Youngstown; Alphea McVey, half sister , Struthers (*1).

      (Research):Sources for William Mason McFarland; Farmer
      1860 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 16 with his grandfather William McClel land (William McFarland's age 6)
      1870 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 95 with his step-father John Reed (Wil liam's age 17, born in Ohio, farm laborer)
      1880 census; Coitsville, Ohio p 90 with his step-brother John Reed (Wi lliam McFarland's age 26, born in Ohio, farm laborer, both par b in Oh io)
      1890 census; not extant
      Buried in Pioneer Methodist Cemetery?

      Other References
      *1 Probate; Mahoning county, Ohio, #3624; William McFarlin of Youngsto wn, dated 2 May, 1891

  • 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;;;;;).