Robert McFarland

Robert McFarland

Male 1782 - 1863  (81 years)

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  • Name Robert McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14
    Birth 7 Mar 1782  Natural Bridge, Rockbridge, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1820  Concord, Champaign, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [9
    Residence 1830  Concord, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Residence 1840  Concord, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Residence 1850  Concord, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1860  Concord, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Death 28 Dec 1863  Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 10, 11
    Burial Harbor Graveyard, Urbana, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Person ID I27721  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father William McFarland, BY3019,   b. 10 Jun 1755, Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1825, Indian Creek, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Rebecca White,   b. 1763, Fayette Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 May 1822, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA(buried Indian Creek Baptist cemetery) Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 19 Oct 1779  Rockbridge Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Oct 1779  Rockbridge County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [15
    Family ID F6978  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Elizabeth Kenton,   b. 26 Oct 1793, , , Ohio of Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1821, , Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 27 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1814  , Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 3 Dec 1814  Champaign County, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Children 
     1. Deborah McFarland,   b. 21 Feb 1816, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1896, Bonner Springs, , Kansas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Frances (Fannie) McFarland,   b. 10 Dec 1817, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1881, , Shelby, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Rebecca McFarland,   b. 8 Feb 1820, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Mar 1906, St. Paris, , Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6932  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Family 2 Deborah Gray,   b. 4 Jan 1788, , , Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Oct 1814, , Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years) 
    Marriage 27 Dec 1804  , , Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 27 Dec 1804  Harrison County, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Children 
     1. Willison McFarland,   b. 11 May 1806, , Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aug 1808, Cynthiana, Harrison, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 2 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Elizabeth McFarland,   b. 23 Feb 1808, Lippincott Stat., Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1896, Lewistown, Logan, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Maximilia McFarland,   b. 9 May 1811, , Harrison, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1836, Concord, Champaign, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. William Harrison McFarland,   b. 14 Feb 1813, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Feb 1900, Union City, Champaign, Ohio, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 86 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6937  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Family 3 Eunice Dorsey,   b. 3 Feb 1797, Ellicott Mills, , Maryland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Sep 1869, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Marriage 3 Dec 1814  Champaign Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Married 23 Aug 1821  , Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 23 Aug 1821  Champaign Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [10
    Married 23 Aug 1821  Champaign County, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Sarah Jane McFarland,   b. 14 Aug 1822, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1887, DeGraff, , Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. John Maley McFarland,   b. 18 Feb 1824, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 May 1895, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Robert White McFarland,   b. 16 Jun 1825, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1911 (Age > 87 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Joseph Collins McFarland,   b. 27 May 1827, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Aug 1831, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 4 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Cynthia Ann McFarland,   b. 11 May 1829, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Jun 1892, St. Paris, , Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Samuel Wright McFarland,   b. 3 Feb 1831, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1831, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Thomas Sims McFarland,   b. 14 Jul 1832, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Mar 1914, Champaign Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. James Raper McFarland,   b. 18 May 1834, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1911, Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Eunice Elizabeth McFarland,   b. 4 Sep 1835, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Mary Catharine McFarland,   b. 28 Nov 1836, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1920, Champaign Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     11. Benjamin Spencer McFarland,   b. 15 Apr 1838, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Sep 1907, Millersburg, , Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     12. Emma McFarland,   b. Abt 1840, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1840, Concord Township, Champaign, Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F6960  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Mary Helen Haines question: Some trees have that his children by his first wife were born in Harrison Co. KY, yet, the history below says he was in Ohio by 1807. He is not in the 1810 census in KY.

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      QUESITONABLE LINK: See SOURCE.

      CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Champaign County, Concord Township, page 502.

      SOURCE: "Mcfarland-Dunlap Family Bible Records, 1831-1928 : and other
      genealogical data, 1675-1923", Joseph Dunlap. 35 pages. Microfilm copy at FHC
      (film #1320635, item 81). Robert Mcfarland, our grandfather, John McFarlands,
      oldest brother, was born in 1760 in Cumberland County, Pennsylvania. &ltNote,
      this cannot be correct, as William, father of John, was born in 1755&gt His home
      was near Urbanah. Was a preacher. Died and buried in Urbana &ltChampaign county,
      Ohio&gt, and it is said that he was 105 years old when he died. Robert Endicott
      (Indicott) daughter was our grandfathers mother. Her oldest child Robert
      McFarland was born in 1760.

      BIOGRAPHY: "History of Champaign County, Ohio" 1881 on Microfilm 0934880 at
      FHC, page 798.. Under biography of son Thomas S. McFarland. Robert McFarland
      was born in Rockbridge County, VA, near the Natural Bridge March 7, 1783; his
      parents moved to Tennessee in 1796, and for ten years he lived at different
      places in that State and in Kentucky. In October, 1806, he, in company with
      Martin Hitt and Joseph Diltz, made an excursion on horseback to Champaign
      County, Ohio, where he located in the following year. When he arrived in this
      county, his goods were unloaded in the woods beside an oak log, and, after
      paying his teamster, he had 50 cents in money to start with. He rented farms
      at different places in teh county till 1811, when he purchased 80 acres of land
      in Sec. 14 of Concord Township, which he cleared and improved. He was Township
      Clerk from 1819 to 1831; was Assesssor for a number of years, and was also a
      local minister in the M.E. Church for upward of fifty years. He was the
      founder of Concord Chapel. His marriage with Deborah Gray was celebrated Dec
      27, 1804. She died Oct 12, 1814, the mother of five children, two of whom are
      living-- William H., living east of Urbana, and Elizabeth, now Mrs. Nichols of
      Illinois. On Dec 3, 1814, he married Elizabeth Kenton, a grand-neice of Gen.
      Simon Kenton, by whom he had three children, viz., Deborah, now Mrs. Kenton,
      residing in Kansas; Frances, now Mrs. Conroy, of Shelby Co, Ohio and Rebecca
      Gibbs, of St. Paris. Elizabeth McFarland departed this life Jan 8, 1821. On
      the 23d of August of the same year he was united in marriage with Eunice
      Dorsey, a native of Maryland, born Feb 3, 1797. By this union they had eleven
      children. Eight are still living--Sarah J. Huston, of DeGraff, Ohio; John M.
      of this township, Robert W. of the Ohio State University at Columbus, Cynthia
      A. Gibbs of St. Paris, Ohio, Thomas S., James R. of Goshen, New York, Mary C.
      Pence of this township, and Benjamin S., living in Kansas. Prov R. W.
      McFarland is a a natural born mathematician, and is a thorough scholor. Robert
      McFarland departed this life dec 28, 1863; his wife survived till Sep 17,
      1869. The subject of this sketch was born Jul 14, 1832. He was raised a
      farmer's boy, and received a common-school education. His chief occupation has
      been tilling the soil. He now owns the old home farm and 16 acres besides,
      making 96 acres in all. He has been public auctioneer for nineteen years,
      couselor for eighteen years,and has been Secretary of the Champaign and Logan
      County Pioneer Association for the last six years. Has been a newspaper
      contributor for twenty-eight years, and is President of the Editors and
      Reporters Association of this county. He has also been very successful as a
      detective. In 1856 Sep 30 he married Ursula H. Evans, of Kentucky, born Dec
      23, 1829. She died Dec 14, 1864, the mother of one child -- Evans White, who
      met his death Apr 20, 1871 by a horse falling on him. Thomas S. McFarland and
      Catherine Evans were married March 20, 1866. She is also a native of Virginia,
      a sister of Ursula H., born Oct 13, 1834. The fruits of this marriage are four
      children--Hattie B., Rebecca J., Sallie DeVoe adn Thomas D.C.
      Page 489 Robert McFarland was taken to Tennessee early in life, but
      subsequently settled on Indian Creek, near Cynthiance, Kentucky.

      BIOGRAPHY: "History of Champaign County, Ohio" by Evan P. Middleton 1917
      LDS Microfilm # 0934881. Page 201 Robert McFarland, the father of Thomas Sims
      McFarland, was a native of Rockbridge County, VA, and was taken by his parents
      when still a child to Tennessee and shortly afterwards to Kentucky. In 1807
      Robert came to Champaign County to make a permanent location. ...a prospecting
      trip with Martin Hitt and Joseph Diltz. The impelling reason for McFarlands
      leaving Kentucky was his intense hatred of slavery. In Oct 1807 the McFarland
      family arrived in the county and stopped for a short time in the Northern part
      of the present Union Township. ...They quickly made a cabin. In this cabin,
      William McFarland and his family and Joseph Gray, his father-in-law, lived from
      October until the following spring. They then moved to Salem Township on a
      tract about half way between Urbana and West Liberty. Still later the two
      families located about 2 and 1/2 miles SE of Westville in the Mad River
      Township. Robert McFarland bought the farm of Henry Bacome. In the winter
      1811/1812, Robert McFarland built a cabin on his newly acquired farm and in
      April 1812 moved into his new home.
      Page 1105 Thomas Sims McFarland, one of the most prominent local
      historians, was born in Concord Township July 14, 1832 and died March 19, 1914.
      Son of Robert McFarland. T.S. McFarland was one of 19 children.

      LINKS: A Jesse Buffinton McFarland, born 1797 of Champaign County, Ohio
      married Elizabeth Yazel, born 1817 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.

      RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Pam Gow Email pgow@snowcrest.net. Champaign
      County, Ohio Queeries on internet. Researchng James McFarland who married
      Rebecca Yazel. Had 2 sons, John and David, who later moved to Hamilton County,
      Iowa.

      RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Pam Sprouse Email pspro@greenapple.com. Champaign
      County Ohio Queeries on internet. McFarland Family.

      LINKS: Must have had son Jesse McFarland 1840 Census Urbana Township,
      Champaign County page 381.
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      Facts about this person:

      Burial
      Harbor Graveyard, Urbana, Champaign, Ohio

      Source: Mcfarlan.ged.GED
      Medium: Other
      Date of Import: Feb 21, 1999

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