Benjamin F. McFarland

1815 - 1876  (61 years)

• Name	Benjamin F. McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
  Birth	3 May 1815	Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States   [2, 3, 6]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1850	District 13, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Residence	1860	Jefferson, Tennessee, USA   [3]
  Death	8 Aug 1876	Chattanooga, Hamilton Co., TN   [6]
  Person ID	I29420	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert McFarland, FT218687 RoM02,   b. 15 Mar 1759, Orange Co., North Carolina d. 10 Feb 1837, Jefferson Co., TN (Age 77 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Neal,   b. 26 Dec 1775, Virginia, United States d. 1820, Jefferson City, Jefferson, Tennessee, United States (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	31 Aug 1805	Jefferson Co., TN
  Family ID	F6358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah L. Cox,   b. 1820, Mill Spring, Jefferson County, Tennessee d. 1869, Tennessee, USA (Age 49 years)
  Marriage	1836	Lincoln, MO
  Married	1836	Linn, Missouri
  Children	1. Nancy Juliet McFarland,   b. 21 Oct 1843, Mill Spring, Jefferson, Tennessee, USA d. 9 Mar 1902, Azusa, Los Angeles, California (Age 58 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. William Lafayette McFarland,   b. 19 Dec 1846, Tennessee d. 18 Feb 1919, Bristol, Sullivan County, Tennessee (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. H McFarland,   b. 1850, Jefferson Co., TN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. H McFarland,   b. 1853, Jefferson Co., TN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Virginia McFarland,   b. 6 Oct 1855, Mill Spring, Grainger, Tennessee d. 19 Jan 1925, Memphis, Tennessee (Age 69 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F6021	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  McFarland, Benjamin F. (1815-1876) SENATE, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, representing Hancock, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties; political affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County in 1815, son of Colonel Robert and Mrs. Mary (Neal) Cox McFarland. Studied medicine; practicing physician at Bell Springs, Jefferson County. Married to Sarah Cox; one daughter: Virginia (Mrs. Robert M. Barton, Jr.). In 1846 he was living in Grainger County, where he was on courthouse and county jail committees. Removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in March 1876, where he died on August 8, 1876. Buried at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County. Half-brother of Robert McFarland and John McFarland, father-in-law of Robert M. Barton, Jr., sometime members Tennessee General Assembly. Sources: Goodspeed, History of Grainger County, 855; Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes, pamphlet 4; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 77, p. 46; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1876. McFarland, Benjamin F. (1815-1876) SENATE, 31st General Assembly, 1855-57, representing Hancock, Jefferson, and Hawkins counties; political affiliation not given. Born in Jefferson County in 1815, son of Colonel Robert and Mrs. Mary (Neal) Cox McFarland. Studied medicine; practicing physician at Bell Springs, Jefferson County. Married to Sarah Cox; one daughter: Virginia (Mrs. Robert M. Barton, Jr.). In 1846 he was living in Grainger County, where he was on courthouse and county jail committees. Removed to Chattanooga, Hamilton County, in March 1876, where he died on August 8, 1876. Buried at Mossy Creek (now Jefferson City), Jefferson County. Half-brother of Robert McFarland and John McFarland, father-in-law of Robert M. Barton, Jr., sometime members Tennessee General Assembly. Sources: Goodspeed, History of Grainger County, 855; Armstrong, Some Tennessee Heroes, pamphlet 4; D. A. R. Lineage Book, No. 77, p. 46; Jefferson County Will Book, No. 3, 1826-40, pp. 432-34; Chattanooga Times, August 12, 1876.

  
  

• Sources

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