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- 1920 census: Milton E. McFarland, adopted age 13, Ill, Ill , Ill, living with Ida C. Callahan, born 1860 Ill, NY, NY. Ida was Ida Caroline Miller, who was Charlotte Miller's sister, and therefore Milton Elwood's great aunt.
Information from son Neal R. McFarland:
My father, Milton E. Mc Farland, was a 32nd degree mason and was a past master of the Masonic Lodge AF&AM No. 484 that used to be located in E.St. Louis, IL. He also was very active for many years in the Scottish Rite and Order of Eastern Star, where he served was a past patron.
He only had an 8th grade education, but was very self-educated and an outstanding mechanic. At age 13 he started driving a truck and at age 16 he enlisted in the US Army during WWI, serving at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma, where he trained polo ponies for the Army polo team. He became an electrician and worked for about 49 years for the Sachs Electric Co. in St. Louis. During WWII, he was drafted into the US Navy, but received a last minute deferment right before boarding a train to ship out, because of my birth.
My mother worked for many years in the insurance and real estate industries.
He and my mother were strong members of the former Winstanley Baptist Church in E. St. Louis, IL, where I was baptized.
Both my parents loved to travel, even when I was a small child growing up. They visited every state, except Alaska (which my mother finally visited after my father passed away), and most of Canada and Europe, including of course, Scotland.
They moved from E. St. Louis, IL to Glendale, MO in 1950 and continued to live in other cities in St. Louis County until he retired. Then they moved permanently into a weekend home my father built himself in Lone Dell, MO., which is where they lived until he died. After his retirement, they spent winters in their motor home in Ft. Myers, FL.
When my mother and I were making arrangements for dad's burial, the undertaker asked us how we would best describe him. I immediately answered, "He loved people." My mother agreed.
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1907 - 1983 (76 years)
