James R. McFarland

1832 - Abt 1865  (32 years)

• Name	James R. McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15]
  Birth	25 Aug 1832	St Francois Co., MO   [2, 3, 5, 8, 9]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Texas   [5]
  Residence	1850	Fannin, Texas, USA   [2]
  Residence	1860	Precinct 8, Collin, Texas   [3]
  _MILT	6 Jul 1861	Pvt., 1st Co.Precinct 4, 14th Regiment. Then in the 22nd Texas Cavalry, Co. C with his brothers.   [5, 14, 15]
  Death	Abt 1865	The Civil War   [10]
  Person ID	I29494	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James E. McFarland, BY146078 RoM02,   b. 20 Jan 1795, Jefferson Co., Tennessee d. 18 Oct 1871, Fannin Co. Texas (Age 76 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jane Jackson,   b. 5 Feb 1801, Scott Co., Kentucky d. 14 May 1872, Fannin Co., Texas (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	1 Dec 1816	Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri   [16, 17, 18]
  Family ID	F5601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Jones,   b. 24 Nov 1834, Illinois d. 22 Jun 1910, Floyd, Hunt, Texas, USA (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1859	Collin, Texas, USA   [4, 6, 7]
  Family ID	F5993	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  James is not in Fannin County in 1860, however I found a James McFarlan living in Collin County, ages 28, born in Missouri, married to Mary, age 25, born in Illinois. The age and birthplace work, so this could be James. P. 95 fam. 1224, P.O. Farmersville. In the 1870 and 1880 censuses Mary McFarland from Illinois is living with a Jones family in Farmersville, so I presume her husband is dead. James must have died in the war, but I have no documentation other than passed down stories that some family members died. Julia Cunningham Stoddard said in 1958 in an interview with Lola McFarland Hill: "Uncle Jim went to the war in the company of my father, Lee Cunningham. They were nearly starved when they came upon a corn field; Jim ate too much and died before he got home." The National Archive record is for a J.R. McFarland, Private in Co. C, of the 22nd Cavalry, showing him on the Muster-in Roll at Ft. Washita Dec. 27, 1861. 5 ft. 10 in., 30 yrs. old, born in Missouri, hair black, eyes dark complexion dark, value of horse 180, value of rigging 25. The unit is called Taylor's Reg't Texas Mounted Rifles here. Then on the company Muster Role for January to June 1862, it shows him enlisted by J. W. Piner on Feb. 25, 1862 and is called the 1st Indian Reg't Texas Cavalry on this form. The logical conclusion is that James' full name is James Robert, which is repeated in the next generation.

  
  

• Sources

  [S573] Ancestry Family Trees, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.;;;;;), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1055] Ancestry.com, 1850 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1850; Census Place: Fannin, Texas; Roll: M432_910; Page: 161A; Image: 319. [S1056] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Precinct 8, Collin, Texas; Roll: M653_1291; Page: 95; Family History Library Film: 805291. [S1067] Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Records, 1837-2015, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Collin County Clerk's Office; McKinney, Texas; Collin County Marriage Records. [S1133] Ancestry.com, Texas, Muster Roll Index Cards, 1838-1900, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;). [S1259] Ancestry.com, Texas, Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1977, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;). [S1416] Rubbing made in 1960s by O.B. Kiepe. [S1668] McFarland Family Bible. [S1694] McFarland Family Bible. [S1723] Information from Frances Terry Ingmire/Lola McFarland Hill. [S1735] Confederate Soldiers - TX at Fold3, Page 2 - Confederate Soldiers - TX. [S1735] Confederate Soldiers - TX at Fold3, Page 4 - Confederate Soldiers - TX. [S1735] Confederate Soldiers - TX at Fold3, Page 6 - Confederate Soldiers - TX. [S1736] Enlistees in the War Between the States 1861-64 Fannin County, Texas, p. 74. [S1737] Enlistees in the War Between the States 1861-64 Fannin County, Texas, p. 74. [S1668] McFarland Family Bible. provides the date, not the place [S1694] McFarland Family Bible. provides the date, not the place [S1798] Cout of Common Pleas Ste. Genevieve Court House, p. 515. May 28, 1816, Elliot Jackson present and living in this county along with James McFarland.