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HENRY MCFARLIN (ca1822 - 1870) Indiana Justice of the peace
(Research by Peter Folsom McFarlin - June 2019)
Henry McFarlin, son of Andrew and Jane (Dug? Day?) McFarland/McFarli
n moved from Coitsville, Ohio to Indiana with his parents and sibling s about 1845.
In 1860 Henry was a justice of the peace in Plymouth, Indiana living w ith his widow mother Jane (Dug? Day?) McFarlin, and sister Mary A Mc F a 28 (she married in 1860), and sister Elvira McF a 25 (she marrie d in 1867).
Henry was cutting trees for logs on Jan 27th of 1870 with other men an d was killed by a tree falling against another which hit his head. Hi s mother Jane (Dug? Day?) McFarlin presented a claim on his estate fo r payment of an 1860 debt of $85 plu
s 2% interest. She had loaned hi m the money (gold) to pay off a mortgage on land he owned. This woma n was most likely his mother and not his sister Jane (McFarlin) Metcal f who had married in 1847. Henry's sister Elvira McDuffie was asminist rat rix of his estate.
Henry McFarlin was buried in Oak Hill Cemetery in Plymouth, Indiana. H e apparently did not marry or have children.
SOURCES;
1850 census; My Division, Marshall co, Indiana p 941, Andrew McFarli n a 66 b Ireland, farmer, Jane McF a 55 b Penn, HENRY MCFARLIN a 2 8 b Ohio, Mary Ann McF a 22 b Ohio, Elenor McF a 20 b Ohio, Elizabet h McF a 18 b Ohio, Elvira McF a 16 b Ohio , John McF a 31 b Ohio, black smith, Helen McF a 31 b NY, John McF jr a 1 b In.
1856 Henry's father Andrew's probate papers refer to his son Henry 'l iving in California'.
1860 census; Plymouth, Marshall co, Indiana p 12, H MCFARLIN a 37 b Oh io, Justice of the Peace, Jane McF a? b Ohio, Mary A McF a 28 b Ohio , Elvira McF a 25 b Ohio.
1870 Probate records for Marshall co, Indiana; Henry's sister Elvira ( McFarlin) Metcalf was named administratrix for his estate.
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