Samuel Jackson McFarland

1872 - 1948  (76 years)

• Name	Samuel Jackson McFarland  [1]
  Birth	23 Nov 1872	Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas
  Gender	Male
  Death	27 Nov 1948	Dallas, Texas   [1]
  Burial	UNKNOWN	Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas
  Person ID	I30055	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James Franklin McFarland, RoM02,   b. 9 Aug 1847, Near Ladonia, Fannin Co. Texas d. 4 Feb 1917, Ladonia, Fannin Co. Texas (Age 69 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Mary Jane Harper,   b. 26 Feb 1852, Knights Prairie township , Hamilton Co., Illinois d. 31 Oct 1935, Dallas, Texas (at home of Lola) (Age 83 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	4 Feb 1872	Fannin Co. Texas   [2]
  Married	4 Feb 1872	Fannin, Texas, United States   [3, 4, 5]
  Family ID	F5646	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Wesley Jewel Easley,   b. 5 Jan 1881, Blossom, Lamar Co., Texas d. 13 Mar 1962, Dallas, Texas (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1898	Blossom, Fannin Co., Texas
  Family ID	F5622	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Mary Helen Haines notes: Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite. In Scollard's Ladonia Directory is the listing McFarland S.J. cashier at First National Bank. residence 106 Church St. Mrs. S. McFarland is listed in residence 106 Church Street. Article from Dallas Morning News, Sept. 21, 1900: "Ladonia, Tex. Sept. 19--A full volunteer military company has been organized in Ladonia. The company is to be known as Company L, Third regiment of the State militia. Major Jules Merchert came from Bonham yesterday and mustered the boys in. There are fifty-five of the new soldiers. The officers of the company are: Captain, S.J. McFarland; First Lieutenant, C.H. Weldon; Second Lieutenent, Walter N. Jones." Dallas Morning News, Oct. 27, 1900: "Third Regiment--Company B, Denton Light Guards, Capt......; Company M, Ladonia Rifles, Capt. S.J. McFarland, Ladonia." From Lola McFarland's book, p. 93. "SAMUEL JACKSON MCFARLAND - eldest son of James and Mary Jane - born Nov. 23, 1872, 5 ½ mi. N. Ladonia, Texas. Attended school in Ladonia, Campbell, and graduated from Austin College in Sherman, 1895. His years of banking were spent in Ladonia, Greenville and Dallas. In 1929 he went to Lubbock and organ¬ized an Insurance and Real Estate Business. He retired in 1943, when he returned to Dallas. He married Jewel Easley in 1898, and died Nov. 1948 - 76 years of age. He was always an active member of the Christian Church and was president of the boards of Texas Christian University and Juliette Fowler Homes in Dallas for many years. Buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas" Samuel and Jewel had no children. He went by Sam. Obituary in Daily Times Herald, Dallas on Nov. 29, 1948 BANKER, CIVIC LEADER'S RITES ARE SCHEDULED Final rites for Samuel J. McFarland, 76, banker and civic leader in Texas, were to be held at 2 PM Monday in the George A. Brewer Funeral Home, with Dr. Thompson L Shannon of the East Dallas Christian Church officiating. Burial was to be in Restland Memorial Park. McFarland died Saturday of a heart attack at his home in the Stoneleigh Hotel. A former owner of a chain of Texas banks, he was a past president of the Juliette Fowler homes for Orphans and Aged. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Bible school in the East Dallas Christian church and was a charter member of the church's John G. Slater Bible class. A former chairman of the board of Texas Christian University, McFarland for two years was president of the YMCA board in Dallas. He was a 32nd degree Mason and belong to the Lakewood Country Club, Dallas City Club, Dallas Athletic Club and Glen Haven Country Club. Surviving are his wife, three brothers, James R. McFarland and Dr. Gordon B. McFarland, Dallas, and John a. McFarland of Ladonia, Texas, and three sisters, Mrs. Joe M. Hill and Mrs. W.M. Williams, Dallas, and Mrs. W.P. Jennings, Lubbock. Pallbearers will be J. W. Timmins, Charles Fleming, Michaux Nash, L. C. Wright, Frank Ayers and T. H. Callan. Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew J. Bush, Dr. H. Leslie Moore, Arthur a. Everts, Kleber V. Lipscomb, Dr. S.E. Milliken, Dr. E. M. Waits, Dr. L. N. D. Wells, Dan D. Rogers and officers of the board of East Dallas Christian Church and the Board of Trustees of Juliette Fowler Homes. Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1765] Murtie June Clark, "Colonial Soldiers of the South 1732-1774", (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: 1983;;;;;). July 1757 John McFarlin 7th Company, Virginia Regiment, commanded by Capt. Joshua Lewis. John McFarlin age 18 (5' 6" height), of Virginia, a planter, drafted in Virginia. [S1792] Certificate of Marriage, # 2046. [S1038] Ancestry.com, 1900 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;), Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas; Roll: 1633; Page: 11A; Enumeration District: 0073; FHL microfilm: 1241633. [S1302] Ancestry.com, Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;). [S1782] Certificate of Marriage, # 2046.