Lorenzo Dow McFarland

Lorenzo Dow McFarland

Male 1829 - 1905  (76 years)

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  • Name Lorenzo Dow McFarland 
    Birth 6 Jan 1829  Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 15 Jun 1905  Ceres, Bland Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30408  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father James B. McFarland,   b. Abt 1805, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Jan 1876, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Christina Lambert,   b. 1801, Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Mar 1879, Tazewell Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1827  Wythe Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5516  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Matilda Jane Bean,   b. 1834   d. 1897 (Age 63 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Barbara McFarland,   b. 1852, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Ballard McFarland,   b. 1855, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. Lucinda McFarland,   b. 1857, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. George Washington McFarland,   b. 4 Jun 1858, Wythe Co., VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Aug 1932, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Amanda E. McFarland,   b. 1864, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Martha R. McFarland,   b. 1867, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Nancy M. McFarland,   b. 1872, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. Jacob M. McFarland,   b. 1872, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     9. Lorra McFarland,   b. 1875, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     10. Lorenzo Dow McFarland,   b. 1878, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5471  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 

    • Mary Helen Haines:
      Lorenzo Dow is named for a very popular Methodist minister. born 1777 in Connecticut, who is the inventor of camp meetings. There are lots of young men named Lorenzo Dow during this time.

      A descendant of Lorenzo Dow McFarland took the Y-DNA test and it showed that the father of this line was a Burress, or some variation of that name. This means that his father James B. McFarland was probably a Burress.

      There is a James Burriss born abt. 1807 who married Mary Frances Neel who died abt. 1853. He then married Polly Cox in 1871. He died 1883 in Tazewell. His father was Micajah Burress, born 1775 in Bedford Co. VA, in 1795 was in Montgomery Co. VA, and in 1840 and 1850 was in Russell Co. VA

      1860 census, Lorenzo Dow McFarland and wife living in Wythe Co. next to the Spanglers.
      The Spanglers lived near Ceres (Bland Co. today) at the foot of Brushy Mountain according to the land deeds.