Lorenzo Dow McFarland

1829 - 1905  (76 years)

• Name	Lorenzo Dow McFarland
  Birth	6 Jan 1829	Wythe Co., VA
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Jun 1905	Ceres, Bland Co., VA
  Person ID	I30408	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	James B. McFarland,   b. Abt 1805, Virginia, USA d. 3 Jan 1876, Tazewell, Virginia, USA (Age 71 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christina Lambert,   b. 1801, Wythe Co., VA d. 5 Mar 1879, Tazewell Co., VA (Age 78 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1827	Wythe Co., Virginia
  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  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Ballard McFarland,   b. 1855, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Lucinda McFarland,   b. 1857, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 4. George Washington McFarland,   b. 4 Jun 1858, Wythe Co., VA d. 30 Aug 1932, Graham, Tazewell, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Amanda E. McFarland,   b. 1864, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. Martha R. McFarland,   b. 1867, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Nancy M. McFarland,   b. 1872, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jacob M. McFarland,   b. 1872, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   9. Lorra McFarland,   b. 1875, VA  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   10. Lorenzo Dow McFarland,   b. 1878, VA  [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.