Arthur Rodney McFarland

Arthur Rodney McFarland

Male 1844 - Abt 1899  (54 years)

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  • Name Arthur Rodney McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16
    Birth 14 Aug 1844  Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10
    Gender Male 
    Occupation School teacher and circuit preacher, rancher Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation School teacher and circuit preacher, rancher 
    Residence 1850  Fannin, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1860  Beat 4, Fannin, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    _MILT 9 Aug 1862  31 Texas Cavalry-Co. I, Haupe's Regiment of Texas Dismounted Cavalry-Brush Battalion. Served out of Ft. Wishita, Indian Territory Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 2 Aug 1867  Fannin, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1870  Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Residence 1880  Precinct 9, Coleman, Texas, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death Abt 1899  Chickasha, Grady Co., Indian Territory (Oklahoma) Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial UNKNOWN  memorial in the McFarland Cemetery, Fannin Co. Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I30696  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father James E. McFarland, BY146078 RoM02,   b. 20 Jan 1795, Jefferson Co., Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Oct 1871, Fannin Co. Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Jane Jackson,   b. 5 Feb 1801, Scott Co., Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 14 May 1872, Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage 1 Dec 1816  Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [17, 18, 19
    Family ID F5601  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Ellen Terry,   b. 1840, Greene Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1921 (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 17 Nov 1867  Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 7, 8
    Children 
     1. Lilian E. Terry,   b. Abt 1865, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +2. Edwin McFarland,   b. 12 Jul 1869, Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Nov 1934, Patagonia, Arizonia Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Egbert G. McFarland,   b. Abt 1872, Fannin Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1902, Bisbee, Arizona Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 30 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +4. Iva Lena McFarland,   b. 8 Oct 1874, Fannin County, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1956, Vancouver, Washington Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Lawrence Winfield Scott McFarland,   b. 18 May 1882, Coleman Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Apr 1940, Greene Co., Ohio Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5302  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Mary Helen Haines notes:
      During the Civil War, Arthur is first recorded as being at Ft. Washita on Dec. 27, 1861. He is 17, black hair, dark eyes, dark complexion, on a horse valued at $150. and rigging $35. He is part of Taylor's Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles, 22nd Cavalry, Co. C. On the Muster Roll for Jan 16, to June 30, 1862, the Co. C is now call the 1 Indian Reg't Texas Cavalry, and it lists the enrolling commander as J.W. Piner for a period of 12 months. Then the next muster role is for June to Dec. 1862 and it says that he was discharged July 16, 1862 by order of Gen. Albert Pike, in compliance with Act of Congress approved April 16, 1862. Other records for A. McFarland show him enlisting on August 9, 1862 at Fort Washita for the duration of the war. He was part of the 31st Regiment, Texas Cavalry, also known as Hawpe's Regiment Texas Cavalry or Mounted Volunteers that was organized first on May 14th, 1862 with companies A to H. Company I was organized on August 9th, 1862. Then on December 28th, 1862 he is listed Absent without leave. Then in March and April of 1863 listed an Present and entitled to bounty, and last paid on June 30th, 1863.

      On census in 1870 Arthur is shown at 26 married to Mary E, age 30, from Illinois, with three children using McFarland name: James F. 3, Lillian E. 5, and Edwin age 1. In 1880 Arthur and family is found in Coleman County, Texas where he moved after the family argument over the land erupted after father James' death with no will and mother's will leaving the land to Arthur and brother Newton. Deed records show that his father alloted 150 acres to Arthur from the original land grant, but mother Jane left Newton and Arthur the 302 acres she and James had still in their name.

      "Arthur McFarland, during his life, was a school teacher and a circuit preacher - a rancher - and at the time of his death he was a sub - contractor for a Star Route Mail Carrier, out of Chickasha, Oklahoma, then Indian Territory. He died the *8th of October, 1899 of diarrhea, at Chickasha, and as I have stated before, is buried there.... Mama always said the happiest days of her life were those when she and her father camped out near the school where he taught- going home only on weekends." * "I was unable to find the actual date of Arthur's death, so, in order to obtain the stone (memorial at McFarland Cemetery) I used the birthdate of his daughter. Does it matter so much what date a man dies, more than the memory of his life?" Loma Scroggins

      Loma Patton thinks Arthur died shortly before the birth of Noble Dugan Scroggins (his grandson born in Princeton Texas), because Arthur's wife Mary Ellen moved to Princeton with the Scroggins family. She thinks that Arthur died in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma and is buried on a hill-Rose Hill Cemetery. If he was buried there, the on-line records of those gravesites do not mention him.

      Coleman County: Beginning in September 1879, Mary E. McFarland settled on land surveyed for W.D. Wyatt in Coleman County in June 1879. She purchased the 160 acres of that pre-emption survey #137 from him in June 1882. Papers were filed and the official state patent #519 was issued to Mary E. McFarland for the 160 acres on May 23, 1884. But while this was happening, it seems that another pre-emption was being filed. On October 18, 1881 a survey #154 was done for 160 acres of vacant land for Arthur McFarland, that he occupied starting in August 22, 1881. A proof of settlement was filed on August 25, 1884. That land was adjacent to, and surrounding, the W.D. Wyatt survey #137. Then on Sept. 9, 1884, Mary E. and Arthur McFarland sold survey #154 of 160 acres to D.F. and W. B. Roddan for $200. The property was resurveyed Nov. 1886 as a corrected survey.
      During the Civil War, Arthur is first recorded as being at Ft. Washita on Dec. 27, 1861. He is 17, black hare, dark eyes, dark complexion, on a horse valued at $150. and rigging $35. He is part of Taylor's Regiment of Texas Mounted Rifles, 22nd Cavalry, Co. C. On the Muster Roll for Jan 16, to June 30, 1862, the Co. C is now call the 1 Indian Reg't Texas Cavalry, and it lists the enrolling commander as J.W. Piner for a period of 12 months. Then the next muster role is for June to Dec. 1862 and it says that he was discharged July 16, 1862 by order of Gen. Albert Pike, in compliance with Act of Congress approved April 16, 1862. Other records for A. McFarland show him enlisting on August 9, 1862 at Fort Washita for the duration of the war. He was part of the 31st Regiment, Texas Cavalry, also known as Hawpe's Regiment Texas Cavalry or Mounted Volunteers that was organized first on May 14th, 1862 with companies A to H. Company I was organized on August 9th, 1862. Then on December 28th, 1862 he is listed Absent without leave. Then in March and April of 1863 listed an Present and entitled to bounty, and last paid on June 30th, 1863.

      On census in 1870 Arthur is shown at 26 married to Mary E, age 30, from Illinois, with three children using McFarland name: James F. 3, Lillian E. 5, and Edwin age 1. In 1880 Arthur and family is found in Coleman County, Texas where he moved after the family argument over the land erupted after father James' death with no will and mother's will leaving the land to Arthur and brother Newton. Deed records show that his father alloted 150 acres to Arthur from the original land grant, but mother Jane left Newton and Arthur the 302 acres she and James had still in their name.

      "Arthur McFarland, during his life, was a school teacher and a circuit preacher - a rancher - and at the time of his death he was a sub - contractor for a Star Route Mail Carrier, out of Chickasha, Oklahoma, then Indian Territory. He died the *8th of October, 1899 of diarrhea, at Chickasha, and as I have stated before, is buried there.... Mama always said the happiest days of her life were those when she and her father camped out near the school where he taught- going home only on weekends." * "I was unable to find the actual date of Arthur's death, so, in order to obtain the stone (memorial at McFarland Cemetery) I used the birthdate of his daughter. Does it matter so much what date a man dies, more than the memory of his life?" Loma Scroggins

      Loma Patton thinks Arthur died shortly before the birth of Noble Dugan Scroggins (his grandson) in Princeton Texas, because Arthur's wife Mary Ellen moved to Princeton with the Scroggins family. She thinks that Arthur died in Chickasha, Grady County, Oklahoma and is buried on a hill-Rose Hill Cemetery. If he was buried there, the on-line records of those gravesites do not mention him.

      Coleman County: Beginning in September 1879, Mary E. McFarland settled on land surveyed for W.D. Wyatt in Coleman County in June 1879. She purchased the 160 acres of that pre-emption survey #137 from him in June 1882. Papers were filed and the official state patent #519 was issued to Mary E. McFarland for the 160 acres on May 23, 1884. But while this was happening, it seems that another pre-emption was being filed. On October 18, 1881 a survey #154 was done for 160 acres of vacant land for Arthur McFarland, that he occupied starting in August 22, 1881. A proof of settlement was filed on August 25, 1884. That land was adjacent to, and surrounding, the W.D. Wyatt survey #137. Then on Sept. 9, 1884, Mary E. and Arthur McFarland sold survey #154 of 160 acres to D.F. and W. B. Roddan for $200. The property was resurveyed Nov. 1886 as a corrected survey.

  • Sources 
    1. [S1047] Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;), Year: 1880; Census Place: Precinct 9, Coleman, Texas; Roll: 1296; Family History Film: 1255296; Page: 547B; Enumeration District: 044.

    2. [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.

    3. [S1056] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Beat 4, Fannin, Texas; Roll: M653_1293; Page: 219; Family History Library Film: 805293.

    4. [S1057] Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1870; Census Place: Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas; Roll: M593_1584; Page: 264B; Image: 350036; Family History Library Film: 553083.

    5. [S1122] Ancestry.com, Texas, Marriage Index, 1824-2014, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;), Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin, Texas; Texas Marriages, 1814-1909.

    6. [S1218] Ancestry.com, Texas, Voter Registration Lists, 1867-1869, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;).

    7. [S1636] Frances T. Ingmire, Marriage Records of Fannin County Texas 1838-70, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: 1976;;;;;), p. 22.

    8. [S1637] Frances T. Ingmire, Marriage Records of Fannin County Texas 1838-70, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: 1976;;;;;), p. 22.

    9. [S1668] McFarland Family Bible.

    10. [S1694] McFarland Family Bible.

    11. [S1698] 1870 Census, Fannin Co, 265, family 98.
      Arthur 26, land valued 1200, personal prop. valued 1200, born in Texas, married to Mary E. 30 from Illinois, James F, 9, born in Texas. Lillian E. 5, Texas, Edwin 1, Texas. Arthur cannot read or write. Mary Ellen can do both.

    12. [S1700] 1870 Census, Fannin Co, 265, family 98.
      Arthur 26, land valued 1200, personal prop. valued 1200, born in Texas, married to Mary E. 30 from Illinois, James F, 9, born in Texas. Lillian E. 5, Texas, Edwin 1, Texas. Arthur cannot read or write. Mary Ellen can do both.

    13. [S1735] Confederate Soldiers - TX at Fold3, Page 2 - Confederate Soldiers - TX.

    14. [S1833] 1880 Federal Census, Coleman Co., Texas, p. 26 B.
      Arthur 36, born Texas, living with Mary E. 40, Illinois, son Edwin, 10, TX, son Egbert G 8 TX, Iva Lena 5 TX, and Lillian E. Terry 15 -step-daughter TX. Only inconsistency is showing both Arthur's and Mary E's parents as all being from Kentucky.

    15. [S1902] Frances T. Ingmire, Texas Marriage Records, Coleman Co, p. 17, 18, 32.
      Arthur is listed as the Justice performing the marriage ceremonies of various couples

    16. [S1903] Frances T. Ingmire, Texas Marriage Records, Coleman Co, p. 17, 18, 32.
      Arthur is listed as the Justice performing the marriage ceremonies of various couples

    17. [S1668] McFarland Family Bible.
      provides the date, not the place

    18. [S1694] McFarland Family Bible.
      provides the date, not the place

    19. [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.