Reuben A. McFarland

Reuben A. McFarland

Male 1804 - 1882  (77 years)

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  • Name Reuben A. McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
    Birth 17 Oct 1804  North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1860  Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Residence 1877  Cooper, Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Residence 1880  Boonville, Cooper, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Death 26 Jan 1882  Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial UNKNOWN  Reuben McFarland Cemetery, Boonville Twn. Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Person ID I30774  MacFarlane
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

    Father Jacob McFarland,   b. 21 Feb 1772, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1843, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Mother Nancy Cathey,   b. 18 Jan 1780, Burke Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Aug 1870, Boonville, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years) 
    Relationship natural 
    Marriage Abt 1804  Buncombe Co., NC Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5934  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Eunice Rice,   b. Abt 1807, Tennessee Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 24 Dec 1874 (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 27 Jan 1828  Howard, Missouri, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Children 
     1. Warren McFarland   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Zibba Lavina McFarland,   b. 22 Jun 1829   d. Oct 1876 (Age 47 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    +3. Franklin J. McFarland,   b. 1 Nov 1830, Cooper Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Mar 1906, Ellis Co., TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Archibald R. McFarland,   b. Abt 1833   d. UNKNOWN  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Robert A. McFarland,   b. 27 Feb 1835   d. 8 Sep 1863, Civil War Union soldier Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 28 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Louisa Ida McFarland,   b. 21 Jun 1837, Cooper Co. Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 20 Oct 1871, Pettis Co., Missouri Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 34 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Freeman Warren McFarland,   b. 12 Feb 1841, Cooper Co. Missouri Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1908 (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F5189  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 29 May 2024 

  • Notes 
    • Several descriptions of this cemetery follow:
      First was shared with me by Dianne Gomez:

      MCFARLAND FAMILY GRAVES

      These notes were made by Doris Smith Haley in August, 1981, taken from six gravestones found on Charles Loesing farm, four miles south of Boonville, MO on Rankin's Mill Road.
      Rankin Family Graves (Reuben McFarland line). Cemetery is fenced with wrought iron and a cedar tree at each headstone facing east.

      (Picture of the stones next to one another, starting on left: Reuben, Eunice, Robert, Infant Daughter, Ida Crowther, Zibba L.

      Reuben M. McFarland Born in North Carolina Born October 17 1804 Died January 26 1882 Became citizen of Missouri A.D. 1869
      True to himself, his family, his country and his God, his children rise up and called him blessed.

      Eunice McFarland
      Daughter of Archibald and Zibba Rice And wife of Reuben McFarland
      Born March 6 1805
      Died December 24 1874
      Why weep for thy loved Mother the
      Angel said, though gone from thy
      Sight she is not dead. Her home is with Him of the thorn crowned head. And When thy work on earth is done, thou Wilt meet again thy much loved Mother
      And worship with her at the Father's throne In the beautiful surnmerland.

      Robert A. McFarland
      Son of Reuben and Eunice Died September 8 1863
      Age 28 years 6 months 11 days Then rest thee, loved one rest. Thy warfare roam is o'er.
      We'll strive to meet thee with the blest
      Where sorrows come no more.

      T.W. and A.M. McFarland
      Infant dau. (of T. Warren and Malvina McFarland, whose property this was)
      Died October 15 1866
      The lovely bird so young and fair, Called home by early doom.
      Just came to show how sweet a flower In paradise could bloom. Rest.

      Ida Crowther McFarland
      Daughter of Reuben and Eunice Died October 20 1871
      Aged 34 years 3 months 20 days (Legend was not discernible)

      Zibba L. McFarland
      Daughter of Reuben and Eunice
      Died October 23 1876
      Aged 47 years 9 months
      (Her gravestone was broken and lower half buried in dirt)

      Reuben McFarland Cemetery

      Township:
      T-48-N
      Range:
      R-16-W
      Section:
      18

      Southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section in Boonville Township, Cooper County, Missouri; T-48-N; center of the section on the north side of hill; elevation 670'; on the farm of J. C. Loesing.

      History:
      The cemetery was named after Reuben McFarland, who was born in North Carolina, one of eight children of Jacob and Nancy nee' Cathey McFarland.

      Nancy Cathey was a daughter of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families all came to Missouri about 1816; to St. Genevieve County and lived there two years and then came to Cooper County, in 1818; and settled the land where they lived out the remainder of their lives. The cemetery had head stones and an iron fence around it, with tall cedar trees just outside the fence.

      Recorded by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Debo.

      Updated:
      September 19, 2000

      Crowther
      Louisa nee' McFarland; born 21 Jun 1837; died 18 Oct 1871

      Goodrich
      Lavina nee' McFarland; born 22 Jun 1829; died Oct 1876

      McFarland
      Eunice nee' Rice of North Carolina; born 06 Mar 1805; died 24 Dec 1874; wife of Reuben McFarland; married 17 Jan 1828

      McFarland
      Infant daughter of Warren and Malvina nee' Wear McFarland

      McFarland
      Jacob; died 1843; "Buried in private cemetery on their old home place" p1662 History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson

      McFarland
      Matilda nee' Fleming; died 1846

      McFarland
      Reuben; born 17 Oct 1804; died 26 Jan 1882; "Born in North Carolina; buried on the old McFarland place."; son of Jacob, Sr. and Nancy nee' Cathey McFarland, wife of Jacob, Jr.; husband of Eunice nee' Rice McFarland

      McFarland
      Robert A.; born 27 Feb 1835; died 08 Sep 1863; A Union soldier in the Civil War

      Name: Reuben McFarland
      Birth Date: 17 Oct 1804
      Death Date: 26 Jan 1882
      "Born in No. Carolina; buried on old McFarland place." Son of Jacob, Sr. and Nancy (Cathey) McFarland, wife of Jacob, Jr.; hus. of Eunice (Rice) McFarland
      Cemetery: Reuben McFarland Cemetery
      Description: Location: In Boonville Township, Cooper County, Mo; T-48-N; R-16-W; Section 18; Center of the section on the north side of hill; elevation 670'; on the farm of J. C. Loesing. "The cemetery was named after Reuben McFarland, who was born in North Carolina, one of eight children of Jacob and Nancy (Cathey) McFarland. Nancy Cathey was a daughter of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families all came to Missouri about 1816; to St. Genevieve County and lived there two years and then came to Cooper County, in 1818; and settled the land where they lived out the remainder of their lives. The cemetery had head stones and an iron fence around it, with tall cedar trees just inside the fence." Recorded by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Debo.
      Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume III

      Reuben McFarland Cemetery

      Township:
      T-48-N
      Range:
      R-16-W
      Section:
      18

      Southwest quarter of the northwest quarter of section in Boonville Township, Cooper County, Missouri; T-48-N; center of the section on the north side of hill; elevation 670'; on the farm of J. C. Loesing.

      History:
      The cemetery was named after Reuben McFarland, who was born in North Carolina, one of eight children of Jacob and Nancy nee' Cathey McFarland.

      Nancy Cathey was a daughter of George Cathey, a Revolutionary Soldier. These families all came to Missouri about 1816; to St. Genevieve County and lived there two years and then came to Cooper County, in 1818; and settled the land where they lived out the remainder of their lives. The cemetery had head stones and an iron fence around it, with tall cedar trees just outside the fence.

      Recorded by Mr. and Mrs. Grover Debo.

      Updated:
      September 19, 2000

      Crowther
      Louisa nee' McFarland; born 21 Jun 1837; died 18 Oct 1871

      Goodrich
      Lavina nee' McFarland; born 22 Jun 1829; died Oct 1876

      McFarland
      Eunice nee' Rice of North Carolina; born 06 Mar 1805; died 24 Dec 1874; wife of Reuben McFarland; married 17 Jan 1828

      McFarland
      Infant daughter of Warren and Malvina nee' Wear McFarland

      McFarland
      Jacob; died 1843; "Buried in private cemetery on their old home place" p1662 History of Cooper County Missouri by W. F. Johnson

      McFarland
      Matilda nee' Fleming; died 1846

      McFarland
      Reuben; born 17 Oct 1804; died 26 Jan 1882; "Born in North Carolina; buried on the old McFarland place."; son of Jacob, Sr. and Nancy nee' Cathey McFarland, wife of Jacob, Jr.; husband of Eunice nee' Rice McFarland

      McFarland
      Robert A.; born 27 Feb 1835; died 08 Sep 1863; A Union soldier in the Civil War

  • 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: Boonville, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: 683; Page: 268A; Enumeration District: 136.

    2. [S1056] Ancestry.com, 1860 United States Federal Census, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Year: 1860; Census Place: Boonville, Cooper, Missouri; Roll: M653_616; Page: 497; Family History Library Film: 803616.

    3. [S1143] Ancestry.com, Missouri, Compiled Marriages, 1754-1850, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc;;;;;).

    4. [S1707] Ancestry.com, Cooper County, Missouri, Cemetery Index, 1841-1981, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Cemetery Records of Cooper County, Missouri Volume III.

    5. [S1922] 1860 Federal Census, Cooper Co., MO, p. 80, fam. 623.
      Reubin McFarland, 55, farmer, land valued 10,000, pers.pro. 10,200 NC. Wife Eunice 55 NC, children: Z.S. 31 female, MO; Louisa J. 22 MO, T. W. 19 male MO.

    6. [S1923] Ancestry.com, U.S., Indexed County Land Ownership Maps, 1860-1918, (Name: Name: Name: Name: Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.;;;;;), Collection Number: G&M_89; Roll Number: 89.