Ethel Verda McFarland

1892 - 1987  (94 years)

• Name	Ethel Verda McFarland  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]
  Birth	10 Oct 1892	Ladonia, Texas   [3, 6, 7]
  Gender	Female
  Occupation	Piano teacher
  Occupation	Piano teacher
  Residence	1900	Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [1]
  Residence	1910	Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [4]
  Residence	1920	Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [5]
  Residence	1930	Ladonia, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [2]
  Residence	1935	Ladonia, Fannin, Texas   [3]
  Residence	1940	J P Precinct 4, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [3]
  Residence	1950	Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA   [6]
  Residence	Between 1956 and 1957	Texas   [7]
  Death	21 Jun 1987	Ladonia, Texas   [7]
  Burial	UNKNOWN	Lot 55, PA, Sect. 1, Ladonia Cemetery
  Person ID	I9843	MacFarlane
  Last Modified	29 May 2024

  
  

  Father	Cyrus Sylvester (Bose) McFarland,   b. 1 Mar 1865, Fannin Co., Texas d. 5 Sep 1925, Paris, Lamar Co., Texas in a sanitarium (Age 60 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Susan M. Lee,   b. 12 Apr 1870, Texas d. 8 May 1943, Fannin Co., Texas (Age 73 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	26 Dec 1886	Fannin County, Texas   [8, 9]
  Family ID	F5307	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Ethel never married and spent her adult life caring for her invalid mother. She was the piano teacher in Ladonia and seemed to have taught everyone. She also aided the young Sam Rayburn with his college expenses. Well I finally got the whole story on the Mcfarland section of The Ladonia Cemetery! The Bishop descendants were selling off the property of John L. Bishop and his wife Jane Bishop Moore. At the time Bill Burns owned the section right behind the water tower which is today the City Barns. Everyone felt that he would make a junk yard out of it and no one wanted that kind of junky mess sitting next to the cemetery. The Ladonia Cemetery Association took out a bank loan to pay for the acquisition of the Bishop property. Miss Ethel by now was in a nursing home and when Choice Moore, Miss Ethel's attorney heard about this, he told Miss Ethel. Forty five days after the loan was taken out by The Ladonia Cemetery Association, Miss Ethel sent the Association the $ 4,000.00 to pay off the loan. It only cost The Ladonia Cemetery Association the interest for 45 days on that loan. This is why this new section was named McFarland, for the generosity of Miss Ethel McFarland. Interesting tidbit. On Ethel's driving license, she says her name is Ethel Veda (not Verda) McFarland. On her brother's death, she signs a letter as Ethel Verda McFarland. Ethel never married and spent her adult life caring for her invalid mother. She was the piano teacher in Ladonia and seemed to have taught everyone. She also aided the young Sam Rayburn with his college expenses. Well I finally got the whole story on the Mcfarland section of The Ladonia Cemetery! The Bishop descendants were selling off the property of John L. Bishop and his wife Jane Bishop Moore. At the time Bill Burns owned the section right behind the water tower which is today the City Barns. Everyone felt that he would make a junk yard out of it and no one wanted that kind of junky mess sitting next to the cemetery. The Ladonia Cemetery Association took out a bank loan to pay for the acquisition of the Bishop property. Miss Ethel by now was in a nursing home and when Choice Moore, Miss Ethel's attorney heard about this, he told Miss Ethel. Fourty five days after the loan was taken out by The Ladonia Cemetery Association, Miss Ethel sent the Association the $ 4,000.00 to pay off the loan. It only cost The Ladonia Cemetery Association the interest for 45 days on that loan . This is why this new section was named McFarland, for the generosity of Miss Ethel McFarland.

  
  

• Sources

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