Mahala McFarland

Female 1812 - 1866  (53 years)


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  1. 1.  Mahala McFarland was born on 22 Apr 1812 in Ohio, United States; died on 15 Jan 1866 in Camp Point, Adams, Illinois, United States.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1812, Xenia Township, Greene, Ohio
    • Residence: 1850, Camp Point, Adams, Illinois
    • Residence: 1860, Salt River, Adair, Missouri, United States

    Notes:

    BIOGRAPHY: NEBRASKA, Butler County. Andreas' History of the State of Nebraska
    Butler County Produced by John McCoy.
    JAMES P. DUNLAP, proprietor of the Lone Star Nursery, and farmer Section 19, P.
    O. Lone Star, came to Nebraska in June, 1866; first settled in Saunders County,
    in Newman Precinct, where he resided until 1870, when he came to Butler County,
    located where he now lives; was among the first settlers in that locality. Here
    he has one of the finest nurseries in Butler or surrounding counties. It
    consists of over seven acres of ground and is well filled with all kinds of
    fruit trees best adapted to the climate of the State of Nebraska and other
    Western States. Mr. D. was married in Saunders County, Neb., March 23, 1870 to
    Miss Christina Campbell, who was a daughter of Peter Campbell (deceased), of
    Chapman Precinct, Saunders County, and the oldest one of this family of
    children that was captured at Kearney Junction by the Sioux Indians, which is a
    fact already recorded in this history of Nebraska. He is now Justice of the
    Peace in his precinct, and was the first Assessor in the four southwestern
    precincts in Saunders County. He was born in Gasconade County, Mo., March 5,
    1845; is a son of Nelson and Mahala Dunlap, from Rockbridge County, W. Va.,
    whose ancestors were early settlers of that country; is a brother of Dr. W. B.
    Dunlap, of Adams County, Ill. His mother was a sister of Lewis McFarland, of
    Camp Point, Adams Co., Ill., whose ancestors were early settlers of Miami
    County, Ohio, and are considerably connected with the history of that county.
    He is a member of A., F. & A. M., Fidelity Lodge. No. 51, David City. Their
    family consists of four children--Nelson C., Agnes, Christina and Patience.

    Family/Spouse: Nelson J. Dunlap. Nelson was born about 1810 in , , Ohio of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Mahala married William B Shahen on 10 Apr 1854 in Adams, Illinois, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]