Other Events and Attributes:

• Probate: Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• _MILT: 1775, Tinicum, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1778, Peters, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1786, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1790, Fannet, Hamilton, Letterkenney, Montgomery, and Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1798, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
• Religion: 1799, Mercersburg, Cumberland (now Franklin), PA; Ordained as a Ruling Elder at the Upper West Conochocheague Presbyterian Church.
• Residence: 1800, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1810, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
• Residence: 1820, Metal, Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States
• Probate: 9 Apr 1823, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In 1775 Pennsylvania was ordered to form local militias in each township. For the County of Bucks, Tinicum Co. Robert McFarling (p. 395), and Joseph McFarland (p. 396) were listed. Pennsylvania Archives, Series 5, Vol. 5.

By 1778, Robert had moved to Peters township, Cumberland Co. PA. He brought with him a letter of recommendation to the Presbyterian Church in Mercersburg which stated he was of "unblemished Character, free from Scandal or Church Censure"...

What follows is part of the article "Mount Delight", 1910, by John M. McDowell, p. 78-81

Robert McFarland, Jr., son of Joseph and Jean McFar-
land, was born in Tinnicum Township, Bucks County, Pa.,
January 12th, 1740, and died at Mount Delight, June 22nd,
1823. He married Jane Cochran, a daughter of Stephen and
Jane Cochran, of Faggs Manor, Chester County, in 1770.
Jane Cochran was born February l0th, 1743, and died April
2nd, 1827. The bodies of both Robert and Jane were buried
in the old White Church graveyard, in Peters Township,
Franklin County, Pa., about two miles east of Mount Delight.
Robert McFarland, Jr., removed with his wife and four
children, from Bucks County, to this county, then part of
Cumberland, in the spring of 1778. He had purchased of his
uncle, Robert McFarland, Sr., brother of John and Joseph,
'McFarland's Delight," as we learn from a deed dated Sep-

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tember 1st, 1777, and recorded in Deed Book E, Vol. I., page
168, of the Recorder's Office of Cumberland County, Pa. By
this deed "Robert McFarland, Sr., of Peters Township, in
Cumberland County, Province and Commonwealth of Penn-
sylvania, and Esther, his wife, of one part," conveyed to
Robert McFarland, Jr., of Tinnicum Township, County of
Bucks, in said province of Pennsylvania, of the second part,
for a consideration of fourteen hundred pounds, the tract of
land mentioned and described in the patent dated 4th Decem-
ber, 1769. For his patent in 1769 Robert, Sr., paid 38 pounds
9 shillings. Eight years later he sold the same tract to his
nephew for 1400 pounds, an advance of near $7,000. Robert,
Sr., had. however, cleared and improved the land, erected
buildings, etc. Whilst in Bucks County, Robert McFarland,
Jr., took the oath of allegiance to the State and received a
certificate, of which the following is a true copy : "I do
hereby certify that Robert McFarland, of Bucks County, hath
voluntarily taken and subscribed the Oath of Allegiance and
Fidelity, as directed by an Act of General Assembly of Penn-
sylvania, passed the 13th day of June, A. D., 1777.

Witness my hand and seal, the 28th day of August, A. D.,
1777.

L. S. THOMAS DYER."

Robert, as well as his father, Joseph, was a member, in
good standing, of the Presbyterian Church. He and his wife
brought with them from Bucks County, in 1778, a certificate
of good character and membership, of which the following
is a copy :

"That Robert McFarland and Jane, his wife, were born oi
christian Parents of the Presbyterian Denomination. Mr. Mc-
Farland has lived, in this Congregation since his Infantcy &
hath conducted himself in a sober, decent & Regular manner
at all Times since capable of understanding, as becomes his
Christian Profession, made in his Baptismal Covenant ; and
Mrs. McFarland has been received into this congregation by
virtue of a certificate produced, a copy of which is given ; and

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both are of an unblemished Character, free from Scandal or
Church Censure known to us. And now being about to re-
move from us, are committed to God's holy Protection &
recommended to the Care & Notice of any Christian Congre-
gation where divine Providence may order their Lot, as
worthy Members of Society both civil & religious. All which
is certified at Tinnicum in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, May
15th, 1778, by

WILLIAM McINTYRE,

DANIEL SAMEEL,

DAVID WILSON,

JOHN McKEE,

ROBT. SMITH,

ROBT. PATTERSON,

Elders.
A. MITCHEL, V. D. M.

In 1779 Robert McFarland was elected and ordained an
Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Mercersburg, and served
as Elder until his death. Robert and Jane McFarland had
eight children, named and born as follows :

Joseph McFarland - born Feb 22, 1771, died Nov. 20, 1782.
Stephen McFarland - born Aug. 15, 1773, died Nov. 1832.
Prudence McFarland - born April 17, 1775, died Dec. 2, 1804.
Robert C. McFarland - born Dec. 19, 1776, died June 15, 1850
Anna McFarland - born April 8, 1779, died April 26, 1816.
John McFarland - born Feb. 2, 1782, died Dec. 18, 1856.
Jane C. McFarland - born Dec. 17, 1783, died Aug. 31, 1857.
Mary (Polly) McFarland- born Apr. 8, 1786, died Sept."], 1837.

Of these Joseph, Stephen, Prudence and Robert C. McFar-
land were born in Bucks County, the others in this county.

When Robert McFarland, Jr., came to this county, he
brought with him quite a small trunk, partly filled with
Continental money. The trunk is still in the old house in a
good state of preservation, but minus all money. He also
brought with him some seed of the honey-locust, which he
sowed on the hill-side in front of the old house. The seed

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sprouted and a number of honey-locusts grew to full size and
were much admired until a few years since. One of them is
still living, but showing its age. Robert McFarland, Jr., and
his wife were buried in the old White Church graveyard, in
Peters Township.

By his will probated and recorded in this county, Robert
McFarland, Jr., devised MacFarland's Delight (about that
time changed to Mount Delight) to his two sons, Robert C.
and John McFarland.

In 1779 he "was elected and ordained an Elder of the Presbyterian Church of Mercersburg, and served as Elder until his death."
PLACE: Peters Township that part which was in Cumberland County, and later
became part of Franklin County after 1784.

MILITARY: Revolutionary War. Private. From DAR Patriotic Index: Robert
McFarland born 12 Jan 1740 died 22 Jan 1823. Married Jean Cochran. Private
Pennsylvania. Was a member of Captain Pettersons' Bucks County Company in
1777 (From DAR Records, at Ancestry.com on Internet).

HISTORY: "Bard Family" by G. O. Seilham 1908 found at the Seattle Public
Library. Includes a lot of information on most descendants in his family.
Robert was a member of Captain Nicholas Patterson's company of Tinicum township
militia in 1775, and is recorded as taking the oath of allegiance to the state
in Bucks County, August 28, 1777. A church certificate, granted to Robert and
Jean McFarland, of Tinicum Township, Bucks County, May 18, 1778, and signed by
Alexander Mitchell, V.B.M., says he had lived in the congregation since
infancy. He removed with his family to Cumberland, now Franklin County, in
1778, and lived in Peters Township until his death.

BAPTISMS: 1768-1772 PENNSYLVANIA, Bucks County, Tinicum Township, Red Hill
Presbyterian Church. List of Church members March 26, 1768: Robert McFarland.
Baptisms: Joseph March 31, 1771, son of Robert. Stephen Sept 13 [19?], 1772,
son of Robert. SOURCE: FHC microfilm #0192631. Also "Birth Index: Southeast
PA 1680-1800" (Family Tree Maker CD on Comupeter). Microfilm has Stephen bpt
Sep 13, and FTM has Sep 19.

LAND: Cumberland County, PA Deeds, Vol 1, Book #, page 168 (LDS Microfilm
0022049): Date of Instrument: 1 Sep 1777. Robert McFarland Senior and Esther
his wife, of Peter's Township, Cumberland County to Robert McFarland, Jr. of
Tinicum Township in the County of Bucks. Patent by Thomas Penn and Richard
Penns dated the fifth day of Dec 1769, granted to Robert McFarland a "certain
Tract or Parcel of Land Called mcFarlands Delight, situated lying and being in
Peters Town in Cumberland County". Adjactent to James Wilkins, adjacent
Conococheague Creek, adjacent Col. Benjamin Chambers, adjacent James McFarlands
Claim vs Francis Patterson land. 1,400 pounds for 248 acres. Witnesses:
James McConnel, Thomas McFarland, William Hunter. Recorded 20 May 1778.

BAPTISMS: From "Pennsylvania Vital Records" Vol 2 1983 (R929.3748 Penn at
Bellingham Library). Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church,
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania page 125. Robert McFarland died 22
Jan 1823 (elder in church for 24 years, since 1798/1799). Baptisms:
1777 Oct 25 Martha, dau of Robert McFarland [Robert, son of Robert]
1779 Jun 20 Anne, dau of Robert McFarland
1779 Sep __ (-----), child of Robert Jr. [Robert, son of Robert]
1782 Apr 7 John, son of Robert McFarlane
1784 Apr 25 Jenny, dau of Robert McFarland

LINKS-PROBATE: 1776 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township. WIll of
Joseph Watson, Aug 21, 1776 - 11 May 1778. Mother. Thomas Dunwoody's wife and
her 4 children. Exec: Friends Wm Dunwoody and Thomas Dunwoody. Witn: John
Davis, Robert McFarland.

TAXLIST: 1778-1779 PENNSYLVANIA, Cumberland County, Peters Township.
Cumberland County PA Tax Lists 1750-1780. FHC microfilm # 21087, 21088, 21089.
(Robert of 1771 and 1774 must be Robert, son of Robert). 1778 (owned 150 acres
- 21 cleared, 2 horses, 3 cows, 12 sheep). 1779 (owned 240 acres, 1 negro, 4
horses, 6 cows). 1780 (owned 4 horses, 6 cows, 3 negros).

CENSUS: 1790 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township, page 114 Robert
McFarlen 2/2/5/2slaves. Lived next to James Means, James Irwin, John Torrence,
Christopher Lear, James Diven, James Dunwoody, Richard Harris, James Robbison,
William Middleton, and John Brownson.

CENSUS: 1800 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township. Robert McFarland
01201-02201. Page 287 (868).

CENSUS: 1820 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township.
Robert McFarland 2M 0-10, 3M 26-45, 1M 45-up, 3F 0-10, 1F 26-45, 1F 45-up
William McFarland 1M 18-26, 1M 26-45, 2F 0-10, 1F 26-45.

PROBATE: Franklin Co, PA Wills Book C. 1811-1826. Page 636 15 Aug 1806-9 Apr
1823 Robert McFarland of Peters Township, Franklin County. Wife Jane.
Children: Stephen, Ann (married), Jane, Polly, Robert, and John. Grandson
Robert McFarland (under 25). Neighbor William Findley. Witnesses Joseph
Dunwoody and John Findley.

DEATH: "Vital records from the National Intelligencer" Found at
GenealogyLibrary, FamilyTreemaker.com. McFarland, Robert, died 22 Jan 1823, in
his 85th year. He lived near Chambersburg,PA. (6 March 1823).

CEMETERY: Church Hill Presbyterian Graveyard, Peters Township, Franklin
County, PA. On Computer Internet, USGenWeb Archives, contributed by Susan E.
Watts (Wattsnew@juno.com). Robt. McFarland 1740-1823. His wife Jean Cochran
1743-1827.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (1998) Found on Internet, GENDEX (Genealogy Index). Stewart
Tarkington at tarkingt@mindspring.com. Includes children and their birth and
death dates.

Robert married Jean Laggs Cochran in 1770 in , Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Jean was born on 10 Feb 1743 in Faggs Manor, Chester, Pennsylvania; died on 2 Apr 1827 in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania; was buried in Church Hill Cem, Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 20 Nov 1782, , Franklin, Pennsylvania

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 15 Aug 1772, , Bucks, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1800, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1810, Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH
• _MILT: 1812, United States
• Residence: 1820, Cincinnati Ward 2, Hamilton, Ohio, United States
• Residence: 1830, Northern Liberties of Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Death: 8 Nov 1832, Cincinantee, Hamilton, Ohio

Notes:

Found a marriage record for the Presbyterian Church in what becomes Mercersberg:

Stephen McFarland to Katharine Bard, Nov. 13, 1800.
MIGRATION: 1804/1805 OHIO, Hamilton County. Stephen Mcfarland ... Moved to
Ohio late 1804 or early 1805. Stephen McFarland says he has lived in
Cincinatee a little over two years (March 1807). SOURCE: "PIONEER OHIO
NEWSPAPERS 1793-1810" by Karen Green 1986 Page 152 No.32 Vol VIII Monday March
2, 1807.

LAND: 1808 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinantee. Stephen purchased land.

CENSUS: 1810 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinnati. Stephen McFarland. Thomas
McFarland.

BAPTISM-CHILDREN: OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinnati, First Presbyterian
Church. Found in National Genealogical Society Quarterly Vol 63, page 220.
MC FARLAND, Catherine died 29 Sep 1850, Elias, son of Stephen Bapt 1811, Hannah
adm. 29 Mar 1818. Jane. John Findley, son of Stephen Bapt 9 Jun 1816, Stephen
(death), Thomas 1 Jul 1807. William, son of S. and M. bapt 18 Sep 1814.

CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinantee. Stephen McFarland.

CENSUS: 1830 OHIO, Hamilton County, Mill Creek. Stephen McFarland.

DEATH: 1832 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinnati. Stephen McFarland (newspaper
date 17 Nov 1832) died ______, aged 61. SOURCE: "Index of Death Notices and
Marriage Notices appearing in Cincinnati Daily Gazette 1827-1881" by Jeffrey
Herbert 1993.

From "Mount Delight" p. 81

STEPHEN, son of Robert and Jane McFarland, married
Katharine Bard, November 13, 1800, and lived for a time in
Mercersburg. He and his wife and family moved to Cincin-
nati, Ohio, in April 1805, where he followed the occupation of
a hatter. By his skill and industry he accumulated a hand-
some fortune. He was a highly respected and influential
citizen of Cincinnati. He was a Colonel in the War of 1812.
Pie had five sons, Robert, Isaac, Bard (born 1802, died in Cin-
cinnati 1883), John and Thomas, and one daughter Jane, who
married Ira Atherton and lived and died in Cincinnati, leaving
two sons.

Stephen married Catharine Bard on 13 Nov 1800 in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Catharine was born on 1 Mar 1777 in , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died on 29 Sep 1850 in Cincinantee, Hamilton, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 17 Apr 1775, Tinicum Twn, Bucks Co., PA
• Death: 2 Dec 1804

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 19 Dec 1776, Tinicum Twn, Bucks Co., PA
• Residence: 1850, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: 15 Jun 1850, Peters Township, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania

Notes:

CENSUS: 1850 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township John McFarland 66
PA, Robert McFarland 73 PA.

MARRIAGE: Was probably single, and lived in household of his brother John
most his life (see census records of John).

From "Mount Delight" p. 81

ROBERT C, son of Robert and Jane McFarland, was
born in Bucks County, Pa., December 19, 1776. He never
married. He and his brother John owned and farmed Mount
Delight in common, from 1823 to 1850, when Robert C. died.
He devised his undivided one-half interest in this farm to his
brother John.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 26 Apr 1816

Notes:

Baptized at Upper West Conochocheague Presbyterian Church in Mercersburg on June 20, 1779.

From Mount Delight p. 81

ANNA, daughter of Robert and Jane McFarland, was
born April 8, 1779, and the first child born on Mount Delight.
She married Matthew Patton, son of the first settler of Fort
Loudon, and had two children, a son, James Patton, who
married Harriett Scott, a sister of Col. Thomas A. Scott and
Mrs. John King, of this place, and a daughter Mary Ann,
married to Barnes.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: (2001) Donna Null Basinger &ltdbasinger@chugach.net&gt

Anna married Matthew Newell Patton about 1800 in Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania. Matthew was born on 12 Apr 1776 in Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died on 25 Jun 1845 in , Franklin, Pennsylvania; was buried in Lemasters, Franklin County, Pennsylvania, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: 27 Feb 1782, Peters Township, Cumberland, Pennsylvania
• Residence: 1850, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Death: 18 Dec 1856
• Probate: 23 Dec 1856, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

From "Mount Delight" , p. 81-82
JOHN McFarland, son of Robert and Jane McFar-
land, was born at Mount Delight February 27th, 1782, and
died December 18th, 1856. He married Eliza, daughter of Col.
Robert Parker, an officer in the Revolutionary War, and Mary

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(Smith) Parker, who was born - , 1790; died January 27, 1845.

John McFarland was a farmer and a leading citizen of
Peters Township. He was Captain of a Cavalry Company of
the militia, of which a son and one or two sons-in-law were
members. He lived on the farm, Mount Delight, of which he
became the sole owner, after the death of his brother, Robert
C, from 1823, until the spring of 1854, when he retired and
moved into Mercersburg, where he lived until his death. He
and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church of
Mercersburg and were buried in the old White Church or
Church Hill graveyard. They had seven children, named and
born as follows :

Jane Cochran McFarland, born July 23, 1813; died March
20, 1893.

Robert Parker McFarland, born Oct. 29, 1814; died May
26, 1899.

John Franklin McFarland, born Oct. ii, 1816; died Jan.
16, 1888.

Mary Smith McFarland, born June 16, 1818; died Jan.
12, 1861.

Anna Patton McFarland, born Dec. 11, 1819; died Feb.

15, 1899.

Thomas Bard McFarland, born April 19, 1828; died Sept.

16, 1908.

CENSUS: 1820 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Montgomery Township
John McFarland 1M 10-16, 1M 45-up, 1F 16-26, 1F 26-45
Joseph McFarland 1M 18-26, 1M 26-45, 1F 26-45. Adjacent to John.

CENSUS: 1830 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peter Township
John McFarland 1M 5-10, 2M 10-15, 1M 40-50 (John), 1M 50-60 (Robert), 1F 5-10,
2F 10-15, 1F 15-20, 1F 40-50.
Joseph McFarland (a few houses away from John) 1M 5-10, 2M 50-60, 3F 0-5, 1F
5-10, 1F 20-30, 1F 30-40.

CENSUS: 1840 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township
Capt John McFarland 2M 10-15, 2M 20-30, 2M 50-60 (John/Robert), 2F 15-20, 1F
20-30, 1F 40-50.
Joseph McFarland 1M 5-10, 1M 50-60, 2F 10-15, 1F 15-20, 1F 50-60.

CENSUS: 1850 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township
John McFarland 66 PA, Robert McFarland 73 PA. Elizabeth 27 Franklin 33 Laborer,
Charles Lowe 29 PA (Cabinet Maker) Mary Lowe 31 PA, Elizabeth Lowe 1.

NOTE: A prominent farmer and leading citzen of Peters Township, Franklin
County, PA.

GENEALOGY: SOURCE: World Connect at Rootsweb, INTERNET. Supplied by Bill
Marshall.

RESEARCHER-EMAIL: 2000 Bill Marshall &ltwtm@research.att.com&gt

John married Elizabeth Parker on 11 Nov 1812 in , Franklin of, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth was born on 16 Dec 1789 in , , Pennsylvania, USA; died on 27 Jan 1845 in Franklin County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 31 Jan 1857, , Franklin, Pennsylvania
• Probate: 14 Sep 1857, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

Baptized on April 25, 1784 at the Upper West Conochocheague Presbyterian Church. p. 35, Vol 15 of Publications of the Genealogy Society of Pennsylvania.

From "Mount Delight" p. 81

JANE (JEANNEY) C. McFARLAND, daughter of
Robert and Jane McFarland, was born December 17, 1783, and
died August 31, 1857. On the 26th day of March, 1807, she
married Thomas Bard, a prominent citizen of Peters Town-
ship, a member of the Legislature and a Captain in the War
of 1812. His sister, Katharine, married Stephen McFarland,
a brother of his wife, Jane C. Thomas Bard and Jane C, his
wife, had five sons, Richard, Thomas, John, Archibald and
Robert M., who became a prominent member of the Franklin
County Bar and the father of the Misses Mary P. and Louiza
J. Bard, of this place, and ex-Senator Thomas R. Bard, of
Hueneme, Cal.

CEMETERY: PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township, Church Hill
Presbyterian Graveyard.County, PA. Thomas Bard d. 7/9/1845. Mrs. Jane Bard d.
1/31/1857. SOURCE: USGENWEB Archives (Interent).

MARRIAGE TO WILLIAM BARD: SOURCE: WORLD CONNECT at Rootsweb, INTERNET. Jane
McFarland, born about 1771, married William Bard, b. 25 March 1771, son of
Richard Bard and Catherine POE.

MARRIAGE: 1807 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Mercersburg. Thomas Bard and
Jean McFarland, 26 Mar 1807, Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church,
Mercersburg. SOURCE: Records of Upper West Conococheague Presbyterian Church,
Mercersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania page 125. Found in "Pennsylvania
Vital Records" Vol 2 1983 (R929.3748 Penn at Bellingham Library).

Jane married Thomas Bard in 1807 in Mercersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA. Thomas was born on 2 Apr 1769 in , Cumberland, Pennsylvania; died on 9 Jul 1845 in , Franklin, Pennsylvania; was buried in Church Hill Cem, Peters Township, Franklin, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jane married William Bard about 1800 in , Franklin, Pennsylvania. William was born on 25 Mar 1771 in , Cumberland, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Death: 27 Sep 1837, , , Ohio

Notes:

From "Mount Delight" p. 83

MARY (POLLY) McFARLAND, daughter of Robert

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and Jane McFarland, was born April 8th, 1786, and died in
Ohio, September 27, 1837. She married William Wilson,
April 5th. 1815, and moved to College Hill, Ohio. They had
six children, John, Jane Cochran (married to Amos Worth-
ington). Prudence Ann, Mary Smith, William and Robert
McFarland.

Mary married William or Alexander Wilson on 5 Apr 1815. William was born about 1780 in , , Pennsylvania; died on 29 Jul 1864. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1870, Cincinnati Ward 18, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: Abt 1882, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio
• Probate: 9 Dec 1882, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Notes:

RESIDENCE: 1858 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinnatee. Isaac McFarland, born
Pennsylvania, came to Ohio in 1806, from Newspaper article on Pioneer
Association of Cincinatee 1858 in "Cincinnatee Daily Gazette" 8 Apr 1858 In
magazine "THE TRACER" Hamilton Co. Genealogical Society Spring 1992.

CENSUS: 1880 OHIO, Hamilton County, Cincinnatee. Isaac 77 PA PA PA.

"Mount Delight" paper says that Isaac and Bard are two separate sons.

Isaac married Josephine Preston Snyder on 5 May 1859 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. Josephine was born on 31 Dec 1839 in Warsaw, Gallatin, Kentucky, United States; died on 18 Oct 1926 in Ridge Rest Sanitarium Cinti, OH. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ira Atherton. Ira was born about 1805 in , , Ohio of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Cincinnati Ward 6, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1860, Cincinnati Ward 16, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1870, Columbia, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Columbia, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

John married Rebecca Ross on 19 Jul 1838 in Hamilton, Ohio, USA. Rebecca was born on 5 Apr 1819 in Cincinnati, Clermont, Ohio, United States; died on 19 Nov 1861 in Ohio, West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jane Oliver. Jane was born about 1824 in England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

From "Mount Delight" by John M. McDowell (her son) 1910

p. 83

JANE COCHRAN McFARLAND, daughter of Captain
John and Eliza McFarland, was born at Mount Delight, July
23, 1813, and died March 20, 1893. She married William H.
McDowell (born Feb. 13, 1813; died March 23, 1900), a young
farmer of Peters Township, at foot of Mount Parnell, where
they lived until the spring of 1856, when owing to the poor
health of Mr. McDowell, they moved to Chambersburg, where
they spent the balance of their lives. When Chambersburg
was burned by the rebels, under General McCausland, July
30th, 1864, they were burned out of house and home and all
their effects.

Mrs. McDowell was a bright, handsome woman, a great
reader, more than ordinarily intelligent, a good conversational-
ist and the light and cheer of her home. As another has well
said : "She had long professed her faith in the Son of God
and had walked worthy of her calling. Intelligent with an
air of quiet dignity and reserve, with much force of character,
true, gracious, rallying by her motherly ways those of her
household; patient, submissive under many a heavy trial, she
had lived long and followed her Lord long. She follows Him
still." Mr. and Mrs. McDowell had nine children, four dying
in early childhood, and a daughter. Miss Elizabeth P., in 1902.
Four survive them, two. John M. and Annie C, living in
Chambersburg, Pa. ; Thomas H., the oldest, in Dayton, Ohio,
and Henry C, in Cambria, Weston County, Wyoming. They
were both members of the Falling Spring Presbyterian
Church. Chambersburg, Pa., for over forty years.

Jane married William H. McDowell in 1837. William was born on 6 Feb 1813 in Franklin Co., Pennsylvania; died on 3 Jan 1900 in Chambersburg, Franklin, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Notes:

From "Mount Delight" p. 83-85

ROBERT PARKER McFARLAND, son of Capt. John
and Eliza (Parker) McFarland, was born October 29, 1814,
and died May 26, 1899. He received his education in the
public schools and Washington College. Pa. Shortly after he

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entered college, he took typhoid fever and had to return
home. Had he received a collegiate education, he would have
equaled if not excelled his distinguished brother, Thomas B.
McFarland, at the bar, or in letters. After leaving college, he
learned the carpenter trade, but did not follow it any time.
He soon gave up working in wood and gave his attention to
farming, which he followed until disabled by feeble health and
old age. He spent the greater part of his life at Mount De-
light, the farm of his father and of his father's father. He
married Miss Ellen J. Robinson, a sister of Hon. David F.
Robinson, a prominent member of the Franklin County Bar,
and a member of the 34th Congress from the district of which
this county was a part. Mr. McFarland, like his two pre-
ceding ancestors, was a faithful and consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church of Mercersburg, and that for over fifty
years, and for many years a trustee thereof. He was a worthy
and devout Christian and endeavored to bring up his children
in the "nurture and admonition of the Lord." Well .does the
writer remember, when a boy and a man grown up, when
visiting Mount Delight, we would all, on Sabbath evenings,
be called around the table and required to read verse about of
a psalm or a chapter apiece from the Bible. This was a custom
that it would be well were it more generally followed in this
our day. He would often ask us the Shorter Catechism with-
out a book.

Mr. McFarland in early life was a Whig but since 1856,
an ardent Republican, a great admirer of Horace Greeley, and
a close reader of The New York Tribune, but independent
and opposed to bossism, trickery and corruption in politics, as
well as in business. He was frequently elected a school di-
rector and filled the office conscientiously and with ability. He
was urged, at different times, to run for the Legislature, but
would never consent thereto. He was more than an ordinary
farmer. He was a great reader and had his mind well stored
with information on most subjects. He was a good conver-
sationalist and ever ready to take part in discussions in re-
ligion, literature, politics or any matter pertaining to reform

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of the betterment of his fellowman, his county, State or
Nation. He was a frequent contributor to the county papers,
and a writer of force, who had the courage of his convictions.
He was highly respected and greatly esteemed by all who
knew him. If measured simply by the fortune he left behind
him, he would not be a success in life. But he left that behind
him, which is a far more important legacy to his children and
posterity - a good name, a good example, a fine character, a
life well spent. He was a rugged, honest, noble man.

"The elements
So mixed in him, that Nature might stand up
And say to all the world, 'This was a man'."

His remains and those of his wife, who preceded him, lie
in Mercersburg cemetery.

CENSUS: 1850 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township.
Robt P. McFarland 35 PA Farmer, Ellen Jane 27 PA, Anna 5, John 3, Virginia 1.

CENSUS: 1880 PENNSYLVANIA, Franklin County, Peters Township
R. C. McFarland 65 PA PA PA Eleanor 57 PA PA PA.

Family/Spouse: Ellen Jane Robinson. Ellen was born in , , Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elnor Mcfarland. Elnor was born about 1824 in Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1850, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Sacramento, California, USA
• Residence: 1880, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA

Family/Spouse: Susie Briggs. Susie was born about 1843 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles Lowe. Charles was born in , , Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine married Samuel Curtis Cox on 10 Apr 1878 in Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1860, Cincinnati Ward 16, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1870, Cincinnati Ward 16, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1880, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1910, Cincinnati Ward 8, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Family/Spouse: Emily P. Emily was born about 1842 in New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, USA
• Residence: 1900, Cincinnati Ward 16, Hamilton, Ohio, USA

Family/Spouse: Ellen Dooling. Ellen was born in Jan 1839 in Ireland; died on 7 Aug 1904 in Lima Allen Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Arthur Stabler. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1867, Brownsville, Nebraska
• Residence: 1900, Lincoln Ward 3, Lancaster, Nebraska, USA

John married Nannie Cobb in 1878. Nannie was born on 26 Apr 1854 in Mineral Point, Iowa County, Wisconsin, United States of America; died on 24 Feb 1922 in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America; was buried in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Family/Spouse: Benjamin L Jordon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: Abt 1884

Family/Spouse: Josie M Slate. Josie was born about 1863 in Missouri, USA; died on 19 Feb 1893 in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States of America; was buried in Jefferson City, Cole County, Missouri, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA

Family/Spouse: Adelaid Brown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Peters, Franklin, Pennsylvania, USA
• Residence: 1910, Spirit Lake, Dickinson, Iowa, USA

Family/Spouse: Ida Hays. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Sacramento Ward 1, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA
• Residence: 1880, Sacramento, Sacramento, California, USA