Martha Boggs
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1. Martha Boggs was born on 2 Dec 1772 in , , Virginia of; died in Mar 1851 in , Champaign, Ohio; was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Stevenson Road, Champaign, Ohio. Notes:
PARENTS: John BOGGS and Jane IRWIN.
MARRIAGE: Married (2) about 1810 Champaign County, Ohio to Jacob Johnson.
SOURCE: LDS Ancestral File.
FAMILY: Jacob Johnson, the oldest son of William Johnson, married Martha
McFarland, a widow, in Virginia, in 1790. Hermaiden name was Boggs. She bore
two children by her first husband-John and Moses McFarland-both of whom came
with her to this State. Jacob was the father of eight children. Of these, Mary,
William, Lavina, Hiram, Nelson B., Jane and Alfred grew to mature years. He
bought four hundred and seventy-eight acres of land in Mingo Valley, of James
Denney, in the year 1801 or 1805, at $2.50 to $1 per acre, and moved on to it
in April, 1805, and raised a crop of corn the same year ; the Indians had
raised a crop on the same land the previous year. Hiram, Nelson B. and Alfred
succeeded their father in the ownership of these lands; it is now owned
entirely by Alfred. [For further record of the Johnson family, see the
biographical department of this volume.] Mary became the wife of Robert Blair.
Lydia married Joseph O'Neil in 1826. After the death of Blair, Mary married
Col. John Thomas. He died in 1851, and his widow finds a comfortable home with
her sons, Ivan B. and F. M. Thomas, in Salem Township.
SOURCE: HISTORY OF CHAMPAIGN COUNTY. WAYNE TOWNSHIP. BY F. M. M'ADAMS.Martha married James McFarland on 5 Jan 1792 in , Fayette, Pennsylvania. James (son of John McFarland and Elizabeth) was born about 1769 in , , Pennsylvania; died on 21 Nov 1796 in Ohio County, Virginia, West Virginia, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. John McFarland
was born on 10 Nov 1792 in , Ohio, West Virginia; died on 28 Dec 1858 in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried in Sandridge Cem, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana.
- 3. Moses McFarland
was born about 1794 in , Ohio, West Virginia; died in , Tippecanoe of, Indiana.
- 2. John McFarland
Generation: 2
2. John McFarland (1.Martha1) was born on 10 Nov 1792 in , Ohio, West Virginia; died on 28 Dec 1858 in Wabash Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana; was buried in Sandridge Cem, Wabash Township, Tippecanoe, Indiana.
Notes:
RESIDENCE: Later Moved to Champaign co, Ohio, then Tippecanoe Co, Indiana.
MARRIAGE: 1818 OHIO, Champaign County. John McFarland and Rebecca Rogers, 6
Aug 1818. SOURCE: IGI.
MIGRATION: 1820-1829 INDIANA, Tippecanoe County. Moved to [Tippecanoe County]
Indiana by 1829 as inferred by birth place of children on 1850 census.
CENSUS: 1850 INDIANA, Tippecanoe County, Shelby Township John McFarland 50 OH
Matilda 40 __.
CEMETERY: INDIANA, Tippicanoe County, Wabash township, Sandridge Cemetery.
John McFarland d. Dec 28, 1858, age 66y, 1m, 18d. Source: Internet USGENWEB.
CONFLICT: 1850 Census would put birth at 1799/1800, and cemetery had 1792. Is
it possible these are two different people?? -- probably not.John married Rebecca Rogers on 6 Aug 1818 in , Champaign, Ohio. Rebecca was born about 1800 in , , Ohio of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Family/Spouse: Matilda Stanley. Matilda was born in , , Indiana of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Moses McFarland (1.Martha1) was born about 1794 in , Ohio, West Virginia; died in , Tippecanoe of, Indiana.
Notes:
MARRIAGE: 1818 OHIO, Champaign County. Moses McFarland and Nancy Stubblefield,
16 July 1818. SOURCE: IGI.
CENSUS: 1820 OHIO, Champaign County, Salem Township Moses McFarland. Page 444.
CENSUS: 1830 INDIANA, Tippecanoe County, Shelby Township. Moses McFarland
P. 103. 2M 0-5, 1M 30-40, 1F 0-5, 1F 5-10, 1F 20-30.
NOTES-CHILDREN: ABEL THOMPSON, son of Jabez and Rebecca Thompson, was born
January 8, 1830, in Warren County, Indiana, where the parents were early
settlers. His father was a farmer and a blacksmith. Abel worked on the farm
and attended school until the death of his parents, which event took place when
he was about seventeen years of age, after which he continued farming. On
February 6, 1850, he married Matilda Magee, who bore him one child, Matilda E.,
deceased. His wife died November 26, 1853. On January 15, 1854, he married
Susanna McFarland, daughter of Moses McFarland, of Tippecanoe County, Indiana.
The children born to them were Jasper Newton (deceased), Elizabeth J., William
Otterbein, Martin L. (deceased), Norvill E. (deceased).
SOURCE: Newton Co., IN Biography. Newton County, Washington Township. A
History of Warren, Benton, Japer & Newton Counties, 1883Moses married Nancy Stubblefield on 16 Jul 1818 in , Champaign, Ohio. Nancy was born about 1800 in , , Ohio of. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]