Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Precinct 5, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Memory of Mary Arabella McFarland Jennings about her grandmother: "Grandmother McF. impressed me as kind of an iron woman, ready to defend her own against any odds. When Minta and I spent the summer with her and attended school at Oak Ridge we had potatoes boiled with the jacket on every night for supper-and loved it. I thought she was a beautiful woman-erect posture and wavey black hair."

Artemissa's name is also spelled Artimissa by other descendants. However, on documents from the time period, it is spelled with an "e."

Memory from a letter from Bose McFarland to Lola McF. Hill, dated Jan. 29, 1967: "I remember Great-grand-ma-ma (Artemissa) when she was living with Aunt Jane Cunningham. She smoked a little clay pipe. And one day she showed me about twenty or thirty pennies; that were beginning to turn green, that she kept in a small tobacco sack."

In 1890: P.O. was Ladonia, and she had 1196 acres in cultivation.

In 1893 she must have been living with son Bose and his wife Sude, because she received letters from her sisters and they were always asking about them and Willie and the baby.

Below is the transcription of her obituary made by Lola McFarland, her granddaughter.

GONE HOME _ ARTEMISSA PENCE MCFARLAND
--- Ladonia News, July 1906
Saturday, July 6, the spirit of Grandma McFarland went home to
God. Aged 81 years . four months, and four days, Mrs. Artemissa McFarland
was born at Land Of Sinking, Ky., March 2, 1829. When a young
girl she moved with her parents to Texas, settling in Fannin county.
In July 1845, she married Jackson McFarland, one of the pioneers of
this country, who preceded her almost a quarter of a century ago.
Mrs. McFarland leaves five children, four sons and one
daughter, over thirty grandchildren and over twenty great grandchild-
ren and a great host of friends to mourn her loss.

Coming to this country when Texas was a republic, she spent the
early days of her life amid scenes which were as full fo exciting and
thrilling as they were of inconvenience and self-denial.

None but the few remaining pioneers of this country can adequate-
ly appreciate the hardships that were undergone by those who settled
here in an early day and transformed a wilderness into a cultured,
Christian communities. Without commercial, educational or Christian
opportunities, they toiled and denied themselves these pleasure that
rising generations might enjoy the products of their frugality.
Grandma McFarland was one of this number. She lived to see her desc-
endants to the third generations enter into and enjoy the fruits of the
struggles of herself and her frontier neighbors.

She was the product of those days and conditions when society
was free from artificialities, when friendships were genuine, and
life was delightfully simple and real. I am told by friends who knew
her well that she was a woman of strong, positive convictions; one
who viewed life from a practical, business standpoint;. Industrious
and frugal, she lived a quiet, unassuming life. She was a devout
Christian, but her church life, like her social living was free from
ostentation. Her life was the constant expression of her faith in
God.

Dear old faithful mother! She now rests from the eighty years
but the gentle influence, which, by a constant life, was set in mo-
tion shall live on in the hearts of others long after the frail body
has returned to dust. To sorrowing children and friends we would say:
Trust the same God that brought her a good old age and in whom she be-
lieved.

In a lonely graveyard, Not very far away,
Lies a dear old mother, 'Neath the cold, cold clay.
Memories oft returning of her tears and sighs;
If you love your mother, meet her in the skies.

Now the old home, vacant , Has no charms for you,
One dear soul is absent, Mother, kind and true.
Ever more she dwells where pleasure never dies
If you love your mother, meet her in the skies.

Sunday evening a large company of friends followed her remains
to the family cemetery and after services, conducted by Brothers, Lee
and Parker she was laid to rest by the side of her husband.
Patient and gentle in life, she was glorious in death.

A Friend and Brother.

Artemissa's name is also spelled Artimissa by other descendants. However, on documents from the time period, it is spelled with an "e." Excerpt from letter from Bose McFarland to Lola McF. Hill, dated Jan. 29, 1967: "I remember Great-grand-ma-ma (Artemissa) when she was living with Aunt Jane Cunningham. She smoked a llittle clay pipe. And one day she showed me about twenty or thirty pennies; that were beginning to turn green, that she kept in a small tobacco sack."

1890: P.O. was Ladonia, had 1196 acres in cultivation.

Artemissa married Andrew Jackson McFarland, RoM02 on 7 Jul 1845 in Fannin Co., Texas, according to Ingmire source. Andrew (son of James E. McFarland, BY146078 RoM02 and Jane Jackson) was born on 3 Sep 1817 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri; died on 14 Aug 1883 in Fannin Co. Texas; was buried in McFarland Cemetery 3 miles north of Ladonia, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farming, banking, oil mill business
• Occupation: Farming, banking, oil mill business
• Religion: Disciples of Christ-First Christian Church of Ladonia
• Religion: Disciples of Christ-First Christian Church of Ladonia
• Residence: Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1850, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1860, Beat 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• _MILT: 1863, Did guard duty at Federal prison in Bonham when 16 yrs. old in Confederate army
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, United States
• Possessions: 1880, Fannin County, Texas; paying taxes on 414 acres in Fannin County
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1887, Farm Road 2990, outside of Ladonia
• Possessions: 1889, Fannin County, Texas, USA; Owned 1029 + acres in Fannin County.
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

In Scollard's Ladonia Directory for 1899-1900, Jas. F. McFarland is listed as the vice-president of the First National Bank on the north corner square. The other vice-pres. is W.G. Nunn. His son Samuel Jackson is listed as a cashier at the bank, and relative D.E. Waggoner is another cashier.

Born August 9, 1847 in Fannin County, eldest son of A. Jackson and Artemissa Pence McFarland. Married Mary Jane Harper on February 4, 1872. Jackson deeded 176 acres to James, the start of his eventual 3000+ acres. Besides farming, James Franklin helped found the First National Bank of Ladonia, and served as President. He also joined with other farmers to organize the Pecan Gap Cotton Oil Company. He and Mary Jane joined the First Christian Church in Ladonia. Politically, he was a Republican, like his father and grandfather McFarland. 1890: address is Ladonia P.O. and had 1022 acres in cultivation. Around 1915, he fell ill and went to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota where he was diagnosed with "pernicious anemia." Died February 4, 1917 and buried in the McFarland Lot, Section 4 of the Ladonia Cemetery.

Article in The Christian Courier, February 8, 1917, p. 14. J.F. McFarland--An Appreciation, by John G. Slayter. "It was my good fortune to know Mr. McFarland well. He was my friend. My relations with him were close enough to enable me to understand something of his greatness. He was a typical American--the best type of an American. The spirit that made our forefathers conquerers, whether in battle or over the adverse circumstances of life, was th espirit of his vigorous manhood. He never shunned responsibility. As a mere boy he enlisted in the army of the Confederacy and served till the close of the war. In all the relations of life he has been equally prompt to do his duty as God gave him to see what his duty was. In business he was honest, conservative, and yet aggressive--successful. In politics he was courageous, independent, progressive and stood for the highest American ideals. Socially he was democratic, kindly, courteous. All classes of people were his friends. In religion he simply "believed God" and acted accordingly. His faith was simplicity itself. The church, our colleges, our missionary agencies were all dear to him and received his support and love, because they were all dedicated to the promotion of the kingdom of his God. ......"

Obituary transcribed by Lola McFarland Hill:
JAMES FRANKLIN MCFARLAND
(from the Ladonia News - Feb. 10, 1917)
And the Bonham Semi-weekly
On last Sunday morning, Feb. 4, 1917, just as the sun rose and flood-
ed the earth with its glorious light, the soul of J. F. McFarland calmly
and peacefully (flew) from the bosom of his family to his God. Almost as if
by magic the entire town and community knew when this silver cord was
loosed, this golden bowl was broken and a sabbath stillness sacred and
profound fell over the city. He had borne his physical pain of three
years duration like a hero in which time everything known to medical
science, skillful nursing, and loving hands had been done to restore
to him the remarkable strength and vitality of earlier years , but his
work was finished and his loving wife must say goodbye on the forty-
fifth anniversary of their marriage.
Funeral services were conducted on Monday afternoon at the First
Christian Church by his pastor, Rev. J. William Stephens, assisted by
the other pastors in the town. Tributes of respect were also given by
R. M. Rowland and E. M. Waites of Fort Worth. After the remains were
viewed by hundreds of friends both white and colored, the vast cortege
moved to the great final resting place of all humanity. The pall bearers (?)
Slowly the remains passed through the town where all places of
business were closed, to the Presbyterian cemetery. He lies to the
south of the burial ground in the family plot selected by himself. . ~
Flowers of every hue and kind from friend all over the state mark
the spot.
Mr. McFarland was born in this county, near the place where he died,
on August 9, 1847. He was the eldest son of Jackson and Artemissa Mc-
Farland, who came from Illinois and settled a farm five miles north of
Ladonia in 1836. This old homestead is still owned by the heirs of the
man who settled it.
Young McFarland received only the education that could be secured
in the schools of that primitive time, but made splendid use of all
his opportunities and the knowledge that he gained.
J. F McFarland leaves three brothers and one sister, John E.,
N. J., and C. S McFarland, and Mrs. W. H. Cunningham, to whom he was
ever kind and devoted, especially the youngest brother whom he fos-
tered and loved as his own son. In 1872 he and Miss Mary Jane Harper
were united in marriage. To them ten children were born. The wife
and nine children survive him, and were present at his death. The sur-
viving children are Samuel Jackson McFarland and Mrs. W. M. Williams of
Dallas, Mrs. W. P. Jennings of McKinney, Dr. Gordon B. McFarland of
New York, and Mrs. H. E. Fuller, James R., John A., Miss Tennie and
Miss Lola of Ladonia.
As a friend of the family we know something of the strenuous ef-
forts of his noble wife and each child to make comfortable and happy
his life and that they will continue to honor his memory until they
meet him "where all tears are wiped away."
No man we have known has done more to advance the moral and mater-
ial welfare of Fannin County than did J. F. McFarland. He made a for-
tune, and he was wise enough to use that fortune to the best interests
of his own family, his community and his own state, rather than use
it to gratify selfish desires. He stood at all times ready to do bat-
tle for every good cause and against every evil cause and evil tenden-
cy. He gave his talents, his time and his money freely to every cause
he espoused, and he espoused some things which caused him to give much
in a material way. He was one of the most active workers in the var-
ious contests that were had in this county to drive the liquor traffic
from its borders. He never yielded to any man his place on the firing
line, and defeat never conquered his determination to fight on till the
victory was won. He was a friend to the school and the church, and
every agency that helped build the moral health of the state. He
gave most liberally to the schools of the Christian churches of the
state, and he contributed much to the local church of which he was
a member.
He was a life-long Republican in politics, living in an almost
solidly"Democratic community, and yet his influence was worth as much
in the Democratic primary election as any man's. The secret of this
was his loyalty to that which was good, and the confidence the people
had in his honesty and sincerity. He was never known to knowingly sup-
port a bad man or a bad measure.
He and his good wife reared a family of boys and girls who have
grown into manhood and womanhood of which their parents can be proud.
They are shouldering the burdens and carrying on the good works that
their parents before them gave example to follow. Had they done no great-
er work than to give to the world such sons and daughters, then would (?)
their lives have been a blessing to mankind. Only those who actually
know something of the conditions here in pioneer days can fully appre-
ciate the work this good man did. A (?) he labored faithfully and well
on earth, so will he reap an abundant reward in heaven.
-A Friend

Lola thinks the author was Ashley Evans, Editor of the Bonham News because portions of this are quoted in other tributes to him that are attributed to Mr. Evans.

The house James Franklin and Mary Jane built in 1885 on Hwy 2990, and renovated in 1902 burned to the ground in 2013 and the fire killed the owners Richard Fields and wife.

A letter written to his son Samuel Jackson and wife Jewel McFarland on August 9, 1915 on his 68th birthday from Manitou Colorado where he spent three summers before he died of pernicious anemia.

Dear Jewell 68 years ago to day there was a little Boy born on an open prairie with very few neighbors in a wild country infested with Bear panthers Deer and all kinds of wild animals during those sixty eight years that same boy has worked for the upbuilding of his county and the good of humanity- and to day he is located in a little cottage on the side of a mountain in far off Colorado clinging for health. I am feeling fine this morning had a good night last night- our friends have been very mindful of us. Mr. John Miller paid us a visit and took us out in his car for a twenty mile drive. Mr. Bowland is at Denver he wrote me he would visit us soon. The Riter girls and Grace Hackly have been here and the Agnew Girls on their way home from Sanfrancisco stopped to see us and Mr. Wills came up one day and spent a while with us and the Galbraiths will be up to take dinner with us today. Edgar has just come in with a ninety cent hen so I suppose we will have something good for dinner. All I wish is that I can not have all the children here to all eat at the same table to day. Would like to one long enough to accommodate everyone at once however that is impossible and we will have to make the best of everything we can...Sarah Wilhite spent several days with us left last evening to visit Sallie we all enjoyed her little visit so much we learned so much about the kin in Nebraska when she left she said she thought she and Jewel's daughter would visit us all sometime in the future. Yesterday was real cold here too cold to be comfortable we sat around the fire all day. but the sunshines beautifully this morning. I will close this hoping you and Sam may live a long time and may be able to do much good in the community in which you live. Wish you were here to take dinner with us but we will remember you. love to both of you. we are your devoted Father and Mother

James married Mary Jane Harper on 4 Feb 1872 in Fannin Co. Texas. Mary was born on 26 Feb 1852 in Knights Prairie township , Hamilton Co., Illinois; died on 31 Oct 1935 in Dallas, Texas (at home of Lola); was buried in Lot 156, Sect. 2, Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Farmer and Ginner
• Occupation: Farmer and Ginner
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Possessions: 1889, Fannin County, Texas; Tax list shows John E. with 397 acres, most from the Daniel Davis patent.
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Buried in the Presbyterian Cemetery in Ladonia, Tx. In the family bible and in early documents his name is shown as John Win McFarland. 1890 address P.O. was Bonham, lived in Silver City. Had 407 acres in cultivation. Married his second cousin.

Flowers for the Living: Ladonia News
The passing of another week bring into existence another flower, just as rare and beautiful as any which we have strawn along the pathway of life. This week we have selected a farmer of the great Ladonia country, Mr. J. E. McFarland.

Mr. McFarland owns a large farm and beautiful home about 7 miles northeast of Ladonia, on the Bonham pike in the Silver City community. He is the kind of farmer who believes in diversification, and usually raises large crops of grain, fruits, caught, poultry and pork. He is also a man who believes in a good community, always taking a leading part in school and church affairs and it is largely through his effort that they are rated among the best rural in the County. Mr. McFarland has served Woods school for years as an efficient trustee.

As a young man Mr. McFarland united with the First Christian Church and has been an active worker in that congregation for years and has always supported financially and otherwise. He has proven himself in many ways to be an influential citizen.

Mr. McFarland and family enjoy the many luxuries the farm now affords, electric lights, radio, Victrola, piano; automobile and good roads.

As to the affairs of community, county and state you can always depend on Mr. McFarland being well informed. He believes in selecting the man for a public office who is competent and best qualified to fill the trust, and has never voted for a man merely through sympathy our friendship. You can always depend on his being on the right side of every question. Mr. McFarland is a good acquaintance, a special friend and he always finds the warmest welcome wherever he goes. Mr. and Mrs. McFarland have reared a large family of Christian girls and boys and they are now enjoying the latter years of life is only those can who live in contentment.

Obituary:
PIONEER LADONIA CITIZEN IS DEAD

John E. McFarland was born April 19th, 1849, and passed away at 1:05 on the morning of August 13th, 1927, being at the time of his going, 78 years 4 months and 4 days of age.

He was united in marriage to Nancy B. Horn, on September 25, 1873. To this union seven children were born, six of whom are living; Susie McFarland Abshire, (deceased) Artimessia McFarland Rattan, James N. McFarland, John J. McFarland, Cordelia McFarland Bartley, Annette McFarland Milford, Newman Horn McFarland.

John McFarland was born, reared and died, on the same farm. This is unusual, and complimentary too, for his boy-hood friends loved him as in the days of their youth. He was of a generous nature and ready at all times to lend a hand and means to his fellow man. Living in his house by the side of the road, he proved himself a real friend to all who passed his way.

He was a Christian for thirty-six years, and his life was such that he will be missed by his community as a man of true worth and benefit to all. Those who knew him loved him for his cheerful and hopeful disposition which was in evidence, even to the time of his going.

He leaves to hold him in cheerished (sic) memory, the companion, the six children, thirty-one grand children, and thirteen great-grand children, together wild a host of relatives and friends, numbered by those who knew him.

Funeral services were held at the First Christian Church of Ladonia Sunday afternoon at 3:00 o'clock, conducted by Rev. E.B. Chancellor, minister after which the remains were interred in the local cemetery. The funeral services were largely attended by the relatives and friends.

Six of the grandsons acted as pallbearers.

John married Nancy Bayless Horn on 25 Sep 1873 in Cooke Co., Texas. Nancy (daughter of Dudley Horn and Amanda Hughes) was born on 24 Jan 1854 in St. Francois, Missouri; was christened on 24 Jun 1883 in By Rev. T. R. Burnette; died on 31 Aug 1928 in Texas; was buried in McFarland lot in Ladonia Cemetery behind Presbyterian Church, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: in homeplace of Jackson and Artemissa McFarland
• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes: Nancy Jane was named for her two grandmothers.

Obituary dated Feb. 22, 1924:
Mrs. W. W. Cunningham Passed Away
Nancy Jane McFarland, the only daughter of Jackson and Artemissa McFarland was born Jan. 2, 1851, was married to Wm. W. Cunningham Jan. 4, 1872 and passed into the Great Beyond Feb'y 14, 1924. She leaves a truly devoted husband, four sons: Matthen (typo), William, James and Logan and a daughter, Mrs. W H. Wilson, and four grand-children. All were present at her home going, though death came most unexpectedly. The bodily strength that had been impaired for a number of years could not withstand an attack of acute indigestion which occurred about then days prior to her death. But on Thursday morning Feb. 14, she seemed much improved, ate a good breakfast and expressed a belief that she would soon be well again. Within thirty minutes, despite all that could be done the tired, wornout body found rest in the Life Eternal.
She was an old fashioned mother, the kind of a mother we love the best. She was an ardent lover of her home, having been born, spent her childhood, married and reared her family at her father's old homestead, and here the death angel found her when she was ready to go. No task was ever too hard for her if it meant comfort to her household. Of her father's family only three brothers remain. They are John E., Newton J, and C.S. (Bose) McFarland: all in and near Ladonia. The oldest brother, J. F. McFarland died Feb. 4, 1917.
Mrs. Cunningham had been a Christian forty years. In a quite and unpretentious way she had let her light shine through all these years. She was outspoken against wrong and she possessed unusual strength of character. The funeral service was held at the Plainview Christian Church and was conducted by Eld. Jno. T. Louderdale of St. Jo, Texas who had been a devoted friend of the family for a number of years.
He was assisted by W. M. Williams, editor of the Christian Courier, who is also closely attached to the family. He laid her to rest in the Hulsey cemetery beside the little daughter they placed there years ago. The pall bearers were six stalwart nephews whose Sunday visits to "Aunt Jane's" will ever remain among the happiest of childhood's memories. They were Sam, Will, Newman, Jim, Lee and Sylvester McFarland. As a last service of love five nieces lovingly placed the flowers on the grave of the aunt they loved so well and the thought of whose life will linger in their memories as the embodiment of loyalty, hospitality and devotion to those around her.
The following relatives from a distance attended the funeral: Mrs. R. H. Steppe, Mrs. Oscar Scott, W.M. Willliams and family, Miss Vista Cunningham, Sylvester McFarland, Samuel J. and James R. McFarland, all of Dallas: Mr. and Mrs. J.N. McFarland of Greenville; Jack McFarland of Bonham; Mrs. Oscar Moore, Windom; Mrs. Lura London, Bailey; Mesdames Walls and Shrum of Cash; Jas. Cunningham, Honey Grove and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of Wolfe City.

NOTES: The Hulsey Cemetery is the Oak Ridge Cemetery today. The Plainview Christian Church was the name for the present Oak Ridge Church of Christ Church. W.M. Williams is the husband of Jane's niece, Florence McFarland, daughter of James Franklin McF. and a Christian minister.
married W. Cunningham Feb. 4, 1872

Nancy married William Wylie Cunningham on 4 Jan 1872 in Fannin Co., Texas. William was born on 23 Nov 1849 in Dade Co., Georgia; died on 11 Mar 1929 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 5, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Possessions: 1889, Fannin County, Texas; tax list showing N.J. with 460 acres (430 1/3 from the James McFarland patent)
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Was deeded 302 acres from the James McF. survey by his father Jackson on Sept. 23, 1876, in Deed Book 2, p. 6.

Newton married Belvie Beall on 10 Aug 1911. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Newton married Hattie P. Ellis on 5 Mar 1910. Hattie was born about 1883; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Newton married Hazie Agnes Hulsey on 2 Apr 1884 in Fannin Co., Texas. Hazie was born on 11 Dec 1860 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 5 Oct 1907 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Newton married Belle Washington Elliott on 10 Aug 1911 in Hopkins, Texas, United States. Belle was born on 3 Feb 1869 in Camden, Ouachita, Arkansas, USA; died on 25 Jul 1962 in Santa Clara, Santa Clara, California, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Newton married Artimissa McMurtry Bartley on 6 Jun 1878 in Fannin Co., Texas. Artimissa was born on 18 Dec 1859 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 15 Oct 1879 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Providence Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1870, Precinct 4, Honey Grove, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 5, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1900, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Occupation: 1910; Merchant, general store
• Occupation: 1910, Merchant, general store; The Jackson-McFarland general merchandise store in Ladonia Texas was managed by Bose. He also owned a meat market in town. That building still exists.
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Nickname was Bose, and people in town called him "Mr. Bose."
1890: P.O. was Ladonia, had 226 acres in cultivation

In 1887, Russell B. Hill, the town blacksmith and deputy sheriff was killed and his estate was put up for sale. A piece of land, part of Block 51 Plat of Ladonia was purchased for $400 cash. This is probably the location of the future store.

1900 census, he is listed as a Bartender. In the Scollard's Ladonia Directory, C.S. McFarland, owner of a saloon is at 314 Haines St. Cobb add. Son Will is listed as McFarland W. student at 314 hines sT. Cobb Add.

He was the General manager of the Jackson McFarland General Merchandise Co. from 1908 to 1924. He became suddenly ill with a "peculiar malady," as the newspaper put it, and had a very rapid decline.

Information from Attending Physician: Started noticing symptoms on July 1, 1925. Doctors opinion was he died of Lympho Sarcoma, tumors of the stomach, which came on fairly quickly, treated from July 15, 1925 till death. Was confined to house starting Aug. 1, 1925. No autopsy.

Here is a transcription of two articles about C. S. Bose McFarland

Announcement of his death:
(not sure of date or which newspaper this appeared)

C.S. McFarland Died In Paris Sanitarium

There came a sad message to Ladonia last Saturday afternoon from the sanitarium of Paris; a message which dimmed many eyes and saddened many hearts. It was that the brave spirit of Mr. C. S. McFarland, which had so courageously fought its battle against pain and disease for the last several weeks, had taken it eternal flight.

About sixty years ago in a substantial farm home some six miles north of Ladonia a little baby came as the fifth child to brighten and bless. This little boy was named Cyrus Sylvester McFarland, but was soon dubbed "Bose" by the family, and as "Bose" and "Mr. Bose" he lovingly dwells in our heart's memories.

In his young manhood he married Miss Sue Lee, and they established a happy home here. He wife and two children, Will and Miss Ethel, survive him.

Mr. McFarland was a business man of Ladonia for more than thirty years, and although a man of few words, was always to be identified with any movement for the good of the town. He was active in business until just a few weeks ago, when he was stricken with a peculiar malady, and although the hopelessness of his case was apparent from the beginning, his rapid decline and his death were a shock to his dear ones and friends. Everything that loving hands could do was done to ease his going and in the end God seemed to remember how good "Bose" McFarland had been to others and his going was as a "fall on sleep.

Truly, Mr. McFarland was a man who "lived in a house by the side of the road and was a friend to man." No one either white or black, ever went to him for help and turned away empty handed, and, though he was no professed Christian, we know of many "cups of cold water" given in love to Christ's little ones; not even his own family know of many deeds of love done for his friends, for to be his friend was to have free access to everything he owned. He was the type of man who would lay down his fife for a friend, and for friends he chose the good, the bad, the rich, the poor, the sage and little children.

When the recording angel comes to write the name of Bose McFarland he will write along with Abou Ben Adhem of old, for by his life he has said, "I pray thee then, write me as one who loved his fellowmen."

Tribute to the life of C.S. McFarland appearing September 25, 1925
A Tribute to C.S. (Bose) McFarland.

Born March 1, 1865; died Sept. 5, 1925.

C.S. (Bose) McFarland has gone out from us and will be seen no more among the walks of men. The youngest of five children born to Jackson and Artemisa McFarland he was given to this world for sixty years. He was reared on the farm, educated in country and attended college at Savoy, Texas.

In early manhood was married to Miss Susie Lee of the adjoining community and to this union were born three children--two of whom survive him.

Bose McFarland never made a flourish of trumpets but was a man of wonderful energy and posessed (sic) a soul full of emotions. He loved deeply those who were near and dear to him and would divide his last penny with a friend. Few men have lived and wrought and gone out of the world who had fewer enmies (sic) than did Bose Mcfarland. Here again the bigness of his soul looms large for it was a rule of his life not to speak unkindly of his fellow man. It could be said that he was liberal to a fault for there are uncounted families, and individuals who thruout (sic) the years have found their way to his place of business and there from his hands received food and clothing to carry them along without consideration on his part as to the way and manner in which they could reimburse him.

He was loved by both white and black, for he was truly a friend to man.

I was truly said of Bose McFarland that if the whole word were made up of men exactly like him it would be a better world in which to live.

There was no jealousy or envy in his nature, he believed that every man should do his best to succeed and he was always glad when effort brought reward. He has gone home--He will be missed by many--His loss will be keenly felt not only by his wife and children but by the whole community as well.

After three score years of strenuous labor, may his soul find rest in the haven of peace.----One Who Knew and Loved Him.

Nickname was Bose, and people in town called him "Mr. Bose."
1890: P.O. was Ladonia, had 226 acres in cultivation
He was the General manager of the Jackson McFarland General Merchandise Co. from 1908 to 1924. He became suddenly ill with a "peculiar malady," as the newspaper put it, and had a very rapid decline. From his obituary: "He was reared on the farm, educated in country schools and attended college at Savoy, Texas....It could be said that he was liberal to a fault, for there are uncounted families and individuals who thru-out the years have found their way to his place of business and there from his hands received food and clothing to carry them along without consideration on his part as to the way and manner in which they could reimburse him. He was loved by both white and black, for he was truly a friend to man."

Information from Attending Physician: Started noticing symptoms on July 1, 1925. Doctors opinion was he died of Lympho Sarcoma, tumors of the stomach, which came on fairly quickly, treated from July 15, 1925 till death. Was confined to house starting Aug. 1, 1925. No autopsy.

Cyrus married Susan M. Lee on 26 Dec 1886 in Fannin County, Texas. Susan was born on 12 Apr 1870 in Texas; died on 8 May 1943 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Lot 55, Sect. 1, Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite.

In Scollard's Ladonia Directory is the listing McFarland S.J. cashier at First National Bank. residence 106 Church St. Mrs. S. McFarland is listed in residence 106 Church Street.

Article from Dallas Morning News, Sept. 21, 1900: "Ladonia, Tex. Sept. 19--A full volunteer military company has been organized in Ladonia. The company is to be known as Company L, Third regiment of the State militia. Major Jules Merchert came from Bonham yesterday and mustered the boys in. There are fifty-five of the new soldiers. The officers of the company are: Captain, S.J. McFarland; First Lieutenant, C.H. Weldon; Second Lieutenent, Walter N. Jones."

Dallas Morning News, Oct. 27, 1900: "Third Regiment--Company B, Denton Light Guards, Capt......; Company M, Ladonia Rifles, Capt. S.J. McFarland, Ladonia."

From Lola McFarland's book, p. 93.
"SAMUEL JACKSON MCFARLAND - eldest son of James and Mary Jane - born Nov. 23, 1872, 5 ½ mi. N. Ladonia, Texas. Attended school in Ladonia, Campbell, and graduated from Austin College in Sherman, 1895. His years of banking were spent in Ladonia, Greenville and Dallas. In 1929 he went to Lubbock and organ¬ized an Insurance and Real Estate Business. He retired in 1943, when he returned to Dallas. He married Jewel Easley in 1898, and died Nov. 1948 - 76 years of age. He was always an active member of the Christian Church and was president of the boards of Texas Christian University and Juliette Fowler Homes in Dallas for many years. Buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas"

Samuel and Jewel had no children. He went by Sam.

Obituary in Daily Times Herald, Dallas on Nov. 29, 1948
BANKER, CIVIC LEADER'S RITES ARE SCHEDULED

Final rites for Samuel J. McFarland, 76, banker and civic leader in Texas, were to be held at 2 PM Monday in the George A. Brewer Funeral Home, with Dr. Thompson L Shannon of the East Dallas Christian Church officiating.
Burial was to be in Restland Memorial Park.
McFarland died Saturday of a heart attack at his home in the Stoneleigh Hotel. A former owner of a chain of Texas banks, he was a past president of the Juliette Fowler homes for Orphans and Aged. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Bible school in the East Dallas Christian church and was a charter member of the church's John G. Slater Bible class.
A former chairman of the board of Texas Christian University, McFarland for two years was president of the YMCA board in Dallas. He was a 32nd degree Mason and belong to the Lakewood Country Club, Dallas City Club, Dallas Athletic Club and Glen Haven Country Club.
Surviving are his wife, three brothers, James R. McFarland and Dr. Gordon B. McFarland, Dallas, and John a. McFarland of Ladonia, Texas, and three sisters, Mrs. Joe M. Hill and Mrs. W.M. Williams, Dallas, and Mrs. W.P. Jennings, Lubbock.
Pallbearers will be J. W. Timmins, Charles Fleming, Michaux Nash, L. C. Wright, Frank Ayers and T. H. Callan. Honorary pallbearers will be Andrew J. Bush, Dr. H. Leslie Moore, Arthur a. Everts, Kleber V. Lipscomb, Dr. S.E. Milliken, Dr. E. M. Waits, Dr. L. N. D. Wells, Dan D. Rogers and officers of the board of East Dallas Christian Church and the Board of Trustees of Juliette Fowler Homes.
Samuel Jackson McFarland graduated from Ladonia High School in 1892, and then Austin College in Sherman in June, 1895 and Waco Business College in Sept. 1895. He was also awarded the 32nd degree of Masonry in 1914 for the Dallas Chapter of Scottish Rite.

Samuel married Wesley Jewel Easley on 5 Jan 1898 in Blossom, Fannin Co., Texas. Wesley was born on 5 Jan 1881 in Blossom, Lamar Co., Texas; died on 13 Mar 1962 in Dallas, Texas; was buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Died of cancer.

From Lola McFarland's book, p. 93.

NANCY ELIZABETH MCFARLAND -wife of H. Edgar FULLER - was the second child, born October 23, 1874. She was a delicate child "weighing only fifteen pounds at fifteen months." She graduated Kidd-Key College in Sherman, Texas, where she was recognized as an excellent student and a person of excellent character. She was an excellent teacher and with her first salary bought a beautiful oak secretary as a gift to her father. She played the piano and was especially successful in teaching kindergar¬ten. She was married in 1907 in the First Christian Church in Ladonia. Lived in Konawa, Oklahoma for a few years. She had a child, Edgar McFarland Fuller who died at three months. They moved back to Ladonia and lived next door to her mother until her death in 1931. She, her husband and baby are buried on the McFarland lot in the Ladonia Cemetery.

Obituary: July 10, 1931
LADONIA LOSES PIONEER WOMAN
Friday shortly past the noon hour, death, so often a friend to man, came in mercy to release a gracious, kindly spirit from a tired, frail body, and that which is immortal took its flight back to the Giver of all Life and we said, "She is dead," but He said, "She has entered into everlasting life."

Mrs. H.. Fuller, as Nancy Elizabeth McFarland, was born as the first daughter of the late Mr. J.F. and Mrs. McFarland on the farm near Ladonia, and all the years of her life except some five of the first years of her married life when she lived in Konawa, Oklahoma, she spent in and near Ladonia. Her parents, eager to educate and train their children, sent her to Kidd-Key College at Sherman, from which she graduated with commendable honors.

For several years she taught school, having been a teacher in the Ladonia schools at one time.

In 1908 she was married to Mr. H.E. Fuller and to them was born a little son, Edgar Junior, who died at the age of three months, the only child of this union.

Mrs. Fuller has led a busy active life among Ladonia people. Because of her great love for children and her natural talent for storytelling and teaching, she has for a number of years been superintendent of the primary department of the Christian Sunday school. She was also active in other phases of church life, and at the time of her death was president of the Women's Missionary Society. In club life she was an able worker, being a charter member of the Southern Literary Club, the pioneer study club of Ladonia.

She added to these activities a kindly graciousness, and ever ready spirit to help and an unfailing faith, which virtues added indeed a "crown of righteousness" to her entire life.

She is survived by her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane McFarland, two brothers, J.R. and J.A. McFarland of Ladonia, a sister, Mrs. W.P. Jennings of Lubbock, three sisters, Mrs. H.L. Graves, Mrs. W.M. Williams, and Mrs. Joe M. Hill, two brothers, S.J.. A McFarland of Dallas.

Funeral services were conducted by her beloved pastor, Rev. E.B. Chancellor, in the church which she had served so faithfully, Sunday morning at 8:30, attended by a large crowd of relatives and friends.

Mrs. Fuller was a lovely Christian character and her going home on leave loneliness and sorrow for those who are left behind, but her loved ones are sustained in this hour of grief by the heritage she leaves and by her faith, which is also theirs, that God in his own infinity do with all things well.

Nancy married Horton Edgar Fuller on 5 Sep 1906 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., TX. Horton was born on 1 Dec 1869 in near Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas; died on 28 Jan 1962 in Honey Grove, Texas; was buried in McFarland Lot in the Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Lola McFarland Hill's book: p. 94
FLORENCE CORDELIA MCFARLAND m. F.C. Crawford and W.M. Williams born Nov. 9, 1876, the third child in the family of J. F. and Mary Jane Harper McFarland. They lived 5 ½ mi. N. of Ladonia, Tex. in the first home they occupied. In 1886, when she was ten years old they moved into the new one-story and a half house. The year, 1889 the family lived in Ladonia at the White Place. "Then back to the country home. Florence attended colleges including Kidd-Key at Sherman, Sam Houston Normal at Huntsville, University of Texas and University of Chicago. She taught school at Bagby, Providnece, Honey Grove, McGregor, Taylor and Ben Franklin. In 1898 she was married to Frank C. Crawford and lived in Ladonia. During that time her baby sis¬ter, Lola, stayed with her and went to kindergarten. Within a year her husband died and within a month her baby boy, Frank was was born and died in infancy. She went to Taylor, Texas where she lived in the home of her sister Mary Jennings, and taught school there for several years. At this time her school principal was Mr. W. M. Williams, whom she later married. During this time of her widowhood she was back home for the vacation months except for her graduate work and a trip to Europe in the summer of 1950. She married Rev. W. M. Williams, in 1912 and moved to Fort Worth, where her baby, Florence was born. Mr. Williams had two children by his first marriage, Noland and Mary Jane who made their home with them. They lived in Bonham, St. Louis, Indianapolis, and Dallas. Their second daughter Frances was born in Dallas. Mr. Williams died in 1931. Florence and the girls moved to Ladonia amd lived near her mother for three years, then they moved to Denton and later to Whitewright - then to Dallas where she spent the remainder of her life. She was an active member of the Greenville Ave. Christian Church, and was the organizer of the Business and Professional Women's Group, among whom she had many true friends and admirers. She maintained a remarkable interest in current affairs, was an avid reader and an inveterate "clipper". She often subscribed to the local newspapers of the towns in which she had lived in order to keep aware of their progress and of the ones she had known. It would be a surprise if she ever failed to recall a person or event which she had ever known. She kept close contact with many of them and cherished the letters and visits from them. Her scrap books are invaluable as a source of family and Christian Church history. On Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 24th she suffered a paralytic stroke in the afternoon at the Central Park Manor on Capitol Street Dallas, after she had spent a pleasant day with her daughter Florence and a visit to her home on Goodwin Street. She had been living at the Manor since a less severe stroke about two years previously. She had walked to the door with her sister, Lola, and after having conversed about all the members of her family - a kind of benediction - she said no more. She lived until the early morning of Dec. 12, 1966, at a little more than ninety years of age. Her daughters, Florence and Frances gave her loving care and they were a source of great pride to her. Laura and Jim Jernigan and the children of her step-children, Noland and Mary Jane compose her eight grand¬children. Her funeral service at the Wildwood Cemetery at Restland was very beautifully conducted by Rev. Put Henry and Rev. R.C. Lohman. The pall-bearers were: W. J. Jernigan, A. J. Jernigan, Nick Spellman, Lt. Col. Joe M. Hill Jr., John S. Mc¬Farland and C. Jack Wilson. This was truly a Reunion of her family and friends who wished to honor this great woman.

Florence married Francis C. Crawford on 4 Oct 1898. Francis was born on 29 Oct 1871 in Arkansas; died on 12 Dec 1900 in Pecan Gap, Texas; was buried in Pecan Gap, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married William McKibben Williams on 13 May 1912 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., TX. William was born on 28 Jul 1869 in Fosterville, Tennessee; died on 3 Dec 1931 in Dallas Texas; was buried in Belton Cemetery in Belton, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Mary Arabella would have been named for Arabella Benson Hulsey, wife of Joel Hulsey, and a close friend to James Franklin and Mary Jane Harper McFarland. Written in the family bible as Mary Belle McFarland. Often referred to by family as Marie. When listed in the Ladonia graduating class of 1897, she was Marie M. McFarland. She graduated with Boothe Merrill, C.E. Fuller, Emma Jones, Gussie Wingo, and Jessie Hatson.

From p. 96 of Lola McFarland Hill's book:
MARY ARABELLA MCFARLAND -Married to Rev. W. P. Jennings. She was the 10th child of James F. and Mary Jane McFarland, born, Jan. 28, 1879, five miles N of Ladonia, Texas. Among her early recollections are her teachers, Mr. Armstrong, Miss Hockaday and Miss Willie Skinner. and the excitement of the new "surrey with the fringe on top", the new piano and the new carpet for the parlor. She graduated from the Ladonia High School in l897 and her dearest friend was Emma Jones. She graduated from Carlton College in Bonham in 1898. She was a charming, attractive, vivacious girl and had many very attentive beaux and suitors. She remembers that she was the maid of honor in her sister Florence's wedding and that she had a serious romance that ended in a broken engagement in 1900. Those were the days when a father's (opinion was) considered with great respect and the dutiful children did not doubt that "father knows best." She assisted Mr. Neely Holt as teacher at Woods School House for one year. Through a mutual friend Rev. Schoonover, she was introduced to Walter Perry Jennings a young minister who had recently come to Texas from Missouri. This culminated in marriage Sept. 6, 1902 and they established their home in Hillsboro where he was pastor of the Christian Church. As the young bride drove away from her father's home her father turned away, and to hide his emotion said: "Only a woman could do a thing like that - leave all of us who love her so, and go a way with someone she has known such a little while." - It was a wise choice she made and from that moment "Brother Walter" was a very dear and close member of the family. In her new role as housewife in the manse, she excelled in many ways. Always her love, concern and loy¬alty to her family were expressed with such generosity and selflessness that she maintains a position with both young and old of highest esteem and devotion. She lived in seven towns where her husband was minister and she counts in the hundreds the men and women who enjoyed her friendship and who credit her with as much spiritual inspiration as if she were an ordained minister. Among the periods of time in which she and her husband shared their home and hospitality of which there was a great need at such a time were the months when her sisters Florence and Lola were with them in Taylor, - ¬Tennie in Amarillo, when "Little Anne" was born at her house in Fort Worth- when Sam and Jewel and Jim and Lyle first went to Lubbook - when Bakie was married - and on and on. She also shared her children with the grandparents and adoring uncles and aunts. After her husband's death, Apr.14, 1944 she has maintained her home in Lubbook. She gave two years as matron in Foster Hall, TCU. Her daughters, Louise, Grace and Jean Shelley, the grand children and the great grand ohildren oon¬sider it a privilege and a pleasure to keep close contact with one who is now in her 89th year and is still a happy, genteel, loving and oonsiderate person. Were it not for her and the cooperation of her daughters throughout the years, the famous family reunions might never have occurred. Long may she live! (Added on this page by pen: Died: Sunday Dec. 15, 1974 - Lubbock. Buried City of Lubbock Cemetery)

Mary married Walter Perry Jennings on 6 Nov 1902 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas. Walter was born on 22 Apr 1870 in Leesville, Missouri; died on 14 Apr 1944 in Lubbock, Texas; was buried in City of Lubbock Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Obituary from Dallas Morning News, Dec. 23, 1933. "Mrs. Tennie McFarland Graves, 52, of 2517 Oak Lawn, for seven years church visitor for the East Dallas Christian Church, and member of a pioneer Texas family, died Friday morning after an illness of two weeks. Because of ill health she resigned her position with the church last April. Mrs. Graves was born in Ladonia, Fannin County, daughter of the late James F. McFarland and granddaugther of the Fannin County pioneer, Jackson McFarland. At the time of her death Mrs. Graves owned land near Ladonia that was granted her grandfather by Gen. Sam Houston during the time of the republic. Her husband, Henry L. Graves, was a merchant of Ladonia. He died there about ten years ago...... She is survived by two step-sons, Henry L. Graves Jr., United States Navy, stationed at San Diego, Cal., and will Nunn Graves, Milwaukee; her mother, Mrs. Mary Jane McFarland of Ladonia; four brothers, Sam J. McFarland, James R. McFarland, both of Lubbock; John A. McFarland of Ladonia and Dr. Gordon B. McFarland of Dallas; three sisters, Mrs. Walter P. Jennings of Lubbock, Mrs. W.M. Williams of Ladonia and Mrs. Joe M. Hill of Dallas....

From Lola McFarland Hill's book: P. 99

RUTHA TENNESSEE MCFARLAND - married Henry L. GRAVES. Born Aug. 22, 1881. Fifth child of the family. She attend¬school in Ladonia and graduated from Carlton College in Bonham. While in college she studied painting with Miss Grace Carlton, and painted many beautiful pictures. She was very capable at needle work and while in college she knitted a beautiful shawl for her mother. She was a great help in managing the household, and showed great concern for any who were ill or grieved. While living at home in Ladonia, she worked at the bank and the Oil Mill, and at the same time was the teacher of a Sunday School Class of young people at the First Christian Church - the Loyal Bereans. Her influence was very great upon those in her class. She went to Europe with her sister Florence in 1910, attending the Passion Play. On the 26th of Dec. 1918 she was married to Mr. Graves and made for him, Mother Graves, Will Nunn and Henry a lovely home life. He was stricken ill soon after their marriage, but for five years she was extremely happy, until his death May 30, 1924. After his death, she and Henry Jr. came to Dallas and lived on Victor Street and Henry attended Woodrow Wilson High School. She was employed in the office of the Trinity Warehouse which was operated by her brother James R. In 1926 she became the church visitor for the East Dallas Christian Church and was of the most valuable service to the church and especially to Dr. L. N. D. Wells, the minister. During this time she lived in the home of Judge and Mrs. R. J. Thorne. In 1932, because of ill health, she resigned from this strenuous work and became secretary in the office of her brother Dr. Gordon B. McFarland and lived in the home of Miss Cora McFarland on Henderson Ave. She suffered many hemorrhages and was given inumberable blood transfusions. Among the donors were Rebel Proctor and her brother-in-law, Joe Hill, who gave as many as twenty. She died on Dec. 22, 1933, and her place was never filled in the hearts of her loved ones. She remembered all her family in her will, giving her jewels to her nieces and the homestead farm to her sister, Lola. She was only 52 years old when she died, but her life had been so full of love and service to others that it might have been a much longer life in someone else, to have accomplished what she die. She is buried beside her father and mother in the Ladonia Cemetery.

P. 100
GRAVES - MCFARLAND.
• from Ladonia News, Dec. 27, 1918
Friends in Ladonia were surprised to receive news of the marriage of Mr. H. L. Graves and Miss Tennie MoFarland in Fort Worth last Thursday. Accompanied by Capt. and Mrs. Joe M. Hill and John A. McFarland they drove to Ft. Worth from Dallas and were married at the home of Rev. and Mrs. Walter P. Jennings. The latter is a sister of the bride. Rev. Jennings performed the ceremony.
Mr. and Mrs. Graves returned Tuesday from Dallas and will occupy the Graves home on East Main Street, which is being remodeled.
The groom is a prominent merchant of Ladonia, being a member of the firm of Graves-Moore Co., and is well and favorably known throughout this section of the state, while the bride is the daughter of Mrs. Mary J. McFarland and the late J. F. McFarland, banker and business man of Ladonia for years. Miss Tennie is one of Ladonia's most lovable characters and everyone is her friend. She has held the responsible position as book-keeper at the First State Bank for some time, besides being prominent in church and social circles.
The News congratulates this popular couple upon the happy event and wishes for them that all their years may be rich in the fullness of joy to each.

RESOLUTION
To many is given an urge to serve, but to few is added the gifts of an understanding sympathy and the facility of expression that opens the way to the very hearts of those to whom the service is carried.
Such a handmaiden in the Courts of our Lord was
MRS. TENNIE MCFARLAND GRAVES
whose translation, after a lifetime of devoted service in earth¬ly fields, to that rare world above leaves so great a void in our church family.
But withal there is a song of joy and thanksgiving for the ever continuing influence of her ministrations and example, especially in her work as Visitor for the East Dallas Christian Church.
In this and all other Christian service, neither heat of summer not cold of winter, physical pain no the lure of conflicting in¬terests, deterred her devotion to what she made her highest duty.
We commit to the permanent records of East Dallas Christian Church this expression of thanks, appreciation, and affection for our be¬loved co-worker, and order that a copy hereof, with our deepest sympathy be transmitted to her devoted family.
OFFICIAL BOARD
East Dallas Christian Church.
Signed: J. Howard Payne, Paul Gerhart, Starr Armstrong ,LND,'Vells. Dallas, Texas - May 7, 1934 A.D,

P. 101
SORROW TO THE WHOLE CHURCH FAMILY
-from the Church World - Mrs. H. L. Graves, for seven years assistant to the pastor in East Dallas.
No greater sorrow has ever come to the East Dallas Church than that occasioned by the passing of Mrs. H. L. Graves, for seven years as faithful a servant as any church ever had. Her interest was vital in every department of our church life and her constant check-up on all our groups was remarkable indeed. If any class, department or organization among us began to lag for any reason, whatsoever, Mrs. Graves' attention was on it immediately, and through her zealous efforts the difficulties were corrected very soon. Perhaps she rendered no greater ser¬vice than her work in helping your pastor to center his efforts across the years. Your pastor (Dr. L.N.D.Wells) never made a call in following her suggestion that he did not feel that call to be tremendously worthwhile. She had a remarkable ability of sensing situations and knowing not only where her own presence would be of most value, but also where a call by the pastor would count for the most.
Mrs. Graves always found those in trouble, those in distress, those who were ill, those who were disaffected, and always, and under every circumstance her service was of the highest type.
We have never heard a criticism of her work as assistant to the pastor in East Dallas. Her place will be very hard to fill.
L.N.D. Wells, Pastor.
"It is in the darkness that the light is needed and it is there that it shines the best. The other day a saintly woman of my own parish went to the hospital to say a last farewell to a grown daughter who within a few hours must pass to her long home. As this Christian mother left the room with streaming eyes, she said to me, "It would be a shame to call her back, when she is so near to Heaven." And a new light from a brokenhearted mother who was a true Christian, illumined my own soul.
- from The Light of the World by LND WELLS.

Tennie was also known by Bakie, or Baker with family members, a nickname referring back to a well-known preacher named Tennessee Baker. She was 37 years old when she got married, and the family members were not happy with her choice at first. Her brother John Allen (Doc) wrote a letter to Gordon where he criticized this choice and said she was only doing it to avoid being an "old maid." That possibly was due to the fact his business was a competitor of the Jackson McFarland retail store in Ladonia, and that he had once dated sister Mary, but then married Mamie Nunn. However, the family changed their minds as they got to know him and he joined the Christian church.

Rutha married Henry Lee Graves on 26 Dec 1918 in Ft. Worth, Tarrant Co., Texas. Henry was born on 23 Jul 1872 in Whitesboro, Grayson Co., Texas; died on 31 May 1924 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in McFarland Lot in the Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Lola McFarland Hill's book, p. 98:
LILLIE RADO MCFARLAND Was the sixth child in the McFarland family. She was born Nov.29, 1884 and died at 2 years Feb 10 1887. She is buried in the Oak Ridge Cemetery at Ladonia at Hwy 1550. Her father grieved greatly for her.
"A bud the Gardener gave us
A pure and lovely child
He gave it to our keeping'
To cherish undefiled.
But just as it was opening,
To the glory of the day,
Down came the heavenly Gardener And took our bud away.

-from our Mother's Scrapbook.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• _MILT: Between 1918 and 1919, New Mexico to France

Notes:

From Lola's Book, p. 102:
JAMES ROBERT MCFARLAND married Lyle KEAN. He was born Nov. 27, 1886 in the new house north of Ladonia. When he was eight years old he went to school to Miss Ella Wise. He got his foot cought in the benches in the school room. He went for tow months in Ladonia to Miss Maggie Wise and then came back to Woods School house until the family moved to town. His teachers were Mr. Nat White and Mr. Neeley Holt. An outstanding production was a play called "Out in the Cold.", starring his girl friend, Ira Newbury and his little sister was the poor little child wrapped in an old shawl. He also had his sister Bettie for a teacher in the old school house. In 1902 the family moved to Ladonia and Jim was a pupil in the Ladonia High School with Prof. Briles, the superintendent. He entered T.C.U. at Waco in 1906. During this time, he wrote to his father, to William Jennings Bryan and to President Theodore Roosevelt and asked them for advise as to how their lives had been successful. Br. Bryan wrote to him and quoted tohim form the Scriptures, "Love the Lord Thy God, and thy neighbor as thyself: and from Shakespeare, "To thine own self be true and thou canst not then be false to any man." It is no wonder that he became and remained a staunch Democrat after that notice from the "Silver" tongued Mr. Bryan. He graduated in 1909 from TCU in Waco, majoring in Science and Philosophy. During the school years, he baled hay on the farm and worked in his Uncle Bose's store. In 1911, he became book keeper for the First State Bank at $35 per onth. Jan. 1912 he was promoted to Asst. Cashier at $65. Jan. 1913, he was promoted to cashier at $125 per month and his brother-in-law Edgar Fuller was made assistant cashier. In May 1918 he entered the service of his country and trained at Demming, New Mexico. From there to Fort Dix and over seas from Oct. 12 to July 4, 1919, with the 109 Supply Train, 34th Div. Hdq. Detachment. At Christmas 1918 he and his brother Lt. Gordon McFarland met in Paris, France and lived to tell interesting stories about that occasion. When he returned from the service, he went to the Desdemona Oil Fields and while there he married Lyle Kean of Ladonia, Dec. 27, 1919. While he was overseas the home in Ladonia burned and his sisters, Lola and Tennie were married. June 1920 he and Lyle moved to Dallas where he was vice-president and general manager of the Dallas Storage and Warehouse. His daughter, Nance Marie was born May 11, 1923. In 1926 he traded the interest int he warehuse for apartments, and in 1927 he went to Ladonia and reorganized the Ladonia State Bank. The bank was closed in 1929 and was reopened in 1930 as the Farmers and Merchants State Bank. He worked on the liquidation. During this time the bank was held up by "Mch. Gun" Kelley, a notorious bandit and robber."

From John Allen McFarland's So Tales, 1971, comes this story about the bank robbery:
LXII.
BROTHER JIM AND THE BANK ROBBER
I was Postmaster at Ladonia at the time of this incident. The Post Office was directly across from the back door of the First State Bank. About eleven o'clock, I heard what I thought was a car backfiring several times. I had seen Brother Jim go in the back door of the bank just a very few minutes before. Soon I saw Harvey Bailey come out of the back door with two girls who worked in the bank and made them get in the back seat of his car parked at the door. Another man (later known as Machine Gun Kelly) ran and got in the back seat with the girls with his machine gun across his lap. I got really scared as I felt sure that with all that shooting, Jim was certain to have been shot or killed. I rushed across the street and into the bank. There stood Jim laughing with a bunch of men gathered around him. He was reporting his conversation with the robber who had commanded him to lie flat on the floor on his stomach. Well, it was funny since no one was hurt, for Jim's stomach was so large that he could not lie on it and touch the floor with his head and his toes at the same time. He said that every time the guy punched him with his gun and told him to get his head on the floor he would try to obey him, but his feet would fly up. The robber got about $14,000 but no other damage was done.

Back to Lola's manuscript:
"In Sept. 1931 they moved to Lubbock, whee he sold life insurance and cattle. In 1934 he came to Dallas with the Travelers Insurance Co. He bought ten head of holstein heifers from which he has realized a good income. in 1955 they moved to 6910 Rorthridge. He has been a faithful member of the East dallas Christian Church and Slayter Bible Class. He visits the ill, attends the funeral of his friends, and looks after his brothers and sisters in many thoughtful ways. He was probably his mothers favorite, because he asked her why if he was named "Jim" for his father, was he not named "Mary Jane" for her."

Obituary from Dallas paper: "James R. McFarland, 83, of 6910 Northridge, a retired insurance agent for the Travelers Insurance Co., died here Monday. (July 27, 1970) Born near Ladonia, Fannin County, McFarland had lived in Dallas since 1934 and previously had lived in Ladonia and Lubbock. He was graduated from Tecas Christian University when the school was in Waco. An Army veteran of World War I, he became vice-president of the First State Bank of Ladonia in 1919. In 1934, he began working for the insurance company upon moving to Dallas. He was a Shriner and took his Scottish Rite degree in 1912. He was a member of the Ladonia Masonic Bethel Lodge. He was also a member of the East Dallas Christian Church, where he was a deacon and a member of the Slayter Men's Bibil Class. Survivors: Wife; a daughter, Mrs. C. Jack Wilson, of Dallas; a brother, John A. McFarland of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Joe M. Hill of Dallas and Mrs. w. P. Jennings of Lubbock, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in Restland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia.

There are a couple of important stories about Uncle Jim. One is that when the stock market crash occured in 1929, and everyone was making a run on the bank, Jim was unwilling to let everyone lose their savings, and so covered their money with his personal money, which depleted his position as well. Also the bank was hit by the famous bank robber, Pretty Boy Floyd, while he was working there.

From the Ladonia paper: "Funeral services at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning were to be held in Restland Funeral Chapel with Dr. Patrick Henry and Dr. Sloan Gentry officiants....Named as honorary pallbearers were Ebb Bartley, Bill Wilson, William Clements, Walter Campbell, Sam Wiley Cunningham, J.C. Owens, J.D. Fortner and James E. Fuller."
Obituary from Dallas paper: "James R. McFarland, 83, of 6910 Northridge, a retired insurance agent for the Travelers Insurance Co., died here Monday. (July 27, 1970) Born near Ladonia, Fannin County, McFarland had lived in Dallas since 1934 and previously had lived in Ladonia and lubbock. He was graduated from Tecas Christian University when the school was in Waco. An Army veteran of World War I, he became vice-president of the First State Bank of Ladonia in 1919. In 1934, he began working for the insurance company upon moving to Dallas. He was a Shriner and took his Scottish Rite degree in 1912. He was a member of the Ladonia Masonic Bethel Lodge. He was also a member of the East Dallas Christian Church, where he was a deacon and a memeber of the Slayter Men's bibile Class. Survivors: Wife; a daughter, Mrs. C. Jack Wilson, of Dallas; a brother, John A. McFarland of Dallas; two sisters, Mrs. Joe M. Hill of Dallas and Mrs. w. P. Jennings of Lubbock, and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. Wednesday in restland Funeral Chapel. Burial will be in Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia.

There are a couple of important stories about Uncle Jim. One is that when the stock market crash occured in 1929, and everyone was making a run on the bank, Jim was unwilling to let everyone lose their savings, and so covered their money with his personal money, which depleted his position as well. Also the bank was hit by the famous bank robber, Pretty Boy Floyd, while he was working there.

From the Ladonia paper: "Funeral services at 11:30 o'clock Wednesday morning were to be held in Restland Funeral Chapel with Dr. Patrick Henry and Dr. Sloan Gentry officiants....Named as honorary pallbearers were Ebb Bartley, Bill Wilson, William Clements, water Campbell, Sam Wiley Cunningham, J.C. owens, J.D. Fortner and James E. Fuller."

James married Lyle Viola Kean on 27 Dec 1919 in Ladonia, Texas. Lyle was born on 30 Jun 1892 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas; died on 24 May 1985 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; was buried in McFarland Lot in the Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: ?
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

From Lola's Book, p. 105
JOHN ALLEN MCFARLAND married Verne COX- 8th child, born June 14, 1889 in Ladonia, Texas, The family moved back to the homestead when he was one year old. He remembers well when the first telephone was installed- a direct line from the bank in Ladonia to the homestead. Moved back to Ladonia in 1902. He was baptized by Dr. E. M. Waites and joined the Ladonia Christian Church. He graduated from the Ladonia High School in 1907 with highest honors. His mother suggested that the "Harper" was predominant in Doc. He graduated from the University of Texas, where he was a member of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity and the Friars Club. After his graduation he went with a class mate to Canada where his friend had a summer home. He planned to go to Columbia University to study for a medical career, but while he was away from home his father became quite ill and "Doc" came home and took over the management of his father's business. He went to New York with his brother Sam for surgery and came home and bought cotton from West Texas. In 1921, he went to Fall River Mass. to transact a cotton deal. That year cotton price slipped from 40 ¢ per pound to 5 ¢ per pound. In 1921 he married Verne Cox in Ft. Worth and they lived at the home place for about a year. Their son, John Allen was born Oct. 27, 1922. John A. Sr. became postmaster at Ladonia, which office he held until 1936. In 1937 he built a home in Greenville and lived there until 1940 when they moved to Dallas. He was with Bankers Life Insurance Co, in their investment department . They moved back to Greenville and John Allen graduated from High School there. In August 1945 they built a beautiful country home on the Cox estate and they were living there when his wife Verne died of a heart attack. He managed a dairy and his farms, spending time with his son in Dallas and some at his home in Ladonia. His son, John Allen Jr. died Jan. 12, 1955, and since that time he has lived with his wife's nephew, Dr. E. R. Cox, his wife Mary, and 4 children who call him Grand Daddy. He has spent much time and thought on affairs of the family and has gone with his brother Gordon to Chicago to the "track" each summer. He has a remarkable ability to see the humorous side of almost any remark and has entertained the family with his "side remarks" on many occasions."

Mary Helen Haines writes: All of us remember "Uncle Doc" as the sweetest, funniest uncle (brother of grandmother Lola.) He wrote a wonder compilation of memories of his childhood growing up on the family farm near Ladonia, Texas called So Tales, memories of the late 1890s and early 1900s. He built a home on Hwy. 34 for his wife and son on the Cox land inherited from A. B. Cox. After his son and wife died, he gave the title to his nephew, Eli Robert Cox, and lived there with that family for many years, before moving in with his sister Lola and her husband Joe in his last years. He was known as Granddad to the Cox children.

Written by Maggie Cox, Jan. 2008: John Allen McFarland, whom I call Grandaddy, loved my great aunt, Verne Cox, since they were little kids. His mom said that the only thing he loved any where nearly as much as Verne was cabbage, which he called her until he could say Verne.

Grandaddy always wanted to be a doctor, like Dr. Eli Cox, Verne's father. (mhh-she meant to say Dr. A.B. Cox) Because of that, he was given the name Doc in childhood. His McFarland nieces and nephews still call him Uncle Doc.

After high school in Ladonia, Grandaddy went off to U.T., where he pledged Delta Tau Delta. One night, the fraternity actives decided to brand the pledges. Grandaddy, being a strong tough farm boy, was branded first. Grandaddy fainted from what he said was the worst pain he ever felt.. After branding just the one pledge, the actives got scared and didn't do it to the other pledges. Grandaddy said the brand stayed on his stomach for at least thirty years.

When World War II began, most young men Grandaddy's age were sent to fight. But, because the country needed farm products, Grandaddy was sent home to work on the farms after only one year of college. He was never able to return to school and become a doctor.

Verne married a man from Dallas and moved there. Grandaddy got busy helping run the extensive McFarland farms and figured he would never marry.

When Verne's sister-in-law died, leaving three kids, Verne wanted to take two of the children to raise. Her husband wouldn't agree to take the kids. So, Verne divorced him, moved back to Ladonia, and married Grandaddy who was thrilled to finally get the woman he had always loved - and two children to boot! Only the middle child, A.B., stayed in San Angelo with his father, a pharmacist. The oldest, a girl named Edna Verne, and a new baby, Eli Robert (my dad), stayed in Ladonia.

The youngest child was called Tincy because when his mother died right after child birth, she handed him to her sister-in-law, Verne, and said, "Please take care of my Tincy baby." Even though the baby, Dr. Eli Robert Cox, grew to be 6 feet 8 inches tall, he was still called Tincy or Tince by every one in Ladonia.

When Tince finished East Texas State, he wanted to go to medical school. His Uncle Doc, who had raised him, paid his tuition to Baylor Medical School.

Doc and Verne had one son of their own, John Allen McFarland. Johnny and his two cousins, Robert (Tincy) and Edna Verne, were raised as siblings.

Johnny was very handsome and athletic. He played football with Doak Walker at SMU. In one football game, Johnny was hit in the head and became unconscious for days. Johnny became a lawyer, but for years after that football injury, there would be periods of time when he was in almost a catatonic state - mute, staring and barely moving. My father always believed that Johnny felt one of those spells coming on when he ended his own life.

Grandaddy was, of course, devastated at the loss of his son. (His wife had died of a heart attack years before that.) In his grief, Grandaddy was living at the farm in Ladonia in a very sad state. My dad, Robert Cox, brought him to our house in Dallas to live with us. That's when my great uncle by marriage became my Grandaddy.

The Cox kids, Mollie, Maggie, Bobby and Will, couldn't have been given a greater gift than to have such a wonderful man live with them.

Grandaddy loved good food. He was a huge fan or our wonderful cook, Bessie May. When he was eating something especially good that Bessie had cooked, we would begin to hear a tap tap sound under the table. We'd all look at Grandaddy and he'd laugh saying, "It just tastes so good I can't keep my foot still."

Grandaddy and Bessie often worked on the crossword puzzles in the Dallas Morning News as a team. One year, the paper had a contest. Each day, the first person to get a correctly worked puzzle to the paper won $100. They never won, but they surely tried hard.

Grandaddy was a big sports fan. He told me that he wasn't at all surprised that African Americans had just about taken over sports. "I use to watch those big black men working on our farms and realized that they were physically superior to whites. They were, as a whole, bigger, stronger and had more endurance."

In his later years, Grandaddy was pretty hard of hearing. He told me that he couldn't hear anything on TV, but that it didn't matter. "I can see the baseball games with my eyes. I don't need to hear those sports announcers telling me what I can already see. Anyway, there isn't anything else worth seeing on TV anymore anyway - except sports."

When Grandaddy lived with my family, he once gave us a color TV (one of the first) for Christmas. My dad was pretty surprised, because Grandaddy wasn't much for spending money. Every Sunday night, my whole family would watch Bonanza , Grandaddy's favorite show when he could still hear, together on that TV. The Cartwright men were a lot like Grandaddy: honest, hardworking, loyal, good guys.

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Mary Helen Haines writes: All of us remember "Uncle Doc" as the sweetest, funniest uncle (brother of grandmother Lola.) He wrote a wonder compilation of memories of his childhood growing up on the family farm near Ladonia, Texas called So Tales, memories of the late 1890s and early 1900s. He built a home on Hwy. 34 for his wife and son on the Cox land inherited from A. B. Cox. After his son and wife died, he gave the title to his nephew, Eli Robert Cox, and lived there with that family for many years, before moving in with his sister, Lola and her husband Joe in his last years. He was known as Granddad to the Cox children.

Written by Maggie Cox, Jan. 2008: John Allen McFarland, whom I call Grandaddy, loved my great aunt, Verne Cox, since they were little kids. His mom said that the only thing he loved any where nearly as much as Verne was cabbage, which he called her until he could say Verne.

Grandaddy always wanted to be a doctor, like Dr. Eli Cox, Verne's father. Because of that, he was given the name Doc in childhood. His McFarland nieces and nephews still call him Uncle Doc.

After high school in Ladonia, Grandaddy went off to U.T., where he pledged Delta Tau Delta. One night, the fraternity actives decided to brand the pledges. Grandaddy, being a strong tough farm boy, was branded first. Grandaddy fainted from what he said was the worst pain he ever felt.. After branding just the one pledge, the actives got scared and didn't do it to the other pledges. Grandaddy said the brand stayed on his stomach for at least thirty years.

When World War II began, most young men Grandaddy's age were sent to fight. But, because the country needed farm products, Grandaddy was sent home to work on the farms after only one year of college. He was never able to return to school and become a doctor.

Verne married a man from Dallas and moved there. Grandaddy got busy helping run the extensive McFarland farms and figured he would never marr

When Verne's sister-in-law died, leaving three kids, Verne wanted to take two of the children to raise. Her husband wouldn't agree to take the kids. So, Verne divorced him, moved back to Ladonia, and married Grandaddy who was thrilled to finally get the woman he had always loved - and two children to boot! Only the middle child, A.B., stayed in San Angelo with his father, a pharmacist. The oldest, a girl named Edna Verne, and a new baby, Eli Robert (my dad), stayed in Ladonia.

The youngest child was called Tincy because when his mother died right after child birth, she handed him to her sister-in-law, Verne, and said, "Please take care of my Tincy baby." Even though the baby, Dr. Eli Robert Cox, grew to be 6 feet 8 inches tall, he was still called Tincy or Tince by every one in Ladonia.

When Tince finished East Texas State, he wanted to go to medical school. His Uncle Doc, who had raised him, paid his tuition to Baylor Medical School.

Doc and Verne had one son of their own, John Allen McFarland. Johnny and his two cousins, Robert (Tincy) and Edna Verne, were raised as siblings.

Johnny was very handsome and athletic. He played football with Doak Walker at SMU. In one football game, Johnny was hit in the head and became unconscious for days. Johnny became a lawyer, but for years after that football injury, there would be periods of time when he was in almost a catatonic state - mute, staring and barely moving. My father always believed that Johnny felt one of those spells coming on when he ended his own life.

Grandaddy was, of course, devastated at the loss of his son. (His wife had died of a heart attack years before that.) In his grief, Grandaddy was living at the farm in Ladonia in a very sad state. My dad, Robert Cox, brought him to our house in Dallas to live with us. That's when my great uncle by marriage became my Grandaddy.

The Cox kids, Mollie, Maggie, Bobby and Will, couldn't have been given a greater gift than to have such a wonderful man live with them.

Grandaddy loved good food. He was a huge fan or our wonderful cook, Bessie May. When he was eating something especially good that Bessie had cooked, we would begin to hear a tap tap sound under the table. We'd all look at Grandaddy and he'd laugh saying, "It just tastes so good I can't keep my foot still."

Grandaddy and Bessie often worked on the crossword puzzles in the Dallas Morning News as a team. One year, the paper had a contest. Each day, the first person to get a correctly worked puzzle to the paper won $100. They never won, but they surely tried hard.

Grandaddy was a big sports fan. He told me that he wasn't at all surprised that African Americans had just about taken over sports. "I use to watch those big black men working on our farms and realized that they were physically superior to whites. They were, as a whole, bigger, stronger and had more endurance."

In his later years, Grandaddy was pretty hard of hearing. He told me that he couldn't hear anything on TV, but that it didn't matter. "I can see the baseball games with my eyes. I don't need to hear those sports announcers telling me what I can already see. Anyway, there isn't anything else worth seeing on TV anymore anyway - except sports."

When Grandaddy lived with my family, he once gave us a color TV (one of the first) for Christmas. My dad was pretty surprised, because Grandaddy wasn't much for spending money. Every Sunday night, my whole family would watch Bonanza , Grandaddy's favorite show when he could still hear, together on that TV. The Cartwright men were a lot like Grandaddy: honest, hardworking, loyal, good guys.

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John married Laura Willie Verne Cox on 14 Oct 1921 in Ft. Worth, Tarrent Co., Texas. Laura was born on 15 Dec 1889 in Ladonia, Texas; died on 30 Jun 1949 in Ladonia, Texas; was buried in McFarland Lot in the Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Sp, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• _MILT: Between 1918 and 1919, Camp Merritt New Jersey to France & Germany
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct # 1, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: Abt 1966, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

From p. 108 from Lola McFarland Hill's book:
GORDON BURNETT MCFARLAND MD, was born 5 mi. N. of Ladonia, Feb. 21, 1893 to James F. and Mary Jane McFarland, the 9th child. He attended Woods Schoolhouse for two terms before moving into Ladonia with his family. He entered the fourth grade in the Ladonia Public School, "skipped" the fifth grade and graduated in a class of eight in 1909. He was still wearing short trousers as was the custom for boys, both young and older at that time. With his first suit of long pants he entered Texas Christian University at Waco Sept. 1909. He was in the dormitory the night the University burned. He went to Fort Worth with the school, where it was housed in downtown buildings. With the new campus far from completed he entered the Fort Worth TCU and roomed in Clark Hall. That first year on the hill was one of many substitutes for convenience. No electricity,and the street car stopped about six or seven blocks. It was a year well spent because it represented the genuine loyalty of the parents to the church school, and many lessons were learned outside the class room. Gordon developed a deep and abiding affection for the school that remained with him all his life. He graduated from TCU in 1913.

The following year he entered the University of Texas Medical School at Galveston, and received his degree from there. He went to Columbia School of Medicine where he did graduate work. While in New York he belonged to the Park Avenue Christian Church and always admired the minister Dr. Finis Idleman. He served his internship at Belleview Hospital and entered the military service during World War I as a First Lieutenant, and went overseas with the American expeditionary Forces, at a Base Hospital #41 in France. He returned to New York in July 1919 and received his discharge there. After a brief stay at home he returned to New York and took his special training in Pediatrics.

He returned to Texas, and began his practice with Dr. Leslie Moore, later moving to 3701 Fairmount where he established his own office. All of the tenure of his private practice his secretary and assistant was Miss Ruth Oliver, who was tireless in her efforts.

He was a consultant at the U of T Southwestern Medical School, and a former staff member of the Baylor University Medical Sch. Dr. McFarland, a staff member of Hope Cottage, had a section of the Children's Medical Center named in his honor. A member of the Dallas County Medical Society and the American Academy of Pediatrics and served as counselor for the Texas Pediatric Society. He was a member of the Northway Christian Church.

He was married in 1932 to Miss Mildred Street of Lubbock and they had three sons, Gordon Burnett McFarland Jr. MD, John Samuel McFarland, and Michael Alvin Street. He had two grandsons, the only ones to carry on the McFarland name, Gordon Burnett McFarland III (Corky) and Wright Ebaugh McFarland. {That is not true any more. MHH}

He died of a heart attack at his home, Sunday evening, about 6:15, October 9, 1966. Services at the Northway Christian Church were attended by more than 700 of his loved ones. Rev. Pat Henry and Rev. Kenneth Hay officiated. He is buried at Restland Memorial Park."

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From Article in Dallas Morning News in 1918: "Lieutenant Gordon B. McFarland of Ladonia has just received a commission as First Lieutenant, Reserve Medical Corps, United States Army, being a member of the base hospital unit from the Universtity of Virginia, to sail at once for service overseas. Lieutenant McFarland was graduated from Texas Christian University in 1914 and from Columbia University, medical, last year. He has just completed a year's internship in two of the New York hospitals. He has been assigned to work in internal medicine with the new unit. Lieutenant McFarland is a son of the late J.F. McFarland and Mrs. Mary Jane McFarland of Ladonia and a younger brother of S.J. McFarland of Dallas."
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Gordon Burnett McFarland Sr. and Jr. were both doctors. Gordon Sr. practiced medicine in Ladonia and in Dallas and there are many wonderful stories remembered about his bedside manner and his home visits--back in the day when that was standard practice.

Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Gordon Jr. to his father which relates a very influential lesson he learned about medicine. "If I am ever a success in life measured by interpersonal relationships it will be because of the greatest single lesson I have ever learned. One night during the summer of 1955 you awakeded me about 2 am to drive you on a call. I was working at Methodist at the time and usually got up in the morning at 5:30 am. I was somewhat indignant when you commented that you didn't think that there was anything wrong but that you thought you might go and take a look. The drive was not far and as I sat in the car I became more and more disgusted that I had to go on an unnecessary house call when I had to be at work so early. When you returned to the car I asked you what was the matter with the child. You said that he was all right. He just had a little colic. I'm afraid that my reaction to this was unbecoming to a son. After I had run out of unkind things to say, you made a comment that I hear inside each time I see the family of a patient. This has truly been a "golden rule" to me throughout my brief medical life. You said, "The baby is not sick but the parents were. They were scared and needed help." I pray that I will never become so callous or so busy that I forget this."

According to Lola McFarland Hill, Gordon was named for two people, Thomas Burnett and Gordon Boone. "We think he will grow up to do honor to your name and that of Gordon Boone who was Sam's friend at Austin College." Tom Burnett is referred to as "Uncle Tom," although he is not related by blood to this branch of the McFarlands, although he is related by marriage to James Franklin's brother, Newton Jackson. In the play written by Lola in 1966 to convey some family history she says about Tom as he enters the house: "It isn't every day the man who taught us both, baptized us both and married us to each other can be our guest." p. 85 from Lola's family history book.

More on WW I:
Once in Europe, he spent time primarily in St. Denis, France with Base Hospital #41, and Coblenz, Germany with the Occupation forces of the Third Army.
Coblenz=After Mainz and Ludwigshafen am Rhein, it is the third largest city in Rhineland-Palatinate, with a population of c. 106,000 (2006). Koblenz lies in the Rhineland, 92 kilometers (57 mi) southeast of Cologne by rail, where the Rhine River and the Moselle come together.

Gordon Burnett McFarland Sr. and Jr. were both doctors. Gordon Sr. practiced medicine in Ladonia and in Dallas and there are many wonderful stories remembered about his bedside manner and his home visits--back in the day when that was standard practice. Here is an excerpt from a letter written by Gordon Jr. to his father which relates a very influential lesson he learned about medicine. "If I am ever a success in life measured by interpersonal relationships it will be because of the greatest single lesson I have ever learned. One night during the summer of 1955 you awakeded me about 2 am to drive you on a call. I was working at Methodist at the ltime and usually got up in the morning at 5:30 am. I was somewhat indignant when you commented that you didn't think that there was anything wrong but that you thought you might go and take a look. The drive was not far and as I sat in the car I became more and more disgusted that I had to go on an unnecessary house call when I had to be at work so early. When you returned to the car I asked you what was the matter with the child. You said that he was all right. He just had a little colic. I'm afraid that my reaction to this was unbecoming to a son. After I had run out of unkind things to say, you made a comment that I hear inside each time I see the family of a patient. This has truly been a "golden rule" to me throughout my brief medical life. You said, "The baby is not sick but the parents were. They were scared and needed help." I pray that I will never become so callous or so busy that I forget this."

According to Lola McFarland Hill, Gordon was named for two people, Thomas Burnett and Gordon Boone. "We think he will grow up to do honor to your name and that of Gordon Boone who was Sam's friend at Austin College." Tom Burnett is referred to as "Uncle Tom," although he is not related by blood to this branch of the McFarlands, although he is related by marriage to James Franklin's brother, Newton Jackson. In the play written by Lola in 1966 to convey some family history she says about Tom as he enters the house: "It isn't every day the man who taught us both, baptized us both and married us to each other can be our guest." p. 85 from Lola's family history book.

Gordon married Mildred Hines Street on 29 Jul 1932 in Lubbock, Lubbock Co., Texas. Mildred was born on 13 Nov 1904 in Goldwaite, Mills Co., Texas; died on 13 Jan 1994 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX; was buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Graduation: Texas Christian University
• Occupation: Housewife and matriarch of the McFarland family who kept the Clan together
• Occupation: Housewife and matriarch of the McFarland family who kept the Clan together
• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Oklahoma City Ward 1, Oklahoma, Oklahoma
• Residence: 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1950, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

Lola was named for Lola Truss Biard, a friend of older sister Bettie. According to Lola, the parents ran out of ideas for names when they got down to the last children, and let the older children help pick the names.

Our GrandLola was the glue behind all the family reunions and get-togethers. She documented everything and collected everything that had news of family members and friends of family. She maintained a keen interest in Ladonia and its doings. Her ultimate enterprise was the publication of her McFarland family book that contained the McFarland family history. Copies of the "green book," so named for its cover, were distributed to all family members, and given to various libraries, such as Dallas and Houston. I often find it quoted by researchers as a source.

GrandLola was the best seamtress and craftsman. For Easter she would sew 3 frilly, girly, outfits for my sisters and me. She knitted sweaters, afghans, made decoupage containers, Christmas tree-skirts, etc. She even made her own kitchen wall-paper out of Currier and Ives prints she collected. I remember spending lots of time looking at all the interesting details of the prints on her wall while we were waiting for GrandLola and Granddaddy's special breakfast of waffles and bacon--the kind made from scratch, remember?

From the Dallas Morning News wedding announcement section: Oct. 28, 1918, p. 5. "Miss Lola McFarland and Capt. Joe M. Hill were married on Oct. 24 at the home of the bride's sister, Mrs. H.E. Fuller, Ladonia, Texas. The marriage service was read by the Rev. J. William Stephens, former pastor of the First Christian Church of Ladonia. Only the immediate relatives and a few intimate friends were present. The bride is the youngest daughter of the late J. F. and Mrs. Mary J. McFarland and a sister of S.J. McFarland and Mrs. Wm. M. Williams of Dallas. She is a graduate of Texas Christian University. Captain Hill is the son of Mrs. W.R. Hill of Wolfe City and a brother of Mrs. W.C. Frost of Dallas. He received degrees from both academic and law departments of the University of Texas in the class of 1916. He was commissioned First Lieutenant at the second officers' training camp at Leon Springs, and received his Captaincy at Camp Dix, N.J. Before entering the service, Captain Hill was connected with the legal department of the M., K. & T. Railway, with headquarters at Muskogee. Captain and Mrs. Hill left immediately for Boston, where Captain Hill is now stationed.

This is a letter she wrote her brother Jim who had just gone overseas in WW I.

Nov. 9, 1918 Letter to Jim from sister Lola from Ayer, Massachusetts
Dearest old Jim boy-
Can you realize that here I am, Mrs. Joe Hill in old New England-with the skies all full of snow. You aren't surprised at my being married, I know, because we the same as told you so in the night letter we sent just before you sailed. I wished so for you the day of the wedding. Your good old hearty laugh would have been a good match for the Hill family. The Mother, Edna, Mag, Bess and Mr. Hopkins were all there. We had it at Betsy's at 3:30 Thursday PM Oct. 24. Bro. Stephens read a beautiful ceremony. Ethel played the March and also played "Perfect Day" thru out the ceremony. I wore my brown travelling suit, slippers, hat and veil, and a brown fox fur. My husband looked quite handsome in his uniform. When the girls cut the cake, Ethel cut the ring, Florine the thimble, and Lila the dime.* Lila and Mildred served punch. Of course the train was late- We went on to Dallas and stayed at the Adolphus. Saw Mr. and Mrs. Frost the next morning. We left at 9:30. Came by St. Louis and Philadelphia to New York. While in the City, my thoughts certainly wandered to you and Gordon. We saw five wonderful shows, and took the Riverside Drive- but nothing thrilled me like the view of the ocean from the Woolworth Tower-How many wondering hearts had passsd out by that Statue of Liberty into the great unknown East.
Now we are settled in Ayer- a little town of about 2000. Just a wile from Camp Devens. Joe is in the Depot Brigade, and doesn't see any chance at overseas. But you can't tell, he may be changed any day. You've no idea how he envies you fellows who are gone. It is hard that he doesn't get to realize his hopes after having worked so hard for fourteen months. I'm contented enough for him to stay-but not one word should I say if he were ordered to. He thinks it possible that he may be sent to California to instruct in O.T.C. If so we'll go next week-wouldn't that be superb? I'd much prefer my winter there than here.
I know you must be having a grand time, and each night I pray for my two dear brothers whom the great old Atlantic separates from us. I wear your Shriner pin, Gordon's frat, and Joe's ring. Those are my service emblems. Joe gave me a wonderful engagement ring! A little larger than my solitaire set in the most beautiful platinum ring you can imagine. You knew of Morune's (?) wedding. She was just a week ahead of me. Don't know where she is, but I hope she will be happy with Ray waud (?)
You can't imagine how wonderfully happy I am. Joe is so kind and thoughtful and so big and "protective". It took nerve to leave home but I shudder to think of how incomplete life would have been had I failed to join hands with mon chere capitaine.
Write me, dear brother, at home, for there is no telling where I'll be, I think of you thousands of times, and have your picture before me all the time-
With just worlds of love for you-Little Sister

Below is Lola's own words about her early life:

Lola McFarland Hill’s Early Years: An Autobiography

(This is an autobiography that I wrote while on a trip with Joe while he was with the American Bar Association Traffic Court Program. While he was "conferring" I wrote just what came into my mind about myself).
1895 - I was born April 17, 1895 at the Homestead, 5 miles North of Ladonia, Tex. The youngest of 10 children, some of my earliest recollections are of going into town in the "surrey with the fringe on top". Because we drove so fast (I thought) I would look on one side of the road going into town and the other as we returned. Gordon, the brother just older than me, would look at the opposite side of the road, so we would not miss anything. Persuading my mother to buy me a leghorn hat with a daisy on it which my sisters persuaded her to return and exchange for a little bonnet (more my age) . I remember that my sisters would delight themselves with talking about their way off to Carlton College ( 11 miles to Bonham ) to school and be away from me for so long - Then my lips would quiver and tears come in my eyes, and they would laugh and take me in their arms and hug and kiss me.
Twice in my life, my father punished me - - Once I thought was undeserved because he saw me as I struck back at Gordon, and I thought he deserved to be punished more than me. I was angry with my Sister Bettie for not hiding me so he could not find me, but he did! The other time I deliberately disobeyed him and deserved the punishment. He was on the front porch on a summer afternoon "talking business" with some man. My three older brothers and a friend were climbing a ladder and jumping off. I did it once and was told to not do it again - but I wanted to so much that I took the chance. I deserved the punishment and I got it. Now I realize both times were when my father was in serious mental occupation and as he was man of very quick action he probably did this with out thinking.
One one of those eventful trips into town, I played with some little girls, Dot and Dimple Neilson, who revealed to me the identity of Santa Claus. For the first time I felt resentment to my father. I have never improved about being deceived. - I don’t like it.
In the year 1899-1900 Miss Moss Richardson, now a teacher-emeritus at Canyon College had a little kindergarten in Ladonia in a little pink cottage. I stayed with my sister Florence (then MRS Frank Crawford) and attended that school. On rainy days, Ancell Tipton carried me to school. Big events were Gordon's visiting the school, and my pride in him and how I cried when (ole Wendelin) Wendell Fraley dropped his cap in the well and I went in crying, "That old ---Wendlin' Fraley has dropped my little brother's cap in the well and is making faces at him. Gordon did not like it because I called him my little brother.
The summer of 1900 my mother, my Sister Bettie and I went to Falls City, Nebraska to visit Mother's relatives, the Crook family. This was my first train trip. When my Mother wakened me after a night on the Pullman. I said to her that I always slept good on trains. I thought every little white church with a spire was a Christian church. We were away from home a month and mother & father promised a gift to my sisters Mary and Tennie if they would not have a date while Mother was away. The girls obeyed, and the reward was a rubber-tired buggy! At this time Uncle Bob Bartley gave them "old Dan" an easy going horse to replace Hugo, a high stepping horse that he thought was dangerous for the girls to drive. Mary was very reluctant to give up Hugo.
1902 we moved to Ladonia. We were packed for the move for two months but the bad roads and the terrible weather delayed it. It was so much fun to move into a new house because Mr. John Cobb built it. Till this home burned August 1917 it was the scene of a gloriously care-free superlatively happy childhood and girlhood. A haven of love and security, a symbol of security - no inhibitions or complexities ever intruded. I loved and was loved and never doubted either. Father was a successful money maker for the times and the place and my mother was a wise and "choosey" spender. The church was our chief loyalty. While we had good friends they were not too essential to our happiness as we had brothers and sisters, and many interests in our house to occupy our time. Music and books more than any physical activities were my chief entertainment. From 1904 to 1910 I adored a boy two years older than myself. He did not know it till about 1911. Then it was too late, for my brother Jim's college friends visited in our home and from that time my interest was in MEN and not in High School boys.
Back to 1904 - Gordon and I accompanied Mother to Hillsboro to visit Sister Mary whose husband Walter Jennings was pastor of the Christian Church there. On the train I saw my first Catholic nun. Sister Mary Catherine. I was impressed and a little intrigued as I am today by their out-of-this world attitude. One year later I went to Taylor to see this same sister. This time Mother was there when Mary "birthed" her first baby. They tried to leave me in Austin, but though there was no mention of the expected baby before a little girl, just 9 years old, I was wise to it all and refused to remain in Austin, and I became a problem. I wasn't so smart as I thought and when I was invited to spend the night with Mrs. Pendleton, a dear friend of Mary's, I forgot my suspicions and went gaily to spend the night. When they told me the next morning that I was a "Little Auntie" I said I wanted to see the baby's clothes so they would know that I wasn’t surprised. You see, I still didn’t want to be deceived. From here we went again to Austin and my Uncle Doc Harper. He removed my tonsils. This was the first of an unending struggle against a nasal and throat weakness that is finally conceded to be an allergy or a sinus infection. We attended a reception at the Governors mansion. Governor Lanham was governor and Aunt Perle was most pleased to take us to see him.
1911 When I was 15 years old I went to Amarillo to spend several weeks with my Sister Mary. Always the perfect hostess, she made every effort for my pleasure. In 1910 Vista Woods and I visited my sister Bettie in Konawa, Okla where her husband H. Edgar Fuller was the head of the bank. Sister Bettie planned some entertainment. Edgar Hyde tried to be nice to me, but I didn't like him too well. Rather, I liked Vista's beau better. He was a college boy and he impressed us as he would knit his brow and refer to his fraternity as Phi Delta Theta.
1912 - High School graduation - and my first real romance. I went again to Austin by Pullman train to Austin. My Aunt Perle had a party for her sister and me. I returned by way of Cleburne Texas to visit Gordon and Winnie Jackson. Joe Hill was in Cleburne at the time, but he was about 24 years old and I was just 17 and at that time he was dating older girls and paid no attention to our crowd.
1912 - 1916 - College years at TCU Fort Worth. Still happy and care-free- self-important years. Many friends and activities but not too seriously studious.
Summer of 1916, my parents, Sister Tennie, and I went to Manitou Colo. in the Drawing Room of the Santa Fe Railroad. The cool tangy air and the taste of fresh raspberries when we got off the train and had breakfast still lingers on in my memory. My father was ill with pernicious aenemia and he was very gentle, loving, and indulgent for he knew the disease at that time was incurable. We returned and felt the urge to do something "on my own". So, I went to nearby Roxton, Tex., and had a wonderful year teaching school. I had received the minimum of formal education in pedagogy, so my teaching was certainly of my own design. It served the need for the principal offered me a position as principal and Latin teacher in another town with him. But World War I was brewing and my mother persuaded me to remain at home. My father died on Feb. 4, their wedding anniversary (45th) and two of my brothers, Jim and Gordon had gone over seas.
1917 I supervised Junior Red Cross in the Ladonia High School and went to Dallas every two weeks for a $10 piano lesson under Mr. Phillip Tronitz. I later learned that Roger Williams, current favorite pianist 1970-was also a pupil of Mr. Tronitz and we had a little correspondence regarding our teacher. My mind was more on soldiers than music. During this time I went to San Antonio with Una Stark Anderson to see Joe M. Hill who was to be commissioned 1st Lieut. at the second Officers' Training Camp at Leon Springs. While there I had good time with Tom Paul Sweeney also.
Summer 1918 our home in Ladonia burned while we were attending a funeral in Honey Grove. Some painters set fire to a bird nest in the cupola as they were using a torch to remove paint. No words can express what a loss that was to me. Something of security and self confidence went up in that smoke. Before the smoke died down we received a cablegram from Gordon saying he had arrived safely in England. Mother reminded us of our blessings
Fall of 1918 I was teaching in the High School at Ladonia. One month of school and it was closed down because of the terrible flu epidemic. During this time a letter from Joe Hill from Camp Dix, New Jersey asking me to marry him.
He had been promoted to Capt. and assigned to Ayer, Mass. at Camp Devens. I accepted and we were married in Ladonia at my sister Bettie's house. Aunt Rado made our wedding cake (she had to get sugar from neighbors - it was so scarce) Ethel McFarland played the wedding march. Rev. W. Stephens performed the ceremony. I bought my wedding suit at the then rather new Neiman-Marcus and other accessories including a wardrobe trunk from Sanger's. All for a little over $700. I borrowed the money from Gordon and paid back out of 40¢ cotton - 35 bales on a 273 acre farm my father left to me. We went to N. Y. by Pullman on our honeymoon and my first trip on a railroad pass. Joe had been claim agent for Katy and they held his job for him. Ayer Mass. is 30 miles from Boston, so we saw many shows on this trip. By Christmas the war was over and we were glad to be goin back to the Southland.
HOME FOR CHRISTMAS 1918

GrandLola was the glue behind all the family reunions and get-togethers. She documented everything and collected everything that had news of family members and friends of family. She maintained a keen interest in Ladonia and its doings. Her ultimate enterprise was the publication of her McFarland family book that contained the McFarland family historiy. GrandLola was the best seamtress and craftsman. For Easter she would sew 3 frilly, girly, outfits for my sisters and me. She knitted sweaters, afghans, made decoupage containers, Christmas tree-skirts, etc. She even made her own kitchen wall-paper out of Currier and Ives prints she collected. I remember spending lots of time looking at all the interesting details of the prints on her wall while we were waiting for GrandLola and Granddaddy's special breakfast of waffles and bacon--the kind made from scratch, remember?

Lola married Joe Meredith Hill on 24 Oct 1918 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas. Joe was born on 21 Sep 1888 in Sparta, White Co. Tennessee; died on 26 May 1980 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; was buried in McFarland Plot in Ladonia Cemetery in Ladonia, Texas: monument at Mt. Carmel Cemetery in Wolfe City next to Amanda's gravesite. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Susan married Edwin Alfred Abshire on 15 Oct 1893. Edwin was born on 21 Jul 1872 in Fannin Co., Texas; died in 1941. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

According to census, Artie was born in October of 1878.

Artimissa married Jarvis Franklin Rattan on 14 Feb 1894 in Fannin Co., Texas. Jarvis was born on 14 Oct 1872 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 1 Jan 1953 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Providence Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Birth: 10 Sep 1880

Family/Spouse: Maud Smith. Maud was born on 21 Aug 1880 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 19 Jul 1963; was buried in Lot 24, PS, Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

John married Mary D. Cook on 14 Sep 1902. Mary was born in 1884; died in 1954; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Cordelia married Claude Merideth Bartley on 21 Apr 1901 in Fannin Co., Texas. Claude was born on 18 Nov 1878 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 12 Dec 1947 in Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Family/Spouse: Henry Herman Milford. Henry was born on 23 Mar 1891; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annette married Ben A. Davis on 3 May 1903. Ben died before 1920. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Found a newspaper photo of the Freshman Class of 1908 at Mayo College. It includes 10 young men, including Esker Scott and Neuman McFarland. This college was then called Mayo's East Texas Normal College of Commerce Texas. It is where Sam Rayburn graduated before going to the Univ. of Texas in Austin for his law degree. Mayo's became East Texas University. Esker Scott is Walter Esker Scott, who marries Numan's first cousin Euna Estelle McFarland, daughter of Newton Jackson McFarland.

The 1920 Census has name as Newton, not Numan.

Numan married Mary Cathenry Myers on 7 Aug 1911. Mary was born on 24 Oct 1893 in Mt. Selman, Cherokee Co., Texas; died on 25 Jan 1966 in Lubbock, Texas; was buried in Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Family/Spouse: Mary Emily Walls Taylor. Mary was born on 24 Mar 1878; died on 10 Oct 1950; was buried in OakRidge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: in homeplace of Jackson and Artemissa McFarland
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

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• Birth: 16 Apr 1879
• Residence: 1880, Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Family/Spouse: William Hubbard Wilson. William was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Fannin Co., Texas; died on 5 May 1944 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Norma S. McGowan. Norma was born on 18 Jan 1886; died on 3 Apr 1954; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: ?
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Ladonia News:
Logan Cunningham buried at Oak Ridge

Sam H. ( Logan) age 60, died at the medical arts hospital, Dallas, Sunday, February 17. The funeral was conducted at Oak Ridge church by Rev. Willie Mann, Ladonia, and Rev. Lauderdale of St. Jo and the burial was in Oak Ridge Cemetery at 230 Tuesday afternoon. Logan was the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Billy Cunningham, Pioneer citizens of the Oak Ridge community. He is survived by his wife Mrs. Jewell Cunningham; a son, S. W. Cunningham; one sister, Mrs. Bill Wilson; two brothers, Matt and Jim Cunningham, all of Ladonia, also several cousins, nieces and nephews.

The bearers were: Lee McFarland, Vester McFarland, Roy Crossley, Vardo Churchwell, Thurman Young, and Billy Hill.

Samuel married Jewell Lavera Wishard on 6 Jan 1936 in Windon, Texas. Jewell was born on 28 Feb 1903 in Oakridge, Fannin Co., Texas; died on 29 Apr 2000 in Commerce, Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Family/Spouse: Nodie Evelyn Wall. Nodie died on 5 Mar 1963 in Windom, Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Willow Wild Cemetery, Bonham, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Lee married Bessie Knox Dossey on 17 Dec 1911. Bessie was born in 1893; died on 11 Sep 1981 in Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Euna married Walter Esker Scott on 18 Apr 1912 in Ladonia, Texas. Walter was born on 20 Aug 1890 in Hunt Co., Texas; died on 17 Dec 1936 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., Texas; was buried in Ladonia Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Audrey married Oscar Verdo Churchwell on 8 Jun 1915 in Fannin Co., Texas. Oscar was born on 29 Sep 1893 in Logan Co., Arkansas; died on 25 Aug 1974 in Commerce, Texas; was buried in McFarland lot in Ladonia Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1900, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Mabell married Robert H. Stepp on 9 May 1915. Robert died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

A. S. McFarland left 30.37 acres from the orig. James McF. land grant to Elliott McFarland on Nov. 21, 1944 as recorded in Deed Book 260, p. 647.

Ambrose married Mary Belle Raiden on 7 Jul 1938 in Fannin Co., Texas. Mary died on 18 Jun 1986 in Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: ?
• Residence: 1910, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Justice Precinct 4, Fannin, Texas, USA

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1920, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1946, Oakland, Alameda, California, USA

Family/Spouse: Living Smith. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Living Hansen. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Araminta married George A. Mann in 1923. George was born in 1884 in Texas; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Araminta married Neely Luther Holt on 27 Sep 1896. Neely was born on 17 Nov 1873 in Lamar Co., Texas; died on 22 Feb 1911 in Chillicothe, Texas; was buried in Ladonia, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: 1st Lt. Infantry in W.W.I
• Residence: 1900, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

Notes:

Obituary in the Ladonia paper: "Last Rites Held For W.S. McFarland--William S. McFarland, revenue officer for Internal Revenue Service in Dallas, died Thursday. October 30th in a Dallas hospital after a brief illness. A native of Fannin County he was born August 23rd, 1890 the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.S. McFarland of Ladonia. He was a descendant of one of Fannin County's early pioneer families; his great-grandfather, James McFarland having settled in the county during the days of the Texas Republic. Will McFarland was educated in the Ladonia High schools and was a graduate of Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, where he lettered in football and baseball. During World War I, he was first lieutenant with the famed 90th Division, serving overseas nineteen months. He was a member of the Christian Church of Ladonia. In early manhood he was associated with his father in General Mercantile business, later owning and operating a grocery business in Ladonia. In 1943 he joined IRS and had lived in Dallas the past fifteen years. Surviving is one sister, Miss Ethel McFarland, Ladonia and several cousins in Dallas and Ladonia. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31st in the Bradshaw Funeral Chapel in Ladonia. The Rev. Patrick Henry Jr. of Northway Christian Church, Dalllas, was officiant. Interment was in the Presbytherian Cemetery of Ladonia. Active pall bearers were, Vester McFarland, Gordon B. McFarland, Jr., John S. McFarland, Billy Wilson, Sam Wylie Cunningham, Ebb Bartley, Al Bartley, Jack Scott, Wiley Russell. ......"

Became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite for the chapter in Ladonia, April 30, 1920. His service record is as follows: entered army as a Private on Sept. 18, 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas. Assigned to Co. E, 359th Infantry, 90th Division. Went to Officers Training Camp, then to Camp Lee VA, commissioned 2nd Lt. of Infantry June 1, 1918 and sent to Camp Funston, Kansas. Promoted to First Lt. August 8, 1918, was honorably discharged from army July 21, 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas.
Obituary in the Ladonia paper: "Last Rites Held For W.S. McFarland--William S. McFarland, revenue officer for Internal Revenue Service in Dallas, died Thursday. October 30th in a Dallas hospital after a brief illness. A native of Fannin County he was born August 23rd, 1890 the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. C.S. McFarland of Ladonia. He was a descendant of one of Fannin County's early pioneer families; his great-grandfather, James McFarland having settled in the county during the days of the Texas Republic. Will McFarland was educated in the Ladonia High schools and was a graduate of Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, where he lettered in football and baseball. During World War I, he was first lieutenant with the famed 90th Division, serving overseas nineteen months. He was a member of the Christian Church of Ladonia. In early manhood he was associated with his father in General Mercantile business, later owning and operating a grocery business in Ladonia. In 1943 he joined IRS and had lived in Dallas the past fifteen years. Surviving is one sister, Miss Ethel McFarland, Ladonia and several cousins in Dallas and Ladonia. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. Friday, Oct. 31st in the Bradshaw Funeral Chapel in Ladonia. The Rev. Patrick Henry Jr. of Northway Christian Church, Dalllas, was officiant. Interment was in the Presbytherian Cemetery of Ladonia. Active pall bearers were, Vester McFarland, Gordon B. McFarland, Jr., John S. McFarland, Billy Wilson, Sam Wylie Cunningham, Ebb Bartley, Al Bartley, Jack Scott, Wiley Russell. ......"

Became a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite for the chapter in Ladonia, April 30, 1920. His service record is as follows: entered army as a Private on Sept. 18, 1917 at Camp Travis, Texas. Assigned to Co. E, 359th Infantry, 90th Division. Went to Officers Training Camp, then to Camp Lee VA, commissioned 2nd Lt. of Infantry June 1, 1918 and sent to Camp Funston, Kansas. Promoted to First Lt. August 8, 1918, was honorably discharged from army July 21, 1919 at Camp Bowie, Texas.

Family/Spouse: Norma Walker. Norma died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Piano teacher
• Occupation: Piano teacher
• Residence: 1900, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1910, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1920, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Ladonia, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas
• Residence: 1940, J P Precinct 4, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1950, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA
• Residence: Between 1956 and 1957, Texas

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.

Notes:

P. 94a from Lola McFarland Hill's 1966 book. Florence McKibben Williams - Married to Orville Reagin, Sept. 2, 1936 at the home of her uncle Dr. Gordon b. McFarland, on Golf Drive, Dallas. She was born March 13, 1914 in Forth Worth Texas to Rev. W.M. and Flornece McFarland Williams. She attended High schools in St. Louis and Indianapolis and colleges at Southern Methodist University and west texas state College at Canyon, Texas. She received her degree from North Texas Teachers College at Denton, texas. She taught school in the public schools in Richardson and Forney. After her marriage to Mr. Reagin in Forney she was connected with the Forney State Bank as an official and at the death of her husband she succeeded him as president of the Bank.

Obituary:
Reagin
Florence Williams, age 87, passed away on April 11, 2002 at Windsor Care Ctr., Terrell. Prior to moving to the Windsor facility she had been a resident of Forney, Texas, for more than 67 years. Florence Williams was born on March 13, 1914, in Fort Worth, Texas, where her father, the Rev. William McKibben Williams, was a Christian church (Disciples of Christ) minister, official of Texas Christian University, and editor of the Christian Courier. Upon graduation from North Texas State Teachers College in 1934 she moved to Forney to take a job as an elementary school teacher. In 1936 she married Orville W Reagin, an officer of Forney State Bank. In 1941 Mrs. Reagin began working in the bank and upon the death of her husband in 1962 succeeded him as its president. She retired from the bank in 1971 but continued to operate O.W. Reagin insurance agency in Forney for several more years, finally retiring in 1988. She was an avid reader, traveler, and supporter of the cultural arts and historic preservation. Mrs. Reagan served her community in various capacities, including membership on the Kaufman County Historical Commission, the Kaufman County History Publication Committee, the Forney Tax Equalization Board, the Kaufman County Committee on Aging, the Forney Centennial Committee, and the Forney Library Board. In 1989 she was named Citizen of the Year by the Forney Chamber of Commerce, and recently was elected to the Forney schools Hall of Honor. She was a member of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and was for several years Treasurer of the Forney congregation. Mrs. Reagan is survived by a Niece, Laurie Espensen of San Antonio; two nephews, James W Jernigan of San Diego, California, and Robert Gaines of Austin; and by her dear friend, Mick C Spellman of Forney. Services for Mrs. Reagin will be held at 10:30 AM Saturday, April 13, 2002 at Anderson - Clayton Brothers Chapel with Rev. Jerry D Griffin officiating. Private burial will be held at Hillcrest Cemetery. Family will receive friends from 6 PM to 8 PM Friday, April 12, 2002 at Anderson - Clayton Brothers funeral home. Memorials may be made to Hillcrest Cemetery Association, PO Box 1033; Forney, TX 75126 or to the charity of your choice.
Anderson - Clayton
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Florence married Orville W. Reagin on 2 Sep 1936 in Dallas, Texas. Orville died in Jul 1962 in Forney, Texas; was buried in Hillcrest Cemetery in Forney, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:

P. 95 from Lola McFarland's 1966 book."Adne Frances Williams - married to Dr. James Jernigan. She was born Nov. 15, 1918, in Dallas Texas. Attended school is (sic) Dallas St. Louis, Indianapolis, Ladonia, C.I.A. in Denton where she graduated in 1936. She taught school in Whitewright and in Pilot Point, where she met her husband. During his service in World War II she spent some time in Columbia South Carolina and Grenada, Miss. and in Dallas, where she was employed by the Federal Housing Administration. Upon his return from the service, they spent some time in Vernon, where he was an administrator in the Public School System. From there he spent one year in Chicago, and he received his PhD degree. In 1963, Dr. Jernigan was made President of the College, and Frances is very active in church and civic affairs and in being the "first lady of the campu. They have two children, James Jernigan Jr. and Laura Jernigan. The children and Frances accompanied Dr. Jernigan on a month longtrrip to Thailand, sponsored by the state Department and the American Association of Teacher Education.

Obituary in Dallas Morning News

JERNIGAN
FRANCES Williams died at 7:15 AM January 16, 1996 at the Gardens a Richardson after suffering a severe stroke June 16, 1995 Frances was born at Baylor Hospital November 15, 1918, the daughter of William McKibben Williams and Florence McFarland Williams. Mr. Williams was an early pastor of The Greenville Ave., Christian Church and at one time the editor of the Christian Courier. Francis is survived by her husband of 55 1/2 years, Dr. James C Jernigan of Richardson; children, James W Jernigan and wife, Tyla of San Diego, California, and Laura Frances Espensen and husband Ken of San Antonio. In addition she is survived by four grandchildren, Jennifer and Scott Espensen of San Antonio and Corey James and Shelley Lee Jernigan of San Diego, California. She also leaves many cousins, nieces and nephews and a host of friends in all walks of life. Early in her professional career with a new Bachelor of Science degree in home economics at the then Texas Women's University, she began her teaching career in Whitewright, Texas high school at the age of 19. There she met her future husband who was the high school principal. The Jernigan's were married in 1940 and moved to Pilot Point, Texas where Dr. Jernigan was superintendent of schools. In 1942 when her husband entered military service, Frances moved back to Dallas and served as a home counselor with the Dallas Housing Authority. She was reunited with her husband in 1946 when they moved to Kingsville, Texas and he became an instructor and Dean of Student Life at Texas A & I University and Kingsville. In 1947 Frances accompanied her husband to the University of Chicago where he completed his doctorate in 1949. During that time she demonstrated her versatility not only in helping her husband with his studies, but also serving as a secretary for the World Council of Churches. A lifelong member of the Christian church ( Disciples of Christ ), Frances devoted her energies and talents to all phases of the church as well as a truly ecumenical follower of all denominations that serve God. As her husband advanced in the education field, Francis supported him every step of the way. In her own right, she completed her Masters degree at A & I in 1952. She served several years as a trustee of the Kingsville ISD; she was a member of the state board of the Christian Church in Texas; she was an avid reader and organized a "Great Books" group and Kingsville which is still in existence. At the time of her death, Frances was an elder emeritus of the First Christian Church of Richardson where she had served in almost every capacity in the life of the church. While her husband served as President of Texas A&M University (now Texas A&M at Kingsville), and later as Chancellor of the University system, Francis played a very important role in working with faculty and students families and helping them adjust to university life. Finally, even after several years of a disabling illness when she could no longer serve her fellow man, she called every member of her church, young and old, on their birthdays. She lived her Christianity by serving others as long as she could. Services will be held January 18, 1996 at 10 AM at the first Christian church in Richardson, Texas. Family visitation will be at the first Christian Church in Richardson, Texas on Wednesday evening from 7 to 8:30 PM. In lieu of flowers make contributions to the church of your choice or to the James C Jernigan Library at Texas A&M University at Kingsville.
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Adne married James Coffey Jernigan on 24 Jun 1940. James was born on 20 Dec 1914 in Texas; died on 10 Aug 1996 in Richardson, Dallas, Texas; was buried in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Letter written Oct. 12, 1918 to Uncle Jim (James Robert McFarland) from Ft. Worth. His address is Private James R. McFarland, 109 Supply Train, A.E.F.N.Y. 34 Division,
"Dear Uncle Jim, I guess you are sailing upon the deep blue sea tonight. How I would love to see you. I know you are glad that you are on your way "to lick the Kaiser." Mother left this afternoon for Ladonia. We all wanted to see little Auntie (Lola) marrry but we couldn't all go so of course Mother was the one to go. I can't relize that she is going to marry. Just think this time tomorrow night she and the Capt. (Joe Meredith Hill) will be on their way to Boston. I just can't. My hasn't it changed since last year? This school is entirely different. there is not nearly as much school spirt because the arm spirit is taking the place of it. What did you think of Margaret's marriage? It was certainly a supprise to everybody. Anna May was telling me about it. Lieut. Fox is to be stationed at camp Lewis in washington. Grace has certainly turned literary. She has read, read, read, since school has been out. We have been out a week ago Tuesday. I think we shall start back Monday. They expect to open the schools then. We have escaped the influenza so far. I don't think we will take it. There is really nothing happening out here now. We haven't had many Foot Ball games on account of the quarentine. I think we have one with Dallas next week or maybe this week. We have a real good skiff this year. Paul Boynton is the editor. I am taking music from Mrs. Doering and believe me the Baroness is certainly making me work. I think by the time she gets through with me that I will be able to play. I hope so. Daddy and Jean Shelley have already gone to bed so Grace and I will have to go too. I found this clipping and I imagine that Mother meant to send it to you so I will send it wheather she meant for me to or not. With bushels and bushels of love. Weezie. I don't expect I will get this mailded until Friday when Mother gets back, cause we have lost your address thats why I haven't written oftener because we are always loseing it."

P. 97 from Lola McFarland Hill's book:
LOUISE VIOLET JENNINGS - MARRIED TO Elliott Taylor, born Jan. 9, 1905 in Taylor Texas.The first McFarland grandchild and the darling of the entire family.Many weeks were spent in Ladonia. She went to Amarillo with her family in 1909 and joined the Christian Church in 1913. Her father took her oonfession and baptized her. In 1914 they moved to McKinney and in 1917 to Fort Worth where they lived in Goode Hall. The summer of 1919 was spent with her grandmother, Little Auntie and Jane Hill and the nurse, Hazle. The Henry Graves were there (in Manitou, Colo.) at the same time and she and 'Little' Henry did a lot of mountain climbing. She graduated from High School in Fort Worth and spent two years in T. C. U. and then had one year at Transylvania, her father's alma mater, where she joined the Chi Omega Sorority. 1924 was spent in Ladonia in her grandmother's home where she taught 2nd grade in Ladonia Public School. 1925, she received her A. B. degree from T. G. U. and taught school in Lubbock High School for two years. She help¬ed to organize Delphin Chapters in Oklahoma and Wyoming, and with the aid of Mr. T. W. Marse she opened and operated the Kathy Lou Shop in Lubbock. From 1930 to 1933 she taught school in Lubbock and in 1934 she married Elliott Taylor. She lived in Post, Quitaque, and Plainview, then to Lubbook for the last move. James Elliott, Walter Jennings, and Mary Jane were her children. Many have been her activities, many are her friends and generous and loving she has been to all who come in con¬tact with her. She has given most generously of her time and effort to her mother and her husband's mother. Now they own a lovely place in Las Vegas, and her hospitality is beyond de¬scription. Not only has she furnished a honeymoon retreat to more than one couple, but even extended it to her friends' friends. Her grandchildren will rise up and call her blesse

Louise married James Elliott Taylor, Sr. on 10 Jun 1934 in Plainview, Texas. James was born on 26 Jul 1905 in Lubbock, Texas; died on 5 Sep 1994 in Lubbock, Texas; was buried in City of Lubbock Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

p. 97 from Lola McFarland Hill's book:
GRACE DAHLMAN JENNINGS - married John Gammon, born in Ladonia May 24, 1908. Went with the family to the various parishes. Before going to Texarkana, she spent the summer in Muskogee with her Little Auntie and Uncle Joe Hill. Jane and Anne were babies and she was a joy to them and their mother. They made an excursion to Kansas City and enjoyed the Ben Scott's and the Zoo. She graduated from High School with honors, and at¬tended Translvania University one year. She was a Chi Omega and spent one vacation at the national convention of her sor¬ority. Graduated from Texas Tech - taught at Lazbuddy, married while there and continued to live there until 1964 when they moved to Willcox Ariz. Her children are, Jean Louise Briggs, John Henry Gammon and Marianna Gammon. She has many outstanding qualities and has the loving heart.

Grace married John Henry Gammon on 29 Oct 1923 in Lubbock, Texas. John was born on 8 Aug 1909 in Pottawatomie Co., Oklahoma; died on 20 Jan 2002 in Tucson, Arizona; was buried in Sunset Cemetery, Willcox, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Lola McFarland Hill's book, p. 98:
JEAN SHELLEY JENNINGS married Rev. Pat HENRY born Oct. 30, 1913, in Amarillo, Texas. She graduated from Lubbock High School, Texas Tech College and received a Master's Degree from T. C. U. She spent one year in New Haven Conn. with her husband who was at Yale Univ. on leave from his pastor¬ate at Preston Road Christian Church, in Dallas. She has taught in Country Day School, Gaston High School in Dallas, and Hockaday School in Dallas. She attended Bread Loaf in Vermont the last summer that Robert Frost attended. He died soon after his return from a trip to Russia. In 1960 she and Pat attended the World Convention of Disciples of Christ in Edinburg, Scotland, and in the summer of 1966 they returned to the British Isles for a summer of preaching in Interchange Program. Her ohildren are Patriok Henry III and Mary Gail Henry. Now she boasts a grandchild-Stephan. She is a splendid student as well as teacher, and besides that - she can cook!

Jean married Patrick Henry, Jr. on 18 Feb 1936 in Plainview, Texas. Patrick was born on 9 Oct 1913; died in May 1983 in Arlington, Texas; was buried in Parkdale Cemetery, Arlington, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nance married Crawford Jackson Wilson on 27 Apr 1946 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas. Crawford was born on 29 Dec 1920 in Dallas, Dallas Co.,Texas; died on 2 Feb 2015 in Wood Co., Texas; was buried in Hawkins, Wood County, Texas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Excerpt from Dallas Morning News: "Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Friday at the McFarland farm at Ladonia, Fannin County, for John Allen McFarland Jr. 32, Dallas attorney. He was found shot to death at this home at Lewisville, Denton County, Wednesday, the Associated Press reported. The father of McFarland found his son's body about 5 p.m. A note found near the body related that the younger McFarland was "tired of living." the AP said. McFarland was born inDallas and reared in Ladonia. He received a law degree from Southern Methodist University in 1950 and lettered there in both football and basketball. He also attended the University of texas. McFarland was a fromer assistant district attorney in Dallas...."

Notes on John Allen from relations:
Johnny was beloved by everyone. A star athelete, scholar, and sadly, also schizophrenic. His struggle with this disease led to his suicide, something the family would never discuss during that generation.
Note from his cousin Gordon in 2008: John Alan had paranoid schizophrenia. He spent literally years in John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. That hospital was the largest and best psychiatric hospital in the state. Johnnie as we called him, was finally able to leave and return to live with Uncle Doc. He was fine for two or three years. Uncle Doc came home one evening to find Johnnie dead from a self inflicted shotgun blast to his head. Uncle Doc told me a few years later that Johnnie had left a long letter telling his dad how much he loved him. He said that the "Demons" were coming back and that he just could not bear going back to the hospital. It was about that time that a new drug, thorazine, would eventually empty the psychiatric hospitals of schizophrenics, Today, there is still no better drug. What a loss...

John married Edna Merle Hawthorne in PRIVATE. Edna was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Sp, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct # 1, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: Bef 1951, Texas

Notes:

TIMES-PICAYUNE CLASSIFIED DEPARTMENT
FUNERAL NOTICE INFORMATION
Submitted by: Lake Lawn Metairie Funeral Home Phone: (504) 486-6331 Fax: (504) 483-8330
Account # LOO541C
Day(s) & Date(s) to appear: Thursday, January 1, 2009
Number of times to run: 1 Time
Funeral Director: Jean Newman
Name of Deceased: Gordon B. McFarland, Jr. M.D.

Gordon B. McFarland, Jr. M.D.
Surgeon, Professor

Dr. Gordon Burnett McFarland, Jr. died at his home in St. Tammany parish on Wednesday, December 24, 2008. He was 75. A native of Dallas, TX, Dr. McFarland was a resident of the New Orleans area for the last 47 years. He was educated at Vanderbilt University and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas. Along with other surgical training including an internship at Emory University, he served his residency in orthopedic surgery at Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation. He practiced at Ochsner his entire career. Although the scope of his practice was wide, Dr. McFarland specialized in bone pathology and reconstructive surgery of the hand. While at Ochsner, he developed the artificial tendon in 1970. He has served as Acting Chairman and Associate Head of the Department of Orthopedics, Head of the Hand Surgery Division of the Department of Orthopedics, and was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Alton Ochsner Medical Foundation and of the Board of Management of the Ochsner Clinic. He also was the longtime director of the Mary S. Sherman Laboratory of Bone & Joint Pathology at Ochsner. Throughout his career he has published numerous articles and textbook chapters on bone pathology and hand surgery and has lectured extensively at Tulane University and LSU Schools of Medicine. He was a member of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, and President of the Louisiana Orthopaedic Association. He was dedicated to a career long association with the American Society for Surgery of the Hand in which he served in a number of capacities including Treasurer. In 2008, Dr. McFarland was presented the Thomas E. Weiss Outstanding Alumnus Award by the Ochsner Alumni Association. Dr. McFarland was active in a number of social organizations in New Orleans.
He was a remarkable authority on country & western, bluegrass and other forms of American music. He enjoyed nature photography and gardening and was a talented woodworker. For all of his achievements, he was an unpretentious man whose easy charm and unabashedly homespun sensibilities deeply endeared him to anyone he met at any level of station or intellect.
He was preceded in death by his wife Betsey Ebaugh McFarland and his brother Michael Alvin McFarland. He is survived by his wife, Suzy Wynne McFarland of Bush, LA, his brother John Samuel McFarland of Dallas, TX, his sons Gordon (Corky) Burnett McFarland III of Reston, VA and Wright Ebaugh McFarland of New Orleans, LA, his stepchildren Suzanne Friedrichs delaHoussaye of Metairie, LA, Adair Friedrichs Fox of New Orleans, LA and George Shelby Friedrichs III of Metairie, LA, and five grandchildren.
Relatives and friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral services at LAKE LAWN METAIRIE FUNERAL HOME CHAPEL, 5100 Pontchartrain Blvd. (in Metairie Cemetery) on Saturday, January 3, 2009. Visitation begins at 11:00 AM with the service at 1:00 PM. Interment will be private. Memorial donations may be sent on his behalf to Children’s Hospital at 200 Henry Clay Ave. New Orleans, LA 70118 tel. (504) 899-9511 c/o Development Office. To sign and view the Family Guestbook, please visit www.lakelawnmetairie.com

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Gordon married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Gordon married Betty Jane Ebaugh in PRIVATE. Betty was born on 13 Nov 1934 in Shreveport, Louisiana; died on 13 Dec 1994 in New Orleans, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1935
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precinct # 1, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Marriage Announcement:
"McFarland-Barksdale
Miss Mary Helen Barksdale, 5944 E. University, and Michael Alvin McFarland, son of Dr. and Mrs. Gordon B. McFarland, 7426 Greenbrier, were married Saturday evening in the Trinity Methodist Church in Ruston, La.

After a trip to Mexico City, Mr. McFarland and his bride, daughter of Mrs. Allen Barksdale of Ruston and the late Mr. Barksdale, will live a 5946 Frederick Square.

The bride attended Louisiana State University and was graduated from SMU where she was a member of Pi Beta Phi sorority. the bridegroom, who was graduated from st. Mark's School of texas, attended Louisiana Polytechnic Institute and TCU. He belongs to Kappa Sigma fraternity and the Calyx Club.

The Rev. D.L. McGuire, assisted by Dr. Patrick Henry Jr. of the Northway Christian church, officiated at the wedding ceremony.

The bride was given in marriage by her brother-in-law, Marshall Northway Terry Jr. She wore a gown of candlelight peau de soie and Alencon lace fashioned with a....."

Obituary:
MCFARLAND MICHAEL ALVIN, 57, died peacefully Monday, Dec. 30, 1996 at his home in Dallas surrounded by family & friends. Michael was born in Dallas May 20, 1939. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Gordon B. McFarland and Mildred McFarland. Michael attended Highland Park High School and graduated from St. Mark's School of Texas in 1957. He attended Louisiana Tech University and Texas Christian University. He is survived by his son, Michael Street McFarland; and beloved companion, Betty steinheimer, her daughter Cindy Baldwin and her granddaughter Brandee Baldwin; two brothers, Dr. Gordon B. McFarland and his wife Suzy of New Orleans; John S. McFarland and his wife Linda of Dallas; four nephews, Gordon B. McFarland, III, Wright E. McFarland of New Orleans, John S. McFArland Jr. and David B. McFarland of Dallas. Michael was the creator of the original :Dripping Springs Reunion: held in March, 1972. He launched and promoted the careers of several well-known musician songwriters. He loved music and spending time at his lake house :making music with his friends:. Michael was a unique spirit who will be remembered for his warmth and wonderful sense of humor. A funeral service will be held Tuesday, December 31, 2:30 P.M. at Sparkman Funeral Directors Chapel, 1029 S. Greenville Ave., Richardson. Interment to follow at Restland Memorial Park. Reverend Marilyn Dickson, officiating. Honorary pallbearers will be G.W. Martin, Jimmy Velvet, Victor Martin, Bob Lancaster, Frank Yates, Marshall N. Terry, Charles Freeman and Dwight Brigotti.

Michael married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Mary Helen Haines notes:
My beloved aunt....she was taken away too soon by breast cancer. Aunt Jane hosted me at her house during one summer when I was in highschool and it is one of my favorite memories.

Jane was quite a popular girl in highschool. There are these quotes from the newspaper:
"Officers' Dance Is High School Feature---Officers from every high school in Dallas were entertained at a formal dance Friday night in the Highland Park High School gymnasium...Al Avery led the grand march with Jane Hill."

and then another event "Jane Hill danced with so many poeple that it was hard to find out who was her escort."

also "Mis Jane Hill will entertain with an open house for 200 guests from 2 to 5 o'clock Sunday afternnon at her home, 5406 Junius street. The guests will be received by Miss Hill and her mother, Mrs. Joe M. Hill. ....During the afternoon, tea will be poured by Mrs. Clyde W. Gwinn, Mrs. Gordon B. McFarland, Mrs. James R. McFarland and Mrs. Durward Mahon....Out of town guests will include Miss Frances Williams of Ladonia and Miss Elizabeth Speight of Waco."

This obituary is from The Ladonia News, July 22, 1977.
Mrs. Jane Hill Thaggard
SAN ANTONIO- Mrs. Jane Hill Thaggard, 57, of San Antonio, wife of Dr. Alvin Thaggard and daughter of Judge and Mrs. Joe M. Hill of Dallas died June13, 1977 in a San Antonio Hospital.

Funeral services were held in Central Christian Church in San Antonio, to which she and her family had been members since 1945. Entombment is at Mission Park North, San Antonio.

She visited her grandmother, Mrs. J. F. McFarland many times in her childhood in Ladonia and later was a frequent visitor to the McFarland Homestead, owned by her parents.

She was a graduate of Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas, attended S.M.U. and was a graduate of Texas Tech University.

She was very active in church, P.T.A., Kappa Kappa Gamma Soroity, inman Christian Center and had just completed a year as president of the Bexas County Medical Auxilliary.

She is survived by her husband Dr. Alvin Thaggard of San Antonio; her parents of Dallas, two daughters Sally Drews of Fort Worth and Betsy Jane of San Antonio; two sons, Dr. Al Thaggard III of San Antonio, and Joe Hill Thaggard of Caracas, Venezuela; a sister, Anne Hill McMahan and a brother, Col. Joe McFarland Hill both of Dallas; also four grandchildren.

Elizabeth married Alvin Thaggard, Jr. on 15 Jun 1944 in Dallas, Texas. Alvin was born on 6 Oct 1920 in Homer, Louisana; died on 6 Mar 1983 in San Antonio, Texas; was buried in Mission Burial Park, San Antonio, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Birth: At Jennings house on T.C.U. campus
• Residence: 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Obituary in Dallas Morning News:

ANNE MEREDITH HILL MCMAHAN died peacefully December 2, 2015 at the Village of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas after a long, loving, and creative life. She was born to Lola Winifred McFarland and Joe Meredith Hill in Ft. Worth, Texas, July 12, 1921, and grew up in East Dallas, Texas with her sister Elizabeth Jane Hill (Thaggard) and brother Joe McFarland Hill. She was graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School and Hockaday Junior College in Dallas. August 15, 1941 she married Lewis Coleman McMahan in Sacramento, California. After the war they moved back to Dallas where they raised three children, Nancy Jane (Schweers), Lewis Hill, and Michael Coleman.
When the children reached school age, Anne began a long career as a kindergarten and elementary school teacher serving at Cedar Springs, Incarnation Day School, Wilmer-Hutchins, and Fannin Elementary schools. She was a member of Phi Beta Kappa earning bachelor and master degrees with reading specialty from Texas Women's University in Denton, Texas. She was a faithful member of East Dallas Christian Church, the Church of the Incarnation, Northway Christian Church, the Mentor Club, and the Daughters of the American Revolution. A beloved friend, neighbor, colleague, cousin, aunt, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, she will be fondly remembered as a remarkably wise, energetic, talented and simply delightful human being.
Her family members include Nancy and Frank Schweers of San Antonio, their children and grandchildren Danette and Roy Schweers of San Antonio, Frank Henry, Elizabeth Anne, and John Walter Schweers, Catherine and John A. Harper of San Antonio and Amanda Harper; Valerie and Lewis H. McMahan of Dallas, their children and grandchildren Amy and Michael T. McMahan, Madelyn and Lewis W. of Dallas, Corrie and David McMahan, Parker, Melanie, and Caroline of Tyler, Texas; Patty and Mike McMahan of Abilene, Texas, their children and grandchildren Kristi and Curtis McMahan, Everett and Tessa Anne of Boise, Idaho, Amanda Hill McMahan Newton and Evelyn of Thunder Bay, Ontario, and many dearly loved nieces, nephews and cousins.
Burial will be at Hillcrest Memorial Cemetery, 7405 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, Texas 75225 at 1 pm Saturday, December 12, 2015. A memorial service and reception will follow at 2 pm at Northway Christian Church, Dr. Doug Skinner officiating. In lieu of flowers the family requests memorial gifts to Northway Christian Church, 7202 W. Northwest Hwy, Dallas, Texas 78225 or to the charity of your choice.

Anne married Lewis Coleman McMahan on 15 Aug 1941 in Sacramento, California. Lewis was born on 6 Dec 1918 in Bonham, Texas; died on 1 Jan 2000 in Dallas, Texas; was buried in Sparkman-HillcrestCemetery , Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: ROTC instructor for 31 years
• Residence: 1930, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Dallas, Dallas, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Graduation: 1941, Woodrow Wilson H.S. Dallas Texas
• Residence: 1941, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1942, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• _MILT: Between 1943 and 1945, W.W.II, 2nd Lt., Army Reserves for 31 years, retir
• Residence: 1948, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Occupation: 1950, ROTC instructor for 31 years
• Residence: 1950, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA
• _MILT: 1961, Ft. Holabird, Baltimore, MD
• _MILT: 1969

Notes:

Mary Helen Hill Haines notes:

Born in Dallas at Florence Nightengale Hospital. Lived with his parents at 5406 Junius Street in old East Dallas. Graduated from Woodrow Wilson high school, where he served as Senior Class President in 1941. Enrolled in North Texas Agricultural College and graduated with an Associates degree. Upon graduation, he joined the army on May 4, 1944 and served as a 1st Lieutenant, as an Infantry Unit Commander and a Field Artillery Unit Commander in the European Theater of World War II. He was discharged Sept. 3, 1946, and entered S.M.U. in Dallas to complete his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. During this time he married, bought a duplex at 4409 Atoka St. in Dallas, and became a father. Worked selling real estate until he reentered military service in Jan. 11, 1951 when he was recalled from inactive service. During this time, he was promoted to Captain and was an Assistant Professor of Military Science and Tactics (teaching R.O.T.C. at North Dallas High School). Described as having Brown Hair, Brown Eyes, 5' 10" weighing 165 lbs. He was released from duty on Jan 10, 1953 and was living at 2320 Nicholson, Dallas Texas. By this time he was the Commandant of the R.O.T.C. program at South Oak Cliff High School. Completed 30 years of service with the U.S. Army Reserves as a Colonel. Was President of the Texas Society of the National Society of the Sons of American Revolution. Commander of American Legion Post 581 and 53 in Dallas, Texas. Commander of the Dallas Chapter Military Order of the World Wars. President of the Greater Dallas Chapter Reserve Officers Association.

Army Serial #01326205

The following is the biography that exists from the University of Texas at Arlington R.O.T.C. Hall of Fame:
COLONEL JOE M. HILL

U.S. ARMY RESERVE RETIRED
Colonel Joe M. Hill, United States Army, began his military service as a cadet at North Texas Agricultural College from 1941-43 and retired as a Colonel in the Army Reserve. Born in 1923 in Dallas, Texas, Colonel Hill graduated from North Texas Agriculture College with his Associates Degree in 1943. In January 1943, he entered the United States Army as a private, was assigned to the 84th Infantry Division and later, as a Corporal, was selected to go to Infantry Officer Candidate School. Upon graduation, he received his 2nd Lieutenant commission and was assigned to the 103rd Infantry Division. In October 1944, the 103rd joined the Seventh US Army in Southern France with Colonel Hill serving as an Infantry Platoon Leader in the European Campaign to its conclusion. He was awarded the Combat Infantryman's Badge, the Bronze Star for meritorious service, the European Medal with two Bronze Stars, the American Defense Medal, and the Victory Medal. He served in the Army of Occupation until June of 1946. Upon returning to the United States, he continued his education obtaining a BBA Degree from Southern Methodist University. He continued his Army career as a Captain in the 90th Infantry Division in the U.S. Army Reserve, until called to active duty when the Korean Conflict began. Colonel Hill served as an instructor in the JROTC program for two years and enjoyed this position so much that, when released from active duty again, he became the first Senior Army Instructor at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas, teaching ROTC for Dallas Area High Schools for 31 consecutive years. As a teacher in the ROTC program, he has received many awards. He received the Freedoms Foundation Medal, in 1972 was nominated for National Teacher of the Year in 1981, and was selected Teacher of the Year in the Oak Cliff High Schools in 1982. Colonel Hill continued to serve in the U.S. Army Reserve in various capacities attaining the rank of Colonel. His last assignment was Commandant of the U.S.A.R. School where he was responsible for the schooling of some 800 officers and 400 enlisted men. He received the Legion of Merit for his outstanding accomplishment with that unit. Colonel Hill was inducted in the Officer Candidate School Hall of Fame at Fort Benning, Georgia in 1991. Colonel Joe M. Hill was inducted in the Hall of Honor, Military Science Department at The University of Texas at Arlington in February of 1994 in recognition of his achievements and contributions to the country. His beginning as an ROTC cadet and his rise to heights of responsibility and prestige provide an example and incentive for all future officer graduates from the campus at Arlington.

Obituary from the Dallas Morning News:
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JOE McFARLAND, JR., son of the late Judge Joe M. Hill and lola McFarland, passed away on Friday at the age of 75. Col. Hill taught in the Junior ROTX program for 34 years to more than 6,000 cadets. He is survived by his wife, Betty, and children Mary Helen Haines, Joe Meredith Hill II, Betsi Hill, Cynthia J. Hill, and three grandchildren-Brian and Julie Hill and Dorothy E. Haines, also a sister Anne McMahan and several nieces and nephews. Col. Hill served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean War, remaining in the U.S. Army Reserves for 31 years, retiring as Commandant of the Dallas USAR School. Among his military awards are the Combat Infantry Badge, the Legion of Merit, The Bronze Star, and seven other service medals. He served as texas State President and Dallas Chapter President of the Sons of the American Revolution; as Commander of the Dallas Chapter Military Order of the World Wars; Commander of American Legion Posts 53 and 581, and President of the Reserve Officers Association of Dallas. He was a member of the AUSA and Committee on Military Affairs of the Dallas Chamber of Commerce. During his teaching career he was honored by the Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge with their teacher's Medal for his promotion of the American way of life to his students. He was inducted in the Hall of Fame at the Officer Candidate School at Fort Benning, GA, and the University of Texas at Arlington's Military Hall of Fame. After retiring from teaching, he served as Secretary Treasurer of the SAR for six years, helping to establish 20 new chapters in Texas, and was the recipient of the Society's Gold Good Citizenship Medal, the Patriot's Medal and 5 other medals. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday at Northway Christian Church, 7202 West Northwest Highway. The family will receive friends Sunday, from 3 to 5 p.m. at Restland Memorial Park. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Patriot Fund of the Texas Sons of the American Revolution, care of Nathan White, Box 808, McKinney, TX 75070, or the Northway Christian Church. Pallbearers will include Meredith Hill, Brian Hill, Lewis McMahan, Michael McMahan, Al Thaggard, Joe Thaggard, Gordon McFarland, John McFarland, and all the young men and women he taught in ROTC.

Served in the European Theater of World War II as a 2nd Lieutenant. Completed 30 years of service with the U.S. Army Reserves as a Colonel. Was President of the Texas Society of the National Society of the Sons of American Revolution. Commander of American Legion Post 581 and 53 in Dallas, Texas. Commander of the Dallas Chapter Military Order of the World Wars. President of the Greater Dallas Chapter Reserve Officers Association.

Joe married Betty Eskrigge on 20 Mar 1964 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas. Betty was born on 9 Aug 1924 in Wallasey, Cheshire, England; died on 13 Aug 2020 in Dallas, Dallas Co., TX; was buried in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joe married Dorothy Fay Askew on 21 Jun 1947 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Dorothy was born on 27 Jan 1921 in Terrell, Kaufman Co., Texas; died on 16 May 1969 in Dallas, Dallas Co., Texas; was buried on 19 May 1969 in Restland Cemetery in Dallas, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ernest Bert Lyon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: Garland, Dallas, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1930, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas, USA
• Residence: 1935, Sweetwater, Nolan, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Ladonia, Fannin, Texas, USA

John married Theora Edith Harrell about 1916. Theora was born about 1898 in Texas; died in UNKNOWN; was buried in Restland Cemetery, Dallas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

These birth and death dates are from the tombstone transcription done for the Fannin County gen-web project.

Family/Spouse: Carra Thomas. Carra died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Laura Bell. Laura died in UNKNOWN in Childbirth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jarvis married Oletta Faye Crumby in PRIVATE. Oletta was born on 9 Sep 1914 in Ravenna, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Numan married Jewell Carpenter on 10 Aug 1925. Jewell died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Bertha Lee. Bertha was born on 20 Aug 1911; died on 17 Feb 1994; was buried in Providence Cemetery, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Beatrice. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1935, Bristow, Creek, Oklahoma
• Residence: 1940, Justice Precint 1, Dallas, Dallas, Texas, USA

Notes:

Was living in Oklahoma City, Okla. in 1967 when he wrote Lola McFarland to thank her for the family book. According to an on-line family tree, Bose played football for T.C.U., was the first of his family to go to college. He moved to Tennessee where he worked for the Armour Meat Company as an accountant.

Bose married Mildred Coffen on 20 Jul 1925. Mildred was born on 18 Mar 1903 in Muskogee, Oklahoma; died in Aug 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cecil married Dorothy Ann Thompson on 15 Mar 1923. Dorothy died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Fate Clifton. Fate died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Claude married Iris Mae Oliver in PRIVATE. Iris was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Delia married Liston Tate in PRIVATE. Liston was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joanna married Jack Scott in 9 Feb in Durant, Oklahoma. Jack was born on 29 Apr 1913 in Pecan Gap, Fannin Co., Texas; died on 4 Sep 1990; was buried in Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Numan married Rosa Lee Roling in PRIVATE. Rosa was born on 18 Nov 1911 in Mt. Ida, Montgomery Co., Arkansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elbert married Gertrude Smith on 23 Dec 1926 in Honey Grove, Fannin Co., Texas. Gertrude was born on 26 Jul 1909; died in UNKNOWN; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Ladonia, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Helen married Orville Mills on 17 Mar 1933 in Durant, Oklahoma. Orville was born on 7 Feb 1913 in Whiteright, Texas; died on 18 Apr 1967 in hospital in Paris, Texas; was buried in Presbyterian Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jackson married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lorraine married Newman in PRIVATE. was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Jimmie Russell Newman. Jimmie died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Aubrey married Lollie Robins in PRIVATE. Lollie was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obituary: Louie McFarland Rites Wednesday. Services for Louie E. McFarland, 59, of 3301 25th St. will be conducted at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the J.A. Hodges Chapel of First Christian Church. McFarland died Monday afternoon. Officiating will be Dr. Dudley Strain. Burial will be in City of Lubbock Cemetery under direction of Sanders Funeral Home. McFarland, a Lubbock resident since 1926, had been a bookkeeper for a trucking company here. He had formerly lived at Ladonia and was graduated from Lubbock High school in 1932. He also had attended Texas Tech and was a member of First Christian Church. Survivors include his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Johnanna Giles of Houston; tow brothers, Freed of 2813 32nd St. and Hugh of chandler, Ariz.; and two grandchildren.

Louis married Johnnie Mullins in PRIVATE. Johnnie was born on 11 Jul 1917 in Near Mt. Selma, Cherokee Co., Texas; died after 1971. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Optician
• Occupation: Optician
• Residence: 1935, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas
• Residence: 1940, Lubbock, Lubbock, Texas, USA

Fred married Velma Ruth Wiesenborn in PRIVATE. Velma was born on 3 Jul 1917 in Lubbock, Texas; died on 4 Aug 2010; was buried in Goldthwaite, Mills County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fred married Pearl Eary in PRIVATE. Pearl was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joined the Air Corps for a three year stint on Sept. 9, 1940 in Lubbock, Texas. It listed his nativity as Oklahoma, with a Post-Graduate education and working in manufacturing automobiles. His death date and place comes from the SSDI record.

Numan married Rebecca Butler in PRIVATE. Rebecca was born on 14 Jul 1919 in Penelope Hil, Texas; died on 22 Nov 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Elizabeth Rosenberry in PRIVATE. Elizabeth died in UNKNOWN; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Hazel Parvin in PRIVATE. Hazel was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _MILT: World War II -PFC US Army

Mary married John Giusti in PRIVATE. John was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sam married Dortha Maxine Hicks in PRIVATE. Dortha was born on 7 Jul 1938 in Dodd City, Texas; died on 30 Jun 2012 in Oak Ridge, Cooke County, Texas, United States of America; was buried in Ladonia, Fannin County, Texas, United States of America. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Jack McFarland, Jr.
[Handwritten: Fri, Apr. 11, 1986]

Services for Jack McFarland Jr., 81 year old business executive of Vestavia Hills, Birmingham, Alabama, were held at 1:00 p.m. on Friday, April 4th, in Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham with Valley Chapel Funeral Home directing.

Mr. McFarland was born in the Oak Ridge-Bugtussle Community north of Ladonia on December 21, 1904, to Jack McFarland Sr. and Nodie Wall McFarland. Jack McFarland Sr. was the victim of an unusual incident when Jack Jr. was six months of age and he came with his mother to the Windom community, where he lived until he reached an adult age.

He received his education in the Flag Springs, Windom and Bonham Schools, graduating from Bonham High School in the class of 1922. Later he attended the University of Texas and East Texas State at Commerce.

For many years he was connected with the Dr. Pepper Company of Dallas and later became the owner of Falstaff Distributors, Inc., operating in Birmingham and throughout the State of Alabama.

Mr. McFarland was a long time member of the Valley Christian Church where he was program chairman for the Senior Citizen's Program until ill health forced his retirement. He was a member of the City Salesman's Club and The Club of Birmingham.

He is survived by his wife of the home; two daughters, Mrs. Jacqueline McFarland of Birmingham and Mrs. Nancy Dwyer of Brandon, Miss.; four grandchildren; two aunts, namely, Mrs. Mabel Stepp and Miss Nancy McFarland, residents of Grove Manor in Honey Grove, a large number of cousins, many of whom reside locally, and one brother, Judge Choice Moore of Windom, Texas, who, with his wife, attended the services in Birmingham.

Jack married Cooper Bland in PRIVATE. Cooper was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Residence: 1935, Sh, Fannin, Texas
• Residence: 1 Apr 1940, Fannin, Texas, USA

Guion married Jack Scott on 6 Oct 1945. Jack was born on 29 Apr 1913 in Pecan Gap, Fannin Co., Texas; died on 4 Sep 1990; was buried in Ladonia Cemetery, Ladonia, Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Agnes married Henry Johnson Breedlove in PRIVATE. Henry was born on 10 Apr 1918 in Montague, Texas; died on 21 Dec 1984 in Paris, Lamar Co., Texas; was buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Fannin Co.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Living married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Opal. died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Robert married Thelma Ferguson in PRIVATE. Thelma was born in PRIVATE. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melba married W. W. Brake on 3 Jul 1925 in Weatherford, Parker Co., Texas. W. was born in Carrollton, Texas; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Melba married Francis Marleigh Hanks on 4 Apr 1933. Francis was born on 23 Feb 1896 in Norbin, Missouri; died in 1947. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]