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• Birth: 23 Aug 1823, Wayne Cty., MO
• Residence: 1850, District 80, St Francois, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA

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[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

In Memoriam (Mary Catherine Pettit, probably published in the Piedmont paper).

At 6 o'clock last Sunday eve just as the autumn sun's last rays faded from the bright-hued hill tops, the spirit of our dear and aged friend passed out from the deepening shadows and chill of coming winter into the glorious light of her eternal home.

Mrs. Mary Joplin was born in Madison county August 25, 1823, thus making her age 80 years and 2 months. She was a daughter of Dr. John Pettit. At an early age she was baptized into the Christian church near Libertyville in St. Francois county, where she spent the greater part of her life, and where "Aunt Mary," as everybody loved to call her, was welcomed as the friend and helper of the sick and distressed.

Though always a comforter to the sorrowful, she had many sorrows of her own. Three times wedded, was three times widowed, and of the nine children born to her only three are living, ---Chas. McFarland, of Coleman, Texas, Mrs. Sallie Doss, of Farmington, and Mrs. Emma Birnie of this place. One brother---Dr. Lee M. Pettit,---and two sisters Mrs. Rebecca Frasier and Mrs. Jane Edwards---are left to mourn her loss. Besides her three children there are nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She was a woman of a strong and helpful nature, a blessing to the sick and poor, ever ready with good counsel for those who asked it and they were many. About four years ago her youngest son, Robert McFarland, died and soon after her eldest son, John McFarland, followed. [This] blow was to much for
the mother heart and her heart broke. Paralysis deprived her of activity and she spent her days in her chair until four months ago she took to her bed never to leave it until death released her.

Her faith was strong and she was anxious to go---with only one regret; that of being separated from her dear faithful daughter that never left her for an hour after she became helpless; who has been her companion and mainstay and with whom she has lived twenty years past.

* SOURCE: Karen Diederichsen &ltksd1144@earthlink.net&gt *In Memoriam (Mary Catherine Pettit, probably published in the Piedmont paper).

In the 1870 census, in Liberty twn. a Mary McFarland, age 50, born in MO. is listed living with Sarah (16), Emma (14), Robert (12), Charles (23) and Jane (22). The age does not fit exactly, but the children match. They are living next to John Keith's family who is married to Sarah Jane McF., a daughter of her husband's brother Jacob and his wife Mary.
[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

In Memoriam (Mary Catherine Pettit, probably published in the Piedmont paper).

At 6 o'clock last Sunday eve just as the autumn sun's last rays faded from the bright-hued hill tops, the spirit of our dear and aged friend passed out from the deepening shadows and chill of coming winter into the glorious light of her eternal home.

Mrs. Mary Joplin was born in Madison county August 25, 1823, thus making her age 80 years and 2 months. She was a daughter of Dr. John Pettit. At an early age she was baptized into the Christian church near Libertyville in St. Francois county, where she spent the greater part of her life, and where "Aunt Mary," as everybody loved to call her, was welcomed as the friend and helper of the sick and distressed.

Though always a comforter to the sorrowful, she had many sorrows of her own. Three times wedded, was three times widowed, and of the nine children born to her only three are living, ---Chas. McFarland, of Coleman, Texas, Mrs. Sallie Doss, of Farmington, and Mrs. Emma Birnie of this place. One brother---Dr. Lee M. Pettit,---and two sisters Mrs. Rebecca Frasier and Mrs. Jane Edwards---are left to mourn her loss. Besides her three children there are nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

She was a woman of a strong and helpful nature, a blessing to the sick and poor, ever ready with good counsel for those who asked it and they were many. About four years ago her youngest son, Robert McFarland, died and soon after her eldest son, John McFarland, followed. [This] blow was to much for
the mother heart and her heart broke. Paralysis deprived her of activity and she spent her days in her chair until four months ago she took to her bed never to leave it until death released her.

Her faith was strong and she was anxious to go---with only one regret; that of being separated from her dear faithful daughter that never left her for an hour after she became helpless; who has been her companion and mainstay and with whom she has lived twenty years past.

* SOURCE: Karen Diederichsen <ksd1144@earthlink.net> *In Memoriam (Mary Catherine Pettit, probably published in the Piedmont paper).

In the 1870 census, in Liberty twn. a Mary McFarland, age 50, born in MO. is listed living with Sarah (16), Emma (14), Robert (12), Charles (23) and Jane (22). The age does not fit exactly, but the children match. They are living next to John Keith's family who is married to Sarah Jane McF., a daughter of her husband's brother Jacob and his wife Mary.

Mary married Dr. Newton McFarland about 1840. Newton (son of John McFarland and Mary Fleming) was born in 1810 in North Carolina; died in 1847 in St. Francois Co., Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Reuben Henderson McFarland after 1847 in Missouri. Reuben (son of Reuben A. McFarland and Martha Campbell) was born on 30 Jun 1810 in North Carolina; died on 13 Dec 1867 in St Francois Co., MO. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Birth: 29 May 1843, Missouri
• Graduation: 1866, St. Louis Medical College

Notes:

Biography in Goodspeed's History of Southeast Missouri, p. 1135-6. "Dr. J. P. McFarland is the son of Newton and Mary C. (Pettit) McFarland, and was born in Ste. Genevieve County, Mo., May 29, 1843. The father was born in St. Francois County, and the mother in Wayne County. The McFarland family originally came from North Carolina to Missouri in 1816, being among the first settlers of St. Francois County. The paternal grandfather died in Texas, in 1875. The maternal grandfather, John Pettit, was a Virginian, and located in Wayne County, Mo., in 1819. He was a prominent physician, and followed that calling in connection with farming in Wayne County. He served as captain in the Black Hawk war, and in 1853 was killed by some highwayman or enemy. Newton McFarland, father of Dr. J.P., was in the service of the Iron Mountain Company for a number of years. He died in 1847. The mother is still living. They were the parents of three children, only two of whom are living; John P. and Charles. Dr. John P. McFarland was about four years old when his father died, and the greater portion of his youth was spent with an uncle. He was seventeen years old when he began the battle of life for himself. He began the study of medicine, and in 1866 graduated from the St. Louis Medical College, and immediately began practicing at Piedmont, where he has since made is home. In 1861 he complied with Gov. Jackson's call, and enlisted for six months as orderly sergeant in Company E, of the State Guards. In 1865 he was united in marriage to Samantha B. Lewis, a native of Alabama, who bore him two children, one living, Charles P. Mrs. McFarland is a member of the Christian Church, and the Doctor is a member of the Masonic fraternity."

John married Samantha Beatrice Lewis in 1865. Samantha was born on 17 Dec 1844 in Alabama; died between 1920 and 1930. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Charles Newton McFarland

Notes:

[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

Mary Helen Haines notes:
Where is Charles in the 1860 census? He is not with his mother and brother in the St. Francois Co. Missouri census.

C.N. and Jane probably moved to Coleman, TX, about 1880 according to obit for Eliza Jane Lewis. In Frances Terry Ingmire's book, Ethel McFarland recalled her father calling him "Flat Land Charlie" because he went out to West Texas to live on the bald, flat, prairie. He supposedly made his fortune there. From census records we know that Arthur McFarland joined Charles there after he left Fannin County because of the land dispute. He is present in Coleman County, living in Coleman City in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. He is buried next to his wife, and Robert Lee McFarland, and Eliza Jane Bollinger, and the Pettys in the city cemetery in Coleman. Ethel kept referring to the McFarland family of Weatherford as being from this branch of Charles, but she must mean Coleman Co. instead--pretty close. The Charles McFarland of Parker County was born in Tennessee, so is a different family.
[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]
Where is Charles in the 1860 census. He is not with his mother and brother in the St. Francois Co. Missouri census.

C.N. and Jane probably moved to Coleman, TX, about 1880 according to obit for Eliza Jane Lewis. In Frances Terry Ingmire's book, Ethel McFarland recalled her father calling him "Flat Land Charlie" because he went out to West Texas to live on the bald, flat, prairie. He supposedly made his fortune there. From census records we know that Arthur McFarland joined Charles there after he left Fannin County because of the land dispute. He is present in Coleman County, living in Coleman City in the 1900 and 1910 censuses. He is buried next to his wife, and Robert Lee McFarland, and Eliza Jane Bollinger, and the Pettys in the city cemetery in Coleman.

Charles married Jane Frances Randolph on 26 Aug 1869. Jane was born on 18 May 1848 in Tennessee; died on 20 Jan 1928 in San Antonio, TX; was buried in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Sallie McFarland
• Residence: 1860, Liberty, Locust Ridge, St. Francois, Missouri, USA
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA

Family/Spouse: Doss. was born about 1850; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Name: Emma McFarland
• Residence: 1870, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA

Family/Spouse: Robert P. Lane. Robert (son of Robert Holmes Lane and Rebecca B. McFarland) was born about 1844 in Missouri; died before 1890 in Fannin Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Birnie. was born about 1855 in Scotland; died before 1900. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Residence: 1870, Liberty, St Francois, Missouri, USA
• Probate: 23 Mar 1899, Coleman, Texas, USA

Notes:

[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

This obit was found in a leather wallet that probably belonged to Robert's half-brother, C. N. McFarland. It is apparently from a newspaper in Coleman, TX.

- R. L. McFarland Deceased -
A shadow of sorrow and gloom has pervaded the heart of every resident of our little city since last Sunday morning when a telegram was received from Brownwood conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Robert McFarland. The entire community has been saddened and a happy home stricken with grief and affliction. Having lived here since the early eighties, his aquaint- was very extended and his friends were legion; he was everybody's friend and no one bore him ill will. His illness was very brief and the end came in the presence of but few relatives, among that number being Mrs. C. N. McFarland of this city. On Wednesday night he performed the duties of train guard, making his usual trip from Brownwood to San Angelo and return, although at this time he was not feeling well, and on the following day he kept his bed. On Saturday morning Mrs. McFarland of this city attended his bedside and ministered to his ills, which were apparently free of danger. However, congestion of the lungs set in and before the hour of 6:30 a. m. on Saturday the angel of death had visited his chamber and transmitted his spirit to the God that gave it birth. Deceased about 41 years of age.
The funeral was conducted from the residence of his brother, C. N. McFarland, on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., amid scenes of sorrow and tears. A large concourse of friends and aquaintances followed the remains to the tomb to pay the last tribute of respect to a once dear friend and most exemplery gentleman. The entire community mourns with the bereaved relatives.
[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

This obit was found in a leather wallet that probably belonged to Robert's half-brother, C. N. McFarland. It is apparently from a newspaper in Coleman, TX.

- R. L. McFarland Deceased -
A shadow of sorrow and gloom has pervaded the heart of every resident of our little city since last Sunday morning when a telegram was received from Brownwood conveying the sad intelligence of the death of Robert McFarland. The entire community has been saddened and a happy home stricken with grief and affliction. Having lived here since the early eighties, his aquaint- was very extended and his friends were legion; he was everybody's friend and no one bore him ill will. His illness was very brief and the end came in the presence of but few relatives, among that number being Mrs. C. N. McFarland of this city. On Wednesday night he performed the duties of train guard, making his usual trip from Brownwood to San Angelo and return, although at this time he was not feeling well, and on the following day he kept his bed. On Saturday morning Mrs. McFarland of this city attended his bedside and ministered to his ills, which were apparently free of danger. However, congestion of the lungs set in and before the hour of 6:30 a. m. on Saturday the angel of death had visited his chamber and transmitted his spirit to the God that gave it birth. Deceased about 41 years of age.
The funeral was conducted from the residence of his brother, C. N. McFarland, on Tuesday at 2:30 p. m., amid scenes of sorrow and tears. A large concourse of friends and aquaintances followed the remains to the tomb to pay the last tribute of respect to a once dear friend and most exemplery gentleman. The entire community mourns with the bereaved relatives.

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• Birth: Apr 1865, Missouri
• Occupation: Between 1920 and 1930; worked for the rail road

Notes:

John Pettit McFarland, and then his son Charles, stayed living in Piedmont Missouri.

Charles married Maud about 1898 in Missouri. was born in Mar 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He is not on the 1870 nor 1880 census. There is a Charles McFarland in San Antonio in 1920, but his birthdate in Missouri would have been 1867, so I assume this Charles Pettit McFarland died in infancy.

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• Birth: Tennessee

May married Elias Thompson Petty on 20 Oct 1892 in Coleman Co., TX. Elias was born on 8 Jan 1866 in Pettytown, TX; died on 8 Nov 1919 in San Antonio, Bexar Co., TX; was buried in Coleman Cemetery, Coleman Co., Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

Charles was a business graduate of Harvard. He was the city manager for Coleman, TX, and later a manager of one of the four divisions of the King ranch in south Texas, maybe the largest ranch in America. Fran remembers going to visit him there and staying at the ranch. He moved to Brady after retiring from the King ranch.

* SOURCE: Recollections of Frances Petty Vance, Nina Vance and Cecil Rogers *
[Mary Catherine Pettit.FTW]

Charles was a business graduate of Harvard. He was the city manager for Coleman, TX, and later a manager of one of the four divisions of the King ranch in south Texas, maybe the largest ranch in America. Fran remembers going to visit him there and staying at the ranch. He moved to Brady after retiring from the King ranch.

* SOURCE: Recollections of Frances Petty Vance, Nina Vance and Cecil Rogers *

Charles married Ola "T" Rogers about 1930. Ola was born about 1890; died about 1997 in Ft. Worth, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Frances married Paul Albert Vance on 26 Apr 1922 in Pleasantown, TX. Paul was born on 29 Nov 1899 in McAlister, OK; died on 5 Jul 1960 in Ft. Worth, TX. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]