A Record of the Family
by O.A. McFarland
Brings forth that ___________
When minds that never met bef[ore]
Shall meet, unite, and part no [more”]
I have often wondered why few and such imperfect family records are kept.
Lamartine has said that histor[y] is only biography on a large sc[ale.] Men love to read history and biography; they find both plea[sure] and instruction in tracing t[he] lives of nations and of individual[s,] and yet that most interesting part of history, viz.: family history, is sadly neglected.
Few, indeed, are they who have learned aught of their family history beyond “Grand Pa’s” and “Grand Ma’s” time. Beyond this the dead past is a sealed book.
____________ [fa]mily lineage is __________ [whi]ch will remain sealed [until the a]ngels shall roll away [th]e stones from the graves of buried hopes, and in “that present in whose reign no grief shall gnaw the heart & never more a tender tie be broken”, the record shall be known.
Memory, the golden clasp which binds the present to the past, cannot be relied upon in this busy age to hand down from one generation to another the story of our loved ones lives, as did the ancient Greeks recite the heroic legends of the past.
And even if it were possible to keep in mind those incidents connected with the lives of our ancestors, which possess the greatest interest & attraction for us, it would make little difference so long as ____________ different regarding _____________. To my mind it seems ________ that there is indifference in this subject of genealogy.
In how many families out of every 100, has there been any attempt to arrange a family record to be handed down from one generation to succeeding generations? And yet it is true that such a record might easily be made & it would most certainly prove of great interest and value.
It is with these views in mind that I here undertake to prepare a record of my own & my wife’s families, although aware that the mater(i)al for it is scanty & that in consequence anything like a complete record extending beyond our grand-parents time is out [of the questio]n. I trust that when ____________ is powerless longer ________ pen, and when Bertha & myself have passed to “the farther shore” our children m(a)y continue the record here begun.
So far I think it may safely be recorded: “A virtuous household but exceeding poor”.
Let us hope that in the years to come if we do not gain riches we may not recede from virtue.
My Great-Grandfather
Of my great-grandfather on my father's side I have been able to learn but little. He was a Scotchman by birth and an American by adoption. At the early age of 14 he enlisted in the Revolutionary War & served until its close.
Subsequently he fought against the English during the War of 1812 and it was there that he contracted the disease which eventually caused his death.
I know neither the date of his birth or death; but presume he was born about 1762, and since he died after the War of 1812, he must have been at least 53 years of age, & was probably older, at the time of his death. He had four children. Peter McFarland, my grand-father, another son and two daughters. One of the daughters, Aunt Polly, still lives at this date, Jan. 1st, 1891; she will be 96 years of age on the 12th day of June 1891.
All the others are dead.
Peter McFarland's mother's name was Susannah Dosher; she had 10 or 11 brothers and sisters.
Once in removing from Alleghany Co. Penn. to Beaver Co. Penn. she walked over the mountains and carried Daniel, Peter's brother, who was about 2 years old.
Archibald Findley was Jane McFarland's (my grand-mother on my father's side) great-grandfather. He was Scotch-Irish, having been born in Scotland but subsequently removing to Ireland near the Scottich (sic) border.
He lived to attain the advanced age of 101 years.
The dates of his birth & death are unknown to me. The old gentleman was once rescued from a burning house by his children.
Jane McFarland's grandfather on her mother's side was Thos. Rogers. Her mother's name (maiden name) was Martha Rogers, who was regarded as a woman of great intelligence. Martha Rogers married Robert McCaughtry, Jane McFarland's father, who fought in the War of 1812. The Findleys are said to have been wealthy people. Of grandfather's & grandmother's relatives, or rather of their parents or grand parents, other than those already referred to, I have as yet learned nothing.
I hope, however, to add something more later.
Peter McFarland
My Grand
Father
Peter McFarland was born in Alleghany county Pennsylvania Sept. 18 1797 and died at the old farm-house 4 miles south of Waucoma, Fayette Co. Iowa, February 19, 1878.
I cannot speak too highly of the character & virtues of this dear old grand father. I loved him as a father and the memory of his noble life and unselfish deeds comes to me as a benediction and gives me courage to take up life's burdens at times when the responsibilities of mature years weigh me down.
Possessed of a strong intellect and a healthy body, he was, from my earliest recollections, a modest, unassuming, cheerful, kind hearted man; who won friends wherever he went & whose great heart went out to every little child he met.
Children instinctively loved him and always found in him a true & steadfast friend. I shall never forget how earnestly he would listen to my childish prattle & how fully he sympathised with me in my trials.
At the age of __ he married Jane McCaughtry with whom he lived a loved and loving companion for nearly fifty years. Their first child, Susannah, was born in Penn. Soon after her birth the family removed to Trumbell (sic) Co. Ohio where they resided for __ years and all the rest of their children (10 besides Susannah) were born.
In Ap'l 1850 they removed to Penn. & made their home there until the fall of 1857, when they left the old "Key Stone" State forever and journeyed to Green Co. Wis. where they purchased 80 acres of land 1 1/4 miles from Monticello & lived upon it till Sept. 1868, removing thence to a farm 4 miles south of Waucoma.
It was at this farm house surrounded by his children & several of his grand-children that he died at the age of nearly 81. His pure & unselfish life was not without its effect upon his large family of children & grand-children. In stature he was a small man being about 5 ft. 7 in. in height & weighing perhaps 145 pounds. He was, however, a very strong man.
He was one of the most industrious men I ever knew. He usually preferred to walk rather than ride & seldom wore an overcoat & only wore mittens during extremely cold weather. An excellent cabinet maker, he spent the years I knew him on a farm.
Jane McFarland, father’s mother, was born in Darlington Beaver Co. Penn. May 8th, 1805 and died at the old Union House in Waucoma April 14, 1875 of heart failure.
As I was raised by grand-father & grand-mother I learned to love grand mother as a mother, indeed she was the only mother I ever knew.
She was a patient, kind, true and modest woman who loved her husband & children fondly & who always performed a wife’s & mother’s duties as only a true woman can. With patience & fortitude she bore life’s burdens & responsibilities & died respected by all who knew her.
Her death was the first really great grief I ever knew. Ah me! How distinctly I recall the night when a messenger brought me the news of her death! Other griefs have come to me since then; others near and dear to me have passed to the farther shore, and my heart has been saddened & the shadows have fallen many times since that memorable night, but the memory of it all is still fresh, and I seem to hear again the unwelcome news & again I ride over to father’s in the gathering darkness sobbing & heart-broken. I was at Alpha 4 miles from Waucoma when Chas. Stine arrived shortly after supper & told me of grand-mother’s death. I at once rode to father’s place 4 miles from Alpha, & brother Koss & I went from there to Waucoma (8 miles) together that night.
Yes I recall it all. How bravely dear old grand-father bore up under his loss. It was only after the funeral when he, Laura & I went into “Mother’s” room & he looked around & saw the familiar garments she had worn, that he broke down saying, “We had lived to-gether almost fifty years.”
Grandmother was a woman of large stature being quite fleshy. I should think she must have weighed about 165 or 170 pounds.
Leonard Doolittle, my mother’s father, was born in Cheshire New Haven Co. Connecticut Feb. 22nd, 1787. He had two brothers Ezra & Levi and four sisters Betsy, Sally, Sarah and Eunice.
Leonard Doolittle’s father, my great grand father on mother’s side, was born in North Haven Conn. so that mother’s people were native Americans. The elder Doolittle’s wife, my great grandmother, was Sarah Hall before she married; she was born at Wallingford Conn.
My great grand father & his wife lived in Cheshire Conn. up to the time of their death.
Leonard, my grandfather, removed from Conn. to Vermont & from there he went to Deercreek Twp. Mercer Co. Penn where he resided until his death on Feb 23rd, 1872. It will be seen that he was 85 yrs & 1 day old at the time of his death.
He was married twice; his first wife’s maiden name being
Anna M. Atwater. He had 12 children by
her: Stephen, Edward F., Wm. Elliott, Anna M., Ezra, Alma C., Tempa C., Leonard
Jr., James, Samuel, Alfred & Almon.
His first wife died Aug. 31st, 1830 only ten days after
the birth of the day her last two children (twins) were born. Anna M. Atwater, his first wife, was born
August 28th, 1790 & died at the age of 40.
Leonard Doolittle was married the second time to Margaret
Prall whose maiden name was Powers Montgomery. By this marriage with my grand mother he had seven
children. M. Jane, Sarah E. (my
mother), Lucinda D., John, Emily, Boston, Hugh.
Of grandfather Doolittle’s character & appearance I have not up to this date (March 8th, 1891) been able to gather much information. Most of the facts here given I secured through the courtesy of John Bell of Mercer Co. Penn. Of grandmother I know almost nothing at present.
Leonard Doolittle’s Family
My Grand father on Mother’s side
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Stephen Doolittle |
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April |
9 |
1810 |
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Edward F. “ “ |
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Sept. |
31 |
1811 |
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Wm. Elliott “ “ |
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Aug. |
7 |
1813 |
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Anna M. “ “ |
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July |
6 |
1815 |
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Ezra “ “ |
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Nov. |
23 |
1817 |
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Alma “ “ |
Dead |
Jan. |
21 |
1820 |
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Tempa C. “ “ |
Dead |
Dec. |
20 |
1821 |
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Leonard Jr. “ “ |
Burned to death |
Sept. |
26 |
1823 |
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James “ “ |
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M’ch |
28 |
1826 |
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Samuel “ “ |
(Killed in Civil War) |
May |
18 |
1828 |
Alfred & Almon |
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Aug. |
31 |
1830 |
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M. Jane Doolittle |
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Aug. |
6 |
1832 |
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Sarah E. “ “ |
My Mother |
April |
2 |
1834 |
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Lucinda “ “ |
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John “ “ |
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Emily “ “ |
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Barton L. “ “ |
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Hugh S. “ “ |
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John Bell |
Married May 25, 1887, to Lottie S. Grute |
April |
26 |
1866 |
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Emily Bell |
Died Jan. 22, 1864 |
Dec. |
25 |
1863 |
Susannah McFarland, my aunt, was born in Darlington, Beaver Co. Pennsylvania March 26, 1823. Her parents moved to Brookfield Trumbell Co. Ohio in 1825.
At the age of eighteen she united with the Associate Presbyterian Church then in charge of Rev. David Goodwillie.
In 1850 she moved with her parents to Mercer Co. Penn.
In 1858 she went with her parents to Green Co. Wisconsin. For several years during her girl-hood & prior to her marriage she was a school teacher.
Oct. 6, 1859 she was married to Solomon Willis, a widower with a large family of children living in Green Co. Wis.
In Sept. 1868 she removed with her husband to Fayette County Ia, two miles south of Waucoma. She continued to live on the farm & in Waucoma until after her husband’s death which occurred in Sept. 1881.
In 1882 she went to live with her sister Laura, wife of M.P. Foster, living near Star Lake, Otter Tail Co, Minnesota. Mrs. Foster’s health was poor & she went there to aid & care for her.
In 1887 she returned to Chickasaw Co, Ia, to live with Marvin, Walter & Wellie McFarland, sons of Daniel McFarland her brother, by his second wife.
Her aid and council were of great service to them at this time as they had lost their mother in February & their father in April 1887.
She continued to reside with them until Sept. 7, 1891 when she went to live with her sister Mary J. Troy in Madison Wisconsin & she made her home there until the time of her death March 12, 1895.
For years prior to her death she was a great sufferer from rheumatism.
Aunt Susannah was one of the most consistent Christians & one of the noblest women I ever knew.
Her life was full of sacrifices for others & she bore with heroism the many trials & sorrows which fell to her lot.
Her obituary appears in the volume of my writings.
She never had any children.
In stature she was tall & somewhat spare.
Her life was indeed a noble one & she always exerted a good influence wherever known.
My Father
Daniel McFarland was born at New Vienna, Trumbell County
Ohio Nov. 6, 1830. When quite young
twenty years old his parents moved back to Mercer County Pa, where they had
formerly lived.
April 3rd, 1851 he was married to Sarah Doolittle, my mother, in Mercer Co. Pa.
His married life was not a happy one, owing to the violent temper of my mother.
Three children were born to them before they separated. John K., Maggie J. & Oscar A. McFarland, and another son, Byron was born after they were divorced.
Finding it impossible to live peaceably together they were divorced and in 1858 he removed with his father, mother, & most of the brothers & sisters to Green Co, Wisconsin.
About 1862 he was married to Sarah Rutledge & had four children by her. May V., Marvin L., Walter & Wellington.
I think father’s boyhood was spent partly in the village & partly on the farm.
He learned the cabinet maker’s trade with his father & was also a carpenter.
He had a fair education for those days & was a good writer & a good mechanic.
When about 12 years of age he was bitten by a mad-dog, one they owned in the family. Grandfather took him to a celebrated doctor & had him treated before the ninth day, with the result that he came out all right.
The dog went into spasms & died from hydrophobia.
In 1864 father enlisted in the 31st Wisconsin volunteer infantry & went to the front about the time Sherman appeared before Atlanta. He was with Gen. W.T. Sherman in his famous “March to the Sea,” & remained in the service until the war closed. He saw stern service during the closing days of our “Great Civil War,” but returned in 1865 having received no wounds or been taken prisoner except for a few moments at the battle of Bentonville.
During this conflict he was suddenly confronted by a Rebel with gun drawn on him & was compelled to surrender. Before they had started for the Confederate lines a young boy in the Union service sprang on an artillery horse & with a yell & a dash took the captured cannon away from the astonished Rebels. Father, thinking he might do as well, took his chances on the Rebel’s gun being loaded & sprang away. Fortune favored him the gun was not loaded, & although he was told to stop, he kept on & reached the Union lines in safety.
I am not able to relate the details of his military service, not having been thoughtful enough to secure from him a list of the engagements in which he participated.
Sometime before entering the army when I was too young to recollect it he was struck by lightning one night during harvest time & was badly injured. He & Uncle Robert were both thought to be dead at first but Robert was only stunned, while father was struck by the lightning which passed down his side & off from his foot. I think it was the left side.
This wound laid him up for a long time & he was a great sufferer from it.
At another time in springing over a fence he almost severed several of the toes on one foot.
At still another time he cut into the knee-joint with a brood-ax & this proved to be an exceedingly painful & troublesome wound.
It will thus be seen that he met with many misfortunes in life.
About 1866 or 67 he removed to Iowa, settling in Winnesheik County some 8 miles north west of Waucoma. He brought with him to Ia. brother Kossuth & sister Maggie. Some seven years were spent on this farm & about 1873 he sold out & removed to Chickasaw Co. 6 miles east of Fredericksburg.
In Feb. 1887 my step-mother died from concussion of the brain. Father came up to my place in New Hampton about the latter part of March was taken sick & died there on the 15th of April 1887, after an illness lasting some three weeks or nearly that long.
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Deaths.
M’FARLAND—At his home in this city Saturday, June 27, 1901, Elmer P. McFarland, aged 18 years, 7 months and 12 days.
After a brave battle of five days against the encroachments of a deadly malady this strong young life finally succumbed in the unequal struggle and passed away a few minutes before 4 o’clock last Saturday.
The cause of death was tetanus, commonly called lockjaw, resulting from the crushing of his hand in an ice cream freezer on June 12. The wound had almost healed and he had intended to resume his work at Scully’s restaurant in a few days. On Tuesday of last week on arising he felt a soreness in the jaws and started to go to see a doctor. He had gone but a little way when the illness came upon him with great force. He was helped back to the house by his mother and Dr. Gardner was called, and at once pronounced the disease lockjaw. Even then it was hoped it was not genuine tetanus, but the more common form which affects the jaws only. But another day proved the worst fears true and paroxysm succeeded paroxysm with such severity that opiates were used almost continually until the end came.
Elmer McFarland, oldest son of Mr. and Mrs. O.A. McFarland, was born at Lawler Nov. 15, 1882. While yet an infant his parents moved to this city and he grew to young manhood among our people. In the fall of 1899 he made an overland trip to Arkansas with his two uncles and on his return did not again take up his school work, but began active life as a clerk. He was ever frank, open, ready with a smile and a pleasant work for all, strong physically and took great interest in out-door sports, accomplishing naturally and easily feats of skill and endurance on ball ground and track. He was withal a faithful employe (sic) and had the full confidence and appreciation of his employer. These several qualities combined to make him an universal favorite and many were the anxious inquiries as to his condition when it became known that he was dangerously sick. And when all was over, the fact that this community was deeply touched was apparent in the subdued manner and voices of those who spoke of the calamity which had befallen this household.
The funeral was held from the Methodist church at 3 p. m. on Monday, Rev. W. A. Pottle delivering the sermon and Rev. N. F. Norton and Rev. W. P. Canine assisting in the service. In the cortege which followed the remains to Graceland were nearly one hundred schoolmates of the deceased and the pall-bearers were chosen from among his young friends. They were Roy Brown, Arthur Wing, Chris Kelson, Harvey Forbes, Ray Brown and Fred Canine.
Words of ours are inadequate to portray the dead weight of anguish which presses upon the hearts of this family. Nor can human sympathy, though generously manifested, avail to assuage their grief. Only the good God, who doeth all things well, can lift their burdened spirits to a realization of the blessed promise for the future, which promise was embodied in the last words of their idolized son, “We shall meet.”
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Adella Dieffenbock McFarland was born in Milwaukee, Wis, Oct. 12th, 1855.
Helen Bernice Butler born on the farm near Columbus, Neb, March 31, 1896.
Bernice Clair Butler born on farm, March 22, 1898.
Edgar Eugene Butler born in McLean Co, Ill, May 11, 1877.
Kate Murtice Clark born in Mt Pulaski Logan Co. Ill, June 23, 1872.
Ethel Adella McFarland Platte Co Neb, July 27, 1886.
Earl LeRoy McFarland Platte Co, Neb, April 15, 1889.
Helen Troy Hutchinson |
Freeport, Ill. |
March 24, 1888 |
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Died in Madison, Wis. Jan’y 17, 1893 |
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Winnifred “ “ |
Freeport, Ill. |
Nov. 8, 1889 |
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John Troy “ “ |
Madison, Wis. |
June 30, 1892 |
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John Harvey Hutchinson |
Ohio |
March 30, 1854 |
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Robert Franklin Ball |
Green Co, Wis. |
Sept. 1, 1859 |
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His wife |
Katherine M. Troy |
Allentown, Pa. |
Sept. 14, 1872 |
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“ children |
Cyrus George Troy |
Chicago, Ill. |
Nov. 12, 1892 |
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Roburtus F. Troy |
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Oct. 18, 1895 |
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
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C. E. |
Babcock |
Steuben Co, New York |
July |
10 |
1829 |
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Kate A. |
Emmerson |
Rochester City, New York |
Dec. |
20 |
1834 |
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Mary |
Babcock |
Kirtland, Ohio |
Feb. |
24 |
1854 |
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Chas. A. |
“ “ |
Exeter, Green Co, Wis. |
May |
18 |
1855 |
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Will E. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ |
Oct. |
18 |
1857 |
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Fred J. |
“ “ |
Leavenworth, Kansas |
M’ch |
19 |
1860 |
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Bertha B. |
“ “ |
Gran Twp, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Sept. |
18 |
1862 |
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Harry |
“ “ |
Fremont “ “ “ “ |
Nov. |
21 |
1864 |
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Arthur |
“ “ |
Littleton, Buchanan Co, “ |
Dec. |
13 |
1866 |
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Herbert Z. |
“ “ |
Independence, “ “ “ |
May |
9 |
1869 |
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Gertrude |
“ “ |
Elkader, Clayton “ “ |
Oct. |
13 |
1871 |
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Reuben E. |
“ “ |
Dover Twp, Fayette “ “ |
Aug. |
21 |
1873 |
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Maude |
“ “ |
West Union Twp, “ “ “ |
Feb. |
3 |
1876 |
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Claude |
“ “ |
Waucoma, “ “ “ |
June |
3 |
1879 |
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
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Howard G. |
Babcock |
Humboldt, Ia. (Died Sept. 10, 1888) |
Feb. |
18 |
1886 |
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John Reed |
“ “ |
“ “ |
Dec. |
3 |
1888 |
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Agnes Garfield |
Babcock (Wife) |
Stoughton, Wis. |
Nov. |
2 |
1858 |
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Frances Louise |
Babcock |
Sanborn, Ia. |
Sept. |
3 |
1891 |
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Philip W. |
“ “ |
“ “ |
Oct. |
31 |
1900 |
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
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Amos |
Babcock |
Elma, Howard Co, Iowa |
Aug. |
8 |
1886 |
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Ben |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ |
Oct. |
30 |
1887 |
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Jennie |
“ “ |
New Hampton, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Dec. |
19 |
1889 |
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Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
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Leonard |
Babcock |
Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co, Ia. |
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Year |
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C. E. |
Babcock |
Janesville, Wis. |
Feb. |
28 |
1853 |
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To Kate A. |
Emmerson |
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Chas. A. |
Babcock |
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Nov. |
27 |
1884 |
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Garfield |
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Fred J. |
Babcock |
Waucoma, Iowa |
April |
5 |
1885 |
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To Bertha |
Kuntz |
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Will E. |
Babcock |
New Hampton, Iowa |
Sept. |
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1885 |
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To Emma |
Willson |
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Arthur L. |
Babcock |
Fredericksburg, Iowa |
May |
30 |
1889 |
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To Fannie |
Holman |
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Year |
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Daniel |
McFarland |
Mercer Co, Pennsylvania in Deercreek Twp at Sarah Doolittle’s fathers. |
April |
3 |
1851 |
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To Sarah |
Doolittle |
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Aaron |
Boylan |
Mercer Co, Pennsylvania |
May |
20 |
1852 |
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To Eliza |
McFarland |
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James |
Dunn |
Mercer Co, “ “ |
March |
4 |
1854 |
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McFarland |
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Cyrus |
Troy |
Mercer Co, “ “ |
March |
15 |
1855 |
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To Mary |
McFarland |
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Solomon |
Willis |
Albany, Green Co, Wis. |
Oct. |
6 |
1859 |
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To Susannah |
McFarland |
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John C. |
McFarland |
At Cyrus Troy’s, Green Co, Wis. |
Aug. |
21 |
1864 |
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To Lucinda |
Seavey |
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Robt. W. |
McFarland |
At the old farm house in Green Co, Wis. |
Nov. |
13 |
1865 |
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To Irene |
Kessler |
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Laura M. |
McFarland |
Fort Atkinson, Winnesheik Co, Iowa |
July |
3 |
1873 |
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To Milton P. |
Foster |
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John K. |
McFarland |
Decorah, “ “ “ |
Sept. |
23 |
1873 |
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To Adella |
Diefenbach |
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Thos. G. |
Allen |
Meadville, Penn. |
Oct. |
27 |
1872 |
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To Maggie J. |
McFarland |
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Oscar A. |
McFarland |
At C. E. Babcock’s, Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Oct. |
11 |
1879 |
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To Bertha |
Babcock |
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James |
Wade |
Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
May |
11 |
1881 |
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To Florence |
Dunn |
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Perry |
Johnston |
“ “ “ |
Nov. |
11 |
1881 |
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To Allie |
Dunn |
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A. C. |
Boylan |
New Hampton, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Dec. |
1 |
1881 |
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To Mary |
Fitch |
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Weltha E. |
Troy |
Madison, Wis. |
June |
24 |
1885 |
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To Frank |
Ball |
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Viola |
Troy |
Madison, Wis. |
July |
29 |
1885 |
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To Harvey |
Hutchinson |
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Jennie |
McFarland |
Home in Kans. Graham Co. |
Oct |
19 |
1882 |
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To Clarence Grant |
Patterson |
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Edith |
McFarland |
Home in Kans. Graham Co. |
Oct. |
16 |
1886 |
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To Wm. |
Rowen |
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Irvin |
McFarland |
Nebraska |
Aug. |
22 |
1895 |
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To Kate |
Clark |
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Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Jane |
McFarland |
The old Union
House in Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa
|
April |
14 |
1875 |
|
Martha A. |
“ |
Brookfield, Trumbell Co, Ohio |
Sept. |
15 |
1832 |
|
Peter |
“ |
The old farm house 4 m. south of Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Feb. |
19 |
1878 |
|
Roburtus |
Boylan |
On the farm near Monticello, Green Co, Wis. |
April |
27 |
1859 |
|
Stella |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ |
May |
13 |
1859 |
|
Emma |
“ |
“ “ “ “ Little Turkey, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Sept. |
1 |
1873 |
|
James |
Dunn |
In Waucoma, Ia. |
Oct. |
19 |
1869 |
|
Harry |
Bunny |
“ “ “ |
Feb. |
2 |
1876 |
|
Gertrude |
Dunn |
“ “ “ |
Jan. |
14 |
1878 |
|
May V. |
McFarland |
On the farm 6 m. east of Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
June |
24 |
1880 |
|
Sarah |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ “ |
Feb. |
14 |
1887 |
|
Daniel |
“ |
At his sons, O.A. McFarlands place New Hampton, Ia. |
April |
15 |
1887 |
|
Viola |
“ |
In West Union, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Dec. |
|
1878 |
|
Ina K. |
“ |
In New Hampton, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
June |
27 |
1887 |
|
Edith |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ “ |
March |
31 |
1889 |
|
Neil |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ “ |
Aug. |
20 |
1890 |
|
Wm.McPherson |
Allen |
In Louisa Co, Ia. |
Oct. |
10 |
1876 |
|
Sadie |
Allen |
“ “ “ “ |
July |
31 |
1874 |
|
Byron |
McFarland |
Millidgeville, Mercer Co, Penn. |
Feb. |
2 |
1865 |
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Peter |
McFarland |
Alleghany Co, Pennsylvania |
Sept. |
18 |
1797 |
|
Jane |
“ “ |
Darlington, Beaver Co, “ |
May |
8 |
1805 |
|
Susannah |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ |
March |
26 |
1823 |
|
Eliza |
“ “ |
Brookfield, Trumbell Co, Ohio |
April |
9 |
1826 |
|
Martha A. |
“ “ |
Brookfield, Trumbell Co, Ohio |
July |
20 |
1828 |
|
Daniel |
“ “ |
Vienna, “ “ “ |
Nov. |
6 |
1830 |
|
Martha A. |
“ “ |
Brookfield, “ “ “ |
April |
10 |
1833 |
|
Mary J. |
“ “ |
Liberty Twp. “ “ “ |
Sept. |
5 |
1835 |
|
Margaret C. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Dec. |
21 |
1837 |
|
Robert W. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Jan. |
31 |
1841 |
|
John C. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
March |
6 |
1843 |
|
Nancy M. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Oct. |
26 |
1845 |
|
Laura M. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Dec. |
16 |
1847 |
|
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Name |
Place of Birth |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
First Wife |
John K. |
McFarland |
Ross Twp, Mercer Co, Penn. |
April |
24 |
1852 |
|
Maggie J. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
March |
20 |
1854 |
|
|
Oscar A. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Jan. |
9 |
1856 |
|
|
Byron |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Jan. |
14 |
1858 |
|
|
Second Wife |
May V. |
McFarland |
Green Co, Wisconsin |
Nov. |
8 |
1863 |
|
Marvin L. |
“ “ |
Farm Winnesheik Co, Iowa |
Jan. |
21 |
1867 |
|
|
Walter W. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ |
Oct. |
29 |
1869 |
|
|
Wellington |
“ “ |
Farm in Fredericksburg, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Nov. |
2 |
1875 |
|
Eliza McFarland Boylan’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
A. C. |
Boylan |
Ross Twp, Mercer Co, Penn. |
Dec. |
17 |
1853 |
|
Robertus |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
June |
3 |
1855 |
|
Estella J. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
July |
13 |
1857 |
|
Emma I. |
“ “ |
Utica Twp, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Feb. |
18 |
1868 |
Martha McFarland Dunn’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Allie J. |
Dunn |
Crawford Co, Pennsylvania |
Feb. |
6 |
1857 |
|
Florence |
“ “ |
Green Co, Wisconsin |
Feb. |
24 |
1859 |
|
Francis E. |
“ “ |
“ “ “ |
Oct. |
4 |
1861 |
|
Gertrude |
“ “ |
“ “ “ |
Aug. |
8 |
1863 |
|
Harry |
Bunney |
Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
April |
18 |
1873 |
Mary McFarland Troy’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Weltha E. |
Troy |
Green Co, Wisconsin |
Jan. |
15 |
1856 |
|
Viola I. |
“ |
“ “ “ |
Dec. |
20 |
1857 |
|
Roburtus I. |
“ |
“ “ “ |
Oct. |
22 |
1863 |
Robert W. McFarland’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Genevieve |
McFarland |
Old farm house near Monticello, Green Co, Wis. |
Sept. |
13 |
1866 |
|
Infant Son |
“ |
“ “ “ “ Waucoma, Fayette Co, Ia. |
Jan. |
25 |
1869 |
|
Ernest P.R. |
“ |
Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
April |
29 |
1870 |
|
Viola |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Dec. |
16 |
1873 |
|
Carl L. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Sept. |
19 |
1879 |
|
Gladdys Fay |
“ |
Hill City, Graham Co, Kansas |
April |
2 |
1889 |
John C. McFarland’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Edith G. |
McFarland |
Old farm house near Monticello, Green Co, Wis. |
Feb. |
14 |
1867 |
|
Nina E. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ Waucoma, Fayette Co, Ia. |
Sept. |
11 |
1871 |
|
Calvin H. |
“ |
Farm in Graham Co, Kansas |
Jan. |
28 |
1879 |
|
Maude |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
April |
23 |
1885 |
Laura McFarland Foster’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Winnifred |
Foster |
On the farm in Fredericksburg Twp, Chickasaw Co, Ia |
June |
30 |
1874 |
|
Claire |
“ |
“ “ “ near Alpha, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Aug. |
22 |
1876 |
|
Viola A. |
“ |
Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Aug. |
1 |
1878 |
|
Susie |
“ |
Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo Co, Iowa |
June |
9 |
1880 |
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Irvin K. |
McFarland |
Waucoma, Fayette Co, Iowa |
Oct. |
23 |
1874 |
|
Byron R. |
“ |
On the farm in Chickasaw Co, Ia. |
Oct. |
3 |
1876 |
|
Mabel E. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ “ “ |
April |
6 |
1878 |
|
Leroy D. |
“ |
near Duncan, Platte Co, Nebraska |
Nov. |
25 |
1879 |
|
Frederick C. |
“ |
Died“ “ “ “ “ |
M’ch |
15 |
1881 |
|
Chester A. |
“ |
Died Sept. 21, 1884“ “ “ “ “ |
Aug. |
31 |
1884 |
|
Archa R. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Dec. |
21 |
1885 |
|
Olive L. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Feb. |
9 |
1889 |
|
Florence Odra |
“ |
Columbus, “ “ |
M’ch |
1 |
1892 |
|
Ralph Harold |
“ |
“ “ “ “ |
July |
27 |
1895 |
Maggie McFarland Allen’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Wm. McPherson |
Allen |
Mercer Co, Penn. |
July |
15 |
1873 |
|
Sadie |
“ |
Louisa Co, Ia. |
June |
29 |
1874 |
|
Maude May |
“ |
“ “ “ |
July |
7 |
1877 |
Oscar A. McFarland’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Ethel Vere |
McFarland |
Lawler, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
Sept. |
2 |
1880 |
|
Elmer P. |
“ |
“ “ “ “ |
Nov. |
15 |
1882 |
|
Oscar A. |
“ |
New Hampton, “ “ “ |
M’ch |
21 |
1885 |
|
Ina K. |
“ |
Died June 27th, 1887“ “ “ “ “ |
April |
25 |
1887 |
|
Edith |
“ |
Died March 31st, 1889“ “ “ “ “ |
May |
18 |
1888 |
|
Neil |
“ |
Died Aug. 20th, 1890“ “ “ “ “ |
July |
20 |
1890 |
|
Harold |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
Feb. |
22 |
1893 |
Births
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Ray |
Boylan |
New Hampton, Chickasaw Co, Iowa |
July |
3 |
1883 |
|
Bertie |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
|
|
|
|
Arthur |
“ |
“ “ “ “ “ |
|
|
|
Allie Dunn Johnston’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Stella |
Johnston |
|
Jany |
29 |
1882 |
|
Edith |
“ |
Died |
Aug. |
17 |
1883 |
|
Otto |
“ |
Died |
Sept. |
4 |
18__ |
|
Olive |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Cyril |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Philip |
“ |
|
|
|
|
Flora Dunn Wade’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Bertie |
Wade |
|
|
|
|
|
Ivan |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Archie |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Jennie |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Perry |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Carl |
“ |
|
|
|
|
|
Mary |
“ |
|
|
|
|
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Harry |
Havenstrite |
|
|
|
|
Jennie McFarland’s Family
Name |
Place |
Month |
Day |
Year |
|
|
Robert Franklin |
Patterson |
Kansas |
M’ch |
4 |
1885 |
|
Olive |
“ |
Kans. (Died Aug 12, 1888) |
Aug. |
5 |
1887 |
|
Thos. G. |
Allen |
Mercer Co, Penn. |
Oct. |
20 |
1841 |
[Oscar A. McFarland’s Family – continued]
|
Robert Harvey |
McFarland |
was born |
July |
23 |
1895 |
|
Arthur Vincent |
“ |
“ “ |
March |
23 |
1900 |
|
Byron |
“ |
“ “ |
Oct |
5 |
1906 |
I have just read in “The Earth Girdled” what Gladstone said to Dr. Talmage when asked if the passage of years confirmed or weakened his faith in Christianity. Said Gladstone: “I have been forty-seven years in the Cabinet of my country, and during those times I have been associated with sixty of the chief intellects of the century, and I can think of but five of the sixty who were not professors of the Christian religion, and those five were all respecters of it. Talk about the questions of the day! There is only one question, and that is how to apply the Gospel to all circumstances and conditions. It can and will correct all that is wrong. I am, after a long and busy life, more than ever confirmed in my faith in Christianity.”
Pretty good testimony that.
O.A. McFarland
New Hampton, Ia, Dec. 13, 1896.