MACFARLANE HERITAGE TRAIL PROJECT
ANCESTOR INFORMATION
ANCESTOR: Benjamin McFarland
BIRTH: 21 December 1767 (Source: date by family member,
EMIGRATION (1st known ancestor): Robert McFarland 1680-1750
PARENTS’ NAMES: John McFarland b. 4 February 1739 in Lancaster, Pa- d. 17 October 1803 in Buncombe, North Carolina. Mother: Mary Kinder b. 1742 Bedford, Bedford, Virginia-d. 1820?
Spouse: Ruth Buchanan Jack m. 15 July 1788 Greene, Tennessee. 1850 US Census list she is born in Pennsylvania around 1766. She died 6 September 1853 in Russell County, from wounds received in a fall. It states on the record that her father’s last name was Jack. She, her son John (1792), grandson John (1815) died the same day 26 July from pneumonia and John (1792)’s wife, Elizabeth died 12 January 1853 from pneumonia.
MACFARLANE HERITAGE TRAIL
ANCESTOR: James Franklin McFarland
abt. 1880
DATE OF BIRTH & PLACE: Aug.9, 1847, Fannin Co., Texas
PARENTS’ NAMES: Andrew Jackson McFarland and Artemissa Pence McFarland
CHILDRENS’ NAMES: Samuel Jackson, Nancy Elizabeth, Florence Cordelia, Mary Arabella, Rutha Tennesee, James Robert, John Allen, Gordon Burnett, Lola Winifred
family portrait from abt. 1904
MACFARLANE HERITAGE TRAIL PROJECT
ANCESTOR: Andrew Jackson McFarland
DATE OF BIRTH: September 3, 1817 in Ste. Genevieve Co., Missouri
PARENTS’ NAMES: James E. McFarland, Jane Jackson
CHILDRENS’ NAMES: James Franklin McF., John Ewing McF., Nancy Jane McF. , Newton Jackson McF., Cyrus Sylvester McF.
MARRIAGE TO: Artemissa Pence, July 13, 1846 in Fannin Co. TX
DATE OF DEATH: Aug. 14, 1883 in Fannin Co. TX