William S. McFarland (abt. 1793 - 1870)

Born about 1793 in Washington Co., Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Descendants

Died Aug 1870 at about age 77 in Henderson Co., Illinois

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Biography

This biography is a rough draft. It was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import and needs to be edited.

Name

Name: William S. /McFarland/^[1][2]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1793

Place: Washington Co., Pennsylvania^[3]

Death

Death:

Date: AUG 1870

Place: Henderson Co., Illinois^[4]

Sources

• WikiTree profile McFarland-494 created through the import of RALPHP~1.GED on Sep 10, 2012 by Ralph Polen. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Ralph and others.

• Source: S01744 Title: Ancestral File (R) Author: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Publication: Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998 Repository: Note: #NS17443 Call Number: Media: Book

No NOTE record found with id NS17443.

• Source: S01755 Title: Carter.ftw Repository: Call Number: Media: Other

1. ↑ Source: #S01744
2. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002
3. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import. It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT 1793

Place: Pennsylvania

Source: Footnote: 1860 Oquawka,HendersonCo,IL(294)

FOOT 1860 Oquawka,HendersonCo,IL(294)

Note

Note: #H00026

Sources

Notes

Note H00026

--1870 Census--Henderson Co., IL--Sagetown Post Office

Nancy McFarland, age 70, living with Mary and Morris Sharp

--1860 Census--Henderson Co., IL--Oquawka Post Office

William McFarland, age 67, carpenter, b. PA

Nancy McFarland, age 56, b. PA

Absolom B. McFarland, age 25, shoemaker, b. OH

Benjamin S. McFarland, age 19, b. OH

--State of Illinois, Henderson County--The People of the State of Illinois

To James Mitchell Greeting

You are hereby commanded forthwith to arrest William McFarland, who has been declared to be Insane, and convey him to the Illinois State Hospital for the Insane, and of this warrant make due return to this office, after the execution. Witness my hand and the seal of the County Court of said County, this 5th day of August AD 1856

C. S. Cowan, Clerk.

[appears to have been committed by John McFarland...petitioned 20 June 1856]

--1850 Census--Henderson Co., IL--Oquawka Town

William McFarland, age 57, no occ., b. PA

Nancy McFarland, age 49, b. PA

Theodore McFarland, age 27, house joiner, b. OH

John McFarland, age 21, shoe maker, b. OH

Jane McFarland, age 18, b. OH

Absolom B. McFarland, age 16, laborer, b. OH

Mary McFarland, age 14, b. OH

Benjamin I. McFarland, age 9, b. OH

--son, John F.'s obituary (Apr 1902) says Wm & Nancy arrived in Henderson Co. with their family in 1841. Wm. a carpenter by trade.

--1840 Census--Knox Co., OH

Wm McFarland @ 241 Knox LIB twp (roll 406)

Wm L McFarland @ 257 Knox MOR twp (roll 406)

--History of Mercer and Henderson Counties, pp.1011-2

William McFarland moved family to Oquawka in 1841

by trade a carpenter

--"Early Ohio Settlers", p.187, includes:

McFarland, William March 16, 1825 purchased through Zanesville office in the military district, range=6, twp=9, section=17 residence= Beaver Co., PA

--Notes from Gary Morris, jmantok@cox.net, email received March 30, 2008:

--Ohio, Marion Co. Deeds:

Rachel Wilson to Joshua/William McFarland 6/26/1832

William and Nancy McFarland sold to Joel Butler 11/21/1832

--Wm mentioned many times in Early Court Commissioner's [sic] Records of Henderson County, IL, 1841-1853. Warren Co, IL, Genealogical Society, 1992. [copied from WPA records at Springfield, IL]

served as appraiser, grand juror, judge of elections, attended prisoners....

1. ↑ Source: #S01744
2. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002
3. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002
4. ↑ Source: #S01755 Data: Text: Date of Import: Mar 26, 2002

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Ginny Sharp for creating WikiTree profile McFarland-734 through the import of Sharp Family_2013-07-26.ged on Jul 27, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Ginny and others.