Capt. James McFarlane

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Husband Capt. James McFarlane ^{1 2}

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            AKA: Capt. James McFarland 1
           Born: Abt 1751
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           Died: 17 Jul 1794 1
         Buried:  - Mingo Cemetery, Union Twp, Washington Co, PA

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         Father: [Father] McFarlane (      -      )
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General Notes: Husband - Capt. James McFarlane

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He came from Ireland, settled in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and became a great trader. He built a steamboat and carried on business as far south as New Orleans, eventually becoming quite wealthy. Among other properties he owned several thousand acres on which the city of Lexington, Kentucky, now stands, and ten acres on what is now Federal street, Allegheny City, Pennsylvania.
James McFarlane was a colonial soldier in the Revolutionary war, and for valiant service was soon promoted to the rank of major. When the whiskey insurrection broke out he was chosen commander-in-chief of the armed force, and at the head of a large force of the insurgents marched to the office of the excise collector, some ten miles from Elizabeth, Allegheny County, and demanded the surrender of Neville and his commissions. After some promiscuous fighting Major McFarlane stepped to the front holding up a cane with a handkerchief attached to one end as a flag of truce. No attention was paid to the flag, however, and almost immediately he was shot by one Kirkpatrick, who was in the office. The ball severed an artery in the thigh and Major McFarlane bled to death, being held up until he died by the father of Daniel O. Barr, editor of the Pittsburgh Post. Kirkpatrick escaped to Fort Pitt or he would have been torn to pieces by the infuriated insurgents. Major James McFarlane lies buried in Mingo cemetery on Mingo creek, Allegheny county.

The following epitaph was copied from the tombstone in the Mingo Creek graveyard:
"Here lies the body of Capt. James McFarland, of Washington County, Pa., who departed this life the 17th of July, 1794, aged 43 years.
"He served during the war with undaunted courage in defense of American independence against the lawless and despotic encroachments of Great Britain. He fell at last by the hands of an unprincipled villain in the support of what he supposed to be the rights of his country, much lamented by a numerous and respectable circle of acquaintance."

1 George Dallas Albert, History of the County of Westmoreland, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 203.

2 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 401.