Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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James McFarland and Jane Russell




Husband James McFarland 1

           Born: 1797 - County Derry, Ireland 1
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           Died: Abt 1885 - Hempfield Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA
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         Father: John McFarland (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Nancy Armour (      -      ) 1


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   Other Spouse: Martha Craig (      -      ) 1

   Other Spouse: Margaret Sloan (      -      ) 1

• Note: This may be the same person as : James McFarland.




Wife Jane Russell 1

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         Father: Joshua Russell (      -      ) 1
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• Note: This may be the same person as : Jane Russell.


Children
1 U [Unk] McFarland

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2 U [Unk] McFarland

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3 M J. R. McFarland 1

           Born: 23 Apr 1828 - Unity Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Nancy Gourley (1829-      ) 1
           Marr: 22 Feb 1853 1



General Notes: Husband - James McFarland


He was born in County Derry, Ireland, and emigrated to America at nineteen years of age [1816]. He located in Delaware for a short time, afterward removed to Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and after one year's residence in that city went to Westmoreland County, where he purchased a farm of ninety acres in Unity township. After several years residence he removed from that township to Salem township, where he resided about forty years, and then removed to Hempfleld township, where he died at the age of eighty-eight years.
He was a democrat, cast his first presidential vote in America for Andrew Jackson and held several of his township's various offices. He acquired considerable property during his lifetime.

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Sources


1 Samuel T. Wiley, Biographical and Historical Cyclopedia of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: John M. Gresham & Co., 1890.), Pg 132.


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