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- Excerpt of McFarland of which Mary belongs to. The Colony's also were in Washington
County, New York and later to Knox County, Ohio. The presumed Colony's tied to
my records are not proven to be brothers or the Children of John Colony of New
Durham; but are placed here as a probability to be related in some fashion.
HISTORY: McFARLAND, IRA M., farmer, born in Clinton township, December 25,
1827. His father and paternal grandfather came from Scotland, and moved to
Washington county, New York, in 1784. In 1786 James McFarland, the father of
Ira M., was born. In 1814 he settled near Mt. Vernon. In 1818 he married May
Irvine, a native of Washington county, Pennsylvania, whose parents came to Ohio
in 1807. James McFarland died in 1856. His wife still survives and is, perhaps,
the oldest living resident of Knox county. They had a family of nine children,
three of whom are living, viz: Ira M., John A., a banker in Boone, Iowa, and
Mary, wife of R. L. Winston. The deceased are: Hannah C. Johnson, Margaret, an
infant; William W., and Thomas. The subject of this notice was reared on a
farm and attended the common schools, and having obtained sufficient education,
he taught school a number of terms. During the war he recruited for the
Forty-third and Sixty-fifth regiments Ohio volunteer infantry, and was with the
Forty-third regiment about six months. He enlisted in the One Hundred and
Forty-second regiment Ohio National guard, and was quartermaster for the same.
In 1858 he married Margaret Guy. They had a family of two children, viz : Mary
A. and Guy Wallace. His wife died in 1866. In 1871 he married Miss Copper. They
had one child (Charles Johnson). Mr. McFarland is a good farmer, owning near
four hundred acres of excellent land, and is an excellent citizen. SOURCE:
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1808 - Yes, date unknown
