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James Howard McFarland
JAMES HOWARD McFARLAND, deceased, formerly prothonotary and clerk of
Armstrong county, Pa., was born April 6, 1868, in this county, a son of John
and Martha J. (Stewart) McFarland.John McFarland for many years engaged in contracting and building, but
passed the closing years of his life on his farm. He was thrice married, the
children born to his first union being: John; Malinda, who became the wife of
John Morrow, and both are now deceased; Thomas, who served three years in the
Civil war, being one of the youngest soldiers in the army, not yet twenty-one
when his military term expired (he subsequently died at Alliance, Ohio);
Matilda, who married Rev. William Porter; Maggie, the wife of William
Hamilton; and Letitia, who married a Mr. Clauson. John McFarland, second
marriage was to a Miss Lydick, and they had three children: Mason L., K. G.,
and Burdetta L., who married a Mr. O’Neil. Mr. McFarland’s third marriage was
to Martha J. (Stewart) McGranahan, and three children were born to them,
namely: James Howard; George L., who is deceased; and Lucinda V., who is the
wife of Dr. Robert Ambrose. The death of John McFarland occurred Jan. 8, 1892.James Howard McFarland was a bright and ambitious boy. From the public
schools he entered the Indiana State Normal School and later was a student in
the university at Lebanon, Ohio, subsequently becoming a teacher, at the age
of sixteen, and giving sixteen years of his life to educational work. He
became one of the best known educators in the county. Immediately after
leaving school, however, he went to Elk county, and was engaged there for
eighteen months in the lumber business, and for some time afterward was
interested in railroad construction. In 1895 he became deputy sheriff of
Armstrong county and continued in office for three years, when he was
appointed a mail carrier at Kittanning, and served in that capacity for six
years. In politics a zealous Republican, he was justly considered when
election to public offices of responsibility was a necessity, and in 1908 he
was elected prothonotary and county clerk of Armstrong county and served
faithfully and efficiently until the close of his useful life, his death
occurring Aug. 14, 1911.In October, 1893, Mr. McFarland was married to Bessie Kennerell, daughter
of James Kennerell, and they had four children: Genevieve K., Charles Howard,
James Edward, and John Herbert, who died in infancy. Mr. McFarland took a
great deal of interest in all outdoor sports and was a base ball enthusiast.Source: Pages 446, Armstrong County, Pa., Her People, Past and
Present, J.H. Beers & Co., 1914
Transcribed September 2001 by Vaughn Davis for the Armstrong County Beers
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