Lavina Kirkland Farquhar was the daughter of Archibald and Mary Hannah Chaney Kirkland. She married Anderson Farquhar on December 4, 1828, and they were the parents of thirteen children, all believed born in Fayette County, Alabama. In early 1852, Anderson, Lavina, their children, Hugh and Harriet Farquhar McCoy, and Baley and Sarah Farquhar Traweek, moved to Texas where they chose homestead land in what became Burnet County. By the fall of 1853, they were getting settled in the area which later became known as the Sunny Lane community.

It was a daunting task in a virgin land, but Viny and her husband had experienced it before when they arrived as pioneers in Alabama. There were many homesick times in this new land which were reflected in letters to, and from, relatives. They had a comfortable life in Alabama and relatives were nearby, but they also carved out a comfortable life at their new home, and they had their family with them.

Children:
John Kirkland Farquhar September 24,1829-August 12,1853
James Gusti Farquhar January 22,1831-May 21,1910
Harriet Farquhar McCoy December 7, 1832-November 18, 1906
Nancy E. Farquhar March 7, 1834- March 14, 1852
Permelia Jane Farquhar December 28,1835-April 6, 1852
Robert Wilson Farquhar December 2, 1837-May 25, 1917
Mary Catherine Farquhar Riggs
January 12, 1841-April 15, 1898
David Jackson Farquhar December 27, 1842-September 29,1915
Thomas Jefferson Farquhar
December 29, 1844-April 16, 1864
Ambrose Nelson Farquhar December 29, 1844-January 2, 1933
Daniel Alexander Farquhar
August 19, 1847-February 12, 1849
Francis Marion Farquhar October 2, 1849-June 4, 1937
William Anderson Farquhar
December 30, 1851-September 9, 1926