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James Ranklin McFarland

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James Ranklin McFarland

Birth
West Weber, Weber County, Utah, USA
Death
15 Feb 1932 (aged 72)
West Weber, Weber County, Utah, USA
Burial
West Weber, Weber County, Utah, USA GPS-Latitude: 41.2754727, Longitude: -112.0881727
Plot
C - 38
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The Ogden Standard - Examiner Monday Evening, February 15, 1932, page 3

DEATH CALLS J. R. M'FARLAND
Said to Have Been First White Child Born In West Weber
James R. McFarland, aged 72, who was the first white child born in West Weber, died this morning at eleven- forty o'clock at his home there, after a long illness of heart trouble. He was born on December 20, 1859, a son of Archibald and Isabella Mitchell McFarland, and had always made his home in West Weber. He was married to Mary Etherington on April 13, 1832, in the endowment house in Salt Lake City. Surviving are the widow and the following sons and daughters: William A. McFarland, Murtaugh, Idaho; Mr. Frank A. Purrington, Ogden; James E. McFarland, West Weber; Mrs. Eldin Maw, Plain City; Thomas A. McFarland, West Weber; Mrs. Gordon Thompson, Plain City; Mrs. Horace Knight, Plain City; John M. McFarland, West Weber. Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Joseph Hogge, West Weber; Archibald McFarland, Salt Lake City; John McFarland, Ogden, and Albert McFarland, Hansen, Idaho. Thirty - three grandchildren. Lindquist and Sons are in charge of funeral arrangements.
The Ogden Standard - Examiner Monday Evening, February 15, 1932, page 3

DEATH CALLS J. R. M'FARLAND
Said to Have Been First White Child Born In West Weber
James R. McFarland, aged 72, who was the first white child born in West Weber, died this morning at eleven- forty o'clock at his home there, after a long illness of heart trouble. He was born on December 20, 1859, a son of Archibald and Isabella Mitchell McFarland, and had always made his home in West Weber. He was married to Mary Etherington on April 13, 1832, in the endowment house in Salt Lake City. Surviving are the widow and the following sons and daughters: William A. McFarland, Murtaugh, Idaho; Mr. Frank A. Purrington, Ogden; James E. McFarland, West Weber; Mrs. Eldin Maw, Plain City; Thomas A. McFarland, West Weber; Mrs. Gordon Thompson, Plain City; Mrs. Horace Knight, Plain City; John M. McFarland, West Weber. Brothers and sisters surviving are Mrs. Joseph Hogge, West Weber; Archibald McFarland, Salt Lake City; John McFarland, Ogden, and Albert McFarland, Hansen, Idaho. Thirty - three grandchildren. Lindquist and Sons are in charge of funeral arrangements.


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