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Sarah Elizabeth <I>Dunning</I> McFarland

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Sarah Elizabeth Dunning McFarland

Birth
Henry County, Missouri, USA
Death
18 Jul 1935 (aged 93)
Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA
Burial
Porterville, Tulare County, California, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sec A, Lot 51, Grave 5
Memorial ID
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Dau of Shadrach Dunning and Adah Morris
Married Robert West McFarland Feb 25 1860, Henry Co MO. Robert was born 1837, died 1910.

ch include:
-James A. 1863-1940
-Adah Bell 1866-1907
-John Henry 1869-1898
-Mary (Infant) 1874-/Henry Co MO
-Martha 1874-1961
-Chester A. 1879-1944
-Archie 1883-1949

From Porterville Recorder, front page, Friday July 19 1935:
"MRS. McFARLAND PASSES AWAY AT ADVANCED AGE
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McFarland, one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Porterville district, died Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Otis Brough, eight miles east of Porterville, at the age of 93. Mrs. McFarland had been in poor health for several months.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, at 9:30 at the Loyd-Freitzsche funeral parlors, with Rev. J. A. Mithgan officiating. Interment will be in the Porterville cemetery.
Mrs. McFarland was a native of Missouri and had lived in the Porterville district for 46 years. She was the widow of the late Robert West McFarland, formerly supervisor from this district, and the man after whom the McFarland precinct, east of Porterville, was name. She is survived by four children: Mrs. Brough, J.A.S. McFarland, C.A. McFarland and A.R. McFarland, all well-known residents of this part of Tulare county; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren."

Note: Sarah and her brother (John Henry) married brother and sister Robert West and Margaret Ann McFarland. The two families relocated to Porterville CA, and all four with several of their children are buried in Porterville.

Porterville Cemetery Lot 51
Grave 1 Ada McFarland; age 42 years; Buried 17 October 1907;
Grave 2 John Henry McFarland: Born 25 May 1869; Died 14 December 1898; Buried 16 December 1898
Grave 3 Empty
Grave 4 Empty
Grave 5 Mrs. W.R. McFarland; Buried August 1935
Grave 6* Bottom burial: Ottis Brough, buried July 26, 1903
Grave 6* Top Burial: R.W. McFarland; 73 years; Buried 30 July 1910
(note: Ottis Brough appears to be grandson Otis Brough who was removed July 1910 to Home of Peace Cem, when R.W. was buried so there are not two people buried in grave 6, even though the cemetery records indicate there are. The infant/Ottis Brough is now buried with his parents.)
Dau of Shadrach Dunning and Adah Morris
Married Robert West McFarland Feb 25 1860, Henry Co MO. Robert was born 1837, died 1910.

ch include:
-James A. 1863-1940
-Adah Bell 1866-1907
-John Henry 1869-1898
-Mary (Infant) 1874-/Henry Co MO
-Martha 1874-1961
-Chester A. 1879-1944
-Archie 1883-1949

From Porterville Recorder, front page, Friday July 19 1935:
"MRS. McFARLAND PASSES AWAY AT ADVANCED AGE
Mrs. Sarah Elizabeth McFarland, one of the oldest and most respected residents of the Porterville district, died Thursday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Otis Brough, eight miles east of Porterville, at the age of 93. Mrs. McFarland had been in poor health for several months.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning, at 9:30 at the Loyd-Freitzsche funeral parlors, with Rev. J. A. Mithgan officiating. Interment will be in the Porterville cemetery.
Mrs. McFarland was a native of Missouri and had lived in the Porterville district for 46 years. She was the widow of the late Robert West McFarland, formerly supervisor from this district, and the man after whom the McFarland precinct, east of Porterville, was name. She is survived by four children: Mrs. Brough, J.A.S. McFarland, C.A. McFarland and A.R. McFarland, all well-known residents of this part of Tulare county; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren."

Note: Sarah and her brother (John Henry) married brother and sister Robert West and Margaret Ann McFarland. The two families relocated to Porterville CA, and all four with several of their children are buried in Porterville.

Porterville Cemetery Lot 51
Grave 1 Ada McFarland; age 42 years; Buried 17 October 1907;
Grave 2 John Henry McFarland: Born 25 May 1869; Died 14 December 1898; Buried 16 December 1898
Grave 3 Empty
Grave 4 Empty
Grave 5 Mrs. W.R. McFarland; Buried August 1935
Grave 6* Bottom burial: Ottis Brough, buried July 26, 1903
Grave 6* Top Burial: R.W. McFarland; 73 years; Buried 30 July 1910
(note: Ottis Brough appears to be grandson Otis Brough who was removed July 1910 to Home of Peace Cem, when R.W. was buried so there are not two people buried in grave 6, even though the cemetery records indicate there are. The infant/Ottis Brough is now buried with his parents.)


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