Family of Ira B. McFarland 1790-1880

Family of Ira B. McFarland

Guilford Mail, September 1911

 

Ira B. McFarland, a native of Kinderhook, Columbia county, removed with his parents to Otsego, and subsequently to Sidney [Delaware Co., NY, from which place he removed to Guilford [Chenango Co., NY] about 1809, with his wife, Polly, daughter of Captain Solomon Fenton of New Haven, Conn.  He engaged in farming near Guilford village, working by the month, and afterwards squatted on land belonging to Peter Livingston, on the east side of Guilford Pond (now Guilford Lake).  In April 1816, he removed his family to Oxford [Chenango Co., NY] and taught school seven winters and one summer in succession.  He then bought 30 acres three miles below Oxford village, on the west side of the river.  His wife died during the war.  They had eight children, seven of whom reached maturity:  Edwin Ferris, who married Abigial, daughter of David Simmons, and engaged in teaching, removing about 1842 to Kentucky, when he resumed teaching, and died of consumption about 1858; Orson Lawrence, who married Julia, daughter of Wilham Holmes, was engaged in farming here and in Steuben coutny, and subsequently in carpentering, and later kept a store in Troupsburgh, Steuben county; Jane, who died at the age of seven; Betsey, who married Cyrus Horton, and died in Norwich, where her husband was a molder; Maria, who married Erastus Briggs and died on the homestead farm; Solomon, who married Erastus Briggs and died on the homestead farm; Solomon, who married Hannah Folger, and practiced medicine in Oxford; Henry, who married Sarah Horton, and practiced dentistry in Oxford; and Charles Arthur, who lived on the homestead farm, which was transferred to him by his father.

Ira Barbour McFarland and his wife Polly Fenton McFarland were buried in Millbrook Cemetery, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY.

Ira Barbour McFarland:  b. 30 Aug. 1790, Kinderhook, Columbia Co., NY; d. 21 Jan. 1880, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY

Polly Fenton McFarland:  d. 29 Jan. 1866, Oxford, Chenango Co., NY; daughter of Solomon and Sybil (Snow) Fenton.
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