Daniel McFarland

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Farmer, 1850, Brush Valley township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania. From 1850 Census

Lists his wife, Sarah, age 30, and children William, age 8, Elizabeth, age 6, and Isabella, age 1.

His brother, Robert, and sister, Mary, are living with him.

• Military Service: From History of Indiana County, Bef 1880, Indiana, Pennsylvania. Daniel was a lieutenant for ten years, and a captain for ten, in the
militia.

• Military Service: From Indiana County Pennsylvania, Her People, Past and Present, by Prof J T Stewart. He was connected with the state militia many years, serving ten years as lieutenant and ten years as captain.

Daniel McFarland, son of John, was born in 1800 in the Tuscarora valley, in Mifflin county, Pa., and died in 1894. He was connected with the state militia many years, serving ten years as lieutenant and ten years as captain. He married Sarah Kennedy, and his children were: William, who married Ella Young (he was a soldier in the Civil war); Elizabeth Catharine, who married George M. Stephens; Isabelle, who married William Asbury Stephens; Ann Amelia, who married John McKesson, who is now deceased; and John, who married Laura Frankhouser.

• Occupation: Farmer, 1870, Brush Valley township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania. From 1870 Census

Living with him are his daughters, Kate (24), Isabella (20), and Anni (15) and his son John (12).

• Occupation: Farmer, 1880, Brush Valley township, Indiana county, Pennsylvania. From 1880 Census

Living with him are his sister, Mary, age 70, his daughter, Annie A., age 24, and his son, John B. age 22, and John's family.

Daniel married Sarah Kennedy, daughter of Unknown and Julia A. (Sarah Kennedy was born about 1820 and died in 1860 in Indiana, Pennsylvania.)