Re: McFarlin, O. Perry b 1822 Louisville, KY
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McFarlin, O. Perry b 1822 Louisville, KY
10/08/98
My great grand father was a Perry McFarlin who was born on 8/4/1822.I donot know where he was born.He moved to Poweshiek county Iowa where he farmed for many years. His wife's name was Nancy Kemp and my dad told me that they were married in Terra Haute,IN. He died on 01/28/1898. He is buried in Steward Cemetary in Mahaska county. The family homstead is approximently 1 mile ENE of the cemetary.
The information that I have is that he had three children: Emily N. McFarlin (01/07/1861 - 09/01/1866), William Newton McFarlin (08/03/1865 - 06/23/1950), and Evan T. McFarlin (06/03/1868 - 05/21/1937).William is my grand father.
We do have some family "tales" on Perry. One is about Perry getting caught in a snow storm
while getting supplies in Pella.The other is about him almost being lynched during the Civil War. In addition, we have some info on the families that he traveled to Iowa with from Indiana.
I do not have any information on Perry father at this time. I will listen to my Dad's tape on family history and see if it has any information.