When David Luther McFarland was born on 17 February 1872, in Missouri, United States, his father, Elijah Peter McFarland, was 23 and his mother, Malinda Conner, was 24. He married Leona Hulsey on 31 October 1892, in Pittsburg, Indian Territory, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Howe, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States for about 20 years and Howe Township, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States in 1940. He died on 15 January 1943, in Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Springhill Cemetery, Le Flore, Oklahoma, United States.
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In the Mid 1870s, The United States sought out the Kingdom of Hawaii to make a free trade agreement. The Treaty gave the Hawaiians access to the United States agricultural markets and it gave the United States a part of land which later became Pearl Harbor.
The Oklahoma Land Run on April 22, 1889, was the first land rush, or land opened for settlement on a first-come basis, opened to the Unassigned Lands. The land rush lured approximately 50,000 people, saddled with their fastest horses, looking to claim their piece of the newly available two million acres. The requirements included the settler to live and improve on their 160 acres for five years in order to receive the title. Choice land tempted people to hide out and get an early lead on their claim. These people became known as “sooners.” It is estimated that eleven thousand homesteads were claimed. Oklahoma Historical Society - Land Run of 1889
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
Irish (northern): variant of McFarlane .
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