When Benjamin Franklin McFarland was born on 8 February 1864, in Grant, Wisconsin, United States, his father, Richard Mentor Johnson McFarland Sr, was 30 and his mother, Jane Franklin, was 29. He married Sarah Margaret Walker on 6 April 1887, in Palo Alto, Iowa, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 daughters. He lived in Palo Alto, Iowa, United States in 1925 and West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States for about 10 years. He died on 22 February 1948, in Rochester, Olmsted, Minnesota, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in West Bend Cemetery, West Bend, Palo Alto, Iowa, United States.
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EARLIEST RECORDED MARKER: Frankie Jacobs BIRTH 10 Feb 1866 DEATH 15 Nov 1867 (aged 1) BURIAL West Bend Cemetery West Bend, Palo Alto County, Iowa, USA MEMORIAL ID 89514113 · View Source
Statue of Liberty is dedicated.
Irish (northern): variant of McFarlane .
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