Relationship 24: John McFarren & Mary Ann Jackson

Relationship Record 24

Male/Husband} McFarren, John (#3)

Family History} Hancock

Female/Wife} Jackson, Mary Ann

Relationship Type} Marriage

Marriage: Date} Exa 23 Nov 1860

Place} Liberty Twp (?), Wells, Indiana

Ended: On Date} Exa 7 Dec 1917
By} Death of wife

Source 1}	553 = Family histry
Source 2}	168 = Marriage certif
Source 3}	161 = Marriage rec
Source 4}	162 = Marriage rec
Source 5}	1753= Marriage rec
Source 6}	797 = 1865 Neb cen
Source 7}	547 = 1870 USA cen
Source 8}	57 = 1880 USA cen
Source 9}	56 = 1900 USA cen
Source 10}	614 = Newspapers
Source 11}	714 = Photographs
Source 12}	142 = 1910 USA cen
Source 13}	9 = Biography
Source 14}	713 = Death certif
Source 15}	55 = Obituary
Source 16}	54 = Death certif
Source 17}	1632= Death record
Source 18}	156 = Cemetery rec
Source 19}	1588= Cemetery rec

1st Household No.} 173 = Township 26, Wells, Indiana

Photos}

John & Mary Ann circa 1885 and with 8 children circa 1908

Last Updated
by} Karen Hancock

Date Updated} 22 Mar 2024
Date Created} 17 Jun 1994

Notes: John McFarren married Mary Ann Jackson on 23 Nov 1860 in Liberty Twp., Wells County, Indiana. The family moved from Indiana to Northern Missouri (in 1864), then Nebraska, then Southern Missouri, then Arkansas, and then to Oklahoma in the mid to late 1890s.

In the 1865 Nebraska census, John McFarren, 24, and his wife Mary A., 21, were living in Otoe County, Nebraska. Their children were Loiza (Louisa), 3, and Harriet, 1. Also in the county were his parents, John and Elizabeth.

In the 1870 U.S. census, John "McFenni", 31, and his wife Mary, 26, were living in Avoca Precinct, Cass, Nebraska. The Post Office was Factoryville. John was a farmer, and had a personal estate of $900. Their children were Levisa (Louisa), 9, Harriet, 7, Franklin, 5, and Benjamin, 1.

In the 1880 U.S. census, John "McFerren", 39, a farmer, and his wife Mary A., 36, keeping house, were living in Big Spring, Benton, Arkansas. Their children at home were Harriet Z., 16, Geor F., 13, farm worker, Benjamin L., 11, farm worker, Della M., 8, Pheby J., 6, William H., 4, and Eddie W., 7 months.

In the 1900 U.S. census, John McFarren, 59, a farmer, and his wife Mary A., 55, were living in the Noble Twp., Cleveland, Oklahoma. Their children at home were Edward, a farmer laborer, and Theodore, 14, in school. in Jan 1902, John and Mary Ann traveled back to Liberty Center, Wells, Indiana, for a Jackson family reunion.

In the 1910 U.S. census, John McFarren, 69, and Mary, 66, were living in Red River Twp., Searcy, Arkansas. It was in the Ozark National Forest Reserve. John was "house" farming on his own account, and they owned the farm free of mortgage. In the household was a granddaughter, May McFarren, 12.

John and Mary moved to California about 1915. Mary Ann McFarren died 7 Dec 1917 in Holtville, Imperial, California. John McFarren died 11 Mar 1922 in Holtville, Imperial, California. They are buried in the Evergreen Cemetery, El Centro, Imperial, California.

The birth places listed below further illustrate the travels of this family during their childbearing years. (Click on the 1st Household No. above for a more detailed chronology of their residences.)

John and Mary Ann lived happily together for more than 57 years.

Children:

Total # of Children} 10

Seq. # of Primary} 7

1st Child}	McFarren, Louisa Ellen	born 1862	in Indiana
2nd Child}	McFarren, Harriet Ida (Hattie)	born 1864	in Indiana (Wells County)
3rd Child}	McFarren, Franklin George (Frank)	born 1867	in Missouri (Barry County)
4th Child}	McFarren, Benjamin Lee	born 1868-69	in Nebraska
5th Child}	McFarren, Della May	born 1871	in Nebraska
6th Child}	McFarren, Pheobe Jane	born 1874	in Nebraska
7th Child}	McFarren, William Henry (Will)	born 1876	in Missouri (Newton County)
8th Child}	McFarren, Edward Walter (Ed)	born 1879	in Arkansas
9th Child}	McFarren, Exie Moore LeRoy (Ex or Exmore)	born 1882	in Arkansas (Benton County)
10th Child}	McFarren, Theodore G. (Dode)	born 1885	in Arkansas (Carroll County)

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