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The Book of the Generations of William Mcfarland and Nancy Kilgore Fa ,-- ~ '17" .~ " 929 . 2 V , 551) i (J-L.>'n'I M1430 1913 .. “ .’ //" o 24/ y/k4 2 1875 1905 Joseph McFarland, M. D. Born August 29, 1827. Died January 5, 1913. Joseph McFarland was elected family historian and was author­ ized to compile and publish the family history at a McFarland re­ union, held in Mansfield, Ohio, about ten years ago. On account of the infirmity of age he was unable to complete the work, and gave it into the hands of the present Editor in August, 191 1. Andrew McFarland, Lucas, Ohio, Route 2, is now the oldest living member of the family. THE OLD HOUSE “An old house has an atmosphere which cannot be carried into a new house. The walls have heard voices now gone silent; the halls have echoed footfalls no longer audible; the roof has protected 9. rich and varied life of joy and sorrow, of work and rest, which has passed on like a river into other countries and flows on under other trees and skies. But this vanished life has left its impression on the old house, has humanized it and overlaid it with all manner of sacred associations; so that, in a very real way, the old life goes on within its walls and keeps the old house still an old home. In like manner, the generations that have done their work and gone to their rest still live in the world which has passed out of their possession into ours; so that the great human family remains unbroken and contin­ uous and the fathers still touch the sons who have come into their places. We do not vanish from the earth like summer clouds that leave no trace behind; we work ourselves into nature and society and leave something of ourselves in this home of our human experience. The vanished generations live with us and in us in ways past our knowledge; we are born into the earth they have made fruitful by their toil; and into the civilization they have builded like a great in­ visible house over our heads. They have overlaid the world with associations which enrich and warm and humanize it; so that in a very true sense, the great spirits who have departed this life are still with us in the strife of our earthly days.” ——HAMILTON WRIGHT MABIE. “At end of love, at end of life, At end of hope, at end of strife, At end of all we cling to so, The sun is setting—must we go? At dawn of love, at dawn of life, At dawn of peace that follows strife; At dawn of all we long for so, The sun is rising—let us go.” —LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON. The Book of the Generations of William McFarland and Nancy Kilgore 1740-1912 HISTORIAN: JOSEPH MCFARLAND, M. D. GAL1oN.’oH1o EDITOR AND PUBLISHER EDWARD NORTON CANTWELL DUNDEE. ILLINOIS FREE‘ OF ILGIN COUIIIR. ILGIN. ILL. .m-u .,,_ PREFACE God's supreme interest on this earth is the Family. Persons, and persons only, have intrinsic value and sacredness. The value and sacredness of all places and all institutions is wholly borrowed from the persons to whom they minister. Church and nation, school and sacrament, Sabbath and workshop, work and worship are all for persons. They have no value in themselves, and no reason for exist­ ence except as they help and enrich the life of persons. Now all human personalities are set in families and have no normal existence nor healthy development outside of the family. When the family life for any reason fails, the only thing we can do to save the person is to set up an imitation family, to take the place of the real family that failed. The family and not an individual is the unit of society. The problem of social reform and betterment is the problem of the family. The only valuable institutions and enterprises are those that minister to the life and development of healthy, happy, honest, righteous fam­ ilies as families. All others are of the Devil and must be cast out. Any style of life or education that seeks to separate the individual from the family or that seeks to advance the person in position or prosperity by disconnecting family ties, either past or future, how­ ever innocent it may appear in itself, must be ruthlessly forbidden. Neither business nor charity can be allowed to prosper through the service in office, school, hospital or asylum of the women best fitted by birth and advantage to be the mothers of healthy families. To take such women permanently from the home for any kind of so-called social or religious service is to rob society of its richest asset, and can only end in the most lamentable bankruptcy. The great problems of life are now seen to be social problems, the problem of the welfare of all the people. Now there are no prob­ lems or conditions in general. The concrete case alone has reality. The concrete problem of society is the condition of the family. The concrete case of the family is this: Some families, in spite of ap­ parently adverse conditions, or by the help of good conditions, in­ crease in numbers and in value to themselves and to society. Other families, apparently as hopeful, under the same adverse or propitious conditions, decrease in numbers and finally disappear, leaving no descendants to be of value to themselves or to society. Why? The full and complete answer to this question will furnish data and prin­ ciples for the solution of all our social problems. Those concrete con­ ditions, principles and methods of life that save and strengthen the family and those alone can save and strengthen that aggregation of families known as society. Our branch of the McFarland family, in common with all the other branches of this family, with each generation has steadily increased in numbers and in ability to take care of itself and to have left over a good surplus of material and moral wealth with which to bless other families less fortunate. This is an occasion of family pride and gives a peculiar value to this family history. As you read this history and pass from name to name, give attention to the character of the life and occupation of each and notice the surplus values and services rendered to the nation, the state, the church, the school, the profes­ sions and to private life. These extra values and services are alone ample reason for the publication of this history. It is these concrete examples of family prosperity that must serve as a guide to future generations. 4 ..‘..‘___,1. \L:»- ' ’ Many of the large families in the United States have complete genealogies. A large number of very earnest and intelligent and busy Deople are giving a great amount of time and hard work to the com­ Dilation and study of these family histories. No one, so far as I have been able to ascertain, regrets as misspent either the time or money involved. Many thousand of these histories have been published. The general effect of the study of the history of one’s own family is to deeply increase our love for and interest towards persons rather than things, to increase the ties of relationship, and the memory of our loved ones, to broaden and enliven our whole interest in life, and to encourage brotherly and democratic ideas. The history begins with the coming of the founder of the family to America, and includes almost every member of the family for 160 Years. If this history had not been compiled at this time, much of it would have been forever out of our reach. This printed record will be eagerly consulted by all future generations of the family, and much of it will no doubt be printed again and again in future histories Of various branches of the family. When we add to our present in­ terest in this record, the accumulating interest of the future genera­ tions, its publication becomes a most worthy enterprise, a definite contribution to the joy of living, worth many times the labor and money cost. As a teacher and clergyman, it has been my whole business in life to deal with persons rather than with things. My time is given to a study of people and to the consideration of personal life and character. It has been my good fortune to know intimately and personally the People of more than twenty communities in 7 states. Some of these Communities are quite large, comprising several thousand people. It is also my good fortune to have a somewhat intimate personal ac­ quaintance with quite a number of the persons whose names occur in this book, and I suppose they are a fair average of the whole. I am very glad to bear testimony that the McFarlands, measured by 3-113’fairstandard of industry, religion, business, or private life are far ‘Superior to the average of the people, particularly in those qualities of honesty and reliability which make people valuable to society and Worth knowing personally. My love and respect for you has grown much since I began to compile this history. You have been on my mlnd and heart in such a way as to deeply increase my interest in each one of you as I learned of you and your life. This was true, even 013those few (happily, very few) who were so glad to hear from me, that they allowed me to write to them several times, enclosing each time a list of questions and a stamp, without making any reply.
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