Isaac Barton McFarland

Full Name: Isaac Barton McFarland
Date of birth: February 19, 1817
Date of death: August 20, 1899

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Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District
H 40 Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853 4th     Unknown / Fayette   Fayette

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House District 40
Nov 3, 1851 - Nov 7, 1853
Legislatures: 4th  
Home City/County: Unknown / Fayette
Counties in district: Fayette

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Biographical Sketches

Other Resources

  • Census of 1850 - I.B. McFarland, Fayette County, age 31, born circa 1819 in Tennessee, lawyer, in household with Adaline McFarland and Bales McFarland (age 7/12).
    Census of 1860 - J.B. McFarland, Fayette County, age 41, born circa 1819 in Tennessee, attorney in household with Baits McFarland. FamilySearch. 1850 1860
  • Isaac Barton McFarland, father of Bates McFarland, birth date 2/24/1850 in Texas, death date 8/17/1919 in El Paso. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976.
  • Included in list of Unionists who fled Texas to avoid "a requirement that public officials take a loyalty oath to the Confederacy . . ." Baggett, James Alex, "Origins of Early Texas Republican Party Leadership," The Journal of Southern History, Vol.40(3), August 1974, p. 448. Journal of Southern History.
  • Included in "Table II, Constitutional Unionists (Identified from newspapers) with Biographical Data," list of leaders of the Texas Constitutional Union Party in 1860. The party was formed in January of 1860. "The Constitutional Union Party in Texas," The Southwestern Historical Quarterly, Volume 82, Number 3, January 1979, pp. 238, 256-262, crediting Texas State Historical Association. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). Table II, Constitutional Unionists
  • Obituary, "Judge I.B. McFarland Dead," The Houston Daily Post, 8/24/1899, p. 5. "He was once a member of the State legislature, 1851 . . ." Birth date 2/19/1817, death date 8/20/1899. Includes portrait. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries).

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4th R.S. - 1851
Apportionment  
Judiciary  
Private Land Claims No. 1  

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