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M.L. McFarland,Texas State Library and Archives Commission
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M.L. McFarland, birth date 2/18/1840, death date 1/2/1930, burial in Greenleaf Cemetery, Brownwood, Brown County, U.C.V. (United Confederate Veterans).
Find a Grave .
Obituary, Malcolm Leander McFarland, "M.L. M'Farland Pioneer This Section, Dead," Brownwood Bulletin, 1/2/1930, p. 5, crediting Brownwood Public Library. Born 2/18/1840 in Mississippi. "Mr. McFarland spent one term in the Texas Legislature as a representative of Brown and Coleman counties. He made an enviable record as a legislator."
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
Confederate States Army, joined at age 21 in 1861, served under General Albert Sidney Johnston, wounded at Vicksburg, and taken a prisoner of war. "McFarland Funeral," Brownwood Bulletin, 1/3/1930, p. 4, crediting Brownwood Public Library.
Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries) .
23rd Legislature (1893) - M.L. McFarland, postoffice Rockwood, nativity Mississippi, age 53 (born circa 1840), farmer, 12 years in Texas, Democrat.
Texas Legislative Manual .