Full Name: Isaac Barton McFarland
Birth date: February 19, 1817
Death date: August 20, 1899
Terms of Service
House,
4th Legislature
11/3/1851 - 11/7/1853
Biographical Notes and Resources
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 . 18601850
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) .