Macfarlane, John M. (John Menzies), 1833-1892
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1833 - 1892
biographical statement
Citation:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Menzies_Macfarlane, October 4, 2013 (born Stirling Scotland, October 1833; emigrated to Salt Lake early 1850s; married Ann Chatterley, moved to Cedar City 1853; member Iron County Militia; Iron County superintendent of schools 1866-1868; established/directed choir in St. George; composed "Far, Far Away on Judea's Plains," music for "Dearest Children, God Is Near You"; district judge, surveyor and builder; helped in founding Dixie State College predecessor; died June 1892) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=117701, October 4, 2013 (mother Annabella Sinclair Haight; father died when 13 [1846], family moved to Glasgow; came to Utah 1852; married Ann Chatterley Dec. 1854, ten children (lost five); married Agnes Heyborne October 1886, nine children (lost one); married Elizabeth Adams 1879, seven children (lost two); farmer, teacher, attorney; first postmaster of Toquerville/south of Cedar City; surveyed southern Utah, eastern Nevada; defense attorney in trial of John D. Lee; County Prosecuting Attorney, District Attorney; Utah Territory probate judge, 1879-1883; in hiding for polygamy, moved second wife and family to Mexico, third wife followed in 1891; came back in 1892 for medical care, died of diabetic heart failure June 4) http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=36525272, October 7, 2013 (father John Macfarlane)Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
A. O. Smoot family publications, 1847-1919
Series — Box 3: Series 3; Series 4 [Barcode: 31197227657217], Folder: 6
Identifier: MSS 3843 Series 4
Scope and Contents
Assorted items owned by, compiled or otherwise created by, or about various Smoot family members. Includes newspaper clippings, George E. Anderson book on the handcart trek and the history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, book of world maps, John M. Mcfarlane emigration diary, and Diana Eldredge Smoot memorial card, approximately 1852-1914.
Dates:
1847-1919
John M. Macfarlane circular letter
File — Folder 1: [Barcode: 31197230340231]
Identifier: MSS 103
Abstract
The folder contains a printed circular letter of 1882 calling for a meeting to elect two delegates to the Utah territorial convention. The item was circulated by the Populist Party in St. George, Utah.
Dates:
1882
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 1
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Books 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Home and Family 1
- Kirtland (Ohio) 1
- Letters 1