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)

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