Branches of the McFarlin Family
BRANCHES OF THE MCFARLIN FAMILY
First Generation
JAMES McFARLIN married {---} and lived in Cayuga
County, New York, then moved his family to Medina County, Ohio,
in 1819.
Children: i. MERENA McFARLIN, born March 9, 1811,
Cayuga County, New York.
Second Generation
MERENA McFARLIN born March 9, 1811, Cayuga County, New
York, married 1829, Medina County, Ohio, JOSEPH WILLEY
born February 5, 1804, Pennsylvania, (son of SAMUEL WILLEY
and Mrs. MANNING) occupation Farmer, died January 23,
1858, near Wheeler, Indiana (Cause -- probably appendicitis; ill
about 30 hours). MERENA died October 27, 1896, Mount Ayr,
Indiana.
- Children:
- i MARTHA (Mattie or Aunt Mat) MERENA WILLEY born
January 22, 1830, Medina County, Ohio. MARTHA died
October 27, 1896, Mount Ayr, Indiana (Cause -- cancer).
- ii CHARLES WILSON (CHARLEY) WILLEY born February
1, 1832, Medina County, Ohio. CHARLES died January 24,
1918, near Columbus, Kansas.
- iii JOHN WILLEY born January 9, 1834, Medina
County, Ohio. JOHN died January 20, 1864, in a hospital
in Michigan City, Indiana (Cause -- typhoid pneumonia).
- iv MARY SAMANTHA WILLEY born February 1, 1836,
near Wheeler, Indiana. MARY died January 19, 1917, near
Columbus, Kansas (Cause -- progressive helplessness from
rheumatism).
- v CAROLINE (Carrie) ALMINA WILLEY born August 6,
1838, near Wheeler, Indiana. CAROLINE died September 9,
1885, Delicon Springs, Florida.
- vi JOSEPH HANFORD WILLEY born November 23, 1840,
near Wheeler, Indiana. JOSEPH died August 22, 1930,
Plymouth, Indiana (Cause -- senility, heart failure).
- vii SARAH JANE (Jennie) WILLEY born October 10,
1842, near Wheeler, Indiana. SARAH JANE died April 28,
1923, Mount Ayr, Indiana (Cause -- recurring stomach
ailment which had troubled her for years...short
illness).
- viii (infant boy) WILLEY born 1844, Porter County,
Indiana, died after three days.
- ix WILLIAM (Will) HENRY WILLEY born June 25, 1846,
near Wheeler, Indiana. WILLIAM died December 14, 1898,
near Parsons, Kansas (Cause -- leakage of the heart,
results of army service).
- x THOMAS ELDRIDGE WILLEY born January 30, 1849,
near Wheeler, Indiana. THOMAS died August 4, 1906,
Renssclaer, Indiana.
- ix ALMIRA ESTELLA (ELMYRA) WILLEY born July 8,
1852, near Wheeler, Indiana. (In the 1930s, lived in
Waupun, Wisconsin, with her son, Boyd.)
Third Generation
JOHN WILLEY born 1834, Ohio, occupation Farmer, married
in the spring of 1856, in Porter County, Indiana, DELPHINE
(Dell or Delphie) OREM. She was born August 18, 1841, Porter
County, Indiana, and died January 29, 1887, near Black Oak,
Missouri (Cause -- violent pnoumonia and heart failure; ill two
days).
JOHN was a Union soldier in the Civil War. He died of typhoid
pneumonia in a hospital in Michigan City, near the end of the
war, after taking a leave to attend the New Years Eve double
wedding of his sisters, Carrie and Jennie. He walked through
sleet and freezing rain to get back to his army camp, and died on
January 20, 1864. A widowed DELPHINE moved to Missouri with her
three small children, and eventually remarried.
- Children:
- i (infant) WILLEY born 1856, Porter County,
Indiana, died at birth.
- ii ELDRIDGE JOSHUA WILLEY born January 15, 1859,
Porter County, Indiana. ELDRIDGE died March 18, 1930,
Perryton, Texas (Cause -- pneumonia and complications).
- iii MARTHA (Mattie) MERENA WILLEY born June 14,
1860, Porter County, Indiana. MARTHA died January 14,
1940, Greeley, Colorado (Cause -- cerebral hemorrhage).
- iv JOSEPH MALVUREN WILLEY born February 8, 1862,
Porter County, Indiana. JOSEPH died December 11, 1929,
Corpus Christi, Texas (Cause -- cerebral hemorrhage).
Buried at Bridgeport, Oklahoma.
Fourth Generation
JOSEPH MALVUREN WILLEY born February 8, 1862, Porter
County, Indiana, occupation Farmer, married July 3, 1880, Black
Oak, Missouri, HARRIET PHILLIPS, born April 20, 1864,
Missouri, and died January 16, 1905, Bridgeport, Oklahoma.
HARRIET'S father was killed by the 'bushwackers' during the Civil
War--he was dragged out of the house and murdered in the front
yard in front of his wife and children. JOSEPH died December 11,
1929, Corpus Christi, Texas (Cause -- cerebral hemorrhage).
Buried at Bridgeport, Oklahoma.
- Children:
- i. MABEL WILLEY born March 31, 1881, Black Oak,
Missouri. MABEL died February 21, 1934, Braymar, Missouri
(Cause -- flu and pneumonia).
- ii. JOHN B. WILLEY born January 19, 1885, Black
Oak, Missouri.
- iii. IDA MYRTLE WILLEY born February 1, 1886,
Black Oak, Caldwell County, Missouri. MYRTLE died
December 13, 1954, Torrance, L.A. County, California,
buried San Pedro, L.A. Co., CA.
- iv. ALBERT JOSEPH WILLEY born January 12, 1888,
Black Oak, Missouri.
- v. MARTHA E. WILLEY born May, 1890, Missouri.
- vi. SUSAN DELPHINA WILLEY born July 14, 1892,
Cowgil, Missouri. Aunt DEL lives in a nursing home in
Sapulpa, Oklahoma (Nov. 15, 1998).
- vii. GRACE WILLEY born February 27, 1894, Cowgil,
Missouri, married ca 1916, JESS RUSSELL. Lived in
Perryton, Ochiltree County, Texas. JESS had an auto
dealership in Perryton, Texas.
- viii. VIVIAN WILLEY born August 13, 1897, Black
Oak, Missouri.
- ix. CHARLES M. WILLEY born August 11, 1900,
Bridgeport, Oklahoma. CHARLES died October 1, 1918,
Nashville, Tennessee (Cause -- flu).
- x. WESTLEY WILLEY born August 1897, Missouri,
married a widow, PEARL {---}. WES was an engineer
who helped design numerous bridges in the western states,
and worked on the design of Disneyland, in Anaheim,
California. WES and PEARL lived their last years in the
Santa Ana Heights area of Costa Mesa, Orange County,
California. WES died in Costa Mesa soon after 1969.
Fifth Generation
IDA MYRTLE WILLEY born February 1, 1886, Black Oak,
Caldwell County, Missouri, married April 11, 1905, in Clinton,
Custer County, Oklahoma, JOSEPH HORN HALSEY, born November
21, 1881, Viola, Sedgwick County, Kansas, (son of ANDREW
McMILLAN HALSEY and SUSAN FRANCES WYATT). JOSEPH died
December 14, 1957, Los Angeles, California, buried December 17,
1957, San Pedro, L.A. Co., California.
GRANDPA JOE lived with his son, JOE, and his family in Costa
Mesa, California, in his later years, and enjoyed spending the
weekends with his brother, BURD (Burgess), who lived in a very
large house with a full width front porch, on St. Andrews Place,
in the Wilshire District of Los Angeles. They loved to play
checkers and Chinese checkers for hours at a time on the veranda.
They had just finished a spirited game -- Grandpa Joe won, and he
leaned back in his chair in laughter. That moment, he had a
massive heart attack and died before help arrived. He was 76
years old. MYRTLE died December 13, 1954, Torrance, L.A. Co.,
California, buried December 16, 1954, San Pedro, L.A. Co.,
California. GRANDMA MYRT developed throat cancer from a lifelong
addiction to smoking, and was also quarantined in a TB hospital
in Torrance, California, at the time of her death. It was a slow
and painful suffering for the dearest person I ever knew. She was
68 years young.
- Children:
- i. ANDREW RAYMOND HALSEY born August 2, 1907,
Butler, Custer County, Oklahoma, married ca 1945, MABEL
LORENA JACKSON. RAY and MABEL still reside in
Perryton, Texas, where they reared one son.
- ii. JOSEPH LeROY HALSEY born January 23, 1923,
Booker, Ochiltree County, Texas, married November 14,
1942, in Groom, Carson County, Texas, MARY ELLA (FAYE)
SULLIVAN, born March 21, 1924, Beggs, Okmulgee
County, Oklahoma, (daughter of EMMIT WESLEY SULLIVAN and
ADA MAE SHIPLEY). FAYE died April 23, 1973, West
Covina, L.A. Co., CA, buried April 26, 1973, Forest Lawn,
Glendale, L.A. Co., CA. JOE died April 16, 1969, Los
Angeles, CA, buried, April 19, 1969, Forest Lawn,
Glendale, L.A. Co., CA.
JOE and FAYE lived in Southern California where they
reared three daughters.
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