Household Record 85

Res.1/Male/Husb}   McFarren, John (#2)		Family History} Hancock
Res.2/Fem./Wife}   Foust, Elizabeth (Martha)		HH Type} Historic household
Address/Location:   Name(s)} John & Elizabeth McFarren Optional} Post Office:  Bluffton Str./Apt.} Wells County City/etc.} Liberty Township, Indiana		Household Dates:   Source}     Exa 5 Nov 1850   Move-In}    Exa 1839   Move-Out} Fam 1864
Source 1} 286 = Geog history Source 2} 287 = Map/Atlas Source 3} 748 = 1840 USA cen Source 4}   81 = 1850 USA cen Source 5}   82 = 1860 USA cen Source 6} 578 = Family hstry	Source 7} 653 = Family hstry Source 8} 749 = Geog history Source 9} 750 = Land deed   Last Updated by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 20 Mar 2024 Date Created}  12 Dec 1998
Notes:  John McFarren (#2) and his wife Elizabeth Foust came to Indiana in about 1838, and settled near Wells on the Huntington County line on what was known as the McFarren homestead located a mile north and a little west of what is now the village of Poneto, Indiana. John and Elizabeth moved to Liberty Twp., Wells County in 1839.  John was one of the first 13 settlers and farmers in that township.  Their farm probably was located just west of the Hoosier Highway on land that included the current site of the McFarren Cemetery. In the 1840 U.S. census, John "McFerrin" and his wife were living in Liberty Twp., Wells, with nine of their children, 4 boys and 5 girls.  John was one of the first land claimants in Liberty Township Section 32, and on 10 Nov 1840 his land patent document 3810 was signed.  He was one of the nine voters at the organization of Liberty Township that occurred on the first Monday of April 1842. In the 1850 U.S. census,John McFarren, 58, and Elizabeth, 54, were living on their farm in Liberty Twp. Wells County.  John was a farmer and their farm was valued at $800.  The children still at home were Marissa, 18, Elizabeth, 15, Margaret, 13, and John, 8. When the 1860 U.S. census was taken, John McFarren, 68, and Elizabeth, 63, valued their farm at $1,000., and their personal estate at $700.  Living with them were John, 19, and a granddaughter, Rachael Neff, 13.
Total # of Residents} 13   Other Residents:	Household   His Last HH} ___  His Next HH} 199 Links =>  Her Last HH} ___ Her Next HH} 199
3rd Res.} McFarren, Melissa ___   4th Res.} McFarren, Elizabeth M. 199   5th Res.} McFarren, Margaret ___   6th Res.} McFarren, John (#3) 173   7th Res.} Neff, Rachel Ellen ___
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