Relationship Record 26

Male/Husband}   McFarren, John (#2)		Family History} Hancock
Female/Wife}    Foust, Elizabeth (Martha)		Relationship Type} Marriage
Marriage: Date} Cir 1816	Place} , , Pennsylvania
Ended: On Date} 5 Aug 1865                      By} Death of wife		Source 1} 1759=1820 USA cen Source 2} 1760=1830 USA cen Source 3} 748 = 1840 USA cen Source 4}   81 = 1850 USA cen Source 5}   82 = 1860 USA cen Source 6} 797 = 1865 Neb cen Source 7} 1588=Cemetery rec Source 8} 286 = Geog history Source 9} 578 = Family hstry Source 10} 653 = Family hstry
1st Household No.} 85
Photographs} None
Last Updated         by} Karen Hancock Date Updated} 30 Mar 2024 Date Created}  17 Jun 1994
Notes:  John McFarren (#2) and Elizabeth Foust migrated from Pennsylvania (probably Westmoreland County), to Ohio, and then to Indiana. Elizabeth may have been named Anna Maria Elizabeth Foust, but I have no confirmed evidence of this.  She seemed to mostly go by the name Elizabeth, and later by the name Martha. Source 653 says they were married in Ohio in 1824; however, other sources say they were married in Pennsylvania in 1816.  Since their two oldest alledged children were born in 1817 and 1819, the date of 1816 is more reasonable than 1824 — especially since Elizabeth was about 20 years old in 1816. They left PA for Ohio probably between 1819 and 1821.  They may have travelled via the National Road to get to Highland County, Ohio.  They left Ohio for Indiana probably in 1838 (per Source 546 notes on John McFarren). After arriving in Huntington County, Indiana, in 1838, they moved on to Wells County, Indiana, in 1839.  (John died there many years later.) The 1840 census (Source 748) indicates that they had 4 sons (age 10 to 30) and 5 daughters (age 15 or less) living at home.  However, their alleged oldest child married in 1835 and their youngest was not yet born in 1840.  Hence, I conclude that they had at least 11 children:  5 sons and 6 daughters.
Children:	Total # of Children} 11	Seq. # of Primary} 11
1st Child} McFarren, Maria   2nd Child} McFarren, Jacob   3rd Child} McFarren, unknown male   4th Child} McFarren, Adam   5th Child} McFarren, Wilson   6th Child} McFarren, Mary Esther   7th Child} McFarren, Melissa   8th Child} McFarren, unknown female   9th Child} McFarren, Elizabeth M.   10th Child} McFarren, Margaret   11th Child} McFarren, John (#3)
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