McFarland, Rueben (Died 1908)

MCFARLAND

Posted By: Linda Ziemann (email)
Date: 3/13/2005 at 20:09:11

LeMars Sentinel newspaper
Dated 31 Jan 1908
Page 2, Column 4
STRUBLE: Special Correspondence

Grandpa McFarland passed away at an early hour Wednesday morning at the
home of his son, T.J. McFarland, one mile west of Struble. He was
eighty-two years old and one of the early settlers in Plymouth county.
The direct cause of his death was old age coupled with pneumonia. The
remains will be laid to rest by the side of his wife at LeMars Friday
afternoon.

Reuben McFarland is critically ill at the home of his son, Thomas. He
is eighty-two years old and his illness seems to be infirmities of old
age. He has six sons and all are at his bedside. Grandpa McFarland was
one of the pioneers of Plymouth county. He has owned as much as 2,000
acres of Plymouth county soil, which in recent years he has disposed of
and invested in South Dakota and Minnesota. Being a man of good
business judgment and of exemplary habits, he has never used liquor nor
tobacco in his life.