1851–1913

Introduction

Born: Jan­ua­ry 2, 1851, Mount Ver­non, In­di­ana.

Died: De­cem­ber 22, 1913, at his home in Ma­ple­wood, New Jer­sey.

Buried: Rose­dale Ce­me­te­ry, Mont­clair, New Jer­sey.

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Biography

McFarland was edu­cat­ed at Simp­son Col­lege, Io­wa Wes­ley­an Col­lege, and the Bos­ton Uni­ver­si­ty School of Theo­lo­gy.

He served pas­tor­ates in Io­wa, Il­li­nois, Rhode Is­land, New York, and Kan­sas. He also served as sec­re­ta­ry of the Board of Sun­day Schools in New York Ci­ty, sec­re­ta­ry of the Sun­day School Un­ion, and ed­it­or of Sun­day school ma­te­ri­als for the Me­tho­dist Epis­co­pal Church.

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