Shaver, F. A., Arthur P. Rose, R. F. Steele, and A. E. Adams, compilers.  "An
Illustrated History of Central Oregon." ("Embracing Wasco, Sherman, Gilliam,
Wheeler, Crook, Lake, & Klamath Counties")  Spokane, WA: Western Historical
Publishing Co., 1905.  p. 782.

W. R. McFARLAND

     an educator, a civil engineer and one of the representative men of this
county, is now residing at Prineville. He was born in Johnson county, Missouri,
in 1848. His father, William Alexander McFarland, was a major in the United
States army. Our subject was well educated in Missouri and there kept his
residence until 1875, when he came to the Willamette valley. Settlement was made
in Yamhill county and he gave his attention to teaching school. He taught in
Eugene and various other places of the valley until 1886, when he removed to
Canyon City and taught there at John Day, in Prairie City and at other parts of
Grant county. In 1896 Mr. McFarland settled on a farm in the Ochoco, where he
resided three years. Then he taught at the Prineville school and has held
various county offices, among them, county superintendent of schools, surveyor,
assessor and so forth. In 1864. Mr. McFarland took a trip to Colorado and there
enlisted in the First Colorado Cavalry and sate much hard service in fighting
the Indians. It was 1898 that he took up his permanent residence in Prineville
and in addition to holding the positions above mentioned he has maintained an
office for civil engineering and has done much in that class of work. He is very
skillful in the profession and is a man whose reliability and integrity are well
known. 
     In 1874. Mr. McFarland married Lucy Jane Masterson, who was born in Lane
county, Oregon. Her father, William Masterson, was a pioneer of Oregon. The
children born to this union are Etta, Blanche, deceased, Pearl, William A.,
Walter and Edward.
     Mr. McFarland is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Maccabees, while he
and his wife both belong to the Methodist church. Politically, he
is a life-long Democrat and is always able to give good reasons for his
position. He is an aggressive, capable man of good standing, who has won and
retains the friendship of many people.


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Submitted to the Oregon Bios. Project in October 2011 by Diana Smith.  Submitter
has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned above.