Show death of a veteran the death occurred on january at the residence of his son in west weber weber county of william Mv mcfarland Farland sr he was waa in his ninety fifth year he was baptized into the church of jesus christ of latter day saints on june ath 1842 in Fife shire scotland the same year he was wae ordained an elder and contended earnestly earu estly for the faith the deceased received the testimony of the spirit the gift of tongues and other testimonies some of which are recorded in the writings of the late apostle orson pratt he was diligent in spreading a knowledge of the truth in the surrounding region and many who are now gathered here from other parts acknowledge him as the instrument in gods hand of leading them into the fold of christ he left scotland in november 1854 arriving in utah in september of the following year he located and remained in american fork until 1859 when he removed with his family to this place of which he was a pioneer and the first justice of the precinct helas he was ordained a patriarch in 1876 the late brother mcfarland leaves behind a posterity of five children sixty three grandchildren and twenty eight great grand children all of whom are members of the church the phe foregoing notice of brother mcfarland mcfarlands McF arlands Is death would have appeared earlier had not the copy been inadvertently mislaid millaid mi E ED D |