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Representative Samuel McFarland View All Years

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Compiled Historical Information
Date of Death: 12/7/1862
Birth Place: Washington County, Pennsylvania
Party Affiliation:
Whig
Republican
Assemblies Served:
House: 5 (1854) - 6 (1856)
Home County: Henry
Speaker Video:
Samuel McFarland
Henry County
Born August 18, 1824, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, and died December 7, 1862, at the age of 38. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the 19th Iowa Infantry and gave his life for his country at the battle of Prairie Grove, Arkansas, while leading a charge. He was married to Mary A Woolson.
Sources:
House District 18
Committees
5th GA (1854)
Standing Committees
Legislation Sponsored
5th GA (1854)