Andrew Lewis McFarlane's parents were:
Thomas Lewis McFarlane Sr., b. Oct. 26, 1796 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, PA. and d. July 22, 1873 in Jackson county, IA.
Susanna Alexander, b. May 12, 1809 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and d. May 12, 1890 in Jackson county, IA.
Thomas & Susanna McFarlane's children were:
1. Margaret Lewis McFarlane, b. Oct. 30, 1828 in PA. and d. abt. 1894 in IA. Margaret marr. Elijah Johnson.
2. Andrew Lewis McFarlane, b. Mar. 3, 1830 in PA. and d. May 23, 1905 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.
3. Eliza Spark(s) McFarlane, b. abt. 1832 and d. Jan. 22, 1864. Eliza marr. Israel Davis.
4. John McFarlane, b. Mar. 8, 1834 in PA. and d. May 17, 1881 in Ivanpah, San Bernardino, CA. John was marr. to Anne Phoebe Nowland.
5. Anna St. Clair McFarlane, b. Mar. 7, 1836 and d. Mar. 17, 1911. Anna marr. David A. Seymour.
6. Susannah Alexander McFarlane, b. Sep. 8, 1839– (alive in the 1910 census). Susannah marr. Cleveus C. Kendall.
7. Thomas Lewis McFarlane, b. Jan. 8, 1841 in Allegheny county, PA. and d. Jan. 12, 1888 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. Thomas marr. Caroline Ann Seeley.
8. Agatha Lewis McFarlane, b. May 16, 1843 in PA. and d. Oct. 20, 1862 in Jackson county, IA.
9. William Alexander McFarlane, b. May 1845 in IA. and d. Jun. 2, 1920 in Vanderbilt, San Bernardino County, CA.
In the 1860 U. S. census, 30 yr. old Andrew McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA., was living in Township 3 (post office: Keyesville), Tulare, CA. with his
26 yr. old (inferred) brother, John McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.,
20 yr. old (inferred) brother, Thomas McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.
22 yr. old day laborer, William Jacobson, b. in NY.
Andrew's real estate was valued at $1,500 and his personal estate at $1,700.
On Jan. 1, 1877, Andrew Lewis McFarlane and Letitia Adeline 'Addie' Yager were married in San Bernardino county, CA.
Andrew or Addie appear to have had children from a previous marriage:
1. (Charles) Agustus (Lightfoot?) McFarlane, b. Jan. 1872 and d. Oct. 2, 1907 in Napa, CA.
2. Edna McFarlane, b. 1874–
3. Dema/Demie/Deamie McFarlane, b. 1877– Deamie marr. John Cate on Mar. 16, 1896 in Los Angeles County, CA.
Andrew and "Addie" McFarlane's children were:
1. * William ("McFarland") McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1880 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 13, 1965 in Yuba City, Sutter county, CA. William marr. Nannie Maude Putman.
2. * Harden 'Hardie/Hoot' McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1882 in San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 19, 1962 in Alameda county, CA. Hardin marr. Mabel _ and Frances Ruth "Ruthie" Lemenager.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 2, Col. 6
Sat., Mar. 4, 1876
Items from: San Bernardino News
The Argus yesterday furnishes the following news items:
The McFarlanes of Ivanpah have lately had four bars of bullion, weighing one hundred pounds each, stolen; they are now making bars 300 pounds. It will be more difficult for a thief to get away with them.
Mr. Andrew McFarlane, one of the proprietors of the Ivanpah mines is here. He informs us that they have about sixty men engaged in the mill and on the mines. That they are now about 300 feet below the surface and that the mineral averages $300 to the ton; that the deeper they get the richer the mineral, that they can afford to work it when it pays $75 to the ton, that it cost $25 per ton to get it out and $50 per ton to work and transport it. They have a soft thing.
In the 1880 U. S. census, 40 yr. old Adw. (Andrew) Mc Farland (McFarlane), a miner, b. in IA. was living at 86 13th & 8th Sts. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with his
28 yr. old wife, Addie Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
8 yr. old son, Augustus Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
6 yr. old daughter, Edna Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old daughter, Dema Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
5 mth. old son, William Mc Farlnad (McFarlane), b. in CA.
Andrew and Addie must have divorced before the 1900 census, because in the 1900 U. S. census, Addie was already living with her 2nd husband, Hans Gunther Hansen and three of her children: 28 yr. old Augustus (who was married but his wife was not listed here); 19 yr. old William and 17 yr. old Hardin McFarlane. Addie was listed as the mother of 4 children, all still alive by this census - some of them apparently from her ex-husband, Andrew McFarlane's previous marriage.
Hans died Nov. 19, 1912, and Addie marr. 3rd, Parley Whitaker Heap Sr., who died Sep. 20, 1916.
SAN BERNARDINO, May 22 - Andrew McFarlane, one of the pioneer prospectors and settlers of this county, is dying at the County Hospital from injuries sustained yesterday in a fall down a steep flight of stairs at his rooming-house. He was on his way up the stairs and had reached the first landing when a swinging door at that point swung back upon him, knocking him to the foot of the steps. He was carried to his room and a physician summoned.
A short time afterward a second man was precipitated down the stairs in a similar manner, and he too, was taken to McFarlane's room, but he revived and left before the physician arrived.
in McFarlane's case, symptoms of hemorrhage of the brain soon became evident. He was carried to the County Hospital, where he has remained unconscious ever since, and the superintendent states that there is hardly a chance that he can survive. He is 74. In days past he was a man of large means and quite prominent.
He came to these parts in the early days and made many important mining discoveries.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 1
Wed., May 24, 1905
PIONEER MINER DEAD AT SAN BERNARDINO
Andrew McFarlane Succumbs to Injuries From Falling Down Stairs
SAN BERNARDINO, May 24 - Andrew McFarlane, a pioneer gold hunter and Indian fighter, died here yesterday as the result of a fall down the stairway of his hotel. McFarlane discovered the Long Tom and Ivanpah mines in California during the '70's from which many fortunes have been taken by others. McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa., in 1829.
The Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 49, Col. 1-4
Sun., Mar. 30, 1986
A sterling character named Andrew McFarlane (by Fred Holladay, President of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)
McFarlane is a grand old Scottish name and easy to spell - right? Wrong. In almost every San Bernardino County history and on maps prepared and printed by the king of geography, Rand, McNally & Sons, the name is spelled "McFarland."
This might be excusable if Andrew McFarlane had been a nonentity, but he wasn't. As a matter of fact, he was San Bernardino County's acknowledged "silver king."
In the late 1860's, McFarlane developed the Ivanpah mines, which produced millions of dollars worth of silver - more silver, in fact, than any other mine in the state.
Andrew McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa. in 1829. A few years later his family moved to Iowa, where he lived until the early 1850s before coming to California with his three brothers, John, William and Thomas. A direct (*indirect - Meriwether Lewis had no children) descendent of Lewis, the scout who led the Lewis and Clark expedition to Oregon, he often said he inherited a love for adventure from his famous ancestor.
During their first few years in California, the brothers pursued mining ventures in Mariposa County, before moving into San Bernardino County and an adjoining strip of Inyo County.
Clark Mountain, where a mining district had been formed in 1865, was in this area, but the most important discoveries had not yet been made when Andrew and Tom McFarlane arrived on the scene. It is said they sought refuge in a shallow cave during a violent rainstorm, where Tom found a promising chunk of rock. The site of their find was Ivanpah.
Since California had no reduction plants to extract silver from ore, freight wagons conveyed the ore to San Pedro where it was shipped, by way of Cape Horn, to Swansea, South Wales for processing. Three years later, the McFarlanes secured a boiler and necessary equipment to build their own plant at Ivanpah.
According to historian Alan Hensher, "The McFarlanes made Ivanpah a modern camp. They built a small smelting furnace in 1873, after which silver bars began making their appearance. The lower-grade ore on the scrap heap awaited only the necessary machinery to transform it into bullion, so in 1875 they moved a five-stamp mill from the New York Mounts to the vicinity of town and incorporated their properties as the Ivanpah Consolidated Mill and Mining Company, often called the 'Ivanpah Con'."
Although the company had produced more than $500,000 in bullion by 1879, it ran into serious problems. By then it had passed through several different owners' hands, although the McFarlanes continued to manage overall operations.
The trouble started when the company's San Francisco-based owners decided to issue their own scrip, in place of hard cash, to cut costs and support a company store. Then, when workers grumbled, they suspended work while owing them several back months pay. The miners sued and while this was pending the government also filed suit, winning a judgment for back taxes. Internal Revenue agent E. F. Bean was sent to collect the money.
Violent arguments raged for two days between the agent, John McFarlane and several other employees who protested the attachment's legality.
On the second evening, a fight started, three shots rang out, and John McFarlane fell dead. At a court hearing in San Bernardino, the murder was rules "a clear case of justifiable homicide," and the accused killer, a fellow miner, was set free.
Before Ivanpah folded in 1885, it was the largest town in the Mojave desert, with almost 1,500 men employed during its peak years. No evidence of Ivanpah remains today. Everything has disappeared, either hauled off by vandals or blown away by the elements.
Andrew McFarlane made other important discoveries in Kern County, chiefly the "Long Tom Mine," a hot gold producer that made millions for later owners. Unfortunately, he sold it for only $20,000.
Andrew was later involved in the gold rush at Vanderbilt in the New York Mountains, only a few miles from Ivanpah, where he was appointed deputy county recorder. This was his last venture in the mining industry.
By now aged and worn, suffering numerous financial reverses that left him almost penniless, Andre McFarlane returned to San Bernardino and took up residence at a boarding house.
One Sunday afternoon, McFarlane was descending the stairs when he lost his balance and fell, striking his head on the stairs and suffering a fractured skull.
He died two days later, on May 25, 1905, without regaining consciousness. Two sons and a daughter survived him.
McFarlane was an honored member of the Pioneer Society and used to enjoy relating some of his youthful adventures - and indiscretions - to all who would listen.
Members of the society escorted his body to its final rating place in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, where he lies in peace among many other pioneers who made their mark in San Bernardino County.
Thomas Lewis McFarlane Sr., b. Oct. 26, 1796 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, PA. and d. July 22, 1873 in Jackson county, IA.
Susanna Alexander, b. May 12, 1809 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and d. May 12, 1890 in Jackson county, IA.
Thomas & Susanna McFarlane's children were:
1. Margaret Lewis McFarlane, b. Oct. 30, 1828 in PA. and d. abt. 1894 in IA. Margaret marr. Elijah Johnson.
2. Andrew Lewis McFarlane, b. Mar. 3, 1830 in PA. and d. May 23, 1905 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.
3. Eliza Spark(s) McFarlane, b. abt. 1832 and d. Jan. 22, 1864. Eliza marr. Israel Davis.
4. John McFarlane, b. Mar. 8, 1834 in PA. and d. May 17, 1881 in Ivanpah, San Bernardino, CA. John was marr. to Anne Phoebe Nowland.
5. Anna St. Clair McFarlane, b. Mar. 7, 1836 and d. Mar. 17, 1911. Anna marr. David A. Seymour.
6. Susannah Alexander McFarlane, b. Sep. 8, 1839– (alive in the 1910 census). Susannah marr. Cleveus C. Kendall.
7. Thomas Lewis McFarlane, b. Jan. 8, 1841 in Allegheny county, PA. and d. Jan. 12, 1888 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. Thomas marr. Caroline Ann Seeley.
8. Agatha Lewis McFarlane, b. May 16, 1843 in PA. and d. Oct. 20, 1862 in Jackson county, IA.
9. William Alexander McFarlane, b. May 1845 in IA. and d. Jun. 2, 1920 in Vanderbilt, San Bernardino County, CA.
In the 1860 U. S. census, 30 yr. old Andrew McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA., was living in Township 3 (post office: Keyesville), Tulare, CA. with his
26 yr. old (inferred) brother, John McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.,
20 yr. old (inferred) brother, Thomas McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.
22 yr. old day laborer, William Jacobson, b. in NY.
Andrew's real estate was valued at $1,500 and his personal estate at $1,700.
On Jan. 1, 1877, Andrew Lewis McFarlane and Letitia Adeline 'Addie' Yager were married in San Bernardino county, CA.
Andrew or Addie appear to have had children from a previous marriage:
1. (Charles) Agustus (Lightfoot?) McFarlane, b. Jan. 1872 and d. Oct. 2, 1907 in Napa, CA.
2. Edna McFarlane, b. 1874–
3. Dema/Demie/Deamie McFarlane, b. 1877– Deamie marr. John Cate on Mar. 16, 1896 in Los Angeles County, CA.
Andrew and "Addie" McFarlane's children were:
1. * William ("McFarland") McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1880 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 13, 1965 in Yuba City, Sutter county, CA. William marr. Nannie Maude Putman.
2. * Harden 'Hardie/Hoot' McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1882 in San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 19, 1962 in Alameda county, CA. Hardin marr. Mabel _ and Frances Ruth "Ruthie" Lemenager.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 2, Col. 6
Sat., Mar. 4, 1876
Items from: San Bernardino News
The Argus yesterday furnishes the following news items:
The McFarlanes of Ivanpah have lately had four bars of bullion, weighing one hundred pounds each, stolen; they are now making bars 300 pounds. It will be more difficult for a thief to get away with them.
Mr. Andrew McFarlane, one of the proprietors of the Ivanpah mines is here. He informs us that they have about sixty men engaged in the mill and on the mines. That they are now about 300 feet below the surface and that the mineral averages $300 to the ton; that the deeper they get the richer the mineral, that they can afford to work it when it pays $75 to the ton, that it cost $25 per ton to get it out and $50 per ton to work and transport it. They have a soft thing.
In the 1880 U. S. census, 40 yr. old Adw. (Andrew) Mc Farland (McFarlane), a miner, b. in IA. was living at 86 13th & 8th Sts. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with his
28 yr. old wife, Addie Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
8 yr. old son, Augustus Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
6 yr. old daughter, Edna Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old daughter, Dema Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
5 mth. old son, William Mc Farlnad (McFarlane), b. in CA.
Andrew and Addie must have divorced before the 1900 census, because in the 1900 U. S. census, Addie was already living with her 2nd husband, Hans Gunther Hansen and three of her children: 28 yr. old Augustus (who was married but his wife was not listed here); 19 yr. old William and 17 yr. old Hardin McFarlane. Addie was listed as the mother of 4 children, all still alive by this census - some of them apparently from her ex-husband, Andrew McFarlane's previous marriage.
Hans died Nov. 19, 1912, and Addie marr. 3rd, Parley Whitaker Heap Sr., who died Sep. 20, 1916.
SAN BERNARDINO, May 22 - Andrew McFarlane, one of the pioneer prospectors and settlers of this county, is dying at the County Hospital from injuries sustained yesterday in a fall down a steep flight of stairs at his rooming-house. He was on his way up the stairs and had reached the first landing when a swinging door at that point swung back upon him, knocking him to the foot of the steps. He was carried to his room and a physician summoned.
A short time afterward a second man was precipitated down the stairs in a similar manner, and he too, was taken to McFarlane's room, but he revived and left before the physician arrived.
in McFarlane's case, symptoms of hemorrhage of the brain soon became evident. He was carried to the County Hospital, where he has remained unconscious ever since, and the superintendent states that there is hardly a chance that he can survive. He is 74. In days past he was a man of large means and quite prominent.
He came to these parts in the early days and made many important mining discoveries.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 1
Wed., May 24, 1905
PIONEER MINER DEAD AT SAN BERNARDINO
Andrew McFarlane Succumbs to Injuries From Falling Down Stairs
SAN BERNARDINO, May 24 - Andrew McFarlane, a pioneer gold hunter and Indian fighter, died here yesterday as the result of a fall down the stairway of his hotel. McFarlane discovered the Long Tom and Ivanpah mines in California during the '70's from which many fortunes have been taken by others. McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa., in 1829.
The Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 49, Col. 1-4
Sun., Mar. 30, 1986
A sterling character named Andrew McFarlane (by Fred Holladay, President of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)
McFarlane is a grand old Scottish name and easy to spell - right? Wrong. In almost every San Bernardino County history and on maps prepared and printed by the king of geography, Rand, McNally & Sons, the name is spelled "McFarland."
This might be excusable if Andrew McFarlane had been a nonentity, but he wasn't. As a matter of fact, he was San Bernardino County's acknowledged "silver king."
In the late 1860's, McFarlane developed the Ivanpah mines, which produced millions of dollars worth of silver - more silver, in fact, than any other mine in the state.
Andrew McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa. in 1829. A few years later his family moved to Iowa, where he lived until the early 1850s before coming to California with his three brothers, John, William and Thomas. A direct (*indirect - Meriwether Lewis had no children) descendent of Lewis, the scout who led the Lewis and Clark expedition to Oregon, he often said he inherited a love for adventure from his famous ancestor.
During their first few years in California, the brothers pursued mining ventures in Mariposa County, before moving into San Bernardino County and an adjoining strip of Inyo County.
Clark Mountain, where a mining district had been formed in 1865, was in this area, but the most important discoveries had not yet been made when Andrew and Tom McFarlane arrived on the scene. It is said they sought refuge in a shallow cave during a violent rainstorm, where Tom found a promising chunk of rock. The site of their find was Ivanpah.
Since California had no reduction plants to extract silver from ore, freight wagons conveyed the ore to San Pedro where it was shipped, by way of Cape Horn, to Swansea, South Wales for processing. Three years later, the McFarlanes secured a boiler and necessary equipment to build their own plant at Ivanpah.
According to historian Alan Hensher, "The McFarlanes made Ivanpah a modern camp. They built a small smelting furnace in 1873, after which silver bars began making their appearance. The lower-grade ore on the scrap heap awaited only the necessary machinery to transform it into bullion, so in 1875 they moved a five-stamp mill from the New York Mounts to the vicinity of town and incorporated their properties as the Ivanpah Consolidated Mill and Mining Company, often called the 'Ivanpah Con'."
Although the company had produced more than $500,000 in bullion by 1879, it ran into serious problems. By then it had passed through several different owners' hands, although the McFarlanes continued to manage overall operations.
The trouble started when the company's San Francisco-based owners decided to issue their own scrip, in place of hard cash, to cut costs and support a company store. Then, when workers grumbled, they suspended work while owing them several back months pay. The miners sued and while this was pending the government also filed suit, winning a judgment for back taxes. Internal Revenue agent E. F. Bean was sent to collect the money.
Violent arguments raged for two days between the agent, John McFarlane and several other employees who protested the attachment's legality.
On the second evening, a fight started, three shots rang out, and John McFarlane fell dead. At a court hearing in San Bernardino, the murder was rules "a clear case of justifiable homicide," and the accused killer, a fellow miner, was set free.
Before Ivanpah folded in 1885, it was the largest town in the Mojave desert, with almost 1,500 men employed during its peak years. No evidence of Ivanpah remains today. Everything has disappeared, either hauled off by vandals or blown away by the elements.
Andrew McFarlane made other important discoveries in Kern County, chiefly the "Long Tom Mine," a hot gold producer that made millions for later owners. Unfortunately, he sold it for only $20,000.
Andrew was later involved in the gold rush at Vanderbilt in the New York Mountains, only a few miles from Ivanpah, where he was appointed deputy county recorder. This was his last venture in the mining industry.
By now aged and worn, suffering numerous financial reverses that left him almost penniless, Andre McFarlane returned to San Bernardino and took up residence at a boarding house.
One Sunday afternoon, McFarlane was descending the stairs when he lost his balance and fell, striking his head on the stairs and suffering a fractured skull.
He died two days later, on May 25, 1905, without regaining consciousness. Two sons and a daughter survived him.
McFarlane was an honored member of the Pioneer Society and used to enjoy relating some of his youthful adventures - and indiscretions - to all who would listen.
Members of the society escorted his body to its final rating place in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, where he lies in peace among many other pioneers who made their mark in San Bernardino County.
Andrew Lewis McFarlane's parents were:
Thomas Lewis McFarlane Sr., b. Oct. 26, 1796 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, PA. and d. July 22, 1873 in Jackson county, IA.
Susanna Alexander, b. May 12, 1809 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and d. May 12, 1890 in Jackson county, IA.
Thomas & Susanna McFarlane's children were:
1. Margaret Lewis McFarlane, b. Oct. 30, 1828 in PA. and d. abt. 1894 in IA. Margaret marr. Elijah Johnson.
2. Andrew Lewis McFarlane, b. Mar. 3, 1830 in PA. and d. May 23, 1905 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.
3. Eliza Spark(s) McFarlane, b. abt. 1832 and d. Jan. 22, 1864. Eliza marr. Israel Davis.
4. John McFarlane, b. Mar. 8, 1834 in PA. and d. May 17, 1881 in Ivanpah, San Bernardino, CA. John was marr. to Anne Phoebe Nowland.
5. Anna St. Clair McFarlane, b. Mar. 7, 1836 and d. Mar. 17, 1911. Anna marr. David A. Seymour.
6. Susannah Alexander McFarlane, b. Sep. 8, 1839– (alive in the 1910 census). Susannah marr. Cleveus C. Kendall.
7. Thomas Lewis McFarlane, b. Jan. 8, 1841 in Allegheny county, PA. and d. Jan. 12, 1888 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. Thomas marr. Caroline Ann Seeley.
8. Agatha Lewis McFarlane, b. May 16, 1843 in PA. and d. Oct. 20, 1862 in Jackson county, IA.
9. William Alexander McFarlane, b. May 1845 in IA. and d. Jun. 2, 1920 in Vanderbilt, San Bernardino County, CA.
In the 1860 U. S. census, 30 yr. old Andrew McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA., was living in Township 3 (post office: Keyesville), Tulare, CA. with his
26 yr. old (inferred) brother, John McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.,
20 yr. old (inferred) brother, Thomas McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.
22 yr. old day laborer, William Jacobson, b. in NY.
Andrew's real estate was valued at $1,500 and his personal estate at $1,700.
On Jan. 1, 1877, Andrew Lewis McFarlane and Letitia Adeline 'Addie' Yager were married in San Bernardino county, CA.
Andrew or Addie appear to have had children from a previous marriage:
1. (Charles) Agustus (Lightfoot?) McFarlane, b. Jan. 1872 and d. Oct. 2, 1907 in Napa, CA.
2. Edna McFarlane, b. 1874–
3. Dema/Demie/Deamie McFarlane, b. 1877– Deamie marr. John Cate on Mar. 16, 1896 in Los Angeles County, CA.
Andrew and "Addie" McFarlane's children were:
1. * William ("McFarland") McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1880 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 13, 1965 in Yuba City, Sutter county, CA. William marr. Nannie Maude Putman.
2. * Harden 'Hardie/Hoot' McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1882 in San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 19, 1962 in Alameda county, CA. Hardin marr. Mabel _ and Frances Ruth "Ruthie" Lemenager.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 2, Col. 6
Sat., Mar. 4, 1876
Items from: San Bernardino News
The Argus yesterday furnishes the following news items:
The McFarlanes of Ivanpah have lately had four bars of bullion, weighing one hundred pounds each, stolen; they are now making bars 300 pounds. It will be more difficult for a thief to get away with them.
Mr. Andrew McFarlane, one of the proprietors of the Ivanpah mines is here. He informs us that they have about sixty men engaged in the mill and on the mines. That they are now about 300 feet below the surface and that the mineral averages $300 to the ton; that the deeper they get the richer the mineral, that they can afford to work it when it pays $75 to the ton, that it cost $25 per ton to get it out and $50 per ton to work and transport it. They have a soft thing.
In the 1880 U. S. census, 40 yr. old Adw. (Andrew) Mc Farland (McFarlane), a miner, b. in IA. was living at 86 13th & 8th Sts. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with his
28 yr. old wife, Addie Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
8 yr. old son, Augustus Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
6 yr. old daughter, Edna Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old daughter, Dema Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
5 mth. old son, William Mc Farlnad (McFarlane), b. in CA.
Andrew and Addie must have divorced before the 1900 census, because in the 1900 U. S. census, Addie was already living with her 2nd husband, Hans Gunther Hansen and three of her children: 28 yr. old Augustus (who was married but his wife was not listed here); 19 yr. old William and 17 yr. old Hardin McFarlane. Addie was listed as the mother of 4 children, all still alive by this census - some of them apparently from her ex-husband, Andrew McFarlane's previous marriage.
Hans died Nov. 19, 1912, and Addie marr. 3rd, Parley Whitaker Heap Sr., who died Sep. 20, 1916.
SAN BERNARDINO, May 22 - Andrew McFarlane, one of the pioneer prospectors and settlers of this county, is dying at the County Hospital from injuries sustained yesterday in a fall down a steep flight of stairs at his rooming-house. He was on his way up the stairs and had reached the first landing when a swinging door at that point swung back upon him, knocking him to the foot of the steps. He was carried to his room and a physician summoned.
A short time afterward a second man was precipitated down the stairs in a similar manner, and he too, was taken to McFarlane's room, but he revived and left before the physician arrived.
in McFarlane's case, symptoms of hemorrhage of the brain soon became evident. He was carried to the County Hospital, where he has remained unconscious ever since, and the superintendent states that there is hardly a chance that he can survive. He is 74. In days past he was a man of large means and quite prominent.
He came to these parts in the early days and made many important mining discoveries.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 1
Wed., May 24, 1905
PIONEER MINER DEAD AT SAN BERNARDINO
Andrew McFarlane Succumbs to Injuries From Falling Down Stairs
SAN BERNARDINO, May 24 - Andrew McFarlane, a pioneer gold hunter and Indian fighter, died here yesterday as the result of a fall down the stairway of his hotel. McFarlane discovered the Long Tom and Ivanpah mines in California during the '70's from which many fortunes have been taken by others. McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa., in 1829.
The Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 49, Col. 1-4
Sun., Mar. 30, 1986
A sterling character named Andrew McFarlane (by Fred Holladay, President of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)
McFarlane is a grand old Scottish name and easy to spell - right? Wrong. In almost every San Bernardino County history and on maps prepared and printed by the king of geography, Rand, McNally & Sons, the name is spelled "McFarland."
This might be excusable if Andrew McFarlane had been a nonentity, but he wasn't. As a matter of fact, he was San Bernardino County's acknowledged "silver king."
In the late 1860's, McFarlane developed the Ivanpah mines, which produced millions of dollars worth of silver - more silver, in fact, than any other mine in the state.
Andrew McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa. in 1829. A few years later his family moved to Iowa, where he lived until the early 1850s before coming to California with his three brothers, John, William and Thomas. A direct (*indirect - Meriwether Lewis had no children) descendent of Lewis, the scout who led the Lewis and Clark expedition to Oregon, he often said he inherited a love for adventure from his famous ancestor.
During their first few years in California, the brothers pursued mining ventures in Mariposa County, before moving into San Bernardino County and an adjoining strip of Inyo County.
Clark Mountain, where a mining district had been formed in 1865, was in this area, but the most important discoveries had not yet been made when Andrew and Tom McFarlane arrived on the scene. It is said they sought refuge in a shallow cave during a violent rainstorm, where Tom found a promising chunk of rock. The site of their find was Ivanpah.
Since California had no reduction plants to extract silver from ore, freight wagons conveyed the ore to San Pedro where it was shipped, by way of Cape Horn, to Swansea, South Wales for processing. Three years later, the McFarlanes secured a boiler and necessary equipment to build their own plant at Ivanpah.
According to historian Alan Hensher, "The McFarlanes made Ivanpah a modern camp. They built a small smelting furnace in 1873, after which silver bars began making their appearance. The lower-grade ore on the scrap heap awaited only the necessary machinery to transform it into bullion, so in 1875 they moved a five-stamp mill from the New York Mounts to the vicinity of town and incorporated their properties as the Ivanpah Consolidated Mill and Mining Company, often called the 'Ivanpah Con'."
Although the company had produced more than $500,000 in bullion by 1879, it ran into serious problems. By then it had passed through several different owners' hands, although the McFarlanes continued to manage overall operations.
The trouble started when the company's San Francisco-based owners decided to issue their own scrip, in place of hard cash, to cut costs and support a company store. Then, when workers grumbled, they suspended work while owing them several back months pay. The miners sued and while this was pending the government also filed suit, winning a judgment for back taxes. Internal Revenue agent E. F. Bean was sent to collect the money.
Violent arguments raged for two days between the agent, John McFarlane and several other employees who protested the attachment's legality.
On the second evening, a fight started, three shots rang out, and John McFarlane fell dead. At a court hearing in San Bernardino, the murder was rules "a clear case of justifiable homicide," and the accused killer, a fellow miner, was set free.
Before Ivanpah folded in 1885, it was the largest town in the Mojave desert, with almost 1,500 men employed during its peak years. No evidence of Ivanpah remains today. Everything has disappeared, either hauled off by vandals or blown away by the elements.
Andrew McFarlane made other important discoveries in Kern County, chiefly the "Long Tom Mine," a hot gold producer that made millions for later owners. Unfortunately, he sold it for only $20,000.
Andrew was later involved in the gold rush at Vanderbilt in the New York Mountains, only a few miles from Ivanpah, where he was appointed deputy county recorder. This was his last venture in the mining industry.
By now aged and worn, suffering numerous financial reverses that left him almost penniless, Andre McFarlane returned to San Bernardino and took up residence at a boarding house.
One Sunday afternoon, McFarlane was descending the stairs when he lost his balance and fell, striking his head on the stairs and suffering a fractured skull.
He died two days later, on May 25, 1905, without regaining consciousness. Two sons and a daughter survived him.
McFarlane was an honored member of the Pioneer Society and used to enjoy relating some of his youthful adventures - and indiscretions - to all who would listen.
Members of the society escorted his body to its final rating place in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, where he lies in peace among many other pioneers who made their mark in San Bernardino County.
Thomas Lewis McFarlane Sr., b. Oct. 26, 1796 in Pittsburgh, Allegheny county, PA. and d. July 22, 1873 in Jackson county, IA.
Susanna Alexander, b. May 12, 1809 in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland and d. May 12, 1890 in Jackson county, IA.
Thomas & Susanna McFarlane's children were:
1. Margaret Lewis McFarlane, b. Oct. 30, 1828 in PA. and d. abt. 1894 in IA. Margaret marr. Elijah Johnson.
2. Andrew Lewis McFarlane, b. Mar. 3, 1830 in PA. and d. May 23, 1905 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA.
3. Eliza Spark(s) McFarlane, b. abt. 1832 and d. Jan. 22, 1864. Eliza marr. Israel Davis.
4. John McFarlane, b. Mar. 8, 1834 in PA. and d. May 17, 1881 in Ivanpah, San Bernardino, CA. John was marr. to Anne Phoebe Nowland.
5. Anna St. Clair McFarlane, b. Mar. 7, 1836 and d. Mar. 17, 1911. Anna marr. David A. Seymour.
6. Susannah Alexander McFarlane, b. Sep. 8, 1839– (alive in the 1910 census). Susannah marr. Cleveus C. Kendall.
7. Thomas Lewis McFarlane, b. Jan. 8, 1841 in Allegheny county, PA. and d. Jan. 12, 1888 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, CA. Thomas marr. Caroline Ann Seeley.
8. Agatha Lewis McFarlane, b. May 16, 1843 in PA. and d. Oct. 20, 1862 in Jackson county, IA.
9. William Alexander McFarlane, b. May 1845 in IA. and d. Jun. 2, 1920 in Vanderbilt, San Bernardino County, CA.
In the 1860 U. S. census, 30 yr. old Andrew McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA., was living in Township 3 (post office: Keyesville), Tulare, CA. with his
26 yr. old (inferred) brother, John McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.,
20 yr. old (inferred) brother, Thomas McFarlane, a farmer, b. in PA.
22 yr. old day laborer, William Jacobson, b. in NY.
Andrew's real estate was valued at $1,500 and his personal estate at $1,700.
On Jan. 1, 1877, Andrew Lewis McFarlane and Letitia Adeline 'Addie' Yager were married in San Bernardino county, CA.
Andrew or Addie appear to have had children from a previous marriage:
1. (Charles) Agustus (Lightfoot?) McFarlane, b. Jan. 1872 and d. Oct. 2, 1907 in Napa, CA.
2. Edna McFarlane, b. 1874–
3. Dema/Demie/Deamie McFarlane, b. 1877– Deamie marr. John Cate on Mar. 16, 1896 in Los Angeles County, CA.
Andrew and "Addie" McFarlane's children were:
1. * William ("McFarland") McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1880 in San Bernardino, San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 13, 1965 in Yuba City, Sutter county, CA. William marr. Nannie Maude Putman.
2. * Harden 'Hardie/Hoot' McFarlane, b. Feb. 10, 1882 in San Bernardino county, CA. and d. Jan. 19, 1962 in Alameda county, CA. Hardin marr. Mabel _ and Frances Ruth "Ruthie" Lemenager.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 2, Col. 6
Sat., Mar. 4, 1876
Items from: San Bernardino News
The Argus yesterday furnishes the following news items:
The McFarlanes of Ivanpah have lately had four bars of bullion, weighing one hundred pounds each, stolen; they are now making bars 300 pounds. It will be more difficult for a thief to get away with them.
Mr. Andrew McFarlane, one of the proprietors of the Ivanpah mines is here. He informs us that they have about sixty men engaged in the mill and on the mines. That they are now about 300 feet below the surface and that the mineral averages $300 to the ton; that the deeper they get the richer the mineral, that they can afford to work it when it pays $75 to the ton, that it cost $25 per ton to get it out and $50 per ton to work and transport it. They have a soft thing.
In the 1880 U. S. census, 40 yr. old Adw. (Andrew) Mc Farland (McFarlane), a miner, b. in IA. was living at 86 13th & 8th Sts. in San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA. with his
28 yr. old wife, Addie Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
8 yr. old son, Augustus Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
6 yr. old daughter, Edna Mc Farland (McFarlane), attending school, b. in CA.
3 yr. old daughter, Dema Mc Farland (McFarlane), b. in CA.
5 mth. old son, William Mc Farlnad (McFarlane), b. in CA.
Andrew and Addie must have divorced before the 1900 census, because in the 1900 U. S. census, Addie was already living with her 2nd husband, Hans Gunther Hansen and three of her children: 28 yr. old Augustus (who was married but his wife was not listed here); 19 yr. old William and 17 yr. old Hardin McFarlane. Addie was listed as the mother of 4 children, all still alive by this census - some of them apparently from her ex-husband, Andrew McFarlane's previous marriage.
Hans died Nov. 19, 1912, and Addie marr. 3rd, Parley Whitaker Heap Sr., who died Sep. 20, 1916.
SAN BERNARDINO, May 22 - Andrew McFarlane, one of the pioneer prospectors and settlers of this county, is dying at the County Hospital from injuries sustained yesterday in a fall down a steep flight of stairs at his rooming-house. He was on his way up the stairs and had reached the first landing when a swinging door at that point swung back upon him, knocking him to the foot of the steps. He was carried to his room and a physician summoned.
A short time afterward a second man was precipitated down the stairs in a similar manner, and he too, was taken to McFarlane's room, but he revived and left before the physician arrived.
in McFarlane's case, symptoms of hemorrhage of the brain soon became evident. He was carried to the County Hospital, where he has remained unconscious ever since, and the superintendent states that there is hardly a chance that he can survive. He is 74. In days past he was a man of large means and quite prominent.
He came to these parts in the early days and made many important mining discoveries.
The Los Angeles Evening Express (Los Angeles, CA.), P. 4, Col. 1
Wed., May 24, 1905
PIONEER MINER DEAD AT SAN BERNARDINO
Andrew McFarlane Succumbs to Injuries From Falling Down Stairs
SAN BERNARDINO, May 24 - Andrew McFarlane, a pioneer gold hunter and Indian fighter, died here yesterday as the result of a fall down the stairway of his hotel. McFarlane discovered the Long Tom and Ivanpah mines in California during the '70's from which many fortunes have been taken by others. McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa., in 1829.
The Sun (San Bernardino, CA.), P. 49, Col. 1-4
Sun., Mar. 30, 1986
A sterling character named Andrew McFarlane (by Fred Holladay, President of the City of San Bernardino Historical and Pioneer Society)
McFarlane is a grand old Scottish name and easy to spell - right? Wrong. In almost every San Bernardino County history and on maps prepared and printed by the king of geography, Rand, McNally & Sons, the name is spelled "McFarland."
This might be excusable if Andrew McFarlane had been a nonentity, but he wasn't. As a matter of fact, he was San Bernardino County's acknowledged "silver king."
In the late 1860's, McFarlane developed the Ivanpah mines, which produced millions of dollars worth of silver - more silver, in fact, than any other mine in the state.
Andrew McFarlane was born in Allegheny, Pa. in 1829. A few years later his family moved to Iowa, where he lived until the early 1850s before coming to California with his three brothers, John, William and Thomas. A direct (*indirect - Meriwether Lewis had no children) descendent of Lewis, the scout who led the Lewis and Clark expedition to Oregon, he often said he inherited a love for adventure from his famous ancestor.
During their first few years in California, the brothers pursued mining ventures in Mariposa County, before moving into San Bernardino County and an adjoining strip of Inyo County.
Clark Mountain, where a mining district had been formed in 1865, was in this area, but the most important discoveries had not yet been made when Andrew and Tom McFarlane arrived on the scene. It is said they sought refuge in a shallow cave during a violent rainstorm, where Tom found a promising chunk of rock. The site of their find was Ivanpah.
Since California had no reduction plants to extract silver from ore, freight wagons conveyed the ore to San Pedro where it was shipped, by way of Cape Horn, to Swansea, South Wales for processing. Three years later, the McFarlanes secured a boiler and necessary equipment to build their own plant at Ivanpah.
According to historian Alan Hensher, "The McFarlanes made Ivanpah a modern camp. They built a small smelting furnace in 1873, after which silver bars began making their appearance. The lower-grade ore on the scrap heap awaited only the necessary machinery to transform it into bullion, so in 1875 they moved a five-stamp mill from the New York Mounts to the vicinity of town and incorporated their properties as the Ivanpah Consolidated Mill and Mining Company, often called the 'Ivanpah Con'."
Although the company had produced more than $500,000 in bullion by 1879, it ran into serious problems. By then it had passed through several different owners' hands, although the McFarlanes continued to manage overall operations.
The trouble started when the company's San Francisco-based owners decided to issue their own scrip, in place of hard cash, to cut costs and support a company store. Then, when workers grumbled, they suspended work while owing them several back months pay. The miners sued and while this was pending the government also filed suit, winning a judgment for back taxes. Internal Revenue agent E. F. Bean was sent to collect the money.
Violent arguments raged for two days between the agent, John McFarlane and several other employees who protested the attachment's legality.
On the second evening, a fight started, three shots rang out, and John McFarlane fell dead. At a court hearing in San Bernardino, the murder was rules "a clear case of justifiable homicide," and the accused killer, a fellow miner, was set free.
Before Ivanpah folded in 1885, it was the largest town in the Mojave desert, with almost 1,500 men employed during its peak years. No evidence of Ivanpah remains today. Everything has disappeared, either hauled off by vandals or blown away by the elements.
Andrew McFarlane made other important discoveries in Kern County, chiefly the "Long Tom Mine," a hot gold producer that made millions for later owners. Unfortunately, he sold it for only $20,000.
Andrew was later involved in the gold rush at Vanderbilt in the New York Mountains, only a few miles from Ivanpah, where he was appointed deputy county recorder. This was his last venture in the mining industry.
By now aged and worn, suffering numerous financial reverses that left him almost penniless, Andre McFarlane returned to San Bernardino and took up residence at a boarding house.
One Sunday afternoon, McFarlane was descending the stairs when he lost his balance and fell, striking his head on the stairs and suffering a fractured skull.
He died two days later, on May 25, 1905, without regaining consciousness. Two sons and a daughter survived him.
McFarlane was an honored member of the Pioneer Society and used to enjoy relating some of his youthful adventures - and indiscretions - to all who would listen.
Members of the society escorted his body to its final rating place in Pioneer Memorial Cemetery, where he lies in peace among many other pioneers who made their mark in San Bernardino County.
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