Parlan McFarlane

Year of Birth - 1860. Church membership 57,000 in 98 wards and branches and four stakes. United States population 31.4 million. James Buchanan is President and Abraham Lincoln elected President of the United States and Brigham Young is President of the Church. Pony Express begins service. Last handcart company arrives in Salt Lake City. South Carolina seceedes from the Union.

Mother died when he was age six. Took mother's death very hard. As a teenager worked on wagon train to Nevada and worked in the mines near Peoche, Nevada.

Assisted his father in treating the sick. Later did much doctoring on his own. Many babies throughout Central Utah were delivered by him. I have heard my Uncle Willie tell of often running into people who had been delivered by or treated by his father. He assisted in the building of the Manti Temple. Knew Brigham Young and had received council from him.

Was a farmer, watermaster, and raiser of horses for rodeos. Was an aquaintance of Butch Cassidy who was an admirer of his horses. Was interested in geology. Would take one of his nephews with him frequently on his trips in the buggy and would teach him about the different land formations. This nephew later became the Chairman of the geology department at the University of Utah.