Lieut. Daniel McFarland (Biography)

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History of the State of Kansas, by William G. Cutler

Lieut. Daniel McFaland, City Marshal, was born in Ross County, Ohio, in 1842.  In 1855, he emigrated to Kansas, locating at Leavenworth.  In 1861, he enlisted in Company G, Second Kansas Infantry, at the end of five months he was discharged on account of wounds received at Wilson Creek, Mo.  After recovering from his wounds he was mustered in as recruiting officer, and in August 1862, was commissioned Second Lieutenant of Company D, Seventy-ninth United States Colored Troops, serving two years, in 1869, he took a claim in Howard Township, Howard County.  He was the first settler on Snake Creek, improving the place, remained their (sic) eight years, and located at Howard in 1879.  In 1880, was appointed City Marshal, and has held the position continuously since, and is an efficient officer and well quallified for the position.  He was married in 1864, to Miss LIzzie Hobbs, of Roseville, Ark.  They have four children--Belle, Archy, Austin, and John.  He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 155, A. F. & A. M., Howard Chapter, No 49, or Howard.