John McParland
Wheatland County
History of Montana, Sanders, 1913

A resident of Montana for more than a quarter of a century, 
John McParland, justice of the peace and prominent rancher of 
Harlowton holds prestige among the leading citizens of his 
community.  Like many of the Treasure state's most successful 
citizens, Mr. McParland is a native of the peaceful country 
to our north, the Dominion of Canada, where he was born 
February 29, 1864.

Mr. McParland secured a good education in the common schools 
of his native vicinity, and as a youth earned his first 
money working on a dairy farm.  While still there he 
started to learn the trade of jeweler, which he has 
followed for many years.  At the age of twenty one he 
left Canada and went to North Dakota, locating in the 
city of Pembina, where he worked at his trade and also 
as a farmer until 1887, which year saw his advent in 
Montana, this state having been his place of residence 
ever since.  Locating first at Fort Benton, he remained 
in that city and  vicinity for about sixteen years, 
following the jeweler's trade and watch repairing and 
on leaving Fort Benton settled in Utica for one year.  
Since 1904 he has been a resident of Harlowton, where 
for four years he was engaged in following the jewelry 
trade and watch repairing, but in 1908 took up homestead 
on which he has since proved up.  The success which 
attended his efforts in a business way has been equaled 
by that which has rewarded his agricultural operations, 
his industry, energy and enterprise bringing about 
excellent results.

While a resident of Fort Benton, May 7, 1896 Mr. McParland 
was married to Miss Rosa A. Wood, formerly of New York 
state, and to this union there has been born one child, 
a son, John V. who is a student in the public schools 
of Harlowton.