Hopkins Co. TX - Obit for Dr. J. E. McFarlin From: June E. Tuck ************************************************************************ USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net/ *********************************************************************** DR. J. E. McFARLIN died at an early hour Monday morning at the home of Mrs. Gordon on east Main Street. He and Mrs. McFarlin came here a few weeks ago from their home in South Texas, and while his condition was known to be serious, he had been able to be up. He came to Texas from Missouri with his father^Òs family when a boy, locating in Red River County. He was well known in Cumby where he resided and practiced medicine many years, having located here when the town was known as Black Jack Grove. Deceased had been married four times and survived all of his wives except the last one. His first wife, who was not known here, died in California; the second was a Miss Rowell, whose parents lived at Emblem, this county; the third was a daughter of Capt. M. Branom of Cumby; the fourth a Miss Heweitt, also of this place. He is survived by a brother living in West Texas, and two children, a daughter in California, and a son in West Texas, both by his first wife. Eight years ago he moved from Cumby to South Texas where a few years later he was compelled to give up the practice of medicine because of failing health. He was nearly 72 years of age at the time of his death. Interment was made in the Cumby cemetery with funeral services conducted by Revs. Rea and McGuire. (Cumby Rustler, Fri., Aug. 15, 1913)