Neil McFarlane Collection

Collection

Identifier: SC 664

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

Typed summary of interview (5 leaves) mentioning McFarlane's uncle, Henry C. Lyon, foreman and manager of Rand and Brown Farm (1881-1882), John Elliot who followed Lyon as foreman, a description of Rand and Brown Farm's location, General Thomas M. Walker, a Civil War veteran from Erie, Penn., who managed the Rand and Brown Farm and later bought his own farm, a brief mention of his wife Agnes Coughey Walker, a description of the Rand and Brown Farm buildings including the grain elevators, and typed copies of Moorhead daily news clippings from 1896 about the railroad accident of Frank Coughey; Coughey, foreman at Walker's farm, died in the winter of 1896-1897 and was buried on General Walker's farm.

Dates

1896, 1956.

Creator

McFarlane, Neil, 1890-1967. (Person)

Access

The collection is open under the rules and regulations of the NDSU Archives.

Copyrights

Copyrights to this collection are held by the NDSU Archives.

Biography

Born at his father's farm north of Grandin, N.D. Son of Duncan (1838-1907) and Isabella Lyon McFarlane (1852-1933). They emigrated from Scotland to Canada and in 1879 settled on a farm near Grandin. Neil served in the U.S. Navy in World War I, wed Nellie Fugate (1892-1959) in 1923. Worked as railroad station agent at Grandin, N.D.