Born: Oc­to­ber 11, 1833, Ster­ling, Scot­land.

Died: June 4, 1892, St. George, Utah (of con­gest­ive heart fail­ure caused by di­a­be­tes).

Buried: St. George, Utah.

Macfarlane em­i­grat­ed to Amer­i­ca on Feb­ru­a­ry 11, 1852, on the ship El­len Ma­rie. He set­tled in St. George, Utah, where he was a sur­vey­or, at­tor­ney, judge, com­pos­er, teach­er and farm­er.

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  1. Far, Far Away on Judea’s Plains