Mcfarland, Noah C
lawyer, state senator, was born April 23, 1822, in Washington county, Pa. From 1849 he practiced law in Hamilton, Ohio; and in 1865 was elected a state senator. In 1870 he moved to Topeka, Kas.; and was elected a state senator. He was twice appointed a regent of the university of Kansas; and in 1881 was appointed commissioner of the general land office at Washington. '638 MCFARLAND, SAMUEL GAMBLE, clergyman, missionary, was born Dec. 11, 1830, in Washington county, Pa. In 1849 he entered West Alexander academy; in 1855 he entered Washington college, Pa.; and in 1857 he entered the Western and Theological seminary of Allegheny City, Pa. In 1860 he was sent as a missionary to Siam, under the board of foreign missions of the presbyterian church; in 1879 he was principal of the government school for boys in Bangkok; and in 1896 he returned to the United States, and resided in Canonsburg, Pa., until his death, on April 25, 1897. With the exception of short vacations to his native county, Dr. McFarland spent thirtyfive years in mission work in Siam.