CS Con MacFarland, William Hamilton - C.S. Delegate, VA

William Hamilton MacFarland​

Born: February 9, 1799

Birthplace: Lunenburg County, Virginia

Father: James MacFarland 1762 – 1837

Mother: Elizabeth Smith 1763 – 1819

1st​ Wife: Ann Taylor Roberts 1803 – 1832

Married: September 25, 1823 in Norfolk, Virginia

2nd​ Wife: Elizabeth Berine 1816 – 1900

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

Married: April 13, 1835 in Monroe, Virginia

Children:

Elizabeth Berine MacFarland Barksdale 1836 – 1880​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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Susan MacFarland 1838 – 1905​

(Buried: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia)​

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William Hamilton "Willie" MacFarland 1844 – 1921​

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Ellen Turner MacFarland Brown 1846 – 1930​

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Nannie Berine MacFarland Donaldson 1857 – 1934​

Religion: Episcopalian

Education:

Attended Hampden – Sydney College​

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Attended College of William and Mary​

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Legal training at Litchfield Law School​

Occupation before War:

1820 – 1824: Attorney in Lunenburg County Virginia​

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1822 – 1824: Member of Virginia House of Delegates​

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1824 – 1835: Attorney in Petersburg, Virginia​

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1830 – 1831: Member of Virginia House of Delegates​

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Moved to Richmond Virginia before the year of 1836.​

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President of Richmond and Petersburg Railroad Company​

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President of Farmer's Bank of Richmond, Virginia​

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Vestryman of Saint Paul's Episcopal Church in Richmond, Virginia.​

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Vice President of Virginia State Historical Society​

Civil War Career:

1861: Unionist Delegate to Virginia State Secession Convention​

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1861: Voted against secession at Convention on April 4th​.​

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1861: Voted in support of Secession at Convention on April 17th​.​

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1861 – 1862: Virginia Delegate to Confederate Provisional Congress​

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1861 – 1862: Member of House Committee on Commercial Affairs.​

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1861 – 1862: Supporter of tax program to exempt large acres of personal and corporate welfare.​

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1861 – 1862: Supporter of full control of commerce & Transportation.​

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1861: Defeated in run off for Confederate Congress against Former United States President John Tyler.​

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1861 – 1865: President of Farmer's Bank in Richmond, Virginia.​

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1865: Forced to close his bank with the collapse of government.​

Occupation after War:

1865 – 1872: Lived retired at his summer home Glencoe in Greenbrier County, West Virginia.​

Died: January 10, 1872

Place of Death: Glencoe in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

Age at time of Death: 72 years old

Burial Place: Hollywood Cemetery, Richmond, Virginia

 

[Pollaco]

I wonder if he was approached to fill John Tyler's vacant seat in the Confederate Congress? He apparrently didn't take it though.

 

[gentlemanrob]

I wonder if he was approached to fill John Tyler's vacant seat in the Confederate Congress? He apparrently didn't take it though.

According to Dr Ezra Warner he was not. MacFarland returned to his bank presidency until the government collapse and after simply retired to his home. Remember he was a union delegate who at first supported not leaving the union.