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ROBERT M. MCFARLIN
Vol. 3, p. 1263

Robert M. MCFARLIN is a Texan by birth, had his early experience in
the stock business and farming in that great state, but a little over
twenty years ago transferred his activities to Oklahoma, locating in
what is Hughes County. In that section of the state MR. McFarlin's
name is synonymous with many of the most important interests, and
among others he was one of the founders and promoters of the thriving
little City of Holdenville. He developed a splendid stock ranch in
that locality and about ten years ago diverted his capitol to oil
development around Tulsa. Mr. McFarlin organized, and is now vice
president, of the McMan Oil Company of Tulsa, with offices in the
Drew Building. This is the largest producing concern in the state.
Besides Mr. McFarlin the other officers and interested principals in
the company are J. A. CHAPMAN, president; E.P. HARWELL, secretary;
Harry H. ROGERS, attorney; and P.A. CHAPMAN

Robert M. McFarlin was born in Waxahachie, Texas, July 27, 1866, a
son of Benjamin Porter and Carolina (MCKNIGHT) McFarlin. Both parents
were natives of Tennessee, and came to Texas in 1851, the father
becoming one of the early farmers and stock men in Ellis County. He
spent his active career on the old homestead near Waxahachie and died
there in 1887 at the age of sixty-one. He was in politics a democrat.
His wife survived him until 1902, and at her death was seventy-six
years old. Of their eight children, all of whom are living, Robert M.
was the youngest.

Mr. McFarlin grew up on one of the typical ranch homesteads of North
Central Texas. His schooling came from the public schools, with
subsequent attendance in Marvin College of Waxahachie. He early
learned the routine of farm and ranch and on reaching manhood that
became his regular business. He lived in Texas until 1892, and then
became one of the pioneer settlers in Hughes County Oklahoma. At that
time the district was a wild prairie country, with little development
beyond the use of the pastures for grazing, and with practically no
commercial life. The flourishing City of Holdenville now has a
population of 2,500. In that vicinity he carried on extensive
operations as a farmer and stock man, and has not relinquished them
in spite of his activities in another field. He has a reputation as a
successful breeder of thoroughbred Hereford cattle, and runs his
stock on a magnificent domain of from 2,500 to 3,000 acres.

It was in 1905 that Mr. McFarlin turned his attention to the oil
business, becoming interested in the development work at Glenn Pool,
south of Tulsa. Several years later he organized the McMan Oil
Company, which at this time has the distinction of being the largest
producing oil company in Oklahoma. Mr. McFarlin was also one of the
organizers and is a director of the Exchange National Bank of Tulsa.

Fraternally he is affiliated with Holdenville Lodge No. 123, A. F. &
A. M., and also with Oklahoma Consistory No. 1 of the thirty-second
degree of Scottish Rite. On March 24, 1886, he married Ida May
BERNARD, who was born at Gainesville, Texas. Mr. and Mrs. McFarlin
take great pride in their two daughters. Leta May, the older, is the
wife of J. A. Chapman, who is president of the McMan Oil Company.
Pauline Carolina, the younger daughter, is a graduate from the
National Park Seminary at Forest Glenn, Virginia, near Washington,
D.C.

Typed for OKGenWeb by Jean Owens October 10, 1998.