Tabitha Cumi MCFARLAND

1850 - Aft 1880  (30 years)

• Name	Tabitha Cumi MCFARLAND  [1]
  Birth	13 May 1850	, , Tennessee, USA   [1]
  Gender	Female
  _UID	A1FF00242DD446F1B95A7921C28AD1531996
  Death	Aft 1880  [1]
  Person ID	I20716	WinderWonderland
  Last Modified	7 Mar 2006

  
  

  Father	Andrew Jackson MCFARLAND,   b. 8 Dec 1818, , Christian, Kentucky, USA d. 19 Nov 1895, , Henry, Tennessee, USA (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Martha A. WINDERS,   b. 17 Mar 1826, , Todd, Kentucky, USA d. 29 May 1900, , Henry, Tennessee, USA (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	19 Jan 1843	, Montgomery, Tennessee, USA   [2]
  Family ID	F6468	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Notes by Johnny Walker: Tabitha Cumi McFarland without a doubt received her name from the New Testament. In the Gospel of Mark, Chapter 5, the story is related of the daughter of Jairus being restored to life. In the King James Version of Mark 5:41 the text is as follows: "And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise." This phrase (in the Aramaic language) is transliterated as "Talitha koum" in some more modern English translations. The story of the raising of Tabitha (Dorcas) from the dead by St. Peter is told in Acts 9:36-42. The text of Acts 9:40 (KJV) says: "But Peter put them all forth, and kneeled down, and prayed; and turning him to the body said, Tabitha, arise. And she opened her eyes: and when she saw Peter, she sat up." There may have been confusion between these two separate stories which would explain the combination of the name "Tabitha" with the word "Cumi". However, it is interesting to note that in the 1526 edition of the New Testament by William Tyndale (the first complete New Testament translated from the original Greek and printed in English) the text of Mark 5:41 is as follows: "And toke the mayden by the honde, and sayde unto her: Tabitha, cumi: which is by interpretacion: mayden I saye unto the, aryse." The form "Tabitha cumi" rather than "Talitha cumi" may appear in some other early English translations of the New Testament as well. More About Tabitha Cumi McFarland: Census: 1880, Henry Co., Tennessee, in house of parents Marriage Notes for Tabitha McFarland and S. Wynn: Note that the marriage was recorded in marriage records in both Todd Co., Kentucky and Henry Co., Tennessee. Perhaps a licence was taken out in Todd Co., Kentucky but then found to be invalid for some reason and a new one was taken out in Henry Co., Tennessee. More About S. Wynn and Tabitha McFarland: Marriage 1: 31 Aug 1871, Henry Co., Tennessee Marriage 2: 28 Aug 1871, Todd Co., Kentucky [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S247] Johnny D. Walker, Jun 2002 (Reliability: 3). [S330] Bryon and Barbara Sitler, Early Middle Tennessee Marriages, (Nashville, TN 1988).