(Obit - DR. J. E. McFARLIN died at an early hour Monday morning at the home of Mrs. Gordon on east Main Street. He and Mrs. McFarlin came here a few weeks ago from their home in South Texas, and while his condition was known to be serious, he had been able to be up. He came to Texas from Missouri with his father’s family when a boy, locating in Red River County. He was well known in Cumby where he resided and practiced medicine many years, having located here when the town was known as Black Jack Grove. Deceased had been married four times and survived all of his wives except the last one. His first wife, who was not known here, died in California; the second was a Miss Rowell, whose parents lived at Emblem, this county; the third was a daughter of Capt. M. Branom of Cumby; the fourth a Miss Heweitt, also of this place. He is survived by a brother living in West Texas, and two children, a daughter in California, and a son in West Texas, both by his first wife. Eight years ago he moved from Cumby to South Texas where a few years later he was compelled to give up the practice of medicine because of failing health. He was nearly 72 years of age at the time of his death. Interment was made in the Cumby cemetery with funeral services conducted by Revs. Rea and McGuire.) (Cumby Rustler, Fri., Aug. 15, 1913)