Captain James McFarlane was the leader of the 500 + anti-Federalists who went to
 Bower Hill (General Neville's home) on July 17, 1794, to demand Neville's resignation and
 tax records.  Neville was not present that morning (to quiet the crowd, perhaps, by not being
 seen).  We wonder if Neville and U S Marshal David Lenox did not take refuge at St. Luke's
Church.  Someone fired the shot that day that did mortally wound MacFarlane, and the crowd
became a mob and burned Bower Hill down.  It is not wrong to imagine that MacFarlane and
the other anti-Federalists focused their anger on Neville.   ...Canon Richard Davies

HERE LIES THE BODY OF CAPTAIN JAMES MCFARLANE
 OF WASHINGTON, PA.

HE DEPARTED THIS LIFE JULY 17, 1794, AGED 45 -
 HE SERVED THROUGH THE WAR, WITH UNDAUNTED
 COURAGE IN DEFENSE OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE,
 AGAINST THE LAWLESS AND DESPOTIC
 ENCROACHMENTS OF GREAT BRITAIN
  HE FELL AT LAST BY THE HANDS OF AN
 UNPRINCIPLED VILLAIN IN SUPPORT OF WHAT HE 
SUPPOSED TO BE THE RIGHTS OF HIS COUNTRY,
 MUCH LAMENTED BY A NUMEROUS AND RESPECTABLE
 CIRCLE OF ACQUAINTANCES

 
Marker placed on the original stone by the Daughters of the American Revolution

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