John Menzies Macfarlane (October 11, 1833 – June 4, 1892)[1][2] was a Scottish-born Latter-day Saint hymnwriter, choir director and civic leader who spent most of his life in Utah Territory.
Multiple sources identified him as one of the many Iron County Militia men involved in the 1857 Mountain Meadows Massacre.
[4] Macfarlane served as superintendent of schools from 1866 to 1868 for Iron County, Utah,[3] and the leader of the choir in Cedar City which he took to St. George.
Besides leading the choir, Macfarlane served as a district judge and worked as a surveyor and a builder.
In St. George, he was involved in founding an academy in 1888 that was the predecessor to Dixie State College of Utah.