Jul-28-2018
Husband: Robert McClain
Born: ca 1812 in Pennsylvania 1
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2
Father:
Mother:
Wife: Elizabeth Heck 3,4,5,6
Born: ca 1811 in Virginia (now West Virginia) 1
Died: bef 1880 2
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Father:
Mother:
M Child 1: Ulysses D. McClain
Also known as: U. D. McClain 7,8
Born: Mar- 9-1836 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 8,7,9
Died: May- 8-1898 in Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV 9,8
Buried: in Archbold Cemetery, Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV 10
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1862 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
Occupation: teacher 7
Wife: Mary A. Bland b. Apr-13-1842 d. Jul-29-1931
Married: Feb- -1862 in Doddridge Co, WV 7
M Child 2: Robert Alexander McClain
Also known as: Alexander McClain 11
Born: Nov-16-1837 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 12,13,14
Died: Oct-22-1922 near Spencer, Roane Co, WV 12
Buried: in McClain Cemetery, Slab Fork near Rush Creek Rd, Roane Co, WV 10 (see note 1)
Census: 1870, 1880 in Southwest District, Doddridge Co, WV 14
Resided: 1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13
Occupation: farmer 14
Wife: Sarah J. Summers b. May-27-1841 d. Feb-23-1927
Married: Apr-14-1861 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 13
F Child 3: Alcinda J. McClain
Born: ca 1840 in Harrison Co, (W)VA 7
Died: bef Aug 1901 15
Census: 1860 in Ritchie Co, (W)VA
Resided: 1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
Husband: George Thomas b. Oct-10-1822 d. Feb-12-1915
Married: Aug-28-1859 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 7
F Child 4: Sarah E. McClain
Born: ca 1844 in Monongalia Co, (W)VA 13,16 (see note 2)
Died: Aug- 5-1886 in Doddridge Co, WV 17
Cause of death: fever 16
Census: 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Leander Wilson Husk b. May- -1846 d. Dec-23-1918
Married: Sep-19-1875 in Doddridge Co, WV 18,19
M Child 5: Preston B. McClain
Also known as: P. B. McClain 8
Born: Sep-18-1844 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 20,21,7
Died: Mar- 4-1938 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12,21
Buried: in Blockhouse Hill Cemetery (IOOF section), West Union, Doddridge Co, WV 22,10
Resided: in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV 12
Census: 1930 in Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV (see note 3)
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1880 in Grant District, Ritchie Co, WV
Census: 1870 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV
Resided: 1863 at Toms Fork, Porto Rico, Doddridge Co, WV 23
Occupation: farmer 20,24
Military: Pvt (blacksmith), Co H, 4th W.Va. Cav & Co C, 6th W.Va. Inf, Civil War 25,26,27,28 (see note 4)
Wife: Eliza E. "Lydia" Davis b. Jan- -1843 d. 1929
Also known as: Lydia E. 8
Married: Apr-18-1869 in Doddridge Co, WV 7,29
M Child 6: James L. McClain
Born: ca 1847 13,1
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Rachel Amanda Ashburn b. ca 1853
Also known as: Amanda Ashburn 13
Married: Jan-10-1871 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
M Child 7: Jacob T. McClain
Born: ca 1849 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA 1,30
Census: 1880 in Union District, Ritchie Co, WV
Resided: 1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 30
Census: 1870 in Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2
Wife: Roanna McDonald b. ca 1855
Married: Nov- 9-1873 in Ritchie Co, WV 30
Sources:
(1) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp)
(2) 1880 Census, Ritchie County, WV (Union District)
(3) Death record of son.
(4) Marriage record of son.
(5) Marriage record of daughter.
(6) Death record of daughter.
(7) Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.
(8) Headstone.
(9) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV.
(10) Findagrave.com.
(11) Birth record of son.
(12) WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx)
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(14) 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (South West Twp).
(15) Record of husband's remarriage.
(16) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 45.
(17) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, DR Bk 3, p. 45 :
www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046216&Type=Death.
(18) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Leander W. Husk, widowed, 29, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of Frederick & Nancy; and Sarah E.
McClain, 29, b. Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Robert & Elizabeth. Married Sep 19
1875.
(19) West Virginia Marriage Records, 1863-1900 (http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4484.htm)
(20) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District)
(21) Headstone (year only)
(22) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(23) U.S. Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National Archives.
(24) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
(25) West Union Herald, 7/3/1913 (one of ten Doddridge vets attending the Gettysburg 50th Anniversary)
(26) U.S. Civil War Soldiers, 1861-1865 [database online], National Park Service ,
Ancestry.com.
(27) U.S. Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line], Ancestry.com and National
Archives & Records Administration.
(28) 1890 Veterans Schedules [database online], Ancestry.com and National Archives & Records Administration.
(29) Susie Davis Nicholson, Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised &
Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >, p. 70.
(30) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV, MR p. 28, Line 59 :
http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11537797&Type=Marriage.
Event Notes
Note (1) Death record states burial location as Summers Cemetery (Doddridge County),
but Findagrave reports it as McClain Cemetery in Roane County.
Note (2) Age 44 in death record would put birth at about 1842. But age 36 in 1880
Census puts it at about 1844, and age 25 in 1870 Census puts it at about 1845,
while age 29 at time of Sep 1875 marriage puts it at about 1846.
Note (3) In household of daughter Irmengarde Langfitt and her family.
Note (4) He was one of ten Doddridge County Civil War veterans who attended the
Gettysburg 50th Anniversary observance in 1913.
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