Jul-28-2018
Husband: David Alexander McClain
Born: May- 6-1858 1,2
Died: Nov- 7-1919 1
Buried: in Snider Cemetery, jct Double Camp Rd & Meathouse Fork, near Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 3
Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870, 1880 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Occupation: farmer 2,4
Father: David Provence McClain (1823 - )
Mother: Mariah A. Cornell (1829 - 1900)
Wife: Susan Eliza Frances Carder 5
Census name: Elisa F. Carder
Married: May-13-1883 in Doddridge Co, WV 6
Born: Jul- -1866 2
Died: Aug-26-1949 in Jackson Co, WV 7
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 8
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1870 in Union District, Harrison Co, WV
Father: George L. Carder (1827 - 1912)
Mother: Mary Law (1834 - 1912)
M Child 1: Wellington McClain
Born: Dec- -1884 2
Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
F Child 2: Mary Ann McClain 9
Also known as: Anna McClain 10
Born: Sep- 1-1886 11,2
Died: Sep-30-1988 in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 12,11
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 9
Resided: in New Martinsville, Wetzel Co, WV 11,9
Census: 1920, 1930 in Tenmile District, Harrison Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Crede Dallas Douglass b. Apr-17-1880 d. Dec- -1964
Also known as: Creed D. Douglass 6
Married: May-19-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 13
F Child 3: Georgia Amanda McClain
Born: Feb-26-1888 in Salem, WV 14,2
Died: Jul- -1976 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV 14
Census: 1930, 1940 in Fairmont, Marion Co, WV
Census: 1900 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Samuel Grover Douglass b. Mar-17-1886 d. Aug- -1968
Also known as: S. Grover Douglass 15
Married: Nov-18-1905 in Doddridge Co, WV 16
M Child 4: Clifford H. McClain
Born: Jul- -1893 2,17
Died: 1976 17
Buried: in Masonic Memorial Park Cemetery, Crystal Lake (West Union), WV 18
Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Education: Salem College (see note 1)
M Child 5: Waitman Ray McClain
Born: May- 5-1895 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 8,2
Died: Sep-10-1949 in Akron, Summit Co, OH 8
Buried: in Greenlawn Memorial Park, Akron, Summit Co, OH 8
Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 6: Franklin P. McClain
Census name: Frank P. McClain
Born: Oct- -1897 2
Census: 1900, 1910 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
M Child 7: Monroe Clay McClain
Census name: Clay M. McClain 2
Born: Apr-15-1900 at Avon, Doddridge Co, WV 19,2,20,11
Died: Feb- 1-2001 11
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Salem, Harrison Co, WV 21
Resided: 1988 in Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV 22
Resided: 1926 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 20
Census: 1900, 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Wife: Opal Virginia Jones b. Jun-13-1904 d. Feb-23-1995
Married: Sep-18-1926 in Auburn, Ritchie Co, WV 20
F Child 8: Lena Agnes McClain
Born: Mar-15-1903 11
Died: Sep- 6-1982 11
Buried: in Weston Masonic Cemetery, Weston, Lewis Co, WV 8
Resided: in Camden, Lewis Co, WV 11
Census: 1940 in Freemans Creek District, Lewis Co, WV
Census: 1935 in Doddridge Co, WV 23
Census: 1930 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV
Census: 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Brainard Wesley Titus b. Aug- 8-1895 d. Sep-26-1980
Married: ca 1922 24
F Child 9: Beatrice Kathleen McClain
Born: Aug-10-1905 in Miletus (Salem), Doddridge Co, WV 8,4
Died: Jun- 6-1990 8
Buried: in IOOF Cemetery, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 8
Resided: 1988 in Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV 22
Census: 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Husband: Dewey W. Hatfield b. Aug-28-1898 d. Feb-26-1987
M Child 10: David Clifton McClain
Census name: Clifton McClain
Born: 1908 4
Census: 1910, 1920 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV
Sources:
(1) Headstone.
(2) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District)
(3) Donald Edward Ramage, Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, 4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)
(4) 1910 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District)
(5) Birth record of son.
(6) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)
(7) West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(8) Findagrave.com.
(9) Obituary.
(10) Marriage record of daughter.
(11) Social Security Death Index.
(12) Obituary - Hospital.
(13) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as Creed D. Douglass, 23, of Doddridge Co; and Mary Anna McClain, 18, of Doddridge Co. Married May 19
1905.
(14) James R. Sample , A Genealogy of the Levi Douglass Family and Some of His Descendants
(self-published, July 2007)
(15) Marriage record of son.
(16) Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993),
Identified as S. Grover Douglass, 19, of Doddridge Co; and Georgia A. McClain, 17, of Doddridge Co. Married Nov 18
1905.
(17) Headstone (year only)
(18) West Union WV Cemeteries (Doddridge County), Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (July 1990)
(19) West Virginia Births Index, 1853-1969 [database on-line], Ancestry.com.
(20) Ritchie County Marriage Records, Harrisville, WV.
(21) Cemeteries of Tenmile District, Harrison County, WV, Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1989,
revised 1995)
(22) Obituary of sister.
(23) 1940 Census, Lewis County, WV.
(24) 1930 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton District).
Event Notes
Note (1) Local news item in the "Miletus, R. 1" column, "West Union Record," Thursday,
Sep 28 1916, in its entirety:
"Clifford H. McClain, of Beech Lick, has returned to Salem to attend Salem
College."
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