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Joseph Willard MCCLAIN

Joseph Willard MCCLAIN

Male 1915 - 2006  (91 years)

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  • Name Joseph Willard MCCLAIN 
    Born 12 Feb 1915  Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birthplace given in marriage record as Doddridge County, but all other records show it as Lewis County. His birth date appears with about equal frequency as Feb 11 and Feb 12 1915.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1920  Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Bufflick Creek, Big Sandy District, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1935  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1938  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1940  Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1940  [3] 
    gatherer in glass factory 
    Residence Nutter Fort, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Residence 1943  Baltimore, MD Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Died 16 Nov 2006  Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I45859  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 16 May 2020 

    Father Willard Hector MCCLAIN,   b. 7 Jun 1895, Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Jul 1933, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years) 
    Mother Gertrude Ann MERTZ,   b. 28 Feb 1890, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1965, Zeising (now Spelter), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F35017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mary Elizabeth FLANIGAN,   b. 7 Dec 1922, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 28 Dec 2007, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 85 years)  [7, 8] 
    Married CA Dec 1938  [9] 
    Children 
    +1. Maxie Ann MCCLAIN,   b. 7 Mar 1939, Long Run, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location
    +2. Living
    +3. Living
    Documents
    45859_JosephWillardMcClain_MaryElizabethFlanigan_MarriageLicenseApplication_Dec1938.jpg    		45859_JosephWillardMcClain_MaryElizabethFlanigan_MarriageLicenseApplication_Dec1938.jpg
    Family ID F18686  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    2. [S2490] U.S. Public Records Index, Vol 1, (Ancestry.com).

    3. [S2638] 1940 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    4. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV.

    5. [S1924] Social Security Death Index.

    6. [S1594] Obituary of brother.

    7. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    8. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    9. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 169 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11798146&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Joseph Willard McClain, 23, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Mary Elizabeth Flanigan, 16, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Application for the marriage license was dated Dec 5 1938, but the license does not appear to have been issued and there was no minister's return or endorsement. But they were living together as a married couple in the 1940 Census of Salem, Harrison County