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Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN

Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN

Female 1850 - 1899  (48 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN 
    Born 25 Aug 1850  Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Listed as Elizabeth McClain, white female, 20, b. Pennsylvania, domestic servant, in household of Richard C. & Lydia Nicholson and their family. Her daughter Barbara Maude Steel, whose father was James E. Steel, was in the household of Elizabeth's parents.
    Residence 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 14 Jun 1899  [1] 
    Buried Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Person ID I66710  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 9 Mar 2019 

    Father Alexander J. MCCLAIN,   b. 21 Mar 1818, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Mother Nancy HOOVER,   b. 11 Sep 1822, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Jun 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years) 
    Family ID F12167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 James E. STEEL,   b. Jan 1833, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Aug 1901, Barrackville, Marion Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 68 years) 
    Married N 
    Marital Status Partners 
    Not married
    • James E. Steel and Elizabeth A. McClain were not married. They were listed as the parents in Barbara Steel's birth record, for which the informant was listed as "Nancy McClain, grandmother."
    Children 
     1. Barbara Maud Steel SHERWOOD,   b. 29 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1955  (Age 88 years)
    Family ID F55709  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 John SHERWOOD,   b. 21 Dec 1816, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1893, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 76 years) 
    Married 4 Nov 1871  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Notes 
    • 1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 7 1880:
      John Sherwood, 62, farmer, b. Pa; wife Elizabeth A, 30, b. Pa, cannot write; dau Maud, 14, b. WVa; mother Mary, 90, b. Pa [sic], widowed, cannot write.
      NOTE: Daughter Maud Sherwood is actually John Sherwood's stepdaughter, Barbara Maude Steel, daughter of Elizabeth McClain and James E. Steel, who were not married. She was identified in her birth record as Barbra M. Steel, daughter of James Steel & Elizabeth McClain. When Barbara married Lloyd Flint (1854-1932) two years after this census, she was identified as Maud Sherwood.
    Family ID F28019  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Wolverton Cemetery (aka Powell or new Victory), Waldo Run, Doddridge Co, WV Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S5] Headstone.

    2. [S1890] 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA.

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

    4. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 182.
      Identified as John Sherwood, widowed, farmer, age 52y 11m, b. Fayette Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, son of Joseph & Mary Sherwood; and Elizabeth A. McClain, single, 21, b. Fayette Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Alexander & Nancy McClain. Married Nov 4 1871.