Jul-28-2018                   
             Husband: Robert McClain    
                Born: ca 1782              in Fayette Co, PA  1
              Father:
              Mother:
                Wife: Sarah Yard Provence     
             Married:                      in Fayette Co, PA  1
                Born: Jul-22-1790           
                Died: Feb-28-1826           
              Father:
              Mother:
           M Child 1: Alexander J. McClain      
         Census name: Alexander McClean 
                Born: Mar-21-1818          in Fayette Co, PA  1,2,3
                Died: 1897                 at Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV  4
              Buried:                      in County Poor Farm Cemetery, Sunnyside, Doddridge Co, WV  5
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1870                 in West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
             Resided: since 1857           in Doddridge Co, WV  1
              Census: 1850                 in Fayette Co, PA  
          Occupation:                      farmer  6
          Occupation: 1850                 laborer  2
                Wife: Nancy Hoover  b. Sep-11-1822  d. Jun-16-1892  
           M Child 2: David Provence McClain      
                Born: Nov- 5-1823          in Fayette Co, PA  1 (see note 1)
              Census: 1900                 in Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1880                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV   (see note 2)
              Census: 1870                 in New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV  
              Census: 1860                 in Doddridge Co, (W)VA  
                Wife: Mariah A. Cornell  b. Feb-  -1829  d. Sep- 9-1900  
       Also known as: Maria Cornell 7
             Married: ca 1845               8

Sources:
(1) Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, Descendants of Robert McClain 
(http://hackerscreek.com/norman/MCCLAIN/ROBERT-1746.htm) 
(2) 1850 Census. 
(3) Death record of daughter. 
(4) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV, Identified as A. J. McClain, white male, 79, widower, farmer; died in 
1897 at the Poor Farm, cause of death tumor and old age.  Burial at Poor Farm.  (Note:  Only the year of death was 
entered, with the month and day left blank.  Nearby entries on the ledger-style death record ranged from June to August 
1897.), DR p. 119 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=5046847&Type=Death. 
(5) Doddridge County Death Records, West Union, WV. 
(6) 1860 Census, Doddridge County, (W)VA. 
(7) Marriage record of son. 
(8) 1900 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Greenbrier District) 

Event Notes
Note (1) Birth date given in 1900 Census as Nov 1822.
Note (2) Household included F. B. Davisson, white female, 16, listed as a domestic
servant.







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