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Alexander MCCLOY

Alexander MCCLOY

Male 1811 - 1894  (~ 83 years)

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  • Name Alexander MCCLOY 
    Born CA 1811  Braxton Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1850  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1850, 1860  [1, 3] 
    farmer 
    Census 1870  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1870  [4] 
    common laborer 
    Died 14 May 1894  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Cause: epilepsy 
    Person ID I46062  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Jan 2019 

    Family 1 Cary Ann GARRETT,   b. CA 1816, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Married 9 Oct 1832  Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Harrison Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 17 1850:
      Alexander McCloy, 39, farmer; Carry, 34; John, 12; Nancy, 11; William, 7; Carry, 6. All born in Virginia.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia):
      Alex McCoy (sic), 50, farmer; Drusilla, 35; T. (male), 8. All born in Virginia.

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Aug 15 1870:
      Alexander McCloy, 59, b. Va. (father of foreign birth), common laborer; Ann E. M. McCloy, 24; Carrie A, 24, cannot write; Orlando, 6; Laura E, 3.
      (NOTE: In this census, Cary Ann McCloy's husband Sylvanus Dotson was enumerated in the household of William R & Emily J Thomas in the Central District of Doddridge County. Marital status was not recorded in 1870, but it appears that they were separated or divorced. Sylvanus remarried in 1874. When Cary remarried in 1877, she was identified as Cary A. McCoy (sic), marital status widowed.) [7]
    Children 
    +1. John (Jonathan) MCCLOY,   b. CA 1838, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1901  (Age ~ 63 years)
    +2. Nancy MCCLOY,   b. 1839,   d. 1917  (Age 78 years)
    +3. William MCCLOY,   b. CA 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Jun 1880  (Age ~ 37 years)
     4. Cary Ann MCCLOY,   b. CA 1846
    Family ID F18777  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Drusilla DAVIS,   b. 26 Jun 1820 
    Married 13 Jan 1857  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [8] 
    Family ID F21756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S242] 1850 Census, Harrison County, (W)VA.

    2. [S1631] Lewis County Death Records, Weston, WV.

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

    4. [S493] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (New Milton Twp).

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.

    6. [S2567] West Virginia Marriages Index, 1785-1971 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    7. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >).

    8. [S83] Davis - The Settlers of Salem, West Virginia, Susie Davis Nicholson, (Gordon Printing Co, Strasburg OH, 1979 (Revised & Enlarged) < www.wvgenweb.org/harrison/books.htm >), p. 97.