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Alexander MCCLOY

Alexander MCCLOY

Male 1866 - Bef 1952  (85 years)

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  • Name Alexander MCCLOY 
    Born 4 Jul 1866  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Birth date given in 1900 Census as Aug 1873, age 36. But he was in the 1870 Census, age 4. His birth record shows his birth date as July 4, 1866.
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900, 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Census 1920  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died Bef Apr 1952  [4] 
    Person ID I73449  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2019 

    Father John (Jonathan) MCCLOY,   b. CA 1838, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 May 1901  (Age ~ 63 years) 
    Mother Harriet DAVIS,   b. 3 Apr 1841, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   bur. Greenbrier 7th Day Baptist Cemetery, Co Rd 17, near Miletus, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F19568  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Leona LIPSCOMB,   b. Apr 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Married 19 Mar 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Children 
    +1. John William MCCLOY,   b. 21 May 1890, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Sep 1964, Chardon, Geauga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Harlen Charles MCCLOY,   b. Oct 1894
     3. Ray C. MCCLOY,   b. Mar 1898
    Documents
    73449_AlexanderMcCloy_LeonaLipscomb_MarriageRecord_19Mar1889.jpg    		73449_AlexanderMcCloy_LeonaLipscomb_MarriageRecord_19Mar1889.jpg
    Family ID F10869  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Emma May SHEPHERD,   b. Mar 1882, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1952  (Age ~ 70 years) 
    Married 16 Mar 1904  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Notes 
    • 1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Apr 16 1910:
      Alexander McCloy, 49, farmer, married 6 yrs (second marriage); wife Emma McCloy, 29, married 6 yrs (second marriage), mother of 5 children (4 still living); son John McCloy, 20, coal miner, single; son Charles McCloy, 16; son Dewey McCloy, 9; dau Mary McCloy, 3; dau Velma McCloy, 11 months; dau Okland Knight, 12; son Carl B. Knight, 8.

      In 1914, Alexander remarried widow/divorcee Susan Saphrona Dennison Michael.
    Children 
     1. Mary MCCLOY,   b. CA 1907
     2. Velma MCCLOY,   b. 10 May 1909, Long Run, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Sep 1987  (Age 78 years)
    Documents
    73449_AlexanderMcCloy_EmmaShepherdKnight_MarriageRecord_16Mar1904.jpg    		73449_AlexanderMcCloy_EmmaShepherdKnight_MarriageRecord_16Mar1904.jpg
    Family ID F31293  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 3 Susan Saphrona DENNISON,   b. CA 1849, Lewis Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Nov 1930, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 81 years) 
    Married 7 Dec 1914  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Notes 
    • 1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jan 3 1920:
      Alexander McCloy, 55, no occupation, cannot read/write; wife Susan, 60, cannot read/write.

      1930 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Central District), enumerated on Apr 25 1930 at the Doddridge County Infirmary (Poor Farm), known to be at Sunnyside:
      Listed as one of many "inmates" was Susan McCloy, 78, widowed, cannot read/write. The farm manager was Laban Bennett, who was the informant on Susan's death record when she died there later that year.
    Documents
    73449_AlexanderMcCloy_SusanSaphronaDennisonMichael_MarriageRecord_7Dec1914.jpg    		73449_AlexanderMcCloy_SusanSaphronaDennisonMichael_MarriageRecord_7Dec1914.jpg
    Family ID F54259  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S2107] 1870 Census, Doddridge County, WV (Grant Twp).

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

    3. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11795105&Type=Marriage.

    4. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    5. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790968&Type=Marriage.

    6. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 147.
      Identified as Alexander McCloy, 37, b. & res. in Doddridge Co; and Emma Knight, 32, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married Mar 16 1904 at Long Run, W.Va.