Friday, November 28, 2008

The McClain Line

The earliest known records for the McClain line are for David and Martha McClain, husband and wife, and each was born in Kentucky in 1803. The couple settled in Jennings, Indiana and had four children: James, Mary Ann, John, and Louisa.

--James McClain (1830-????) married Elizabeth _____ and they had six children: Alice, Ida, John, Levi, Marion, and Victoria.
--Mary Ann McClain (1832-????) married first to Lorenzo Moreland, then to Patrick Henry. Please refer to the Moreland and Henry Lines found on this website for more information on Mary Ann’s children.
--John McClain (1834-192?) married Lucinda ____ (1838-????) of Ohio. They moved to Knoxville Twp, Marion County, Iowa and raised sons Richard and William J. and daughters Mettie, Mary E., and Adie.
--Louisa McClain (1843-192?) could have married Aaron Mason Cutshall, moved to Colorado, and had several children, but this needs clarification.

Martha McClain, wife of David, passed away in the 1850s and David then remarried about 1859 to a Pennsylvania-born widow with several young children, Permelia Saunders Murphin (1815-1886). Permelia’s parents were Jeduthan (1780-1832) and Pheobe Saunders (1781-1870) of New Jersey. Permelia’s first husband was John Murphin (1802-1858), an immigrant from Liverpool, England. David McClain and Permelia Saunders McClain are not known to have had additional children together, but did raise several fathered by the deceased John Murphin.

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