Iowa Family Groupsheet for Joseph Benson MCCLAIN Family *********************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgenweb.org/volunteers/copyright.html *********************************************** Submitted by: Virginia L. McClain Email address: V_McClain@msn.com Husband: Joseph Benson MCCLAIN Birthdate: 13 Aug 1819 Birthplace: Clermont Co., OH Death date: 19 May 1888 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Father: Andrew S. MCCLAIN Mother: Lucy BROWN Marriage date: 24 July 1851 Marriage place: Libertyville, IA Wife: Lucinda BETTERTON Birthdate: 17 June 1831 Birthplace: Addison Twp.,Somerset County, PA Death date: 16 Aug 1924 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Father: William Gardner BETTERTON Mother: Mercy LONGLEY CHILDREN Child No. 1: Edwin Augustus MCCLAIN Sex: M Birthdate: 30 May 1852 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 22 Aug 1884 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: 18 Mar 1875 Marriage place: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Spouse's name: Alice Mary RAINES Child No. 2: Ann Eliza MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 15 Jan 1854 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 31 July 1855 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 3: Clara Belle MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 4 Dec 1855 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 31 Oct 1944 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: John Wesley FRY Child No. 4: Emmett Wilbur MCCLAIN Sex: M Birthdate: 3 May 1857 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: Oct 1858 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 5: Edna Alice MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 3 Feb 1860 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 23 June 1946 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: 4 Sep 1878 Marriage place: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Spouse's name: John Thomas POLLOCK Child No. 6: Joseph Emery MCCLAIN Sex: M Birthdate: 30 Jan 1863 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 16 Jul 1942 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: 29 Dec 1891 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Alice Orinda CARSON Child No. 7: Sarah Elizabeth MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 19 June 1866 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 4 Sep 1952 Place of death: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Marriage date: Marriage place: Spouse's name: Child No. 8: Frances Eva MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 30 Jul 1868 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 5 Oct 1937 Place of death: Marriage date: 21 Feb 1895 Marriage place: Spouse's name: Logan B. WILLIAMS Child No. 9: Mary Gladys MCCLAIN Sex: F Birthdate: 2 Sep 1873 Birthplace: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Death date: 9 Jan 1959 Place of death: Mesa, Arizona Marriage date: 2 Oct 1894 Marriage place: Libertyville, Jefferson Co., IA Spouse's name: Emery Silas PEARSON Documentation: 1. Copies of Old letters written by Andrew S. McClain and Lucy (Brown) McClain to Joseph Benson McClain in 1844, shortly after J.B.McClain's move to Liberty Twp. from Ohio. 2. 1856 Census for Liberty Twp., Jefferson Co., IA. Enumerator was J.B. McClain. 3. Interviews with nonogenarian relative, still living in Libertyville, Jefferson Co, IA. 4. "The Washington Ancestry and Records of McClain, Johnson and Forty Other Colonial American Families", by Charles Arthur Hoppin, Vol. 2, page 24, 1932. 5. Obituary for Lucinda (Betterton) McClain in Fairfield Daily Ledger, Thursday, Aug 21, 1924. 6. Family Bible Records of Lucinda Betterton McClain, dated 1921, as passed on to family researchers by Josephine Pollock, daughter of Edna Alice McClain and John Thomas Pollock.