MCCORD FAMILY RECORDS - JAKE'S FILE (3D SERIES) - NUMBER 840

Husband's Name Thomas L. McCord A*B*C*

Birthdate 13 May 1851 A*       Birthplace Tenn A*

Date and Place of Death 19 Jan 1879 buried Lane Cem. Giles

Co. Tenn A*

Marriage 12 Aug 1876 Giles Co. Tenn C*

Parents Father Robert Linsey McCord Mother Sarah Virginia

Perry B*

Wife's   Name Maude Kennedy C*

Birthdate        Birthplace

Date and Place of Death

Parents

Children:  Name         Sex   Birthdate & place     Death date & place

Additional Information:

Sources for data: A* Cem. Giles Co. Tenn p.14

B* 1830 Giles Co. Tenn Census  #32

C* Marriages Giles Co. Tenn

MCCORD FAMILY RECORDS - JAKE'S FILE (3D SERIES) - NUMBER 806

Husband's Name Robert Bryan McCord A*C*D*B*

Birthdate 7 Feb 1854 A*   Birthplace Tenn A*

Date and Place of Death buried Blue Creek, near Lynnville,

Giles Co. Tenn

Marriage 20 Dec 1877 Marshall Co. Tenn D*

Parents Father Robert Linsey McCord B* Mother Sarah Virginia

Perry

Wife's   Name C* Zipporah A. D* Wilkes A*D*

Birthdate  31 Oct 1857 A*      Birthplace Tenn C*

Date and Place of Death

Parents

Children:  Name         Sex   Birthdate & place     Death date & place

C*A* 1. Robert Perry McCord M (Cornersville Tenn) b. 22 Apr 1879 A*

Tenn C*

A* 2. William E. (Edgar) McCord M b. 22 Oct 1880 d. 11 Sep 1948 m

Tommie Pickens A* 27 Jan 1909 D*

A* 3. Florence V. McCord F b. 27 May 1882

A*K 4. Russell Richard McCord M b. 21 Oct 1884 d. 18 Jan 1962 m. Vera

Kincaid

Additional Information:

All parents b. Tenn C*

Sources for data: A* Mrs. Dalton Hobbs - Culleoka? Tenn

B* 1860 Giles Co. Tenn Census #32

C* 1880 Marshall Co. Tenn Census #304

D* Marriages Marshall Co. Tenn p.11

E* Don McCord - Charlotte NC

MCCORDS IN BOND COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Truman Douglas in his unpublished autobiography describes the McCords of Maury County, Tennessee and Bond County, Illinois as a clan because the migrating family was so large as to merit the description.  Perhaps the clan label should begin with William McCord, the Immigrant, settling in Derry in what was then Lancaster County, Penn­sylvania in the 1720s, but surely it reached that stage when his son John McCord sheparded his brothers' families out of the killing fields of central Pennsylvania into Virginia and North Carolina with indivi­dual families settling along the way in Bedford and Washington Coun­ties in Virginia and at least one William remaining in the Franklin County area of Pennsylvania.  The core of the clan reached the Mecklenburg County area of North Carolina where a nucleus remained but the area also served as the departure point for migrations into Kentucky (David and Ann Shipley McCord), South Carolina (James McCord, a son of William, the Immigrant), Tennessee (led by David and James, the sons of David, the Weaver) and Georgia (the family of John of Bedford County, Virginia).  It is the Georgia migration of which the Robert and David McCord families were a part which will then go first to Maury County, Tennessee and then to Bond County, Illinois together with most of their children's families, establishing Bethel Church as the center of the McCord's settlement.  A part of the clan would then make the migration to Grant County, Wisconsin after the death of Robert, but would never again reach the numbers or cohesiveness of the Bethel Church group prior to 1850.

Bethel Cemetery

There stands a large monument in the Bethel Cemetery, Section 11, T-6N, R-5W, Shoal Creek Township in Bond County inscribed "Named in 1817 by Robert McCord, Alex Robinson and Samuel Dixon by driving a stake and kneeling they consecrated this spot for a Church site."  (Nelda Neer Anthony.  Bethel Cemetery Bond County, Illinois.  Greenville, Illinois: Bond County Genealogical Society, 1992)  Samuel Dixon had married Robert McCord's oldest daughter in Georgia and Alex Robinson may have been the father of the Margaret who married John McCord.

Graves of McCords and Some of Their In-Laws

McCord, Julian b.1837 d.1918        

McCord, Amelia  b.1842 d.1910

McCord, Herbert H. b.1862  d.1887   

McCord, Winifred Albert b.2 Nov 1869 d.7 May 1898

McCord, Wallace E. d.1 Sep 1869 age 2y 3m

McCord, Hugh d. 17 Sep 1859 age 8m 12 d

McCord, E.R. d. 7 May 1864 age 59 yr 3m 27d

McCord, Wallace b.11 Dec 1830 d.7 Oct 1857

McCord, Hillman b.25 May 1844 d.4 Feb 1848

McCord, Lucinda b.1807 d.4 Dec 1845

McCord, Malinda b.19 Jun 1840 d.19 Feb 1845

McCord, Margaret W. d.9 May 1854 age 32y 2m 15d

McCord, John H. b.1801 d.1870

McCord, Mary A. b.1801 d.1855

McCord, Olive b.1831 d.1845

McCord, Lawrence E. b.5 Feb 1854 d.21 Dec 1857

McCord, Clarence E. b.24 May 1857 d.21 Dec 1857

McCord, Dr. D. A. d.21 May 1854 age 35y 3m 9d

McCord, David d 15 Nov 1851 age 81y 10m 20d

McCord, Infant children of D.A. & H.C.

McCord, Robert b.1760 d.1841

McCord, Rebecca (Johnson)

McCord, Robert E. d.9 May 1862 age 58y 4m 15d

McCord, Hannah P. b.23 Oct 1775 d.11 Aug 1854

McCord, Dr. J.S. d.10 Apr 1853 age 53y 10m 2d

______, Susan M.

McCord, Ann R. d.11 Feb 1847 age 46y 11m 9d

Douglass, Hugh B. d.21 Jul 1838 age 20y

Douglass, Daniel b.19 Mar 1781 d.2 Jun 1836

Douglass, Ruth b.13 Aug 1786 d.4 Sep 1839

Douglass, Betsy b.7 May 1845 age 35y 3m 21d

Douglass, Daniel B. d.3 May 1845 4y 6m 23d

Douglass, James b.1811 d.1845             

Douglass, Nathaniel d.14 Mar 1860 age 52y 1m 19d

Douglass, S.B. d.1872 age 37y 1m 29d

Douglass, Lucy A. b.1886 d.1930

Douglass, Harriet H. b.1854 d.1940

Douglass, Rev. Hugh B. b.1844 d.1917

________, Baby

Douglass, Lizzie A. d.4 Feb 1880 age 40y 4

Douglas, James Carmen b.1881 d.1946

Douglas,______ w/o Albert d.10 Mar 1860 age 30y 5m 10d

Alexander and McCracken graves were not included herein.

Obituaries

Mary E. McCord died at the residence of her son-in-law, January 11, 1880, aged about 71 years.

Mrs. A. G. McCord, wife of J. H. McCord, died at her home in Reno, August 23, 1910.  Mrs. McCord's maiden name was Gould and she was born February 1842 and married Mr. McCord in 1862.  She was the mother of six sons and one daughter, four of whom are living.  They are Mrs. L. E. Alexander of Reno, Alvin and Melvin McCord of Pueblo, Colorado and Elroy McCord of Texas.

Rev. H. B. Douglass, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Reno, died March 30, 1917.  Rev. Douglass was born near Reno in 1841 the son of James and Elizabeth Douglass.  In the fall of 1862 he enlisted in Co. F, 130th Illinois Volunteers.  The last thirteen months of the cam­paign was spent in prison at Camp Ford near Tyler, Texas.

On April 2, 1868 he was married at Augusta, Illinois to Miss Elizabeth Ann Denny.  To this union was born one son, Edward H. Douglass, now of Crook, Colorado.  After twelve years his home was broken by the death of his mother (wife).

On January 27, 1881 he was married to Harriet Henrietta Metcalf of near Dudleyville, the faithful wife and mother who is left.  There were born to them, Alta, who died in infancy, James Douglass, now of Hammond, Indiana, Clarence Douglass of Champaign, Lucy Douglass of Greenville and Curtis Douglass of Chicago.

Bethel Cemetery was dedicated by his father (grandfather) and some of the early pioneers who met at the site and drove a stake and dedicated the place to God and called its name Bethel.

J. Thomas McCracken of Reno died, May 14, 1917.  Mr. McCracken was born in Iowa 79 years ago.  He came to Bond County with his parents when but a child and had made it his home ever since.

He was married in 1862 to Miss Rebecca E. McCord at Reno, who with three sons, Will McCracken of Bethalto, and David and Charles McCracken of California and three daughters, Mrs. Emery J. Cruthis of Springfield, Mrs. Will Hampton of Sorento and Mrs. John Lohmann of Reno survive.

J. H. McCord of Shoal Creek township, a resident of Bond County for over eighty years, died at the home of his son-in-law, L. E. Alexander, near Reno, September 20, 1918.

Julian Henry McCord was born near Reno, November 20, 1837.  His parents came from Tennessee and settled at Reno and Mr. McCord lived in that neighborhood all his life with exception of five years in Colorado, and one year in Tennessee for the benefit of Mrs. McCord's health.  Mrs. McCord was formerly Mrs. Almira Gould of Edwards County and they were married there but lived at Reno for almost 50 years.  She died eight years ago.

Surviving Mr. McCord are his daughter, Mrs. Ed Alexander of near Reno and sons, Elroy McCord, Calvin G. McCord of Ft. Morgan, Colorado and M.H. McCord of Ramah, Colorado.  Mr. McCord was the last of a large family.

Leroy E. Alexander of Reno, died July 20, 1932.  He was born on a farm at Reno, July 25, 1861, the son of M. H. and Virginia Alexander.

On July 7, 1887 he was united in marriage to Zella E. McCord.  They moved at once to western Kansas where they settled on government land and made their home there for eleven years.  While there they helped organize the first Presbyterian church in that part of the state.

Mr. and Mrs. Alexander were the parents of seven children, Mrs. Loy Orr of Maryville, Tennessee, Herbert Alexander of Carlinville, Harold Alexander of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Miss Zelma at home and Miss Almira of Urbana.  Two daughters, Myrtle and Melva, have preceded their father in death.  Besides his immediate family he is survived by one sister, Mrs. Mary Rosebrough of Los Angeles, California and two brothers, Percy Alexander of Reno and Clarence Alexander of Topeka, Kansas and eight grandchildren.

Mrs. Zella Alexander died at Carlinville April 15, 1934.  She was born August 31, 1865 in Minnesota, daughter of Julian Henry and Almira (Gould) McCord.

On July 7, 1887 she was married to Leroy E. Alexander who preceded her in death in July 1932.  She is survived by the following children, Mrs. H. E. Orr of Maryville, Tennessee, Melanethon Herbert Alexander of Carlinville, Harold Dean of Steamboat Springs, Colorado, Mrs. H. E. McCann of Washington, D. C. and Almira Edith Alexander of Urbana.  She is also survived by brothers Melvin Henry McCord of Glide, Oregon and Elroy Lucien of Katy, Texas and nine grandchildren. 

Harriet H. Douglass was born March 30, 1854 at Beaver Creek, daughter of William and Andena (Blizzard) Metcalf and died at Champaign March 16, 1940.

She was married January 27, 1887 in Bond County to Rev. Hugh B. Douglass, who died March 30, 1917.

She is survived by sons, James C. Douglass of Muncie, Indiana, Rev. Curtis A. Douglass of Wooster, Ohio and Clarence W. Douglass of Champaign.  Daughter, Lucy Douglass died March 30, 1930.

James C. Douglass, son of the late Rev. and Mrs. H. B. Douglass, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Howard Largent at Mun­cie, Indiana May 9, 1946.

Mr. Douglass was born December 28, 1891.  He was married to Miss Eva Thompson on October 6, 1909 at Duquoin and she survives with one daughter, Mrs. Mabel Largent and three grandchildren.