Notes for: Mary Ellen Burton
1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
Samuel P. McClain, 27, b. Pa, farmer; wife Ellen, 26, b. WVa, unable to read or write; son John, 5; dau Alice, 4; son George, 3; dau Gracie, 9 months, b. Aug 1879.
1900 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated on Jun 18 1900:
Samuel P. McLain, 47, b. Feb 1853 in Pennsylvania (both parents b. Pa.), farmer, married 26 yrs; wife Mary E, 47, b. Jan 1853 in WVa, married 26 yrs, mother of 11 children (7 still living); son John A, 25, b. Jul 1874, railroad track laborer, married 1 yr; dau-in-law Emma L, 21, b. Jan 1879, married 1 yr, mother of 1 child (not living); son Daniel J, 18, b. Jul 1881, railroad track laborer, single; son Ervin (Erwin ?), 15, b. May 1885; son Zachariah L, 9, b. Oct 1890; dau Iva Maud, 3, b. Sep 1896.
1910 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (Grant District), enumerated in Apr 1910:
Samuel McClain, 57, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), farmer (working out), married 37 yrs; wife Mary E, 56, married 37 yrs, mother of 11 children (6 still living); son John A, 35, widowed, farmer (working out); dau Iva M, 13; son Vachaira, 18; grandau Hattie, 6.
1920 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union District), enumerated at Jockey Camp Road:
Samuel P. McClain, 66, b. Pa (both parents b. Pa); wife Mary E, 66, b. WV (both parents b. WV); dau Ivy, 22, single; granddau Hattie, 16; granddau Mabel, 7.
(Note: Samuel McClain's middle initial given as M in death record of daughter Iva.)