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Nancy MCCLAIN

Nancy MCCLAIN

Female 1845 - 1938  (92 years)


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  • Name Nancy MCCLAIN
    Birth 8 Aug 1845  Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] 
    Gender Female
    Census 1850  Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1860  Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census Jun 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Aug 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Census 1880  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1900  Centerville District, Tyler Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1920  Doe Run (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    • Enumerated on Jan 2 1920: Frank Rollins, 28, grocery clerk; wife Ethel, 21; dau Roberta, 3 yr 9 mo; aunt Nannie Husk, 73, b. Pennsylvania, widowed.
    Census 1930  Smithburg, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence From Abt 1933  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    Death 7 May 1938  Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 4, 7] 
    Burial Freeman Cemetery, Piggin Run, West Union, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 8, 9] 
    Notes 
    • Middle initial given as "A" in 1870 Census and in 1870 marriage record, but as "I" in 1889 marriage record and 1900 Census. No initial given in other census records, in death record, in her obituary, or on her headstone.

      Local news item, "Doddridge County Republican," Thursday, Aug 24 1916, in its entirety:
      "We are indebted to Mrs. L. W. Husk of Doe Run for a very fine yellow tomato, well formed and weighing a trifle over two pounds. It is of a variety called the Jersey, and is said to be of exceptionally fine flavor."
    Person ID I809  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jul 2018

    Father Alexander J. MCCLAIN,   b. 21 Mar 1818, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1897, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)
    Mother Nancy HOOVER,   b. 11 Sep 1822, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Jun 1892, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 69 years)
    Family ID F12167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John J. ROBINSON,   b. CA 1843, Harrison Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jun 1888, Smithton (now Smithburg), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 45 years)
    Marriage 3 Aug 1870  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Family ID F10340  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Leander Wilson HUSK,   b. May 1846, Monongalia Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1918, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 72 years)
    Marriage 15 Sep 1889  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Documents
    801_LeanderWHusk_NancyMcClainRobinson_MarriageRecord_15Sep1889.jpg    		801_LeanderWHusk_NancyMcClainRobinson_MarriageRecord_15Sep1889.jpg
    Family ID F263  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
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    Documents
    809_HUSK_NancyMcClainRobinson_1845-1938_Obit.jpg    		809_HUSK_NancyMcClainRobinson_1845-1938_Obit.jpg
    809_HUSK_NancyMcClain_1845-1938_DeathCert.jpg    		809_HUSK_NancyMcClain_1845-1938_DeathCert.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S14] Obituary.

    2. [S1853] WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, Death Certificate, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    3. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S1774] Doddridge County WV Marriages 1845-1937, (Wes Cochran, 156 Gihon Meadows, Apt 150, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Jan 1993)).

    6. [S2027] 1920 Census, Doddridge County, WV (West Union District).
      Enumerated on Jan 2 1920: Frank Rollins, 28, grocery clerk; wife Ethel, 21; dau Roberta, 3 yr 9 mo; aunt Nannie Husk, 73, b. Pennsylvania, widowed.

    7. [S1781] Ritchie County WV Deaths 1918-1940, (Wes Cochran, 2515 10th Ave, Parkersburg, WV 26101 (Nov 1998)).
      Identified as Nancy McClain Husk, died May 7 1938 at age 92y8m30d, born in Pennsylvania, dau of Isaac McClain.

    8. [S5] Headstone.

    9. [S2550] Donald Edward Ramage (1934-2016), Doddridge County Cemeteries, Vol. I, (4117 Almaville Rd, Smyna TN 37167 (1988, rev. 1999)).

    10. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 172 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11791711&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as John Robinson, 27, b. Harrison Co, res. Doddridge Co, son of (blank), occupation shoemaker; and Nancy A. McClain, 25, b. Fayette Co PA, res. Doddridge Co, dau of Alexander J. & Nancy McClain. Married Aug 3 1870 in Doddridge County.

    11. [S1554] Doddridge County Marriage Records, West Union, WV, MR p. 413 : www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=11790979&Type=Marriage.
      Identified as Leander W. Husk, 43, b. in Monongalia Co, res. Doddridge Co; and Mrs. Nancy I. Robison [sic], 40, b. & res. in Doddridge Co. Married by minister W. A. Cheuvront on Sep 15 1889 "at the bride's residence near Morgansville W.Va."