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Willard Hector MCCLAIN

Willard Hector MCCLAIN

Male 1895 - 1933  (38 years)


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  • Name Willard Hector MCCLAIN
    Birth 7 Jun 1895  Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    • Marriage record gives as 22 (b. abt 1892), with birthplace Lewis County. But WW I Draft Registration states birth date as Jun 7 1895, with birthplace Benson, which is in Harrison County near the Lewis County line.
    Gender Male
    Census 1900  Greenbrier District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1910  Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1915  Weston, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Residence 1917  Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Census 1920  Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1930  Bufflick Creek, Big Sandy District, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation oil driller  [4] 
    Death 11 Jul 1933  Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 5] 
    Burial Mt. Lebanon Baptist Cemetery, Kincheloe Rd, Benson, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I81910  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 2 Sep 2019

    Father Wilson Henry MCCLAIN,   b. Apr 1870, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1935 (Age ~ 64 years)
    Mother Allie Blanche FOX,   b. Jun 1877, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1954 (Age ~ 76 years)
    Family ID F33926  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Gertrude Ann MERTZ,   b. 28 Feb 1890, Lewis Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Jul 1965, Zeising (now Spelter), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Marriage 18 Jan 1915  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Willard MCCLAIN,   b. 12 Feb 1915, Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Nov 2006, Bridgeport, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     2. Hugh Patrick MCCLAIN,   b. 19 Oct 1917   d. 6 Dec 1943, Eureka, Humboldt Co, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 26 years)
    >3. James Albert MCCLAIN,   b. 31 Aug 1919, Orlando, Lewis/Braxton Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Apr 1983, Campbell Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years)
     4. Haydee E. MCCLAIN,   b. CA 1922
    >5. Joan Blanche MCCLAIN,   b. 18 Aug 1923, Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 2011 (Age 87 years)
    +6. Willadeen Ann "Pud" MCCLAIN,   b. 18 Jan 1926, Clendenin, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Mar 2017, Harrisville, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 91 years)
     7. Christine P. MCCLAIN,   b. CA 1928
    Documents
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    Family ID F35017  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1875] National Archives and Records Administration, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, (Ancestry.com online database).

    2. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    3. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV.

    4. [S2302] 1930 Census, Kanawha County, WV.

    5. [S2568] West Virginia Deaths Index, 1853-1973 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com).

    6. [S2247] Cemeteries of Union District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV (1990)).