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Nancy HOOVER

Nancy HOOVER

Female 1822 - 1892  (69 years)

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  • Name Nancy HOOVER 
    Born 11 Sep 1822  Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2] 
    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 1870  West Union District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 1880  New Milton District, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Died 16 Jun 1892  Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Person ID I97858  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 10 Jul 2017 

    Family Alexander J. MCCLAIN,   b. 21 Mar 1818, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1897, Sunnyside (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 78 years) 
    Notes 
    • 1850 Census, Fayette County (Nicholson Twp), Pennsylvania, enumerated on Jul 24 1850:
      Alexander McClean, 31, laborer; Nancy, 25; Lydia, 9; Nancy, 5; Susan, 3. All born in Pennsylvania.

      1860 Census, Doddridge Co, Virginia (now West Virginia), enumerated on Jun 4 1860:
      Alex McClain, 40, b. Pa, farmer; Nancy, 40, b. Pa; Nancy, 15, b. Va; Samuel, 13, b. Va; E. (female), 11. b. Va; Alex, 9, b. Va; Joseph, 7, b. Va.
      (Note: Identification of the 13-year-old child as Samuel, a male, is inconsistent with other records. The 11-year-old female is daughter Elizabeth. The daughter Susan in the previous census died in 1858.)

      1870 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (West Union Twp), enumerated Jun 17 1870:
      Alexander J. McClain, 52, b. Pa, farmer; Nancy, 47, b. Pa, unable to read or write; Nancy A, 24, b. Pa; Samuel P, 17, b. Pa; Robert A, 13, b. Pa; Joseph Y (?), 10, b. Va; Daniel S, 8; Barbery M. Steele, 3, b. WVa.
      NOTE: Barbery M. Steele was Alexander & Nancy's granddaughter Barbara Maude Steel, daughter of their daughter Elizabeth and James E. Steel, who were not marriad. In this census, Elizabeth McClain, white female, 20, b. Pennsylvania, was listed as a domestic servant in the household of Richard C. & Lydia Nicholson and their family.

      1880 Census, Doddridge Co, WV (New Milton District), enumerated on Jun 22 1880:
      Alax McClain, 62, b. Pa, farmer, unable to write; wife Nancy, 56, b. Pa, unable to read or write; son Joseph, 20, b. WVa; son Daniel S, 17, b. WVa.
      The next four households enumerated were those of Samuel P. McClain (27, b. WVa), David McClain (57, b. Pa), and William J. McClain (23, b. WVa).

      https://hackerscreek.com/norman/MCCLAIN/ROBERT-1746.htm [3, 4, 5]
    Children 
     1. Lydia MCCLAIN,   b. 27 Feb 1841, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1905, Clarion Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 64 years)
     2. Nancy MCCLAIN,   b. 8 Aug 1845, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 7 May 1938, Cairo, Ritchie Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 92 years)
     3. Susan MCCLAIN,   b. CA 1847, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Jul 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 11 years)
    +4. Elizabeth A. MCCLAIN,   b. 25 Aug 1850, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Jun 1899  (Age 48 years)
     5. David R. MCCLAIN,   b. 1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Dec 1858, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 5 years)
    +6. Samuel P. MCCLAIN,   b. Feb 1853, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef Apr 1930  (Age ~ 77 years)
    +7. Robert Alexander "Eck" MCCLAIN,   b. 23 Aug 1856, Fayette Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Sep 1952, Central Station, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
    +8. Joseph W. MCCLAIN,   b. 24 Jun 1859, Doddridge Co, (W)VA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Oct 1938, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 79 years)
    +9. Daniel Sherwood MCCLAIN,   b. Apr 1862, Blandville, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Jun 1920, Norwood (Clarksburg), Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 58 years)
     10. Julia E. MCCLAIN,   b. 12 Dec 1864, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 16 Oct 1866, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
    Family ID F12167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S160] Descendants of Robert McClain, Don Norman, 41991 Emerson Court, Elyria, OH 44035, (http://hackerscreek.com/norman/MCCLAIN/ROBERT-1746.htm).

    2. [S184] 1850 Census.

    3. [S1583] Marriage record of daughter.

    4. [S1590] Death record of daughter.

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.