Sarah
Ellen
(Ellen)
McClanahan
formerly McClain aka Davy
Born in Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Uriah R McClain
and Elizabeth W (Scott) McClain
Sister of
Mary Ann (McClain) Milford [half], James McClain [half], John Evans McClain, Martha Elizabeth (McClain) Sisk, Lena C (McClain) Alexander, Laura Eliza (McClain) Pugh, Nellie (McClain) Hollingsworth [half], Joseph McClain [half] and Jewell (McClain) Buckley [half]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Clementine May (Davy) Becton and Charles Tatum Davy
Died
at age 90
in Los Angeles County, California, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 24 Feb 2015
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Biography
Sarah McClain was born on January 20, 1871 in Tennessee to Uriah McClain and Elizabeth Scott.[1]
On October 26, 1893, Sarah married Richard Davy in Hardin County, Tennessee.[2]
Richard died on June 23, 1896.
According to the 1900 census, Sarah lived with her children, Clementine and Charles and her parents and siblings in Hardin County, Tennessee. [3]
On July 11, 1900, Sarah married Pinckney McClanahan in Hardin County, Tennessee.[4]
Sarah died on March 23, 1961 in Los Angeles County, California.[1]
She is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Long Beach, California.[5]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "California Death Index, 1940-1997," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VGT2-DZD : 26 November 2014), Sarah E Mcclanahan, 23 Mar 1961; Department of Public Health Services, Sacramento.
- ↑ "Tennessee Marriages, 1796-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XD7S-S8H : 11 February 2018), R. D. Davy and Ellen Mclane, 26 Oct 1893; citing , Hardin, Tennessee, reference ; FHL microfilm 879,046.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MS8R-2BS : accessed 13 October 2019), Oscar Mcclain, Civil District 8, Hardin, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 41, sheet 6A, family 99, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,576.
- ↑ "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XDMW-KMH : 21 December 2016), P. M. McClanahan and Mrs Ellen Davy, 11 Jul 1900; citing , Hardin, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 879,047.
- ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170932399
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Patricia Sullivan
I have extensive information on her family if you want the information, please contact me at [email address removed]
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Patricia Sullivan
Sarah Ellen McClain was my Great Grandmother. She was first married to Richard D Davy (not Davis but some spelled it Davie) and then to Pinkney McClanahan.
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Rejected matches › Ellen Elizabeth Davis (1874-1953) › Sarah Ellen Davis (1879-1912) › Clara Ellen Davis (1877-1950) › Clara E. (Davis) Petterson › Ellen Elizabeth (Davis) Dunn (1878-1951) › Sarah J Dove (abt.1876-) › Ellen McAllen (1871-) › Sarah (Ashworth) Slocombe (1859-1931) › Sarah E. McClain (1875-aft.1880) › Ellen Jane (Cornwell) McLean (1876-1968)
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