John J. McClain (1841 - 1868)

Born 8 Jan 1841 in Scioto County, Ohio, USA

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Died 20 Jun 1868 at age 27 in Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana, USA

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John J. b.Jan 8, 1841 d. June 20, 1968 [Grant Co web pg] buried Point Isabel Cemetery Will written 5 May, 1868, [text on Grant Co web pg] states he was deceased by 7 July , age 27; names his siblings, or the heirs of deceased siblings: Wm & Eliza Jane; his father, Mary Jane Boal (perhaps an aunt in OH: Mary Jane McClain m. Archabald Boal, Perry Co, OH, 26 Mch 1840); Executors: John Hannah, James Kelley (husb's of sisters Elizabeth & Susana) who both owned land in Green twp. Witnessed by W.D. Westerfield (rel'sp to John J unknown) & David Hannah (perhaps John Hannah's father, also a land owner in Green twp) m. no widow or children mentioned in his Will, entire estate willed to family of origin & Mary Jane Boal John J. MCCLAIN was born 8 January 1841 in Perry County, Ohio. A bachelor, he died 20 June 1868 in Grant County, Indiana, at age 27, and was buried in Point Isabel Cemetery, Grant County, Indiana. In Wills of Grant County, Indiana, Will Book 1, page 311, is a will for John J., dated 5 May 1868 and probated 7 Jul 1868. Mary Jane Boal, no legal heir, received an equal share with his brothers and sisters. Sister Harriett Lewellen was given fifty dollars more than any of the other brothers and sisters. His father John was bequeathed five dollars. The remainder of his property both real and personal was divided equally among: Mary Jane Boal, Rachel Jordan, Nancy Silbaugh, William McClain (Deceased) heirs, Sarah Jordan, James McClain, Harriet Lewellen, Susan Kelley, Elizabeth M. Hannah, Eliza Jane Hannah (Deceased) heirs, Thomas O. McClain and Sophia Mendenhall. Executors are James Kelley and John B. Hannah. Witnesses are W. D. Westerfield & David Hannah. The Mary Jane Boal bequeathed in the will is Mary Jane McClain who married Archibald Boal 26 March 1840 in Perry County, Ohio. She was born circa 1824 and is obviously some relation of John's - perhaps a cousin or an aunt. In 1850, Mary Jane and her husband and one-year-old daughter are living in Saltlick Township, Perry County (the township in which John and Elizabeth McClain and family lived before moving to Grant County, Indiana, circa 1846) next to the William Boles[sic] family (he age 28) and the John Boles[sic] family (he age 58), and just two families away from Philip and Jane Silbaugh (he age 65), the parents of Sebastian Silbaugh who married John McClain's sister Nancy. In 1860 they are still in Saltlick Township, with five children.

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