The daughter of Nannie Hunter and Henry McVay, Shella Carrie McVay was born in Arkansas on January 14, 1889. Her parents moved the family to Laclede County, Missouri, about 1899 and then Taney County, Missouri, about 10 years later. In 1916, Shella married Ernest McClary of Taney County; together the couple had 3 children (two daughters and a son) and eventually settled Eugene, Oregon.
In June of 1994, Shella passed away at 105 years of age. She is buried at Rest Haven Memorial Park in Eugene.
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Sources
"Oregon, Death Index, 1903-1998," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VZCM-MFH : accessed 19 December 2014), Shella Mcclary in entry for Ernest E Mcclary, 28 Jan 1964; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," Ancestry; citing Lane, Oregon, certificate number 511, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
"United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/M6J3-C3V : accessed 19 December 2014), Shella C Mcclary in household of Earnest E Mcclary, Elliott, Sanborn, South Dakota, United States; citing sheet 5B, family 22, NARA microfilm publication T625, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D.C.; FHL microfilm 1,821,726.
"United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XQV4-BB9 : accessed 19 December 2014), Shella C Mcclary in household of Ernest E Mcclary, Franklin, Jerauld, South Dakota, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 0009, sheet 1A, family 9, line 39, NARA microfilm publication T626, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2225; FHL microfilm 2,341,959.
"United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VRR1-1GV : accessed 19 December 2014), Shella Mcclary in household of Ernest E Mcclary, Ward 4, Eugene, Eugene Election Precinct 13, Lane, Oregon, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 20-54, sheet 1A, family 9, NARA digital publication of T627, roll 3368, NARA digital publication of T627, National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
See also:
Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/73434653/shella-carrie-mcclary : accessed 9 February 2022), memorial page for Shella Carrie McVay McClary (14 Jan 1889–17 Jun 1994), Find a Grave Memorial ID 73434653, citing Rest-Haven Memorial Park, Eugene, Lane County, Oregon, USA ; Maintained by J. McClary Hart (contributor 48384107) .
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Shella by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA.
However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line.
It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Shella: