Family Group Sheet
NameDavid Marion McClain
Birth14 Aug 1873 (?), Kentucky
DeathFrederick, Tillman Co., Oklahoma
FatherJames McClain (1826-)
MotherEmily [McClain] (1835-)
Marriage10 Aug 1895, Rowan Co., Kentucky
SpouseElizabeth Mays
Birth22 Sep 1879, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death30 May 1960, Tillman Co., Oklahoma
FatherHenley S. “Hent” Mays (1837-1917)
MotherMary Ann “Pop” Bryant (~1842-)
Children
Birth6 Mar 1898, Kentucky
Birth15 Mar 1900, West Liberty, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Death16 Feb 1964, Wichita Co., Texas
Birth28 May 1904, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth7 May 1906, Morgan Co., Kentucky
Birth13 Jul 1910, Kentucky
Birth5 Apr 1914, Boyd Co., Kentucky
Birthabt May 1916, Oklahoma
Birthabt Feb 1918, Tillman Co., Oklahoma
Notes for David Marion McClain
Some online family trees give his year of birth as 1872, but he was listed as 6 in the 1880 census, and as age 24 born Aug 1875 in the 1900 census, so it was probably really later.
Notes for David Marion & Elizabeth (Family)
Rowan Co., Ky marriage register A, p. 94, records the marriage on 10 Aug 1895 of Marion McClain and Elizabeth Mays, at James McClain’s by David K. Jones, witnesses Willie Caudill and Martha Caudill.
Census
1900 census of Morgan Co., Ky, district 6, enumerated 20 June, lists on p. 17B as family #276/279:
McClain, Marion, 24, b. Aug 1875, farmer; Elizabeth, wife, 20, b. Sep 1879, married 4 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Sarah E., dau, 2, b. Mar 1898; Vesta A., dau, 2/12, b. Mar 1900; James, father, 73, b. June 1826, married 52 years; Emily, mother, 65, b. Mar 1835, married 52 years, mother of 5 children, 2 living.
1910 census of Grady Co., Oklahoma, Chickasaw township, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 1B at 501 Pennsylvania Ave., as family #13/20:
McClaine, David M., 38 (? see note below), b. Ky Ky Tenn, no occupation; Elizabeth, wife, 29, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 15 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Ethel, dau, 12; Vesta, dau, 10; Lucy, dau, 4; Martha, dau, 3. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
The age for David looks like it may have either originally been entered as 28 and changed to 38 or vice versa - there is a dark 2 with what looks like a very light top loop of a 3 over it. I suspect that there also may have been an accidental line shift and that the mother’s birthplace of Tennessee may have been intended for Elizabeth.
They are sharing a household with the family of John D. Caskey age 58 (son of Miles Caskey of Morgan Co.) and his wife Martha E. (Mays) age 38, Elizabeth’s sister.
The family must have returned to Kentucky and then came back to Oklahoma, since their son Albert was born in Kentucky in 1914.
1920 census of Tillman Co., Oklahoma, Stephens township, enumerated 26 Jan, lists on p. 6B as family #122:
McClain, David M., 47, b. Ky Ky Ky, farmer; Lizzie, wife, 39, b. Ky Ky Tenn; Lucy, dau, 15; Martha, dau, 12; Nettie, dau, 10; Albert, son, 6; Dimple, dau, 3 7/12; Trucile, dau, 1 11/12. Lucy through Albert born Ky Ky Ky, Dimple and Trucile Okla Ky Ky.
1930 census of Tillman Co., Oklahoma, Haskell township, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 9B as family #201/202:
McClain, David M., 58, age at first marriage 22, b. Ky Tenn Ky; Elizabeth M., wife, 49, age at first marriage 23, b. Ky Ky Tenn; Albert C., son, 16, b. Ky Ky Ky; Dora D., dau, 14, b. Ky Ky Ky; R. Truserl, dau, 11, b. Ok Ky Ky; Yerby, Haret M., granddau, 4 1/12, b. Oklahoma Texas iowa.
McClain, Marion, 24, b. Aug 1875, farmer; Elizabeth, wife, 20, b. Sep 1879, married 4 years, mother of 2 children, 2 living; Sarah E., dau, 2, b. Mar 1898; Vesta A., dau, 2/12, b. Mar 1900; James, father, 73, b. June 1826, married 52 years; Emily, mother, 65, b. Mar 1835, married 52 years, mother of 5 children, 2 living.
1910 census of Grady Co., Oklahoma, Chickasaw township, enumerated 15 April, lists on p. 1B at 501 Pennsylvania Ave., as family #13/20:
McClaine, David M., 38 (? see note below), b. Ky Ky Tenn, no occupation; Elizabeth, wife, 29, b. Ky Ky Ky, first marriage for both, married 15 years, mother of 5 children, 4 living; Ethel, dau, 12; Vesta, dau, 10; Lucy, dau, 4; Martha, dau, 3. All children born Ky Ky Ky.
The age for David looks like it may have either originally been entered as 28 and changed to 38 or vice versa - there is a dark 2 with what looks like a very light top loop of a 3 over it. I suspect that there also may have been an accidental line shift and that the mother’s birthplace of Tennessee may have been intended for Elizabeth.
They are sharing a household with the family of John D. Caskey age 58 (son of Miles Caskey of Morgan Co.) and his wife Martha E. (Mays) age 38, Elizabeth’s sister.
The family must have returned to Kentucky and then came back to Oklahoma, since their son Albert was born in Kentucky in 1914.
1920 census of Tillman Co., Oklahoma, Stephens township, enumerated 26 Jan, lists on p. 6B as family #122:
McClain, David M., 47, b. Ky Ky Ky, farmer; Lizzie, wife, 39, b. Ky Ky Tenn; Lucy, dau, 15; Martha, dau, 12; Nettie, dau, 10; Albert, son, 6; Dimple, dau, 3 7/12; Trucile, dau, 1 11/12. Lucy through Albert born Ky Ky Ky, Dimple and Trucile Okla Ky Ky.
1930 census of Tillman Co., Oklahoma, Haskell township, enumerated 21 April, lists on p. 9B as family #201/202:
McClain, David M., 58, age at first marriage 22, b. Ky Tenn Ky; Elizabeth M., wife, 49, age at first marriage 23, b. Ky Ky Tenn; Albert C., son, 16, b. Ky Ky Ky; Dora D., dau, 14, b. Ky Ky Ky; R. Truserl, dau, 11, b. Ok Ky Ky; Yerby, Haret M., granddau, 4 1/12, b. Oklahoma Texas iowa.
