John McClain

1867 - 1937  (69 years)

• Name	John McClain
  Birth	8 Aug 1867	Edford, Henry, Illinois, United States
  Gender	Male
  Death	13 Mar 1937
  Burial	13 Mar 1937	Jamesburg Park Cemetery Wichita Sedgwick County Kansas, USA
  Person ID	I542	MyHeritage
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2023

  
  

  Father	Robert McClain,   b. Abt 1823, Antrim Ireland d. 4 Mar 1885, Osco, Henry, Illinois, United States (Age 62 years)
  Mother	Leonora MacKay,   b. 8 Aug 1829, Antrim, Ballycastle, Ireland d. 10 Apr 1905, Osco Township, Henry, Illinois (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1851	Port Kennedy, Pennsylvania
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Margaret M Hornecker,   b. 3 Oct 1871, Genesco, Henry, Illinois, United States d. 13 Jul 1958, Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	10 Oct 1894	Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, United States
  Children	1. Charles Frederick McClain,   b. 12 Sep 1895, Osco, Henry, Illinois, United States d. 13 Apr 1982 (Age 86 years)   2. Leonora McClain,   b. 1 Apr 1897, Osco, Henry, Illinois, USA d. 28 Apr 1992 (Age 95 years)   3. Robert Lawrence McClain,   b. 1 Apr 1897, Osco, Henry, Illinois, United States d. 27 Jan 1991 (Age 93 years)   4. John McClain, Jr.,   b. 26 Apr 1899, Edford, Henry, Illinois, United States d. 18 Dec 1985 (Age 86 years)   5. Edward McClain,   b. 19 Apr 1905, Laredo, Grundy, Missouri d. 30 Nov 1985 (Age 80 years)   6. Tomos McClain,   b. Abt 1909, Laredo, Grundy, Missouri   7. James McClain,   b. 23 May 1909, Laredo, Grundy, Missouri d. 13 Jul 1998 (Age 89 years)
  Family ID	F46	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	21 Jul 2023

  
  

• Notes

  According to Ethel McClain's Family Records: John McClain was born in 1867. He worked for his parents until he was 21 years old (1889). He and a brother rented the farm home for 5 years. Then he bought a farm of 90 acres in Illinois, the same year he was married, 1894. He farmed here for 7 years. In 1901 he sold out and moved to Mooresville, Missouri. In 1902 he bought 200 acres and sold it the same year. About 1903 he moved to Grundy County. He went to Kansas and Oklahoma hunting for land but could find nothing as good as Grundy County, so he bought 135 acres in Grundy County. Later he purchased 98 more acres around Farmersvlle and Laredo. Here in Laredo he had a well improved farm of 23 acres. John's wife, Margaret Hornecker's, parents lived in Wichita. They were Ferdinand and Margaret Wagle Hornecker. John and his wife Margaret moved to Wichita about 1920. When John lived in Missouri, he became ill with pneumonia. Aunt Bell and Uncle Jim came to see him. They bought a farm in Clinton, Missouri, together. Aunt Bell married the hired hand, Albert Fred Birzendine. Family members remember her as an old maid. Ethel's records also state that John was a carpenter and Episcopal. According to Ethel McClain's Family Records: John McClain was born in 1867. He worked for his parents until he was 21 years old (1889). He and a brother rented the farm home for 5 years. Then he bought a farm of 90 acres in Illinois, the same year he was married, 1894. He farmed here for 7 years. In 1901 he sold out and moved to Mooresville, Missouri. In 1902 he bought 200 acres and sold it the same year. About 1903 he moved to Grundy County. He went to Kansas and Oklahoma hunting for land but could find nothing as good as Grundy County, so he bought 135 acres in Grundy County. Later he purchased 98 more acres around Farmersvlle and Laredo. Here in Laredo he had a well improved farm of 23 acres. John's wife, Margaret Hornecker's, parents lived in Wichita. They were Ferdinand and Margaret Wagle Hornecker. John and his wife Margaret moved to Wichita about 1920. When John lived in Missouri, he became ill with pneumonia. Aunt Bell and Uncle Jim came to see him. They bought a farm in Clinton, Missouri, together. Aunt Bell married the hired hand, Albert Fred Birzendine. Family members remember her as an old maid. Ethel's records also state that John was a carpenter and Episcopal.