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PVT John Wesley McLain

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Birth	:	6 Jul 1840 Preble County, Ohio, USA
Death	:	2 Jan 1912 Somerville, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Burial	:	Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, Bergen County, USA
Coordinate	:	40.9468994, -74.1374969
Description	:	On April 12, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote this "bio" for John Wesley McLain (1840-1912) who was born on July 8, 1840, in Preble County, Ohio, to native Ohioans David McLain (1811 - 1854) and Mary Emerson McLain (1813 - 1893). Of David's and Mary's five children, John Wesley McLain was the second to be born. His four siblings, in the order of their birth, are: (1) Benjamin F. McLain (1836–1897), (3) Nancy J. McLain (Danner, 1843–1926), (4) Rebecca McLain (Yingling, 1846–1935), and (5) Eliza McLain (Guiller, 1853–1934). * * * *... Read More	On April 12, 2021, Bruce Morton Garver wrote this "bio" for John Wesley McLain (1840-1912) who was born on July 8, 1840, in Preble County, Ohio, to native Ohioans David McLain (1811 - 1854) and Mary Emerson McLain (1813 - 1893). Of David's and Mary's five children, John Wesley McLain was the second to be born. His four siblings, in the order of their birth, are: (1) Benjamin F. McLain (1836–1897), (3) Nancy J. McLain (Danner, 1843–1926), (4) Rebecca McLain (Yingling, 1846–1935), and (5) Eliza McLain (Guiller, 1853–1934). * * * * * During the American Civil War, Private John Wesley McLain served in Company "H" of the 167th Regiment of Ohio infantry in the U. S. Army. Circa 1870, in Ohio, John Wesley McClain wed Elizabeth Randolph (McLain, 1852-1883), whose parents have not yet been identified by name. Together, John Wesley McClain and Elizabeth (Randolph) McClain raised two children who are here listed in the order of their birth and whose Find a Grave Memorials are linked to each other and to those of their parents: (1) Daisy McLain (Pogue, 1879–1952) wed Lawrence Elwood Pogue (1879–1953) and raised two sons: Jesse Malcolm Pogue (1905–1993) and George M. Pogue (1909–1974). (2) Jesse Randolph McLain (1881–1914) is not known ever to have been married. * * * * * After the death of Elizabeth (Randolph) McClain at the age of thirty on on March 23, 1883, John Wesley McLain did not remarry and either alone or with the assistance of relatives raised daughter Daisy and son Jesse to adulthood. On January 2, 1912, John Wesley McLain died at the age of seventy-one at Somerville in Milford Township of Butler, County, Ohio, and was interred there in Somerville Cemetery alongside the grave of his wife, Elizabeth (Randolph) McClain, who had died nearly twenty-nine years earlier on March 23, 1883.

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Where is PVT John Wesley McLain's memorial?
PVT John Wesley McLain's memorial is located at: Fair Lawn Memorial Cemetery, Fair Lawn, Bergen County, USA.
When did PVT John Wesley McLain death?
PVT John Wesley McLain death on 2 Jan 1912 in Somerville, Butler County, Ohio, USA
Where are the coordinates of the PVT John Wesley McLain's memorial?
Latitude: 40.9468994
Longitude: -74.1374969

Family Members:

Parent

David McLain

(1811 - 1854)

Mary Emerson McLain

(1813 - 1893)

Spouse

Elizabeth Randolph McLain

(1852 - 1883)

Siblings

Benjamin F. McLain

(1836 - 1897)

Children

Daisy McLain Pogue

(1879 - 1952)

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