I'm looking for parents / ancestors of the below Charles McLain (various spellings) and curious if you have any of the following in your line: My g-g-g grandparents---- Charles McLain / McClain (etc.), b circa 1805-08, in NC (census info) died 1869, ARK wife Perlina Unknown, TN, about 1811 (on 1850 ARK census, died before 1860) Children: Christianna, 1832, TN John Henry, 1837, TN David, 1834, TN Esquire "Squire", 1842, TN William California, 1853, Ark migrated to eastern Arkansas, Lawerence County, before 1850 My gr-gr grandfather was the son John Henry, b 1837, TN He married Sarah Catherine AGEE, b 1842, TN Children: WILLIAM DAVID,b 1859, AR (Walnut Ridge) my g-grandfather died 1921. CHARLES L., b about 1863, AR RUTH A., b about 1865, AR JOHN M., b about 1868 (buried Walnut Grove Cem., Newport,AR --------- ***William David MC LAIN, b 1859--- married CLARA COOPER, b 1878, Brinkley,Monroe Co AR (my great grandmother) to DILLARD L. COOPER, b1838/39 SC, (son of Benson G.COOPER and Delphia LJNDSEY) and Parthenia ANDREWS/ANDERS, HOUSE, HOLLOMAN, COOPER (1860, 1870, 1880 AR census) b 1834/35, Wilkes, Lincoln, GA to MICHAEL ANDREWS and PARTHENIA PULLIN (1850 census, GA) Thanks Audrey Williams Stanaland Loudon, TN ----- Original Message ----- From: <sndshire@sbcglobal.net> To: <McClain-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 08, 2003 4:36 PM Subject: [McClain] Re: Henry McClain > This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. > > Surnames: McClain, Bailey > Classification: Query > > Message Board URL: > > http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3kz.2ACIB/640.2 > > Message Board Post: > > I believe that the Henry McClain born in 1750 was Henry McClain Jr., and his father was Henry McClain born about 1720-25, whose wife was Euphias born about 1730. Richard McClain (or McClean) was most likely grandfather to the Henry born in 1850. There are so many "Henrys" and "Jameses" in this family it gets confusing. > > I am descended from Henry's brother James W. McClain and wife Sarah Bailey through their son Phillip Bailey McClain. > > The name "Euphias" has been carried down through the generations. My great-grandmother was Charlotte Euphias McClain, born in 1850. > > >