This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: McLain, McClain, McClane Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/3kz.2ACIB/1067 Message Board Post: Catherine S. McLain, b. Aug 28, 1834, d. Jan 4, 1911, was born in Bedford County, PA, and migrated through Ohio to Story County Iowa, arriving in Nevada, Iowa approximately 1855. She was the daughter of Wilson and Sara (Lochard) McLain and was orphaned as a child, when first her mother, then her father died, the latter while trying to establish a farm in Ohio. Her brothers, Frank A and Russell M McLain arrived in Nevada, Iowa about the same time. In fact, the McLains were the second family in Nevada. Catherine was first married to Tom Larcom, but he went insane and a divorce was granted in 1856. She then married a carpenter named Moses Hunt. Catherine and Moses Hunt are buried in Collins, Iowa, 6 miles from Nevada. All of these McLains are direct descendants of Azariah and Sophia Houck McLain of Maryland and Bedford, County, PA. Catherine's whereabouts and life story were previously unknown by researchers of this line, but this information recently emerged. Contact! me if there is further interest.