This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/3kz.2ACIB/871.1 Message Board Post: I have a publication (privately printed in 1932) prepared for Edward Lee McClain, of Greenfield, Ohio by a Charles Arthur Hoppin wherein Mr. Hoppin, beginning in 1915 and for several years thereafter, researched the McClain (and other related families) history. I believe the following information which I have copied may be the answer to your inquiry. It appears that David Simpson McClain was not the son of James McClain b. 27 Oct 1794 but rather the son of James' brother Andrew. Both James and Andrew were the sons of Peter McClain and Sarah English Frambes. The publication reads: "The Rev. Andrew S. McClain entered in his own Bible (owned in 1918 by his daughter, Mrs. Lucy Ann (McClain) Turner) a record of his marriage: Andrew S. McClain, son of Peter & Sarah McClain and Lucy Brown daughter of Robert and Ruth Brown were married Sept. 30, 1813. His birth and death are entered therein: "Andrew S. McClain Sept. 26, 1792"; "Andrew S. McClain Nov. 25, 1874." His wife's birth and death also appear; "Lucy Brown May 4, 1797" (Born in Madison County, Kentucky; came to Clermont County, Ohio, in 1802.); "Lucy Brown mcClain Apr. 22, 1882". Both Andrew S. and Lucy are buried in Carmel Cemetery at Laurel (Ohio). They lived to celebrate the sixty-first anniversary of their wedding. The births, marriages, and deaths of their children given in the Bible are quoted herein. Of those thirteen children twelve became heads of families, namely:" (There then is an extensive list of the 13 children with dates of birth, death and the names of their children. Of interest re: your inquiry is child number 7. The entry reads as follows: "(7) David Simpson McClain, born September 15, 1829, married August 27, 1858, Harriet Amsberry; removed to Kansas where he died in 1904. Their children: Julian Douth, Andrew Perlette, Lena, Ellsworth, and Hershell." The dates are close to the dates in your inquiry (except date of death) and the names match, not to mention the move to Kansas. I hope this information is of assistance to you. If you have any additional inquires, please email me.