In a message dated 1/8/2005 3:23:57 PM Central Standard Time, lsteele1@starband.net writes: > I am looking for a Joseph William McClain married to a Nannie Belle Beer. > They had five boys. The oldest was 12 yrs old at the time of their mother's > death. > They were listed as Chester, Scott, Russel, Donald and Gary. I believe > these were their middle names. I found Scott(David Scott) with his Uncle > and Aunt, Davey and Lettie Beer. > My wife's great-grandfather was Harry McClain (1882-1957) of Clarion County. He marrried Bertha Goble (I preached her funeral as a young preacher). His children were Mary, Raymond, Bertha (my wife's grandmother), Sarah, Elizabeth, Frederick, Robert. His father was Leslie McClain married Anna Smith with children Sally, Fraze, Cash, Leslie, Elsie, Howard, and Harry. And Leslie's father was David McClain who married Ellen Garner. I got this info from my mother-in-law who is now deceased. Maybe my wife's line and yours are related somewhere along the way if we had more info. Bill Johnson