This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: pdsain Surnames: McClain, Huffstedler, Campbell Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.texas.counties.lamar/3763.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: I am not related. No death certificate or cemetery record found for Dr. Eli McClain son of Matthew McClain and Alcy Huffstedler of TN; unknown if married in TN or AR. Alcy McClain remarried in Randolph county in 1867 to John Stone Campbell born IL 1847 and had 4 sons with him. http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0 Lloyd Martin McClain, married, #71902 26 Sept 1895 Arkansas 22 Nov 1964. St Joseph Hosp, Paris, Lamar residence, Rt 4, Gadston Community, Paris, Lamar Eli McClain father Della Freeland mother Mrs. Lloyd McClain informant retired trucker Spring Hill Cemetery McClain Lloyd M. 1895 1964 Springhill SOUTHEAST Texas Pvt. US Army WW I. Married Clara L. McClain Clara L. 1908 24 Aug 1976 Springhill SOUTHEAST Married Lloyd M. McClain. Mable E Hempel, widow, 06 Mar 1902 Texas 19 Mar 1959 Houston, Harris Eli McClain father Ardella Freeland mother buried Freeport, Texas Della Spaulding, widowed, 46402 26 Aug 1876, Texas 27 Oct 1944, at residence 610 N Haskell, Dallas, Dallas A Freeland TN father [Alfonso/Alphonzo 28 Nov 1846 - 12 Feb 1928 buried Prairie Ridge Cem, Lamar] Mattie Hill TX mother [Martha Jane] L M McClain, 610 N Haskell, Dallas, informant Grove Hill Cemetery, Dallas, 28 Oct 1944, Suggs Funeral Home Tombstone is inscribed, Alonzo Freeland, 1846- 1928. On the same stone with Martha Jane Freeland. *Information from Evelyn Smith, 25 Mar 1995, 302 Ridgeview Way, Lawton, OK, 73505; Alphonzo was the son of Joseph W. Freeland of Orange Co. NC and Mary Jane Climer of Guilford Co., NC. Grandparents were James Freeland and Abigail Thompson Freeland. First married Martha E. Dill 16 Nov 1865 in Carroll Co., TN. They had one child, Mollie, who married R. A. Cheatwood and they settled in western OK. Alphonzo married second to Martha Jane Hill 13 Dec 1873 in Lamar Co. *Information from Donna Dixon, 20 Sep 1999, 2509 Sunridge Rd., Carrollton, TX 75006, email - donnadix@email.msn.com: Alfonzo Freeland he was married twice, the first was back in TN on Nov. 16 1865. She was Martha Elizabeth Dill and they had one child names Mary (Mollie) Freeland. Mary Freeland married R. Alex Cheatwood on July 21 1887. After the untimely death of Martha Dill, Alfonzo moved to Ark., then went to Lamar Co.! to look for land to buy. He was looking at land that the Hill family owned when Martha Jane Hill saw the handsome Alzonzo and said she was going to marry him and she did on Dec 14 1873. Alfonzo and Martha Hill Freeland children were: 1. Ardella Freeland, married Eli McClain; 2. Katherine (Katie) Freeland; 3. Wallace Freeland; 4. Thomas Alfonzo Freeland, married Alta F. Huff; 5. Cora Freeland, married David H. Bassett; 6. Josephine Freeland; 7. John Tyler Freeland, married Mary S. McDonald; 8. Clara Freeland, married J. P. Ward; 9. Laura Freeland, married Thad Thomas (she married him 2 times with a marriage in between); 10. Blake Cavanaugh Freeland, married Margaret E. Taylor; 11. Emma Freeland, married M. D. Reily;12. Grace Trix Freeland, married Lloyd McGee 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 6, Lamar, Texas; Roll: T623 1652; Page: 13A; . Residence : Cathrons Store Village, Lamar, Texas Eli McClain April 1859 AR TN TN married 1892 physician Della M McClain Aug 1877 TX TN MO Lois McClain Nov 1893 TX Lloyd M McClain Sept 1895 AR http://gen.1starnet.com/ Marriage Record for Della May Freeland Spouse: Eli, Dr. McClain Date: 4 Feb 1892 County and State: Lamar Co. TX Name: Ed McClam [Ed McClain] Age in 1910: 51 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859 Birthplace: Arkansas Relation to Head of House: Head Father's Birth Place: Tennessee Mother's Birth Place: Tennessee Home in 1910: Paris Ward 4, Lamar, Texas Marital Status: Divorced Race: White Gender: Male Physician, Gen. Practice 1910; Census Place: Paris Ward 2, Lamar, Texas; Roll: T624_1571; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 83; Image: 1083 Della McClain 34 1876 TX TN TX divorced Lois McClain 17 Loyd McClain 15 Viola McClain 9 Mabel McClain 7 1930; Census Place: Paris, Lamar, Texas; Roll: 2367; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 7; Image: 878.0 Della Spaulding 54 Vera Bernice Spaulding 18 dtr 1912 married Thomas Nelson Jones; Thomas Jr 6 May 45 Dallas L M Mc Clain 33 Irvin Mc Clain 7 grandson 1923 John M Mc Clain 6 grandson 1924 1880; Census Place: Eleven Point, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: T9_55; Family History Film: 1254055; Page: 92.1000; Enumeration District: 256; Image: 0684 John S Campbell 33 1847 IL TN TN farmer found in Demun, Randolph county 1910 with 2nd wife Laura E born 1852 AR Alcy Campbell 47 1833 TN TN TN wife James W Campbell 10 1870 AR son married Ara born TX 1878 found in Demun, Randolph Co 1910 census, father born IL mother TN; Paul Campbell born OK 1901 William H Campbell 7 1873 AR son married Cordelia S found in Tipton, Tillman OK 1910 census Thomas W "Tom" Campbell 5 1875 AR son married Jennie Roberts 1895 found in Maynard town Randolph Co 1900 census; dtrs Arlene 1897, Reland 1900 and Roberta 1904 Joseph N Campbell 2 1878 AR son married Willie found in Shreveport, Caddo Co 1910 census Eli McLain 21 1859 AR stepson TN TN teaching school Mark McLain 19 1861 AR stepson farm hand - possibly Martin not Mark Julia McLain 17 1863 AR stepdtr 1870; Census Place: Roanoke, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: M593_63; Page: 510; Image: 190 John S Campbell 23 Alcy Campbell 37 Alice Campbell [McClain] 18 Ellen Campbell [McClain] 16 1860; Census Place: Roanoke, Randolph, Arkansas; Roll: M653_49; Page: 379; Image: 380 Post Office Blacks Ferry Mathew McLain 36 farmer $270 real estate $ 853 personal wealth born TN 1824 Ailsy McLain 29 TN 1831 Alice McLain 8 AR 1852 Ellen McLain 6 AR 1854 Margarett McLain 4 AR 1856 Eli McLain 1 AR 1859 Name: John S. Campbell Marriage Date: 7 Aug 1867 Spouse: Mrs. Alcy McClain County: Randolph State: Arkansas Name: Allis McLain Marriage Date: 10 Mar 1872 Spouse: J. B. Chesser County: Randolph State: Arkansas Name: Margaret McLain Gender: Female Marriage Date: 1878 Spouse: Francis B. Scott County: Randolph Volume: 4 Page: 363 State: Arkansas Name: James Alcorn Gender: Male Marriage Date: 1882 Spouse: Julia McClain County: Randolph Volume: 6 Page: 19 State: Arkansas Source Information:Hunting For Bears, comp.. Arkansas Marriages, 1779-1992 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004. Original data: Arkansas marriage information taken from county courthouse records. Please contact the appropriate county clerk for original source information. 1850; Census Place: District 4, Lewis, Tennessee; Roll: M432_887; Page: 425; Image: 75 John McClain 69 NC Elizabeth McClain 59 1791 KY Godfrey McClain 27 1823 TN Matthew McClain 25 Elizabeth McClain 22 Martha McClain 20 Martin McClain 17 Lioonin ? McClain 5 1845 TN female RANDOLPH COUNTY ARKANSAS MARRIAGE INDEX 1837 - 2002 http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~randolph/marriages/index CAMPBELL JOHN S & LAKEY L E 1907 15 0150 Chesser Cemetery Alice Chesser, 11 June 1851 - 23 April 1880; Wife of Jerrome B. Chesser. Daug. of F. McLain or F. McClain. HISTORY of RANDOLPH COUNTY ARKANSAS by Lawrence Dalton Published 1946 - 1947 Page 260 Photos of John Stone Campbell - Father of James W., William H., Tom W., and Joseph N. Campbell and Campbell Sisters - Arlene, Reland and Roberta, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Campbell. Page 261 THE CAMPBELLS In 1846 Judge William Claiborne Campbell moved from Coffee county, Tennessee, to Union county, Illinois. He then had fours sons: Thomas Leander, James Sevier, William Claiborne and George Washington Campbell. At Anna, Illinois, March 1, 1847, his fifth son, John Stone Campbell, was born. In 1855 Judge Campbell moved to Mountain Grove, Missouri, taking with him his three youngest sons and his several daughters, but leaving in Illinois his two oldest sons, Thomas and James, then grown. In 1861 Judge Campbell and his three youngest sons, with most of their Missouri neighbors, joined the Confederate Army, while his two oldest sons, with most of their Illinois neighbors, joined the Union Army. Judge Campbell was killed during the war. In 1866 his youngest son, John Stone Campbell, brought his widowed mother and his sisters to Randolph county, Arkansas, and settled near where Birdell now is. His four brothers soon followed and settled in the same neighborhood. There the five broth! ers-the two who had worn the blue and the three who had worn the gray-married, reared big families and died, all of them living to become nonagenarians except the youngest, John, who was drowned at the Adams Ford in Elevenpoint river in 1915, at the age of 68. John Stone Campbell, youngest of the five sons of Judge William Claiborne Campbell, settled on a farm on the west bank of Elevenpoint between Birdell and Black's Ferry; and there his four sons were born and reared, James W., William H., Tom W. and Joseph N. Campbell. James W. Campbell was superintendent of schools at Pocahontas, and at the same time county examiner of Randolph county, from 1904 to 1909. He died in Los Angeles, California, in 1943. William H. Campbell became a doctor and settled in Oklahoma, where he still lives. Joseph N. Campbell settled at Shreveport, Louisiana, where he was traffic manager for the Louisiana Railway - Navigation Company for many years, until his death in 1937. Page 262 (Photo of Tom W. Campbell at top of page.) Tom W. Campbell was born September 7, 1874, the day the present constitution of Arkansas was adopted. he attended Add-Ran College at Thorp Spring, Texas, now Texas Christian University, from 1892 to 1894. He then returned to Randolph county, Arkansas, and married Jenny Roberts in 1895. They have three daughters, Arlene, who married Walter L. Pope and now lives in Washington D. C.; Reland, who married Henry C. Graham and now lives in Little Rock, and Roberta, who married Joseph Norbury and also lives in Little Rock. All three of these daughters were born in Randolph county. Tom W. Campbell was county examiner for Randolph county from 1896 to 1900, and during that time was also president of Abbot Institute at Maynard. He represented Randolph county in the State Legislature in 1901 and 1903 and was chief clerk of the Page 263 (Photo of Mrs. Tom W. Campbell at top of page.) Lower House of the Legislature in 1905. He was admitted to the bar in 1904 and became immediately law partner of Clarence H. Henderson. In 1914 he organized the law firm of Campbell, Pope & Spikes in Pocahontas. In 1917 Mr. Campbell was appointed first assistant attorney general of the state and moved to Little Rock, where he has lived ever since. In 1919 he became general counsel for Arkansas Corporation Commission. From 1919 to 1923 he was a member of the law firm Pace, Campbell & Davis at Little Rock. From 1924 to 1926 he was chairman of the Democratic State Central Committee. In 1925 he served as special associate justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court. Since 1925 he has been engaged in the general practice of law in Little Rock. In 1941 Mr. Campbell wrote a dual biography of Matthew Lyon and Andrew Jackson, entitled "Two Fighters and Two Fines," published by Pioneer Publishing Company of Little Rock, the first edition appearing in September, 1941 and the second edition i! n December 1941.78 Name: James Washington Campbell Social Security #: 0 Sex: MALE Birth Date: 28 Mar 1869 Birthplace: Arkansas Death Date: 12 Aug 1943 Death Place: Los Angeles Mother's Maiden Name: Huffstudler FATHER'S SURNAME: Campbell 1850; Census Place: Perry, Tennessee; Roll: M432_892; Page: 125; Image: 250. Alsey Hufstedler 17 1833 TN Jacob Hufstedler 12 1837 TN Jane Hufstedler 1 1849 TN John Hufstedler 14 1836 TN John Hufstedler 45 1805 NC Martha Hufstedler 14 1836 TN Mary Hufstedler 8 1843 TN Susan Hufstedler 10 1840 TN Zilpha Hufstedler 29 1821 TN Jacob Hufstedler 1785 SC Alcy Hufstedler 1785 VA DIRECTORY of Randolph County, Arkansas 1910 Compiled by L. F. Blankenship Published by Star Herald Printing Company Pocahontas, Ark. DEMUN TOWNSHIP CAMPBELL, JOHN S., age 62, farmer, came from Tennessee in 1865, married Mrs. L. E. Lakey in 1907, 6 children, James, Wm., Thomas, Joseph, Bunk and Will, town property, Christian, Methodist. CAMPBELL, J.W., age 39, teaching, native of Arkansas, married Ara Kersey in 1900, 1 child, Paul, town property, Christian. Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.