Blank"HISTORY OF GREENE AND SULLIVAN COUNTIES, STATE OF INDIANA, FROM THE EARLIEST TIME TO THE PRESENT; TOGETHER WITH INTERESTING BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES, REMINISCENCES, NOTES, ETC." CHICAGO: GOODSPEED BROS. & CO., PUBLISHERS. 1884. SULLIVAN CO., INDIANA GILL TWP. PAGE 784 FRANCIS P. MCCLAIN is a native of Nicholas County, Ky., born November 16, 1818, the eldest of seven children born to Alexander and Elizabeth (Caldwell) McClain, who emigrated with their family to Brown County in 1829. Subject remained with his parents till the fall of 1859, when he removed to Clinton County, Ill., where he stayed until the fall of 1862, when he removed to his present place of abode. February 13, 1840, he married Louisa Veil, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Christ) Vail, and to this union six children have been born, four of whom are living--Cindora, wife of G. W. Harris; Francena, wife of J. A. Hays; Orlando; and Lestie, who married Miss Sarah Russell. June 18, 1861, Mrs. McClain died, and in July, 1870, he married Rebecca Purviance. He and wife are members of the Christian Church, having been a Deacon in the same for thirty-five years. Farming has been the principal occupation of subject, and in politics he is a Republican. Robert S. Vail III Titusville, FL