Hi All, OK, you have my full attention here. I have found a relationship to exist in my family to a John McClarrinon and his step-daughter married Peter Flood - all from the Brooklyn-Dayton area. If this turns out to be the same John McClarrinon - he had 3 wives then as he was married previous before marrying my ancestor - Permelia Spaulding Root (she is from the famous Spaulding family of CT). Permelia and Francis Root came to Wisconsin from NY abt 1847 and bought land in Brooklyn (Sandy Hook Rd) and built their "mansion" home. Within the next year Francis has died at a young age. I do not know his birthdate as of yet - but if it was anything close to Permelia's - he died before the age of 30. Francis & Permelia had 2 children - James and Harriet Root. Harriet married Peter Flood. I visited the homestead many many years ago when I first started researching my family. At that time there were 2 homes on the lot. One of the houses, if not both, has now been torn down and the lot is now used for a commercial Pork producing operation. Permelia married John McClarrinon and had 7 children together with the first one being born abt 1856. John had one son, George, who was born abt 1842 in NY. I do not have a marriage date for John/Permelia though. Permelia died in 1870 and is buried in the Dayton Cemetery. John died in 1900 and is also buried there. I haven't done any research on the Flood family at all to know if the other relationship works or not. But it would sound as if this could be the same John since widow Mary (prob 3rd wife) is shown only on the 1900 census. John died May 16, 1900. Any bells ringing here??? Thanks! Peggy Perry President, Iowa County Genealogical Society Visit us at: http://www.friendsnfamily.net/wiiowagensoc/index.html Moderator for The Obituary Daily Times For Obituaries from around the world - visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~obituary County Coordinator for the Wisconsin GenWeb Program - Iowa County Visit us at: http://www.rootsweb.com/~wiiowa Owner of the Iowa County Wisconsin Mailing list to subscribe <[email protected]> message: subscribe Co-Owner of the GenMsc mailing list to subscribe: <[email protected]> message: subscribe ----- Original Message ----- From: Hal Mosher <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 6:04 AM Subject: CROSGROVE & CATHOLIC CHURCH > Gerry & Dodie's request in the Digest's vol 1 #1 taps into information I > have discovered while researching the FLOOD and MCCLARRINON families of > Green County. I have cut & pasted the following relevant info. from a > booklet I have published and another soon to be published. Hope it helps: > > > 1860 Federal Census (WI, Green Co., Brooklyn Twp., roll 1411, sheet 94, > line 5, census dated 7 Jul 1860) > > Living four farms away from John MCCLARRINON¹s was the family headed by > Elijah CROSGROVE (40), born in NY. His farm was valued at $1000 and the > family¹s personalty at $300. Elijah¹s wife, Mary (30) born in Ireland, > later became widower John¹s second wife. Living with Mary and Elijah were > apparently two of Elijah¹s brothers, James (25) born in Ireland and Samuel > (30) born in NY. There were also four young children born in WI who appear > to have been from at least two families--William (1), Lilla (4), and two > sons named Frank, one of whom was four and the other two. > > 1870 Federal Census (Reel 1715, census dated 8-18 Aug 1870) > > Unfortunately, the ink used by the census-taker (enumerator) for Brooklyn > Twp. was chemically unstable--it had faded so much by the time the records > were microfilmed that names and 98% of the information were illegible. > Other townships were legible, but not Brooklyn. However, the Milwaukee > Public Library¹s copy was readable, in part, with difficulty. > > John soon remarried. Their marriage certificate reveals that John > ³MCCLARRION² and Mary ³CROSSGROVE² married on 13 Nov 1872 in a civil > ceremony in Brooklyn. Marriages 4-59-1179. It also reveals that John was > born in Albany, NY. Mary apparently was widowed from Elijah CROSGROVE (see > 1860 federal census above). > > 1880 Federal Census (WI, Green Co., Brooklyn Twp., reel 1428, E.D. 133, > sheet 16, line 6, census dated 15-16 Jun 1880) > > John MCCLARRINON (55) lived with second wife Mary (47). According to the > census, Mary and both of her parents were born in Ireland (however, Mary¹s > marriage certificate states that she was born in Green Co., WI.). Living > with them was Armina E. ³CROPGROVE² (18) born 1863, Mary¹s daughter from her > previous marriage to Elijah CROSGROVE (see 1860 above). Armina¹s father was > born in NY. John and both of his parents were born in NY. Per her death > certificate in Green County, Mary¹s maiden name was CROSKERY. The > certificate reports that she was born in Belfast, Ireland, on 8 Mar 1833 to > James and Mary A. CROSKERY. > > A Rock Co. deed shows that John and Mary MCCLARRINON lived in the Village of > Evansville (Rock Co., WI) on 12 Jun 1886. > > 1900 Federal Census > > (WI, Green Co., Brooklyn Twp., reel 1789, E.D. 116, sheet 8A, line 39, > census dated 18 Jun 1900) > > The only MCCLARRINON I found listed in the 1900 federal Wisconsin census > index was John MCCLARRINON¹s second wife, Mary. She was a widow living > with her son, William CROSSGROVE (40 born in Sep 1859), a Brooklyn farmer, > his wife Sarah A. (39 born in Nov 1859) and their three children: Mary E. > (10 born in Feb 1890), Samuel L. (8 born in Jan 1892), and William H. (2 > born in Aug 1897). Mary ³MCCLARINON² was born in Mar 1833, had delivered > four children of whom two were living. She immigrated to the United States > from Ireland in 1849. Within four months of this census, she died at 67 yr, > 6 mo, 26 da on 4 Oct 1900 of ³Chronic Bronchitis Brights Disease.² She is > buried in the Attica cemetery. 3-117-172. > > St. James Catholic Church of Dayton > > As early as 1867, Dayton-area Catholics began the planning for building a > church. Catholics and non-Catholics, the latter realizing the value of a > church in the community, dug deeply into their savings to contribute. In > the spring of 1869, a lot was purchased for $50 and construction began. > Lumber came from Evansville and Monroe, stone was quarried on the Dunbar > farm. Men of the congregation built the foundation. As stated above, after > James FLOOD, son of Peter¹s Uncle John, nearly died when thrown by his horse > while working on the church, the congregation decided to honor him by naming > the church St. James. The first mass was conducted in 1869, but the seats > were not installed until a year later. > > If you have any questions, send me an email. 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