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     Gilbert Horton married Martha Marie Freuler.²
Gilbert Horton was born on 2 October 1881 at Montana, USA; Aged 17 in 1900 census

1900 Census says b. Oct 1882; Grave marker says b. Oct. 2, 1881.^1,3
Gilbert Horton died on 31 December 1957 at Jackson, Amador Co., California, USA, at age 76.³
Gilbert Horton was buried after 31 December 1957 at Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Jackson, Amador Co., California, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Gilbert Horton was listed as a resident in Fred Tremain Horton and Emma B. Miller's household in the census report on 7 June 1900 at Ward 10, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA; p. 8, lines 57-60, dwelling 161, family 165
57 HORTON, Fred T. Head W M May 1873 27 Married 5yrs NY NY NY Coachman
58 " , Emma B. Wife W F Oct 1873 26 Married 5yrs 2-children-born 1-child-living NY Unk Unk
29 " , Roy G. Son W M Jan 1896 Single NY NY NY
60 " , Gilbert Brother W M Oct 1882 17 Single Montana NY NY Machinist.¹

     Roy G. Horton was born in January 1896 at Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA; Aged 6 in 1900 census.¹
     Roy G. Horton was listed as a resident in Fred Tremain Horton and Emma B. Miller's household in the census report on 7 June 1900 at Ward 10, Rochester, Monroe Co., New York, USA; p. 8, lines 57-60, dwelling 161, family 165
57 HORTON, Fred T. Head W M May 1873 27 Married 5yrs NY NY NY Coachman
58 " , Emma B. Wife W F Oct 1873 26 Married 5yrs 2-children-born 1-child-living NY Unk Unk
29 " , Roy G. Son W M Jan 1896 Single NY NY NY
60 " , Gilbert Brother W M Oct 1882 17 Single Montana NY NY Machinist.¹

     Martha Marie Freuler married Gilbert Horton, son of Almarion Horton and Mary I. McLean.¹
Martha Marie Freuler was born on 6 March 1897 at New Jersey, USA.¹
Martha Marie Freuler died on 17 March 1987 at Sacramento Co., California, USA, at age 90.¹
Martha Marie Freuler was buried after 17 March 1987 at Saint Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Jackson, Amador Co., California, USA; From Find A Grave:

     George Edwin Martin was born on 18 June 1858 at Elgin, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Tamzin "Tamie" E. Alden on 1 October 1881.²

George Edwin Martin died on 27 May 1920 at Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 61; Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Source Citation: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 055501-058500
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.¹
George Edwin Martin was buried on 31 May 1920 at Lake Side Cemetery, Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Place of Burial taken from death certificate. No memorial was found on Find A Grave.¹

     Tamzin "Tamie" E. Alden was born on 20 May 1858.¹ She married George Edwin Martin, son of Harrison W. "Harry" Martin and Phoeba Jane Whitney, on 1 October 1881.¹

     Anna (?) married Harrison W. "Harry" Martin
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His 2nd wife.¹ Anna (?) was born in January 1843 at New Jersey, USA.¹
Anna (?) was buried at Concord Cemetery, Elgin, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave:

     Egbert E. French was born in September 1841 at New York, USA.¹ He married Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean, daughter of William Edwin McLean and Clarissa A. Gillett, on 27 October 1868 at Union Mills (now Union City), Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Married 32 years in 1900 census. Date per Schober/Craig Family Tree on Ancestry.^1,3,4
Egbert E. French died on 10 June 1925 at Portland, Multnomah Co., Oregon, USA, at age 83; Image of death notice attached from Find A Grave memorial.¹
Egbert E. French was buried after 10 June 1925 at Prospect Hill Cemetery, Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; From Find A Grave:
     Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean appeared in the census of 29 August 1870 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 561-A, lines 14-16, dwelling 470, family 519
14 FRENCH, B. 27 M W Ins Agt $5000 NY
15 " , Lizzie 23 F W Keeps House PA
16 " , Florence 7/12 F W NE Dec.⁵

Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean appeared in the census of 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.²

     Florence French was born in December 1869 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; Aged 7 months and born "Dec" in 1870 census.¹
     Florence French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 29 August 1870 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 561-A, lines 14-16, dwelling 470, family 519
14 FRENCH, B. 27 M W Ins Agt $5000 NY
15 " , Lizzie 23 F W Keeps House PA
16 " , Florence 7/12 F W NE Dec.¹

Florence French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.²

     Georgie French was born circa 1873 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; Aged 7 in 1880 census.¹
     Georgie French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.¹

     John French was born circa 1875 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; Aged 5 in 1880 census.¹
     John French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.¹

     Edwin French was born circa 1877 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; Aged 3 in 1880 census.¹
     Edwin French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.¹

     Lacy French was born circa 1879 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; Aged 1 in 1880 census.¹
     Lacy French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.¹

     Abner French was born circa 1797 at New York, USA; Aged 83 in 1880 census.¹
     Abner French was listed as a resident in Egbert E. French and Elizabeth "Lizzie" M. McLean's household in the census report on 7 June 1880 at Omaha, Douglas Co., Nebraska, USA; p. 329-C, lines 1-11, dwelling 166, family 171
1 FRENCH, E. E. W M 39 [1841] Married Grocer NY NY VT
2 " , Elizabeth W F 34 [1846] Wife Maried Keeping House PA NY NY
3 " , Florence W F 10 [1870] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
4 " , Georgie W F 7 [1873] Daughter Single Attended School NE NY PA
5 " , John W M 5 [1875] Son Single NE NY PA
6 " , Edwin W M 3 [1877] Son Single NE NY PA
7 " , Lacy W M 1 [1879] Son Single NE NY PA
8 MCLEAN, Clark W M 21 [1859] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
9 " , Lynn W M 19 [1861] Brother-in-Law Single Printer PA NY PA
10 FRENCH, Abner W M 83 [1797] Father Widowed NY NY NY
11 KEEFE, Maggie W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant TN Ire Ire.¹

     Pamelia (?) married Abel Lyon.¹
Pamelia (?) was born on 17 June 1794 at Saratoga Co., New York, USA; Aged 66 in teh 1860 census.^1,2
Pamelia (?) died on 24 January 1885 at age 90.²
Pamelia (?) was buried after 24 January 1885 at Fair Mount Cemetery, Red Creek, Wayne Co., New York, USA; From Find A Grave:
     ; The fate of William² F. McLEAN’s sixth child, James³ McClean (William², John¹) is uncertain. The source of his birth and death dates are from the family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN, his grandmother.^{ii McLean [nd]} No middle initial is given in that record. The date of birth is written clearly, and reads October 18^th 1816. However, the date of death has been crossed out and changed. The crossed-out portion may read “September the 13^th”^. The added date is “October 8, 1852.” This segment of the Bible page is shown below.
Figure 269:     Clipping from Family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN Showing the Entry for James³ McClean (William², John¹)^{iiii McLean [nd]}
[Image of original bible entry is attached.]

Identifying what happened to James³ McClean (William², John¹) may lie in solving the following puzzle involving the records of three men named James McLean who may or may not have been the same man. Here is the evidence discovered so far.
A. Who was the real James McLean?
There are two other James McLeans^{11 For clarity in the following dicussion, “James3 McClean (William2, John1)” refers to the son of William F. McLEAN (John1); “James McLean #1” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in Wayne County, New York; while “James McLean #2” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in White County, Indiana. for whom records have been found, either of whom might have been James3} McClean (William², John¹), though neither is a certain match. What adds to the confusion is that though the vital dates for these two other James’s are not exactly the same, there is some evidence that all three men may have been the same person.
James McLean #1:
There is a James F. McLean buried in Wayne County, New York.ii FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. His grave marker read “Died Sept. 13, 1852 Aged 35 yrs. 10 ms & 21 ds.”^{iiii An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. The date of death is identical to one possible interpretation of the date of birth of James3} McClean (William², John¹) in the family Bible. The date of birth calculated from the grave marker inscription is 23 October 1816, only seven days different from that given in the McLean family Bible.
Further research on this man has found a probate record in Wayne County, dated 19 January 1853, for a James F. McLean who had died intestate and who had a wife named Lydia A. who was named heir.^ii[:ITAL]iiii Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
There is also an 1850 census Wayne County listing for a James F. McLean with a wife listed as Lydia A. There are two children listed in in this household: a daughter, Betsy, aged 11 (i.e., born ca 1839) and a three month old son, William C. (i.e., born ca April 1850). It is possible that the James who died and was buried in 1852 was the James who died intestate with a wife named Lydia A., and also the same James F. listed in the 1850 census. No further record of the daughter, Betsy McLean, has been found.
Figure 270:     Census Detail for the James F. McLean Household from the 1850 U. S. Census, Wolcott Twp., Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     8      McLEAN, James F.     32      1818      M      Carpenter $800     New York
     9      “ , Lydia A.     31     1819     F          New York
     10      “ , William C.     3/12     1850     M          New York
     11      “ , Betsy     11     1839     F     At School     New York
     12     SWARTOUT, Asa P.     34     1816     M     Tailor     New York
Date of Census: 26 July 1850
The presence of thirty-four year old Asa Swartout (Swarthout) in the same household with James is a clue that this James F. McLean #1 could well have been James³ McClean (William², John¹). James³ grew up in Benton Twp. In the 1840 US census there were four SWARTHOUT households (carious spellings) listed for Benton Twp. and another eight households in nearby towns of Yates County. Research shows that Asa P. Swarthout was probably the son of John L./S. Swarthout who was living in Benton Twp. at the time of the 1840 census.^{iiii 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.} Furthermore, in this census this John L./S. Swarthout was listed as living next door to (next line) William² F. McLEAN (John¹). Asa probably grew up with James³ McClean (William², John¹) in Yates County and may even have moved to Wayne County together.
Further research found a Lydia McLean with a ten year old son, William McLean, living in the household of an Abel and Pamelia Lyon in 1860. These are evidently Lydia’s parents (as subsequently shown by the 1880 census listing). There is no record of her daughter, Betsy, in this census and Betsy, being about 21 in 1860, may have married by then or died.
Figure 271:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1860 U. S. Census, Red Creek Village, Wayne County, New York ^{iiiiii 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     12      LYON, Abel          66      1794      M      No Occupation     New York
     13      “ , Amelia [sic]     66     1794     F          New York
     14     McLEAN, Lydia     42     1818     F          New York
     15      “ , William     10     1850     M     At School     New York
Date of Census: 23 October 1860
In the 1870 census Lydia McLean is still with her parents, but now William and Betsy are both missing.
Figure 272:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1870 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     14      LYON, Abel          76      1794      M      Retired Merchant     New York
     15      “ , Pamelia     75     1795     F     Keeping House     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     45     1825     F     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 13 June 1870
In the 1880 census, the widow Lydia McLean is living with a widowed Pamelia Lyon and is listed as Pamelia’s daughter. This indicates that the wife of James F. McLean who had died and was listed with him in the 1850 census, and then mentioned as his widow and heir in his 1853 probate record was Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean. No further record of the son William C. McLean has been found.
Figure 273:     Census Detail for the Amelia [sic] Lyon Household from the 1880 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{iiii1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.}
     Line     Name          Race     Sex     Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Status     Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     23      LYON, Amelia     W     F     86     1794     Widowed     Retired Merchant     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     W     F     62     1818     Widowed     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 25 June 1880
Neither a burial record nor any other records have been found for Lydia (Lyon) McLean in New York.
In summary, This seems to be one family of a James F. and a Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean, with two children: Betsy (who may have died or married before 1860) and William C., who may have died or moved away before 1870. The birth and death dates of this James F. are close to those given in the family Bible for James³ McClean (William², John¹).
James McLean #2:
There are graves in Indiana for a couple, James McLean and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean with a son, William Edwin McLean, recorded in the Old Monticello Cemetery in Monticello, White County, Indiana.^ii[:ITAL]iiii FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William). There are grave markers for Lydia Ann and William Edwin, but none for James. The information given on FindAGrave.com is as follows:
Figure 274:     Information on the James and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and William Edwin McLean Buried in Old Monticello Cemetery, White County, Indiana ^i[:BOLD]^{viv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).}
Name
Birth
Death

James McLean
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean
25 December 1817
17 October 1896

William Edwin McLean
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


This couple has not been found in any census records in Indiana in 1850, 1860, 1870 or 1880, nor has any other record been found of them in Indiana.
No grave marker was found for James McLean, though the burial was recorded.
The grave marker for Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean reads “Died Oct. 17, 1896 Aged 78y. 9m. 22d.” The birth date calculated from this inscription matches the birth date on the memorial page.
A Cook County, Illinois death recordii FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm. for William Edwin McLean confirms his birth date (23 April 1850) and birth place in “Red Creek, New York.” The years (only) of birth and death are inscribed on his grave marker.^i[ITAL:]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
In summary, this family was apparently from New York (where their son William Edwin was born in Wayne County) and at some point they apparently moved to Indiana. Nothing else is known about them.
William² F. McLEAN (John S.1) and three of his other children, all migrated to Indiana sometime after 27 July 1850 (when he appeared in the 1850 U. S. census in Milo Twp.), and before his death on 28 January 1855 in Fountain County. With his father and siblings in Indiana, it is possible that James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) also decided to move his family to Indiana; perhaps around the same time (1850-1855), or later. Fountain County is not that far from White County where James McLean #2 was eventually buried.
Comparing the few facts known for James³ McClean (William², John S.¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2) does not necessarily preclude that all three are the same man. However, there are two burials, and taken on face value the existence of two different burials would seem to preclude that James F. McLean (#1) who died in New York in 1852 is the same man as James McLean (#2) who died in 1891 and was buried in Indiana.
Figure 275:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for James³ McClean (William², John¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

James³ McClean (William², John¹) – from Family Bible^{iiiiii McLean [nd]
18th} October 1816
13 September 1852 or 8th October 1852

James F. McLean – from grave marker inscription^i[:ITAL]viv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
23 October 1816255]
13 September 1852, New York

James McLean – from Find A grave memorialvv FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana


B. Who was the real Lydia (Lyon) McLean?

Not only do we have three James McLeans, it seems we also have two Lydia (Lyon) McLeans, who each married a James McLean:
Figure 276:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean (#1) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean (#1) – from probate, 1850 & 1860 censuses<sup>ii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca 1818/19 (from ages in 1850 and 1860 census)
unknown

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McClean (#2) – from grave markeri[:IT</sup>AL]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
25 December 1817255]
17 October 1896255]


It is feasible that these two women are the same person. Their dates of birth aren’t that far off, allowing for the errors in ages listed that were common in census enumerations.
C. Who was the real William McLean?
Finally, we have the two sons named William to consider:
The William C. McLean^{11 His name appears with a middle initial (“C.”) only in the 1850 census, not in the 1860 census. who was in his father’s household in the 1850 census and with his mother and maternal grandparents in the 1860 census, and was probably born in Wayne County, New York.
The William Edwin McLean who was buried in Indiana and was born in Red Crook, Wayne County.
The names William and Edwin were common in the McClean family of Benton. James3} McClean (William², John¹) had a father named William, as well as a brother. He also had an uncle and a cousin named George Edwin, a first cousin named Edwin, and a first cousin named William Edwin. It would not have been unusual for him to choose to name a son, William Edwin.
No record – other than their burials – has been found for James (#2) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and their son William Edwin McLean living in White County. Indiana. William married Sue Ellen Obenchain (various spellings) in Chicago in 1890, and he died there in 1927. However, the 1880 census^{iiiiii 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22. shows “Susie Obenchinn” living in her parents household in Monticello, White County. This opens the possibility that she and William met in Indiana first before they married in Chicago. William and his wife “Lulu E.” were living in Chicago in the 1900 censusiviv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.} with a son, William M. who was born in Feb 1893 in Indiana. Thus, though William Edwin and Sue Ellen were married in Chicago, it seems that they had returned to Indiana for some period (at least ca Feb 1893 in time for the birth of their child) before moving back to Chicago in time for the 1900 census.
William Edwin’s father, James McLean (#2), died in 1891 and his mother, Lydia Ann (Lyon), in 1896. William Edwin’s son was born in Indiana in 1893. Thus, one can speculate that following their June 1890 Chicago marriage, William Edwin and Sue Ellen had moved to White County to be near both their parents, and then moved back to Chicago after the deaths of James and Lydia. Sue Ellen’s own parents, Madison Lewis and Morgianna (Armour) Obenchain, still lived on in Monticello, White County, with her father dying there in 1912.vv FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
The next years are confusing and the record is sparse. William Edwin McLean has not been found in the 1910 census, while his wife, Sue Ellen McLean, and their son, William, appeared in 1910 as boarders in the household of an apparently unrelated John Johnson in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.^{vivi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72. There is no obvious reason for their presence in Mississippi, or for the absence of William Edwin. In the 1920 census,viivii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.} William Edwin, Sue Ellen and their son William M. are all back living together in Chicago (with Sue Ellen’s mother living with them).
Figure 277:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for William C. McLean (#1) and William Edwin McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

William C. McClean – from 1850 & 1860 censuses^vii<sup>iviii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca April 1850
unknown

William Edwin McClean – from death recordi[:IT</sup>AL]<sup>xix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


D. Conclusions

The James F. McLean buried in Wayne County certainly seems to match James3</sup> McClean (William², John S.¹) in terms of his dates of birth and death.
It is logical that with his father and siblings in Indiana, James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) would have at some point chosen to move there with his family, as well, and thus could have eventually died there.
The 1850 census and 1853 probate records tell us that those two men were the same, then James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) married a woman named Lydia A. Lyon and had children by her, one of who was named William.
The presence of Asa P. Swartout in the 1850 census, increases the likelihood that the James F. McLean in that census came from Benton Twp.
The Lydia in New York comes close in birth dates to matching the Lydia buried in Indiana.
The son of James F. and Lydia A. McLean, William C., in the 1850 census could well be the same man as the William Edwin born in Wayne County and buried in Indiana. The birthdates and birth places are the same.
Who was the James McLean #2 buried in Indiana, if James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) was the James F. McLean #1 and died in 1852?



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ⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱ An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱⁱ Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.
ⁱⁱ 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱ 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.
ⁱⁱ1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.
ⁱⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
ⁱ FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
ⁱⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22.
^iv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
^vi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72.
^vii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.
^viii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
^ix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.^{3,4,1,5,6,7,8,9}

Pamelia (?) and Abel Lyon appeared in the census of 23 October 1860 at Red Creek Village, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 741, lines 12-15, dwelling 311, family 312
12 LYON, Abel 66 [1794] M No Occupation $1200 $700 NY
13 " , Amerlia 66 [1794] F NY
14 MCLEAN, Lydia 42 [1818] F NY
15 " , William 10 [1850] M NY Attended School.¹

Pamelia (?) and Abel Lyon appeared in the census of 13 June 1870 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 408-B, lines 14-16, dwelling 167, family 181
14 LYON, Abel 76 [1794] M W Retired Merchant $1700 $1500 NY
15 " , Pamelia 75 [1795] F W Keeping House NY
16 MCLANE, Lydia 45 [1825] F W Tailoress NY.¹⁰

Pamelia (?) appeared in the census of 25 June 1880 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 382-B, lines 23-24, dwelling 502, family 187
23 LYON, Amelia W F 86 [1794] Widowed Without emloy NY NY NY
24 MCLEAN, Liddie 62 [1818] Daughter Widowed Keeping House NY NY NY.¹¹

     George Hiram McLean was born circa 1865 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 5 in 1870 census; 15 in 1880. He was born in 1865 per 1870 and 1880 censuses, but his Find A Grave memorial says he was born in 1863.^1,3,2
George Hiram McLean died on 21 July 1883 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA.²
George Hiram McLean was buried after 21 July 1883 at Evergreen Cemetery, Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave:
     George Hiram McLean was listed as a resident in Lewis Hoyt McLean and Mary Elizabeth Lamphier's household in the census report on 11 June 1870 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 429-A, lines 30-35, dwelling 278, family 279
30 MCLEAN, L. H. 47 [1823] M W Blacksmith $2000 $500 NY
31 " , Mary E. 45 [1825] F W Housekeeper NY
32 " , Francis 21 [1849] M W Printer PA
33 " , Charles 17 [1853] M W Works Bbl Factory PA
34 " , John C. 9 [1861] M W PA
35 " , George H. 5 [1865] M W PA.¹

George Hiram McLean was listed as a resident in Lewis Hoyt McLean and Mary Elizabeth Lamphier's household in the census report on 11 June 1880 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 237-A, lines 25-28, dwelling 302, famikly 311
25 MCLANE, Lewis H. W M 56 [1824] Mareried Labourer NY PA NY
26 " , Mary E. W F 55 [1825] Wife Married Keeping House NY CT NY
27 " , John C. W M 19 [1861] Son Single Printer PA NY NY
28 " , George H. W M 15 [1865] Son Single At School PA NY NY.³

     Villa McLean was born circa 1856 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 4 in 1860 census.¹
     Villa McLean was listed as a resident in Lewis Hoyt McLean and Mary Elizabeth Lamphier's household in the census report on 4 June 1860 at Union City, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 1018, lines 18-23, dwelling 72, family 73
18 MCLEAN, Lewis 36 [1824] M Farmer $1000 $150 NY
19 " , Mary E. 35 [1825] F NY
20 " , Edwin F. 11 [1849] M PA
21 " , Charles 7 p1853] M PA
22 " , Villa 4 [1856] F PA
23 LUMPKIN, Armena 17 [1843] F PA.¹

     Lucinda Cotrell was born in July 1853 at Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 18 in the 1870 census; 27 in 1880; 46 in 1900 census adn born July 1853.^1,2,3 She married Francis "Frank" E. McLean, son of Lewis Hoyt McLean and Mary Elizabeth Lamphier, circa 1873 at Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA,
; Married 27 years per 1900 census (p. 18, lines 39-41.)^1,3
     Lucinda Cotrell lived in 1920 at Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Ancestry.com - U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995
Source Information: Ancestry.com. U.S., City Directories, 1822-1995 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.
Original data: Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory title page image for full title and publication information.⁴

     May E. Moore was born on 17 December 1859 at Waterford Township, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹
May E. Moore died on 30 May 1951 at Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA, at age 91; Died unmarried
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967
Source Citation: Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, PA; Pennsylvania (State). Death Certificates, 1906-1968; Certificate Number Range: 041851-044400
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1967 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates, 1906–1968. Series 11.90 (1,905 cartons). Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.¹
May E. Moore was buried on 2 June 1951 at Waterford Cemetery, Waterford, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; burial location from death certificate. No memorial found on Find A Grave.¹
     May E. Moore was listed as a resident in George Moore and Deborah McLean's household in the census report on 3 June 1880 at First Street, Waterford, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 307-D, lines 20-23, dwelling 30, family 38
20 MOORE, George W M 53 [1827] Married Farmer PA Ire PA
21 " , Deborah W F 52 [1828] Wife Married Keeping House NY PA NY
22 " , May E. W F 19 [1861] Daughter Single At home PA PA PA
23 " , Gordon B. W M 8 [1872] Son At School PA PA PA.²

May E. Moore was listed as a resident in George Moore and Deborah McLean's household in the census report on 1 June 1900 at East First Street, Waterford, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 2, lines 16-19, dwelling 35, family 36
16 MOORE, George Head W M Aug 1827 72 Married 43yrs PA PA PA
17 " , Dora Wife W F July 1827 72 Married 4.yrs 2-children-born 2-children-living NY NY NY
18 " , May Daughter W F Mary 1861 39 Single PA PA NY
19 WALKER, Nellie Boarder W F May 1875 25 single Canada Can Ire Milliner.³

     Gordon B. Moore was born circa 1872 at Waterford, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Age 9 in the 1880 census.¹
     Gordon B. Moore was listed as a resident in George Moore and Deborah McLean's household in the census report on 3 June 1880 at First Street, Waterford, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 307-D, lines 20-23, dwelling 30, family 38
20 MOORE, George W M 53 [1827] Married Farmer PA Ire PA
21 " , Deborah W F 52 [1828] Wife Married Keeping House NY PA NY
22 " , May E. W F 19 [1861] Daughter Single At home PA PA PA
23 " , Gordon B. W M 8 [1872] Son At School PA PA PA.¹

Gordon B. Moore appeared in the census of 2 June 1900 at 114 West 14th Street, Erie, Erie Co., Pennsylvania, USA;      There is a Gordon V. [sic] Moore as a boarder in Erie. In the 1900 census his mother reported that both of her children were living. This is probably her son, Gordon B. Moore. The year of birth is the same.

p. 3, line 95, Dwelling 54, Family 66
95 MOORE, Gordon V. Boarder W M Sept 1872 27 Single PA PA PA Works in Laundry.²

     Lydia A. Lyon married James F. McLean.²
Lydia A. Lyon was born between 1818 and 1819 at Wayne Co., New York, USA; Aged 31 in 1850 census; 42 in 1860.^4,3
     ; The fate of William² F. McLEAN’s sixth child, James³ McClean (William², John¹) is uncertain. The source of his birth and death dates are from the family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN, his grandmother.^{ii McLean [nd]} No middle initial is given in that record. The date of birth is written clearly, and reads October 18^th 1816. However, the date of death has been crossed out and changed. The crossed-out portion may read “September the 13^th”^. The added date is “October 8, 1852.” This segment of the Bible page is shown below.
Figure 269:     Clipping from Family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN Showing the Entry for James³ McClean (William², John¹)^{iiii McLean [nd]}
[Image of original bible entry is attached.]

Identifying what happened to James³ McClean (William², John¹) may lie in solving the following puzzle involving the records of three men named James McLean who may or may not have been the same man. Here is the evidence discovered so far.
A. Who was the real James McLean?
There are two other James McLeans^{11 For clarity in the following dicussion, “James3 McClean (William2, John1)” refers to the son of William F. McLEAN (John1); “James McLean #1” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in Wayne County, New York; while “James McLean #2” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in White County, Indiana. for whom records have been found, either of whom might have been James3} McClean (William², John¹), though neither is a certain match. What adds to the confusion is that though the vital dates for these two other James’s are not exactly the same, there is some evidence that all three men may have been the same person.
James McLean #1:
There is a James F. McLean buried in Wayne County, New York.ii FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. His grave marker read “Died Sept. 13, 1852 Aged 35 yrs. 10 ms & 21 ds.”^{iiii An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. The date of death is identical to one possible interpretation of the date of birth of James3} McClean (William², John¹) in the family Bible. The date of birth calculated from the grave marker inscription is 23 October 1816, only seven days different from that given in the McLean family Bible.
Further research on this man has found a probate record in Wayne County, dated 19 January 1853, for a James F. McLean who had died intestate and who had a wife named Lydia A. who was named heir.^ii[:ITAL]iiii Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
There is also an 1850 census Wayne County listing for a James F. McLean with a wife listed as Lydia A. There are two children listed in in this household: a daughter, Betsy, aged 11 (i.e., born ca 1839) and a three month old son, William C. (i.e., born ca April 1850). It is possible that the James who died and was buried in 1852 was the James who died intestate with a wife named Lydia A., and also the same James F. listed in the 1850 census. No further record of the daughter, Betsy McLean, has been found.
Figure 270:     Census Detail for the James F. McLean Household from the 1850 U. S. Census, Wolcott Twp., Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     8      McLEAN, James F.     32      1818      M      Carpenter $800     New York
     9      “ , Lydia A.     31     1819     F          New York
     10      “ , William C.     3/12     1850     M          New York
     11      “ , Betsy     11     1839     F     At School     New York
     12     SWARTOUT, Asa P.     34     1816     M     Tailor     New York
Date of Census: 26 July 1850
The presence of thirty-four year old Asa Swartout (Swarthout) in the same household with James is a clue that this James F. McLean #1 could well have been James³ McClean (William², John¹). James³ grew up in Benton Twp. In the 1840 US census there were four SWARTHOUT households (carious spellings) listed for Benton Twp. and another eight households in nearby towns of Yates County. Research shows that Asa P. Swarthout was probably the son of John L./S. Swarthout who was living in Benton Twp. at the time of the 1840 census.^{iiii 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.} Furthermore, in this census this John L./S. Swarthout was listed as living next door to (next line) William² F. McLEAN (John¹). Asa probably grew up with James³ McClean (William², John¹) in Yates County and may even have moved to Wayne County together.
Further research found a Lydia McLean with a ten year old son, William McLean, living in the household of an Abel and Pamelia Lyon in 1860. These are evidently Lydia’s parents (as subsequently shown by the 1880 census listing). There is no record of her daughter, Betsy, in this census and Betsy, being about 21 in 1860, may have married by then or died.
Figure 271:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1860 U. S. Census, Red Creek Village, Wayne County, New York ^{iiiiii 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     12      LYON, Abel          66      1794      M      No Occupation     New York
     13      “ , Amelia [sic]     66     1794     F          New York
     14     McLEAN, Lydia     42     1818     F          New York
     15      “ , William     10     1850     M     At School     New York
Date of Census: 23 October 1860
In the 1870 census Lydia McLean is still with her parents, but now William and Betsy are both missing.
Figure 272:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1870 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     14      LYON, Abel          76      1794      M      Retired Merchant     New York
     15      “ , Pamelia     75     1795     F     Keeping House     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     45     1825     F     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 13 June 1870
In the 1880 census, the widow Lydia McLean is living with a widowed Pamelia Lyon and is listed as Pamelia’s daughter. This indicates that the wife of James F. McLean who had died and was listed with him in the 1850 census, and then mentioned as his widow and heir in his 1853 probate record was Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean. No further record of the son William C. McLean has been found.
Figure 273:     Census Detail for the Amelia [sic] Lyon Household from the 1880 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{iiii1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.}
     Line     Name          Race     Sex     Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Status     Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     23      LYON, Amelia     W     F     86     1794     Widowed     Retired Merchant     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     W     F     62     1818     Widowed     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 25 June 1880
Neither a burial record nor any other records have been found for Lydia (Lyon) McLean in New York.
In summary, This seems to be one family of a James F. and a Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean, with two children: Betsy (who may have died or married before 1860) and William C., who may have died or moved away before 1870. The birth and death dates of this James F. are close to those given in the family Bible for James³ McClean (William², John¹).
James McLean #2:
There are graves in Indiana for a couple, James McLean and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean with a son, William Edwin McLean, recorded in the Old Monticello Cemetery in Monticello, White County, Indiana.^ii[:ITAL]iiii FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William). There are grave markers for Lydia Ann and William Edwin, but none for James. The information given on FindAGrave.com is as follows:
Figure 274:     Information on the James and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and William Edwin McLean Buried in Old Monticello Cemetery, White County, Indiana ^i[:BOLD]^{viv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).}
Name
Birth
Death

James McLean
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean
25 December 1817
17 October 1896

William Edwin McLean
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


This couple has not been found in any census records in Indiana in 1850, 1860, 1870 or 1880, nor has any other record been found of them in Indiana.
No grave marker was found for James McLean, though the burial was recorded.
The grave marker for Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean reads “Died Oct. 17, 1896 Aged 78y. 9m. 22d.” The birth date calculated from this inscription matches the birth date on the memorial page.
A Cook County, Illinois death recordii FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm. for William Edwin McLean confirms his birth date (23 April 1850) and birth place in “Red Creek, New York.” The years (only) of birth and death are inscribed on his grave marker.^i[ITAL:]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
In summary, this family was apparently from New York (where their son William Edwin was born in Wayne County) and at some point they apparently moved to Indiana. Nothing else is known about them.
William² F. McLEAN (John S.1) and three of his other children, all migrated to Indiana sometime after 27 July 1850 (when he appeared in the 1850 U. S. census in Milo Twp.), and before his death on 28 January 1855 in Fountain County. With his father and siblings in Indiana, it is possible that James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) also decided to move his family to Indiana; perhaps around the same time (1850-1855), or later. Fountain County is not that far from White County where James McLean #2 was eventually buried.
Comparing the few facts known for James³ McClean (William², John S.¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2) does not necessarily preclude that all three are the same man. However, there are two burials, and taken on face value the existence of two different burials would seem to preclude that James F. McLean (#1) who died in New York in 1852 is the same man as James McLean (#2) who died in 1891 and was buried in Indiana.
Figure 275:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for James³ McClean (William², John¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

James³ McClean (William², John¹) – from Family Bible^{iiiiii McLean [nd]
18th} October 1816
13 September 1852 or 8th October 1852

James F. McLean – from grave marker inscription^i[:ITAL]viv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
23 October 1816255]
13 September 1852, New York

James McLean – from Find A grave memorialvv FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana


B. Who was the real Lydia (Lyon) McLean?

Not only do we have three James McLeans, it seems we also have two Lydia (Lyon) McLeans, who each married a James McLean:
Figure 276:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean (#1) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean (#1) – from probate, 1850 & 1860 censuses<sup>ii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca 1818/19 (from ages in 1850 and 1860 census)
unknown

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McClean (#2) – from grave markeri[:IT</sup>AL]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
25 December 1817255]
17 October 1896255]


It is feasible that these two women are the same person. Their dates of birth aren’t that far off, allowing for the errors in ages listed that were common in census enumerations.
C. Who was the real William McLean?
Finally, we have the two sons named William to consider:
The William C. McLean^{11 His name appears with a middle initial (“C.”) only in the 1850 census, not in the 1860 census. who was in his father’s household in the 1850 census and with his mother and maternal grandparents in the 1860 census, and was probably born in Wayne County, New York.
The William Edwin McLean who was buried in Indiana and was born in Red Crook, Wayne County.
The names William and Edwin were common in the McClean family of Benton. James3} McClean (William², John¹) had a father named William, as well as a brother. He also had an uncle and a cousin named George Edwin, a first cousin named Edwin, and a first cousin named William Edwin. It would not have been unusual for him to choose to name a son, William Edwin.
No record – other than their burials – has been found for James (#2) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and their son William Edwin McLean living in White County. Indiana. William married Sue Ellen Obenchain (various spellings) in Chicago in 1890, and he died there in 1927. However, the 1880 census^{iiiiii 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22. shows “Susie Obenchinn” living in her parents household in Monticello, White County. This opens the possibility that she and William met in Indiana first before they married in Chicago. William and his wife “Lulu E.” were living in Chicago in the 1900 censusiviv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.} with a son, William M. who was born in Feb 1893 in Indiana. Thus, though William Edwin and Sue Ellen were married in Chicago, it seems that they had returned to Indiana for some period (at least ca Feb 1893 in time for the birth of their child) before moving back to Chicago in time for the 1900 census.
William Edwin’s father, James McLean (#2), died in 1891 and his mother, Lydia Ann (Lyon), in 1896. William Edwin’s son was born in Indiana in 1893. Thus, one can speculate that following their June 1890 Chicago marriage, William Edwin and Sue Ellen had moved to White County to be near both their parents, and then moved back to Chicago after the deaths of James and Lydia. Sue Ellen’s own parents, Madison Lewis and Morgianna (Armour) Obenchain, still lived on in Monticello, White County, with her father dying there in 1912.vv FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
The next years are confusing and the record is sparse. William Edwin McLean has not been found in the 1910 census, while his wife, Sue Ellen McLean, and their son, William, appeared in 1910 as boarders in the household of an apparently unrelated John Johnson in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.^{vivi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72. There is no obvious reason for their presence in Mississippi, or for the absence of William Edwin. In the 1920 census,viivii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.} William Edwin, Sue Ellen and their son William M. are all back living together in Chicago (with Sue Ellen’s mother living with them).
Figure 277:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for William C. McLean (#1) and William Edwin McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

William C. McClean – from 1850 & 1860 censuses^vii<sup>iviii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca April 1850
unknown

William Edwin McClean – from death recordi[:IT</sup>AL]<sup>xix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


D. Conclusions

The James F. McLean buried in Wayne County certainly seems to match James3</sup> McClean (William², John S.¹) in terms of his dates of birth and death.
It is logical that with his father and siblings in Indiana, James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) would have at some point chosen to move there with his family, as well, and thus could have eventually died there.
The 1850 census and 1853 probate records tell us that those two men were the same, then James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) married a woman named Lydia A. Lyon and had children by her, one of who was named William.
The presence of Asa P. Swartout in the 1850 census, increases the likelihood that the James F. McLean in that census came from Benton Twp.
The Lydia in New York comes close in birth dates to matching the Lydia buried in Indiana.
The son of James F. and Lydia A. McLean, William C., in the 1850 census could well be the same man as the William Edwin born in Wayne County and buried in Indiana. The birthdates and birth places are the same.
Who was the James McLean #2 buried in Indiana, if James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) was the James F. McLean #1 and died in 1852?



________________________
ⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱ An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱⁱ Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.
ⁱⁱ 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱ 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.
ⁱⁱ1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.
ⁱⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
ⁱ FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
ⁱⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22.
^iv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
^vi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72.
^vii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.
^viii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
^ix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.^{5,6,3,4,7,8,9,10}

Lydia A. Lyon and James F. McLean appeared in the census of 26 July 1850 at Wolcott, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 525-A, lines 6-12, dwelling 192, family 192
8 MCLEAN, James 32 [1818] M Tailor $800 NY
9 " , Lydia A. 31 [1819] F NY
10 " , William C. 3/12 [Apr 1850] M NY
11 " , Betsy 11 [1839] F NY Attended School
12 SWARTOUT, Asa P. 34 [1816] M Tailor NY.⁴ Lydia A. Lyon was listed as a beneficiary in James F. McLean's will on 19 January 1853 at Wayne Co., New York, USA; Ancestry.com - New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999
Source Citation: Probate Records, 1823-1903; Probate Index, 1823-1964; Author: New York. Surrogate's Court (Wayne County); Probate Place: Wayne, New York
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts.²

Lydia A. Lyon was listed as a resident in Abel Lyon and Pamelia (?)'s household in the census report on 23 October 1860 at Red Creek Village, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 741, lines 12-15, dwelling 311, family 312
12 LYON, Abel 66 [1794] M No Occupation $1200 $700 NY
13 " , Amerlia 66 [1794] F NY
14 MCLEAN, Lydia 42 [1818] F NY
15 " , William 10 [1850] M NY Attended School.³

Lydia A. Lyon was listed as a resident in Abel Lyon and Pamelia (?)'s household in the census report on 13 June 1870 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 408-B, lines 14-16, dwelling 167, family 181
14 LYON, Abel 76 [1794] M W Retired Merchant $1700 $1500 NY
15 " , Pamelia 75 [1795] F W Keeping House NY
16 MCLANE, Lydia 45 [1825] F W Tailoress NY.¹¹

Lydia A. Lyon was listed as a resident in Pamelia (?)'s household in the census report on 25 June 1880 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 382-B, lines 23-24, dwelling 502, family 187
23 LYON, Amelia W F 86 [1794] Widowed Without emloy NY NY NY
24 MCLEAN, Liddie 62 [1818] Daughter Widowed Keeping House NY NY NY.¹²

     Abel Lyon married Pamelia (?)¹
Abel Lyon was born on 16 April 1794 at Saratoga Co., New York, USA; Aged 66 in the 1860 census.^1,2
Abel Lyon died on 1 March 1875 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA, at age 80.²
Abel Lyon was buried after 1 March 1875 at Fair Mount Cemetery, Red Creek, Wayne Co., New York, USA; From Find A Grave:
     ; The fate of William² F. McLEAN’s sixth child, James³ McClean (William², John¹) is uncertain. The source of his birth and death dates are from the family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN, his grandmother.^{ii McLean [nd]} No middle initial is given in that record. The date of birth is written clearly, and reads October 18^th 1816. However, the date of death has been crossed out and changed. The crossed-out portion may read “September the 13^th”^. The added date is “October 8, 1852.” This segment of the Bible page is shown below.
Figure 269:     Clipping from Family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN Showing the Entry for James³ McClean (William², John¹)^{iiii McLean [nd]}
[Image of original bible entry is attached.]

Identifying what happened to James³ McClean (William², John¹) may lie in solving the following puzzle involving the records of three men named James McLean who may or may not have been the same man. Here is the evidence discovered so far.
A. Who was the real James McLean?
There are two other James McLeans^{11 For clarity in the following dicussion, “James3 McClean (William2, John1)” refers to the son of William F. McLEAN (John1); “James McLean #1” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in Wayne County, New York; while “James McLean #2” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in White County, Indiana. for whom records have been found, either of whom might have been James3} McClean (William², John¹), though neither is a certain match. What adds to the confusion is that though the vital dates for these two other James’s are not exactly the same, there is some evidence that all three men may have been the same person.
James McLean #1:
There is a James F. McLean buried in Wayne County, New York.ii FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. His grave marker read “Died Sept. 13, 1852 Aged 35 yrs. 10 ms & 21 ds.”^{iiii An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. The date of death is identical to one possible interpretation of the date of birth of James3} McClean (William², John¹) in the family Bible. The date of birth calculated from the grave marker inscription is 23 October 1816, only seven days different from that given in the McLean family Bible.
Further research on this man has found a probate record in Wayne County, dated 19 January 1853, for a James F. McLean who had died intestate and who had a wife named Lydia A. who was named heir.^ii[:ITAL]iiii Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
There is also an 1850 census Wayne County listing for a James F. McLean with a wife listed as Lydia A. There are two children listed in in this household: a daughter, Betsy, aged 11 (i.e., born ca 1839) and a three month old son, William C. (i.e., born ca April 1850). It is possible that the James who died and was buried in 1852 was the James who died intestate with a wife named Lydia A., and also the same James F. listed in the 1850 census. No further record of the daughter, Betsy McLean, has been found.
Figure 270:     Census Detail for the James F. McLean Household from the 1850 U. S. Census, Wolcott Twp., Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     8      McLEAN, James F.     32      1818      M      Carpenter $800     New York
     9      “ , Lydia A.     31     1819     F          New York
     10      “ , William C.     3/12     1850     M          New York
     11      “ , Betsy     11     1839     F     At School     New York
     12     SWARTOUT, Asa P.     34     1816     M     Tailor     New York
Date of Census: 26 July 1850
The presence of thirty-four year old Asa Swartout (Swarthout) in the same household with James is a clue that this James F. McLean #1 could well have been James³ McClean (William², John¹). James³ grew up in Benton Twp. In the 1840 US census there were four SWARTHOUT households (carious spellings) listed for Benton Twp. and another eight households in nearby towns of Yates County. Research shows that Asa P. Swarthout was probably the son of John L./S. Swarthout who was living in Benton Twp. at the time of the 1840 census.^{iiii 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.} Furthermore, in this census this John L./S. Swarthout was listed as living next door to (next line) William² F. McLEAN (John¹). Asa probably grew up with James³ McClean (William², John¹) in Yates County and may even have moved to Wayne County together.
Further research found a Lydia McLean with a ten year old son, William McLean, living in the household of an Abel and Pamelia Lyon in 1860. These are evidently Lydia’s parents (as subsequently shown by the 1880 census listing). There is no record of her daughter, Betsy, in this census and Betsy, being about 21 in 1860, may have married by then or died.
Figure 271:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1860 U. S. Census, Red Creek Village, Wayne County, New York ^{iiiiii 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     12      LYON, Abel          66      1794      M      No Occupation     New York
     13      “ , Amelia [sic]     66     1794     F          New York
     14     McLEAN, Lydia     42     1818     F          New York
     15      “ , William     10     1850     M     At School     New York
Date of Census: 23 October 1860
In the 1870 census Lydia McLean is still with her parents, but now William and Betsy are both missing.
Figure 272:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1870 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     14      LYON, Abel          76      1794      M      Retired Merchant     New York
     15      “ , Pamelia     75     1795     F     Keeping House     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     45     1825     F     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 13 June 1870
In the 1880 census, the widow Lydia McLean is living with a widowed Pamelia Lyon and is listed as Pamelia’s daughter. This indicates that the wife of James F. McLean who had died and was listed with him in the 1850 census, and then mentioned as his widow and heir in his 1853 probate record was Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean. No further record of the son William C. McLean has been found.
Figure 273:     Census Detail for the Amelia [sic] Lyon Household from the 1880 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{iiii1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.}
     Line     Name          Race     Sex     Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Status     Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     23      LYON, Amelia     W     F     86     1794     Widowed     Retired Merchant     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     W     F     62     1818     Widowed     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 25 June 1880
Neither a burial record nor any other records have been found for Lydia (Lyon) McLean in New York.
In summary, This seems to be one family of a James F. and a Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean, with two children: Betsy (who may have died or married before 1860) and William C., who may have died or moved away before 1870. The birth and death dates of this James F. are close to those given in the family Bible for James³ McClean (William², John¹).
James McLean #2:
There are graves in Indiana for a couple, James McLean and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean with a son, William Edwin McLean, recorded in the Old Monticello Cemetery in Monticello, White County, Indiana.^ii[:ITAL]iiii FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William). There are grave markers for Lydia Ann and William Edwin, but none for James. The information given on FindAGrave.com is as follows:
Figure 274:     Information on the James and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and William Edwin McLean Buried in Old Monticello Cemetery, White County, Indiana ^i[:BOLD]^{viv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).}
Name
Birth
Death

James McLean
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean
25 December 1817
17 October 1896

William Edwin McLean
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


This couple has not been found in any census records in Indiana in 1850, 1860, 1870 or 1880, nor has any other record been found of them in Indiana.
No grave marker was found for James McLean, though the burial was recorded.
The grave marker for Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean reads “Died Oct. 17, 1896 Aged 78y. 9m. 22d.” The birth date calculated from this inscription matches the birth date on the memorial page.
A Cook County, Illinois death recordii FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm. for William Edwin McLean confirms his birth date (23 April 1850) and birth place in “Red Creek, New York.” The years (only) of birth and death are inscribed on his grave marker.^i[ITAL:]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
In summary, this family was apparently from New York (where their son William Edwin was born in Wayne County) and at some point they apparently moved to Indiana. Nothing else is known about them.
William² F. McLEAN (John S.1) and three of his other children, all migrated to Indiana sometime after 27 July 1850 (when he appeared in the 1850 U. S. census in Milo Twp.), and before his death on 28 January 1855 in Fountain County. With his father and siblings in Indiana, it is possible that James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) also decided to move his family to Indiana; perhaps around the same time (1850-1855), or later. Fountain County is not that far from White County where James McLean #2 was eventually buried.
Comparing the few facts known for James³ McClean (William², John S.¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2) does not necessarily preclude that all three are the same man. However, there are two burials, and taken on face value the existence of two different burials would seem to preclude that James F. McLean (#1) who died in New York in 1852 is the same man as James McLean (#2) who died in 1891 and was buried in Indiana.
Figure 275:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for James³ McClean (William², John¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

James³ McClean (William², John¹) – from Family Bible^{iiiiii McLean [nd]
18th} October 1816
13 September 1852 or 8th October 1852

James F. McLean – from grave marker inscription^i[:ITAL]viv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
23 October 1816255]
13 September 1852, New York

James McLean – from Find A grave memorialvv FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana


B. Who was the real Lydia (Lyon) McLean?

Not only do we have three James McLeans, it seems we also have two Lydia (Lyon) McLeans, who each married a James McLean:
Figure 276:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean (#1) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean (#1) – from probate, 1850 & 1860 censuses<sup>ii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca 1818/19 (from ages in 1850 and 1860 census)
unknown

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McClean (#2) – from grave markeri[:IT</sup>AL]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
25 December 1817255]
17 October 1896255]


It is feasible that these two women are the same person. Their dates of birth aren’t that far off, allowing for the errors in ages listed that were common in census enumerations.
C. Who was the real William McLean?
Finally, we have the two sons named William to consider:
The William C. McLean^{11 His name appears with a middle initial (“C.”) only in the 1850 census, not in the 1860 census. who was in his father’s household in the 1850 census and with his mother and maternal grandparents in the 1860 census, and was probably born in Wayne County, New York.
The William Edwin McLean who was buried in Indiana and was born in Red Crook, Wayne County.
The names William and Edwin were common in the McClean family of Benton. James3} McClean (William², John¹) had a father named William, as well as a brother. He also had an uncle and a cousin named George Edwin, a first cousin named Edwin, and a first cousin named William Edwin. It would not have been unusual for him to choose to name a son, William Edwin.
No record – other than their burials – has been found for James (#2) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and their son William Edwin McLean living in White County. Indiana. William married Sue Ellen Obenchain (various spellings) in Chicago in 1890, and he died there in 1927. However, the 1880 census^{iiiiii 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22. shows “Susie Obenchinn” living in her parents household in Monticello, White County. This opens the possibility that she and William met in Indiana first before they married in Chicago. William and his wife “Lulu E.” were living in Chicago in the 1900 censusiviv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.} with a son, William M. who was born in Feb 1893 in Indiana. Thus, though William Edwin and Sue Ellen were married in Chicago, it seems that they had returned to Indiana for some period (at least ca Feb 1893 in time for the birth of their child) before moving back to Chicago in time for the 1900 census.
William Edwin’s father, James McLean (#2), died in 1891 and his mother, Lydia Ann (Lyon), in 1896. William Edwin’s son was born in Indiana in 1893. Thus, one can speculate that following their June 1890 Chicago marriage, William Edwin and Sue Ellen had moved to White County to be near both their parents, and then moved back to Chicago after the deaths of James and Lydia. Sue Ellen’s own parents, Madison Lewis and Morgianna (Armour) Obenchain, still lived on in Monticello, White County, with her father dying there in 1912.vv FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
The next years are confusing and the record is sparse. William Edwin McLean has not been found in the 1910 census, while his wife, Sue Ellen McLean, and their son, William, appeared in 1910 as boarders in the household of an apparently unrelated John Johnson in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.^{vivi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72. There is no obvious reason for their presence in Mississippi, or for the absence of William Edwin. In the 1920 census,viivii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.} William Edwin, Sue Ellen and their son William M. are all back living together in Chicago (with Sue Ellen’s mother living with them).
Figure 277:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for William C. McLean (#1) and William Edwin McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

William C. McClean – from 1850 & 1860 censuses^vii<sup>iviii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca April 1850
unknown

William Edwin McClean – from death recordi[:IT</sup>AL]<sup>xix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


D. Conclusions

The James F. McLean buried in Wayne County certainly seems to match James3</sup> McClean (William², John S.¹) in terms of his dates of birth and death.
It is logical that with his father and siblings in Indiana, James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) would have at some point chosen to move there with his family, as well, and thus could have eventually died there.
The 1850 census and 1853 probate records tell us that those two men were the same, then James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) married a woman named Lydia A. Lyon and had children by her, one of who was named William.
The presence of Asa P. Swartout in the 1850 census, increases the likelihood that the James F. McLean in that census came from Benton Twp.
The Lydia in New York comes close in birth dates to matching the Lydia buried in Indiana.
The son of James F. and Lydia A. McLean, William C., in the 1850 census could well be the same man as the William Edwin born in Wayne County and buried in Indiana. The birthdates and birth places are the same.
Who was the James McLean #2 buried in Indiana, if James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) was the James F. McLean #1 and died in 1852?



________________________
ⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱ An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱⁱ Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.
ⁱⁱ 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱ 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.
ⁱⁱ1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.
ⁱⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
ⁱ FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
ⁱⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22.
^iv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
^vi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72.
^vii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.
^viii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
^ix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.^{3,4,1,5,6,7,8,9}

Abel Lyon and Pamelia (?) appeared in the census of 23 October 1860 at Red Creek Village, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 741, lines 12-15, dwelling 311, family 312
12 LYON, Abel 66 [1794] M No Occupation $1200 $700 NY
13 " , Amerlia 66 [1794] F NY
14 MCLEAN, Lydia 42 [1818] F NY
15 " , William 10 [1850] M NY Attended School.¹

Abel Lyon and Pamelia (?) appeared in the census of 13 June 1870 at Rose, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 408-B, lines 14-16, dwelling 167, family 181
14 LYON, Abel 76 [1794] M W Retired Merchant $1700 $1500 NY
15 " , Pamelia 75 [1795] F W Keeping House NY
16 MCLANE, Lydia 45 [1825] F W Tailoress NY.¹⁰

     William C. McLean was born in April 1850; Aged 3 months in 1850 census.¹
     ; The fate of William² F. McLEAN’s sixth child, James³ McClean (William², John¹) is uncertain. The source of his birth and death dates are from the family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN, his grandmother.^{ii McLean [nd]} No middle initial is given in that record. The date of birth is written clearly, and reads October 18^th 1816. However, the date of death has been crossed out and changed. The crossed-out portion may read “September the 13^th”^. The added date is “October 8, 1852.” This segment of the Bible page is shown below.
Figure 269:     Clipping from Family Bible of Sarah² (ARMSTRONG) McLEAN Showing the Entry for James³ McClean (William², John¹)^{iiii McLean [nd]}
[Image of original bible entry is attached.]

Identifying what happened to James³ McClean (William², John¹) may lie in solving the following puzzle involving the records of three men named James McLean who may or may not have been the same man. Here is the evidence discovered so far.
A. Who was the real James McLean?
There are two other James McLeans^{11 For clarity in the following dicussion, “James3 McClean (William2, John1)” refers to the son of William F. McLEAN (John1); “James McLean #1” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in Wayne County, New York; while “James McLean #2” refers to the James F. Mclean buried in White County, Indiana. for whom records have been found, either of whom might have been James3} McClean (William², John¹), though neither is a certain match. What adds to the confusion is that though the vital dates for these two other James’s are not exactly the same, there is some evidence that all three men may have been the same person.
James McLean #1:
There is a James F. McLean buried in Wayne County, New York.ii FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. His grave marker read “Died Sept. 13, 1852 Aged 35 yrs. 10 ms & 21 ds.”^{iiii An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309. The date of death is identical to one possible interpretation of the date of birth of James3} McClean (William², John¹) in the family Bible. The date of birth calculated from the grave marker inscription is 23 October 1816, only seven days different from that given in the McLean family Bible.
Further research on this man has found a probate record in Wayne County, dated 19 January 1853, for a James F. McLean who had died intestate and who had a wife named Lydia A. who was named heir.^ii[:ITAL]iiii Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
There is also an 1850 census Wayne County listing for a James F. McLean with a wife listed as Lydia A. There are two children listed in in this household: a daughter, Betsy, aged 11 (i.e., born ca 1839) and a three month old son, William C. (i.e., born ca April 1850). It is possible that the James who died and was buried in 1852 was the James who died intestate with a wife named Lydia A., and also the same James F. listed in the 1850 census. No further record of the daughter, Betsy McLean, has been found.
Figure 270:     Census Detail for the James F. McLean Household from the 1850 U. S. Census, Wolcott Twp., Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     8      McLEAN, James F.     32      1818      M      Carpenter $800     New York
     9      “ , Lydia A.     31     1819     F          New York
     10      “ , William C.     3/12     1850     M          New York
     11      “ , Betsy     11     1839     F     At School     New York
     12     SWARTOUT, Asa P.     34     1816     M     Tailor     New York
Date of Census: 26 July 1850
The presence of thirty-four year old Asa Swartout (Swarthout) in the same household with James is a clue that this James F. McLean #1 could well have been James³ McClean (William², John¹). James³ grew up in Benton Twp. In the 1840 US census there were four SWARTHOUT households (carious spellings) listed for Benton Twp. and another eight households in nearby towns of Yates County. Research shows that Asa P. Swarthout was probably the son of John L./S. Swarthout who was living in Benton Twp. at the time of the 1840 census.^{iiii 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.} Furthermore, in this census this John L./S. Swarthout was listed as living next door to (next line) William² F. McLEAN (John¹). Asa probably grew up with James³ McClean (William², John¹) in Yates County and may even have moved to Wayne County together.
Further research found a Lydia McLean with a ten year old son, William McLean, living in the household of an Abel and Pamelia Lyon in 1860. These are evidently Lydia’s parents (as subsequently shown by the 1880 census listing). There is no record of her daughter, Betsy, in this census and Betsy, being about 21 in 1860, may have married by then or died.
Figure 271:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1860 U. S. Census, Red Creek Village, Wayne County, New York ^{iiiiii 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     12      LYON, Abel          66      1794      M      No Occupation     New York
     13      “ , Amelia [sic]     66     1794     F          New York
     14     McLEAN, Lydia     42     1818     F          New York
     15      “ , William     10     1850     M     At School     New York
Date of Census: 23 October 1860
In the 1870 census Lydia McLean is still with her parents, but now William and Betsy are both missing.
Figure 272:     Census Detail for the Abel Lyon Household from the 1870 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{ii 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.}
     Line     Name          Age     YOB^{11 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Sex      Occupation     POB22 Place of birth}
     14      LYON, Abel          76      1794      M      Retired Merchant     New York
     15      “ , Pamelia     75     1795     F     Keeping House     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     45     1825     F     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 13 June 1870
In the 1880 census, the widow Lydia McLean is living with a widowed Pamelia Lyon and is listed as Pamelia’s daughter. This indicates that the wife of James F. McLean who had died and was listed with him in the 1850 census, and then mentioned as his widow and heir in his 1853 probate record was Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean. No further record of the son William C. McLean has been found.
Figure 273:     Census Detail for the Amelia [sic] Lyon Household from the 1880 U. S. Census, Town of Rose, Wayne County, New York ^{iiii1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.}
     Line     Name          Race     Sex     Age     YOB^{33 Estimated year of birth based on recorded age     Status     Occupation     POB44 Place of birth}
     23      LYON, Amelia     W     F     86     1794     Widowed     Retired Merchant     New York
     16     McLEAN, Lydia     W     F     62     1818     Widowed     Tailoress     New York
Date of Census: 25 June 1880
Neither a burial record nor any other records have been found for Lydia (Lyon) McLean in New York.
In summary, This seems to be one family of a James F. and a Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean, with two children: Betsy (who may have died or married before 1860) and William C., who may have died or moved away before 1870. The birth and death dates of this James F. are close to those given in the family Bible for James³ McClean (William², John¹).
James McLean #2:
There are graves in Indiana for a couple, James McLean and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean with a son, William Edwin McLean, recorded in the Old Monticello Cemetery in Monticello, White County, Indiana.^ii[:ITAL]iiii FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William). There are grave markers for Lydia Ann and William Edwin, but none for James. The information given on FindAGrave.com is as follows:
Figure 274:     Information on the James and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and William Edwin McLean Buried in Old Monticello Cemetery, White County, Indiana ^i[:BOLD]^{viv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).}
Name
Birth
Death

James McLean
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean
25 December 1817
17 October 1896

William Edwin McLean
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


This couple has not been found in any census records in Indiana in 1850, 1860, 1870 or 1880, nor has any other record been found of them in Indiana.
No grave marker was found for James McLean, though the burial was recorded.
The grave marker for Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean reads “Died Oct. 17, 1896 Aged 78y. 9m. 22d.” The birth date calculated from this inscription matches the birth date on the memorial page.
A Cook County, Illinois death recordii FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm. for William Edwin McLean confirms his birth date (23 April 1850) and birth place in “Red Creek, New York.” The years (only) of birth and death are inscribed on his grave marker.^i[ITAL:]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
In summary, this family was apparently from New York (where their son William Edwin was born in Wayne County) and at some point they apparently moved to Indiana. Nothing else is known about them.
William² F. McLEAN (John S.1) and three of his other children, all migrated to Indiana sometime after 27 July 1850 (when he appeared in the 1850 U. S. census in Milo Twp.), and before his death on 28 January 1855 in Fountain County. With his father and siblings in Indiana, it is possible that James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) also decided to move his family to Indiana; perhaps around the same time (1850-1855), or later. Fountain County is not that far from White County where James McLean #2 was eventually buried.
Comparing the few facts known for James³ McClean (William², John S.¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2) does not necessarily preclude that all three are the same man. However, there are two burials, and taken on face value the existence of two different burials would seem to preclude that James F. McLean (#1) who died in New York in 1852 is the same man as James McLean (#2) who died in 1891 and was buried in Indiana.
Figure 275:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for James³ McClean (William², John¹), James F. McLean (#1) and James McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

James³ McClean (William², John¹) – from Family Bible^{iiiiii McLean [nd]
18th} October 1816
13 September 1852 or 8th October 1852

James F. McLean – from grave marker inscription^i[:ITAL]viv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
23 October 1816255]
13 September 1852, New York

James McLean – from Find A grave memorialvv FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
1818, New York
6 May 1891, Monticello, White County, Indiana


B. Who was the real Lydia (Lyon) McLean?

Not only do we have three James McLeans, it seems we also have two Lydia (Lyon) McLeans, who each married a James McLean:
Figure 276:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for Lydia A. (Lyon) McLean (#1) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

Lydia A. (Lyon) McClean (#1) – from probate, 1850 & 1860 censuses<sup>ii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca 1818/19 (from ages in 1850 and 1860 census)
unknown

Lydia Ann (Lyon) McClean (#2) – from grave markeri[:IT</sup>AL]iii FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
25 December 1817255]
17 October 1896255]


It is feasible that these two women are the same person. Their dates of birth aren’t that far off, allowing for the errors in ages listed that were common in census enumerations.
C. Who was the real William McLean?
Finally, we have the two sons named William to consider:
The William C. McLean^{11 His name appears with a middle initial (“C.”) only in the 1850 census, not in the 1860 census. who was in his father’s household in the 1850 census and with his mother and maternal grandparents in the 1860 census, and was probably born in Wayne County, New York.
The William Edwin McLean who was buried in Indiana and was born in Red Crook, Wayne County.
The names William and Edwin were common in the McClean family of Benton. James3} McClean (William², John¹) had a father named William, as well as a brother. He also had an uncle and a cousin named George Edwin, a first cousin named Edwin, and a first cousin named William Edwin. It would not have been unusual for him to choose to name a son, William Edwin.
No record – other than their burials – has been found for James (#2) and Lydia Ann (Lyon) McLean and their son William Edwin McLean living in White County. Indiana. William married Sue Ellen Obenchain (various spellings) in Chicago in 1890, and he died there in 1927. However, the 1880 census^{iiiiii 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22. shows “Susie Obenchinn” living in her parents household in Monticello, White County. This opens the possibility that she and William met in Indiana first before they married in Chicago. William and his wife “Lulu E.” were living in Chicago in the 1900 censusiviv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.} with a son, William M. who was born in Feb 1893 in Indiana. Thus, though William Edwin and Sue Ellen were married in Chicago, it seems that they had returned to Indiana for some period (at least ca Feb 1893 in time for the birth of their child) before moving back to Chicago in time for the 1900 census.
William Edwin’s father, James McLean (#2), died in 1891 and his mother, Lydia Ann (Lyon), in 1896. William Edwin’s son was born in Indiana in 1893. Thus, one can speculate that following their June 1890 Chicago marriage, William Edwin and Sue Ellen had moved to White County to be near both their parents, and then moved back to Chicago after the deaths of James and Lydia. Sue Ellen’s own parents, Madison Lewis and Morgianna (Armour) Obenchain, still lived on in Monticello, White County, with her father dying there in 1912.vv FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
The next years are confusing and the record is sparse. William Edwin McLean has not been found in the 1910 census, while his wife, Sue Ellen McLean, and their son, William, appeared in 1910 as boarders in the household of an apparently unrelated John Johnson in Biloxi, Harrison County, Mississippi.^{vivi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72. There is no obvious reason for their presence in Mississippi, or for the absence of William Edwin. In the 1920 census,viivii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.} William Edwin, Sue Ellen and their son William M. are all back living together in Chicago (with Sue Ellen’s mother living with them).
Figure 277:     Comparison of Birth and Death Information for William C. McLean (#1) and William Edwin McLean (#2)
Name
Birth
Death

William C. McClean – from 1850 & 1860 censuses^vii<sup>iviii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ca April 1850
unknown

William Edwin McClean – from death recordi[:IT</sup>AL]<sup>xix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
23 April 1850, Red Creek, Wayne County, New York
9 September 1927, Cook County, Illinois


D. Conclusions

The James F. McLean buried in Wayne County certainly seems to match James3</sup> McClean (William², John S.¹) in terms of his dates of birth and death.
It is logical that with his father and siblings in Indiana, James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) would have at some point chosen to move there with his family, as well, and thus could have eventually died there.
The 1850 census and 1853 probate records tell us that those two men were the same, then James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) married a woman named Lydia A. Lyon and had children by her, one of who was named William.
The presence of Asa P. Swartout in the 1850 census, increases the likelihood that the James F. McLean in that census came from Benton Twp.
The Lydia in New York comes close in birth dates to matching the Lydia buried in Indiana.
The son of James F. and Lydia A. McLean, William C., in the 1850 census could well be the same man as the William Edwin born in Wayne County and buried in Indiana. The birthdates and birth places are the same.
Who was the James McLean #2 buried in Indiana, if James³ McClean (William², John S.¹) was the James F. McLean #1 and died in 1852?



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ⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
ⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱ An image of the grave marker is posted on FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
ⁱⁱⁱ Ancestry.com NYWills: Record seen on 3 April 2021 at https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=8800&h=2841751;
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 525-A, lines 6-12.
ⁱⁱ 1840Benton: p. 267, line 7.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱ 1870Rose: p. 408-B, lines 14-15.
ⁱⁱ1880Rose: p. 392-B, lines 23-24.
ⁱⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorials #141474776 (James), #41180623 (Lydia), and #41180726 (William).
ⁱ FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180726.
ⁱⁱⁱ McLean [nd]
^iv FindAGrave.com Memorial #21259309.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #141474776.
ⁱ 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
ⁱⁱ FindAGrave.com Memorial #41180623.
ⁱⁱⁱ 1880Monticello: p. 286-A, lines 15-22.
^iv 1900Chicago34: p. 11, lines 10-14.
^v FindAGrave.com Memorial #41515503.
^vi 1910Biloxi: p. 1-B, lines 68-72.
^vii 1920Chicago: p. 4-A, lines 40-43.
^viii 1850Wolcott: p. 613, lines 6-12; 1860RedCreek: p. 741, lines 12-15.
^ix FamilySearch.org: "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1871-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QL45-YBB1 : 18 March 2018), William Edwin Mc Lean, 09 Sep 1927; citing Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference , record number , Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm.^{2,3,4,1,5,6,7,8}

William C. McLean was listed as a resident in James F. McLean and Lydia A. Lyon's household in the census report on 26 July 1850 at Wolcott, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 525-A, lines 6-12, dwelling 192, family 192
8 MCLEAN, James 32 [1818] M Tailor $800 NY
9 " , Lydia A. 31 [1819] F NY
10 " , William C. 3/12 [Apr 1850] M NY
11 " , Betsy 11 [1839] F NY Attended School
12 SWARTOUT, Asa P. 34 [1816] M Tailor NY.¹

William C. McLean was listed as a resident in Abel Lyon and Pamelia (?)'s household in the census report on 23 October 1860 at Red Creek Village, Wayne Co., New York, USA; p. 741, lines 12-15, dwelling 311, family 312
12 LYON, Abel 66 [1794] M No Occupation $1200 $700 NY
13 " , Amerlia 66 [1794] F NY
14 MCLEAN, Lydia 42 [1818] F NY
15 " , William 10 [1850] M NY Attended School.⁴

     Adolph Roesch married Mary J. O'Neil
;
Her 1st husband.

Their marriage is confirmed by their son's death certificate and their daughters's marriage record.^1,2,3,4 Adolph Roesch was born on 29 May 1860 at Dossenbach, Preußen, Baden, Germany (now); Ancestry.com - Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Baden and Hesse Germany, Lutheran Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials, 1502-1985 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data:
Mikrofilm Sammlung. Familysearch.org
Originale: Lutherische Kirchenbücher, 1502-1985.

Ancestry.com - Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Germany, Select Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.
Original data: Germany, Births and Baptisms, 1558-1898. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.^5,6
Adolph Roesch was buried in 1900 at Pioneer Cemetery, Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA; from Find A Grave:
Adolph Roesch died in 1900 at Fredonia, Chautauqua Co., New York, USA.⁷

     Richard T. Foster married Mary J. O'Neil on 6 June 1908 at Chautauqua Co., New York, USA,
;
Her 2nd husband; probably his 2nd wife.
Ancestry.com -
Source Information: Ancestry.com. New York, U.S., County Marriage Records, 1847-1849, 1907-1936 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2016.
Original data: Marriage Records. New York Marriages. Various New York County Clerk offices.

She filed for Richard's Civil War pension as his widow: Ancestry.com - U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934
Source Citation: The National Archives at Washington, D.C; Washington, D.C; NAI Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; NAI Number: T288; Record Group Title: Records of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 1773-2007; Record Group Number: 15; Series Title: U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934; Series Number: T288; Roll: 159
Source Information: National Archives and Records Administration. U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. T288, 546 rolls.^1,2

     Ella Magill was born circa 1847 at Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 3 in 1850 census; 13 in 1860; 23 in 1870; 31 in 1880.^1,2,3,4
Ella Magill was buried in 1889 at North Cedar Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; From Find A Grave:
Ella Magill died in 1889 at Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA.⁵
     Ella Magill was listed as a resident in Col. James P. Magill and Sarah Eliza Goodrich's household in the census report on 15 August 1850 at Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 197-A, lines 14-21, dwelling 59, family 62
14 MAGILL, James P. 35 [1815] M Printer $3500 Ireland
15 " , Sarah E. 30 [1820] F PA
16 " , Ella 3 [1847] F PA
17 " , Mary E. 2 [1848] F PA
18 BUTLER, Wm. 15 [1835] M Apprentice PA
19 KIRK, James 22 [1828] M Printer NY
20 KIRK, Wm 20 [1830] M Printer NY
21 CONWAY, Mary 20 [1830] F Ireland.¹

Ella Magill was listed as a resident in Col. James P. Magill and Sarah Eliza Goodrich's household in the census report on 20 June 1860 at Ward 1, Precinct 4, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 258, lines 8-12, dwellilng 601, family 686
8 MAGILL, James B. 43 [1817] M Notry Public $1250 $1250 PA
9 " , Sarah E. 40 [1820] F PA
10 " , Elllen 13 [1847] F PA
11 " , Nathan 88 [1772] M Gent PA
12 COYLE, Margaret 15 [1845] F Servant Ireland.²

Ella Magill was listed as a resident in Col. James P. Magill and Sarah Eliza Goodrich's household in the census report on 1 June 1870 at Ward 2, Distric 07, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 312-A, lines 18-20, dwelling 190, family 200
18 MCGILL, James 55 [1815] M W Notary Republic [sic] $300 PA
19 " , Sarah 40 [1830] F W Keeping House PA
20 " , Ella 23 [1847] F W at home PA.³

Ella Magill was listed as a resident in Col. James P. Magill and Sarah Eliza Goodrich's household in the census report on 3 June 1880 at 1417 Camac Stree, Philadelphia, Philadelphia Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 1179, lines 11-14, dwelling 87, family 101
11 MAGILL, James P. W M 64 [1816] Married Convehancer PA
12 " , Sarah E. W F 60 [1820] Wife Married Keeping house PA
13 " , Ella W F 31 [1849] Daughter Single At home PA
14 HAMILTON, Rose W F 19 [1861] Servant Single Servant Ireland.⁴

     Mary E. Magill was born circa 1848 at Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, USA; Aged 2 in 1850 census.¹
     Mary E. Magill was listed as a resident in Col. James P. Magill and Sarah Eliza Goodrich's household in the census report on 15 August 1850 at Wellsboro, Tioga Co., Pennsylvania, USA; p. 197-A, lines 14-21, dwelling 59, family 62
14 MAGILL, James P. 35 [1815] M Printer $3500 Ireland
15 " , Sarah E. 30 [1820] F PA
16 " , Ella 3 [1847] F PA
17 " , Mary E. 2 [1848] F PA
18 BUTLER, Wm. 15 [1835] M Apprentice PA
19 KIRK, James 22 [1828] M Printer NY
20 KIRK, Wm 20 [1830] M Printer NY
21 CONWAY, Mary 20 [1830] F Ireland.¹

     William M. McLean was born on 9 February 1893 at East Monticello, White Co., Indiana, USA; Aged 7 in 1900 census.^1,2
William M. McLean was buried in 1950 at Old Monticello Cemetery, Monticello, White Co., Indiana, USA; From Find A Grave:
William M. McLean died in 1950.²
     William M. McLean was listed as a resident in William Edwin McLean and Sue Ellen "Lulu" Obenchain's household in the census report on 9 June 1900 at Ward 34, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA; p. 11, lines 10-14, dwelling ---, family 224
NB: The two Obenshain women are sisters of William's wife Sue Ellen "Lulu". See 1880 census for Monticello, White Co., IN.^1,3

William M. McLean was listed as a resident in Sue Ellen "Lulu" Obenchain's household in the census report on 19 April 1910 at Ward 1, Biloxi, Harrison Co., Mississippi, USA; p. 1-B, lines 68-72, dwelling 15, household 15

William M. McLean was listed as a resident in William Edwin McLean and Sue Ellen "Lulu" Obenchain's household in the census report on 5 January 1920 at 4821 Winthrop Ave., Ward 25, Chicago, Cook Co., Illinois, USA; p. 4-A, lines 40-43, dwelling 30 family 108

     Andew Trimmer married Margaret (?)¹

Andew Trimmer died between 15 August 1830 and 30 August 1830 at Buffaloe Township, Perry Co., Pennsylvania, USA.^2,1

His estate was probated on 30 August 1830 at Perry Co., Pennsylvania, USA.¹

      ; Some family trees on Ancestry show this andrew as a son of Paul Trimmer. However, I have so far not been able to find any proof of that connection and so far none of the owners of those family trees have been able to cite a source for their attribution either. GA Vaut

Trimmer family Tree - EdieTrimmer: ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/16548656/person/1687096534/facts - Contacted 6 Apr 2021 and she responded taht she has no source

Riley Family Tree - Terry Riley: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/118776060/person/280187345688/facts - Wrote on 9 Apr 2021. No answer yet.

Lupfer family Tree - Michele Willard: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/167237401/person/132268313116/facts

shirley lewis2 Family Tree - shirley lewis: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/157712221/person/352072370217/facts

Trimmer Semones Cooper Famly Tree - Donna Cooper: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116956378/person/260191845138/facts

Davidson Family Tre - Denise Matthews: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/116132303/person/430158003422/facts

Drumond, Lopat Family Tree - rlopat0710: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14473285/person/392191235252/facts

Fox Family Tree - Kathleen Fox: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/72959732/person/262109788442/facts

Miles Famly Tree - Beverly Moreno: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/87724786/person/42559474604/facts

Z_Alternate Carr Famly Tree - carchristopherm: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/159158383/person/412084015403/facts

carr Family Tree - carchristopherm: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/76545226/person/160168550680/facts

Jennings Family Tree - ravenscraft17: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/68386016/person/42207459047/facts

Clark-Day Tree - Tclark0755: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/44731005/person/6352313626/facts

Vicki Keen (Young) - Vicki Keen: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/14182565/person/18011094625/facts

Marcum Family Tree - Joseph Marcum: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/169928759/person/332203761156/facts

Jonas Family Tree 0 sf49erfanatic: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/5088777/person/7035247875/facts

Scott Famly Tree - aescott629: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/15407901/person/19964705593/facts

Bev's evaluation - Christina Miles: https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/115905549/person/350148509159/facts.³ He was the executor of Peter Trimmer's estate on 4 October 1790; NB: An Andrew Trimmer was named as Executor. There is no proof that this was the Andew Trimmer of Buffaloe Twp., York Co.

Ancestry.com - York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819
Source Information: Lineages, Inc., comp.. York County, Pennsylvania Wills, 1749-1819 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
Original data: York County Wills. Originals housed at the York County Archives.⁴

; An Andrew Trimmer was in the 1830 census for Paradise Twp., York Co., PA on the same page as 4 other Trimmers (p. 318):
Line Name
2 Barnet Trimmer
4 John Trimmer
8 Andrew Trimmer
9 Peter Trimmer
24 Abraham Trimmer

On the next page (p. 319):
16 William Trimmer

In Washington Twp., York Co., PA:
(p. 288)
2 Samuel Trimmer, Jr.
(p. 289)
17 Samuel Trimmmer

In Dover Twp., York Co., PA:
(p. 299)
27 David Trimmer
(p. 300
10 William Trimmer.^5,6,7

Andew Trimmer left a will on 12 August 1830 at Buffaloe Township, Perry Co., Pennsylvania, USA; NB: Andrew listed his wife and children in his will. The chilren may be listed from oldest to youngest as he refers later in the will to the last name in the list, Henry, as his youngest, and the first named, Noah, as his oldest.
Jacob Crumbler Sr. and George Arnold are named as executors.
Jacob Crumbler, Jr. and James Woods are witnesses.
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
Source Citation: Wills, 1820-1911; Author: Perry County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Perry, Pennsylvania
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.^1,2

     Leash Trimmer married Abraham Flarie(?)¹

     In Andew Trimmer's will dated 12 August 1830 at Buffaloe Township, Perry Co., Pennsylvania, USA, Leash Trimmer was named as an heir; NB: Andrew listed his wife and children in his will. The chilren may be listed from oldest to youngest as he refers later in the will to the last name in the list, Henry, as his youngest, and the first named, Noah, as his oldest.
Jacob Crumbler Sr. and George Arnold are named as executors.
Jacob Crumbler, Jr. and James Woods are witnesses.
Ancestry.com - Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993
Source Citation: Wills, 1820-1911; Author: Perry County (Pennsylvania). Register of Wills; Probate Place: Perry, Pennsylvania
Source Information: Ancestry.com. Pennsylvania, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1683-1993 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
Original data: Pennsylvania County, District and Probate Courts.^1,2