[713]
According to The Kaney Family History written by Emmett Kaney,
"He (Patrick Kaney) married Rose Croal, daughter of John and
Catherine Clinton Croal, who came to America from Leitrim
County, Ireland in 1851."
[714] Dwelling 720, 850.
[715] Dwelling 1718, 1532. Next door to son Andrew Croal.
[277]
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Standard History of Sauk County, Wisconsin
_ RICHARD ___________
|
_John RICHARD _______|
| (1820 - ....) |
| |_Unknown ____________
|
|
|--Frank RICHARD
| (1862 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_Theresa ____________|
(1822 - ....) |
|_____________________
_John THURTELL ______+
| (1788 - 1837)
_Edward Brookes THURTELL _|
| (1815 - 1876) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Grace THURTELL
| (1859 - 1926)
| _____________________
| |
|_Amy BURNS _______________|
(1820 - 1911) |
|_____________________
[106]
The entry about Ransom B. Folts in the 1901 Biographical Sketch
Book of Grant County, Wisconsin, shows his wife's sister, Grace
Thurtell, was the wife of John McKann of South Dakota. The
entry for John McClain shows his daughter-in-law, Grace
Thurtell McClain, and her husband, John McClain, were living on
their farm and cattle ranch in South Dakota and had five
children, John, Grace, Bertha, Glenn, and Henry. She is listed
in the 1880 U.S. Census for the Town of Jamestown, Grant
County, Wisconsin (SD 2, ED 110, Page 3), enumerated June 2,
1880, as Grace Thurtle, age 21, single, born in Wisconsin,
living with her widowed mother, Anna Thurtle, and her siblings
Frederick, age 25, a miner, Harriet, age 23, and Belle, age 19,
whose occupation is teaching school. Grace and John McClain are
listed in the 1900 U.S. Census for Meade County, South Dakota
(Volume 11, SD 1, ED 34, Sheet 7, Line 29) living in the second
ward of the City of Sturgis, Sturgis Township, Meade County,
South Dakota. John McClain is shown as age 46, born in
Wisconsin in October 1853, with his father born in Tennessee
and his mother in Pennsylvania. He owned their home with no
mortgage and had no months of no employment, with his
occupation shown as stock raiser. He and his wife, Grace
McClain, had been married 19 years according to this census.
She is shown as age 40, born in March 1860 in Wisconsin, with
her father born in England and her mother in Indiana. She is
the mother of five children, all living with their parents.
John E. McClain is shown as age 15, born in Wisconsin in May
1885, and at school. The four younger children were all born
in South Dakota. Grace L. McClain is 10, born in February
1890, and is also in school. Bertha M. McClain, age 7, born in
December 1892, is at school also. Leo G. McClain, age 5 and
born in March 1895, and Henry C. McClain, age 3 and born in
December 1896, are not yet in school. Grace McClain is listed
as head of the household in the 1920 U.S. Census(Volume 23,
Enumeration District 175, Sheet 5, Line 17) in Scotch Leap
Township, Perkins County, South Dakota. She is shown as age 60
born in Wisconsin, with her father born in England and her
mother in North Carolina. She is shown as a farmer, operating
a farm she owns on her own account, and is listed as married
and able to read and write English. With her is her son, Henry
C. McClain, age 22, born in South Dakota, with his father born
in the United States and his mother born in Wisconsin. He is
shown as single and a farm laborer working on the home farm and
is able to read and write English. Grace Thurtell, 1859-1926,
born in Wisconsin, is listed among the pioneers in the Sioux
Valley Genealogical Society, Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104,
on a web site found in October 1999 at
http://www.rootsweb.com/~sdvgs/index19.htm. The web site shows
she was issued a Pioneer Certificate at the request of family
members or interested parties as a resident in the Dakota
Territory prior to statehood in November 1889. A database index
of Bureau of Land Management Records found on the internet in
January 2000
athttp://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb/sd/land/perkins.htm shows
that John and Grace McClain and John E. McClain (possibly their
son) had five different land patents in Perkins County, South
Dakota, all at the 7th Meridian,Township 018 N, Range 012 E, in
Sections 8 and 9. John McClain had two homestead patents dated
May 26, 1908. The one in Section 8 was for 120 acres, with a
document identification number 3645. The same document
identification number is also referred to a homestead of 40
acres in Section 9. Document number 108181 dated February 1,
1910, is indexed to cash sales of 120 acres in Section 8 and 40
acres in Section 9 to John E.McClain. Document identification
number 447193 dated December 5, 1914,refers to a cash sale of
80 acres to Grace McClain in Section 8.
[107] ED 175. Sheet 5. Dwelling 83.
[674] Sheet 7A. Stamp 203. Dwelling 161.
[673]
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Wisconsin Marriages, 1835-1900
__
|
_Stephen WHITE ______|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Adah Maranda WHITE
| (1812 - 1903)
| __
| |
|_Mary HOWE __________|
|
|__
[316]
According to the 1900 Census for Sauk Co, Spring Green: vol 69,
E.D.145, Sheet 9, Line 98
Mercer, Ada M head Mar 1812 88 Vermont
Hill, Rosetta dau feb 1855 44 Indiana
May grand-dau apr 1876 24 Wisconsin
Guy B grand-son jul 1880 19 Wisconsin
Arid R grand-son dec 1884 15 Wisconsin
Thelma great-grand-dau jul 1896 3 Wisconsin
[723]
According to the 1870 Census for Sauk Co, Spring Green: pg 10
#41, 39
Mercer, Robert 62 farmer b.Penn
Ada 57 Keeping house b. Vermont
Samuel 17 farm laborer b. Indiana
Rosetta 15 attending school b. Indiana
Violetta 15 at home b. Indiana
[724]
According to the 1880 Census for Sauk Co, Spring Green: pg 10
#160, 165
Mercer, Robert 73 farmer b.Penn b. Penn. b. Penn.
Ada 68 Keeping house b. NY b. Mass. b. Mass.
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