McLAIN CEMETERY - HEADSTONE INDEX

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By surname, cross-referenced to Marker Number. Click on the Marker Number to view a photograph of the headstone.

By Marker Number, cross-referenced to surname. Each headstone is assigned a Marker Number; some headstones identify two or more separate graves.

By physical location within the cemetery, noted by Marker Number on the plot map below.

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INDEX BY SURNAME

NAME BIRTH
DEATH BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION MARKER
NUMBER

Blackburn, Jule, Jr. 1921-1990 Husband of Muriel H. McLain Blackburn. Born Kennersville, North Carolina, 1921; died Saginaw, Michigan, 1990. Interred Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan, 1990-2001. Cremated 2001; ashes spread at McLain Cemetery. This headstone marks the location of the ashes. 27

Blackburn, Muriel H. McLain 1924-2001 Wife of Jule Blackburn, Jr.; daughter of Raynor E. McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; granddaughter of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Born Detroit, Michigan, 1924; died Saginaw, Michigan, 2001. Cremated 2001; ashes spread at McLain Cemetery. This headstone marks the location of the ashes. 27

Boyd, Ellen - see Jack, Ellen Boyd McGregor

Boyd, Mary 1816-1837 Sister of Ellen Boyd Jack; sister in-law of Fulton Jack. 22

Cleveland, George 1832-1843 14

Cleveland, Harriet 14

Cleveland, John 1932-1838 14

Donaldson, Lothario 1765-1841 Father of Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; Grandfather of Lothario D. Whipple. 10

Jack, [infant daughter] Infant daughter of Fulton Jack and Ellen Boyd McGregor Jack . 23

Jack, Ellen Boyd McGregor 1811-1849 Wife of Fulton Jack (second marriage; previously married to Samuel McGregor); mother of Jane Jack McLain. 20

Jack, Fulton 1799-1843 Husband of Ellen Boyd McGregor Jack; brother-in-law of Mary Boyd; father of Jane Jack McLain. Born County Antrim, Ireland 1799; migrated to Livingston County, New York 1822; migrated to Lenawee County, Michigan Territory, 1830. Purchased farm in Raisin Township 1831; neighbor of Walter Whipple; donated land for McLain cemetery. Died Raisin Township 1843. 21

McLain, Ellen 1860-1940 Daughter of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain 12

McLain, Elliot Fulton 1895-1958 Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Mabel Irene Nichols McLain. Born Lenawee County 1895; died Tecumseh Michigan, 1958. 3

McLain, Fulton 1828-1879 Husband of Jane Jack McLain; father of Fulton McLain (1854), Fulton McLain (1858), Ellen McLain, Jane McLain Jack, George McLain, Henry McLain, and Mary McLain 18

McLain, Fulton 1854-1854 Infant son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain. 19

McLain, Fulton 1858-1946 Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain. 11

McLain, Fulton Earle 1933-1999 Son of Raynor E. McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; father of Kathleen J. McLain; grandson of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. 29

McLain, George 1864-1931 Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain. 13

McLain, Henry 1866-1942 Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain. Husband of Mary Helena Elliot McLain; father of Elliot Fulton McLain, Leigh Jack McLain, Raynor McLain, and Stuart McLain. Grandfather of Fulton Earle McLain, Howard Albert McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Great-grandfather of Kathleen J. McLain. Born ____________, 1866; died _________________, 1942 2

McLain, Howard Albert 1926-2000 Son of Leigh Jack McLain and Lillis Howard Albertine McLain; grandson of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Born ________, 1926; died Knoxville, Tennessee, 2000. 30

McLain, Jane Jack 1833-1916 Wife of Fulton McLain (1828); mother of Fulton McLain (1854), Fulton McLain (1858), Ellen McLain, Jane McLain Jack, George McLain, Henry McLain, and Mary McLain. Her wedding dress is in the collections of the Lenawee County Historical Museum, in Adrian, Michigan. 17

McLain, Kathleen J. 1960-1961 Infant daughter of Fulton Earle McLain and Gretchen Kelley McLain; granddaughter of Raynor Earle McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; great-granddaughter of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. 1

McLain, Leigh Jack 1900-1939 Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Lillis Howard McLain. Father of Howard Albert McLain. Born __________, 1900; died ________________, 1939. 28

McLain, Lilas May Hammel. 1901-1972 Wife of Raynor Earle McLain. Mother of Fulton Earle McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Grandmother of Kathleen J. McLain. Born _________, 1901; died _______________, 1972. 5

McLain, Lillis Howard 1900-1985 Wife of Leigh Jack McLain. Father of Howard Albert McLain. Born __________, 1900; died ________________, 1985. 28

McLain, Mabel Irene Nichols. 1891-1976 Wife of Elliot Fulton McLain. Born _________, 1891; died _______________, 1976. 4

McLain, Mary 1872-1921 Daughter of Fulton McLain and Jane Mclain. Believed to be the author of "My Pet Lamb". 16

McLain, Mary Helena 1874-1957 Wife of Henry McLain. Mother of Elliot Fulton McLain, Leigh Jack McLain, Raynor Earle McLain, and Stuart McLain. Grandmother of Fulton Earle McLain, Howard Albert McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Great-grandmother of Kathleen J. McLain. Born ____________, 1874; died _________________, 1957. 2

McLain, Raynor E. 1903-1984 Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Lilas May Hammel McLain. Father of Fulton Earle McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Grandfather of Kathleen J. McLain. Born Lenawee County, Michigan, 1903; died _________, 1984. 5

McLain, Stuart 1905-1990 Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Winifred Roberta Denman McLain. Born Lenawee County, Michigan, 1905; died Daytona Beach, Florida, 1990. 6

McLain, Winifred Roberta Denman 1901-1980 Wife of Stuart McLain. Born Steuben County, Indiana, 1901; died Lafayette, Indiana, 1980. 6

Murdock, Robert 1796-1860 Believed to be the brother of Samuel Murdock, although there is no known documentation to confirm this belief. 15

Murdock, Samuel 1799-1849 Born Ireland 1799; migrated to New York state 18??; migrated to Lenawee County, Michigan Territory, 1833. Purchased two land parcels in Raisin Township in 1833 (80 acres in Section 22 and 80 acres in Section 33). Married Margaret Graham 1843. Died Raisin Township 1849. Believed to be the brother of Robert Murdock, although there is no known documentation to confirm this belief. [Thanks to Lawrence Kopke for this information.] 15

Richman, Andrew 1831-1850 25

Richman, Elizabeth 1798-1853 24

Whipple, Lothario D. 1831-1847 Son of Walter Whipple and Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; grandson of Thomas Whipple. 7

Whipple, Rhoda Merrill -1833 Third wife of Thomas Whipple. 9

Whipple, Susan A. Donaldson 1796-1840 Wife of Walter Whipple; daughter of Lothario Donaldson; mother of Lothario D. Whipple. 8

Whipple, Thomas. 1752-1833 Baptist minister. Husband of Rhoda Merrill Whipple; father (by a previous marriage) of Walter Whipple; father-in-law of Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; grandfather of Lothario D. Whipple. Born Connecticut 1752; in Connecticut Militia fighting in Vermont with Green Mountain Boys during Vermont's war of independence; Sergeant in Massachusetts Militia during American Revolutionary War. Left Connecticut due to religious intolerance; settled in Hanover, New Hampshire. In later years, apparently moved to Michigan to be near his son Walter, and died in 1833 while in Michigan. [Thanks to Beverly Huckins for this information.] 9

INDEX BY MARKER NUMBER

MARKER
NUMBER NAME PHOTOGRAPH TRANSCRIPT

1 Kathleen J. McLain Headstone

Footstone KATHLEEN J.
McLAIN
APR. 16
1960 JAN. 13
1961

2 Henry McLain
Mary H. McLain McLAIN
HENRY
1866-1942 MARY H.
1874-1957

3 Elliot F. McLain ELLIOT F. McLAIN
1895-1958

U.S. AMERICAN LEGION

4 Mabel I. McLain MABEL I. McLAIN
1891-1976

5 Raynor E. McLain
Lilas M. McLain McLAIN
RAYNOR E.
1902-1984 LILAS M.
1901-1972

6 Stuart McLain
Winifred Roberta [Denman] McLain McLAIN
STUART
1905-1990 WINIFRED
1901-1980

7 Lothario D. Whipple In memory of
LOTHARIO D.
Eldest son of
S.A. & W. WHIPPLE
BORN
Sep. 14, 1831
DIED
Nov. 18, 1847

8 Susan A. Donaldson Whipple In memory of
SUSAN A.
Wife of
WALTER WHIPPLE
BORN
Aug. 31, 1796
DIED
Jan. 19, 1840
Rest in peace

9 Thomas Whipple
Rhoda Merrill Whipple THOMAS WHIPPLE
BORN
Mar. 27, 1752
DIED
Aug. 8, 1833
Also of
RHODA MERRILL
Wife of
THOMAS WHIPPLE
DIED
Aug. 25, 1833

SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION
ERECTED BY D.A.R.
SGT. THOMAS WHIPPLE
MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA

10 Lothario Donaldson SACRED
To the memory of
DR. LOTHARIO DONALDSON
BORN
MAR. 21, 1765
DIED
JUNE 17, 1841

SOLDIER OF THE REVOLUTION
ERECTED BY D.A.R.
LOTHARIO DONALDSON
MASSACHUSETTS MILITIA

11 Fulton McLain FULTON
McLAIN
1858-1946

12 Ellen McLain ELLEN
McLAIN
1860-1940

13 George McLain GEORGE
McLAIN
1864-1931

14 John Cleveland
Harriet Cleveland
George Cleveland
JOHN CLEVELAND
DIED
Jan. --, 1843
AGED
11 Yrs. & 9 Mos.
HARRIET
DIED
July -- ----
AGED
-----------
GEORGE
DIED
Jan. 3. 1838
AGED
6 Yrs. 0 Ms. & 2 Ds.
Children of
--- Cleveland

15 Samuel Murdock
Robert Murdock Our Father
&
Uncle
SAMUEL MURDOCK
DIED
Oct. 1, 1849
Aged 50 yrs.
ROBERT MURDOCK
DIED
Feb. 6, 1860
Aged 64 Yrs.

16 Mary McLain MARY McLAIN
1872-1921

17 Jane McLain JANE McLAIN
DIED
DEC. 4, 1916,
AGED
83 YEARS
2 MONTHS.

18 Fulton McLain FULTON McLAIN
DIED
MAY 21, 1879,
AGED
51 YEARS
REST IN PEACE

19 Fulton McLain INFANT
SON OF
F. & J. McLAIN

20 Ellen Boyd McGregor Jack ELLEN
WIFE OF
SAMUEL
McGREGOR
DIED
DEC. 31, 1849
AGED 38 YEARS
4 MO. 15 DS.

21 Fulton Jack In memory of
FULTON JACK
who died
July 6th 1843
Aged 44 years
Blessed are the dead
who die in the Lord.

U.S. INDIAN WAR VETERAN

22 Mary Boyd MARY BOYD
daughter of
James & Jane
Boyd
Died
June 1, 1837
Aged 21 years

23 [unknown] Jack
(Infant daughter of Fulton and Ellen Jack) INFANT
DAU. OF
F. & E. JACK

24 Elizabeth Richman ELIZABETH
Wife of
A. RICHMAN
DIED
Sept. 11 1853.
Aged 55 Yrs.
We part to meet again

25 Andrew Richman ANDREW RICHMAN
DIED
Oct. 27, 1850
Aged 19 Yrs.
There is rest in Heaven

27 Jule Blackburn
Muriel McLain Blackburn BLACKBURN
JULE, JR.
1921 1990
MURIEL II
1924 2001

28 Lillis Howard McLain
Leigh Jack McLain IN MEMORY OF
LEIGH JACK McLAIN
1900 — 1939
LILLIS HOWARD McLAIN
1900 — 1985

29 Fulton Earle McLain HERE LIE THE ASHES OF
FULTON EARL McLAIN
MAY 8, 1933
APRIL 9, 1999
LOVING SON OF
RAYNER & LILAS McLAIN
LOVING FATHER OF
KATHLEEN, LYNN & KELLY

30 Howard Albert McLain IN MEMORY OF
HOWARD ALBERT
McLAIN, PHD
SEPT. 27, 1926 - JAN. 30, 2000
SON OF LEIGH & LILLIS McLAIN
HUSBAND OF VERNA BRADLEY McLAIN
FATHER OF DAVID LEIGH
& SYLVIA ELLEN McLAIN

PLOT MAP

NAME	BIRTH DEATH	BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION	MARKER NUMBER
Blackburn, Jule, Jr.	1921-1990	Husband of Muriel H. McLain Blackburn. Born Kennersville, North Carolina, 1921; died Saginaw, Michigan, 1990. Interred Roselawn Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan, 1990-2001. Cremated 2001; ashes spread at McLain Cemetery. This headstone marks the location of the ashes.	27
Blackburn, Muriel H. McLain	1924-2001	Wife of Jule Blackburn, Jr.; daughter of Raynor E. McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; granddaughter of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Born Detroit, Michigan, 1924; died Saginaw, Michigan, 2001. Cremated 2001; ashes spread at McLain Cemetery. This headstone marks the location of the ashes.	27
Boyd, Ellen - see Jack, Ellen Boyd McGregor
Boyd, Mary	1816-1837	Sister of Ellen Boyd Jack; sister in-law of Fulton Jack.	22
Cleveland, George	1832-1843		14
Cleveland, Harriet			14
Cleveland, John	1932-1838		14
Donaldson, Lothario	1765-1841	Father of Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; Grandfather of Lothario D. Whipple.	10
Jack, [infant daughter]		Infant daughter of Fulton Jack and Ellen Boyd McGregor Jack	. 23
Jack, Ellen Boyd McGregor	1811-1849	Wife of Fulton Jack (second marriage; previously married to Samuel McGregor); mother of Jane Jack McLain.	20
Jack, Fulton	1799-1843	Husband of Ellen Boyd McGregor Jack; brother-in-law of Mary Boyd; father of Jane Jack McLain. Born County Antrim, Ireland 1799; migrated to Livingston County, New York 1822; migrated to Lenawee County, Michigan Territory, 1830. Purchased farm in Raisin Township 1831; neighbor of Walter Whipple; donated land for McLain cemetery. Died Raisin Township 1843.	21
McLain, Ellen	1860-1940	Daughter of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain	12
McLain, Elliot Fulton	1895-1958	Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Mabel Irene Nichols McLain. Born Lenawee County 1895; died Tecumseh Michigan, 1958.	3
McLain, Fulton	1828-1879	Husband of Jane Jack McLain; father of Fulton McLain (1854), Fulton McLain (1858), Ellen McLain, Jane McLain Jack, George McLain, Henry McLain, and Mary McLain	18
McLain, Fulton	1854-1854	Infant son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain.	19
McLain, Fulton	1858-1946	Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain.	11
McLain, Fulton Earle	1933-1999	Son of Raynor E. McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; father of Kathleen J. McLain; grandson of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain.	29
McLain, George	1864-1931	Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain.	13
McLain, Henry	1866-1942	Son of Fulton McLain (1828) and Jane Jack McLain. Husband of Mary Helena Elliot McLain; father of Elliot Fulton McLain, Leigh Jack McLain, Raynor McLain, and Stuart McLain. Grandfather of Fulton Earle McLain, Howard Albert McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Great-grandfather of Kathleen J. McLain. Born ____________, 1866; died _________________, 1942	2
McLain, Howard Albert	1926-2000	Son of Leigh Jack McLain and Lillis Howard Albertine McLain; grandson of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Born ________, 1926; died Knoxville, Tennessee, 2000.	30
McLain, Jane Jack	1833-1916	Wife of Fulton McLain (1828); mother of Fulton McLain (1854), Fulton McLain (1858), Ellen McLain, Jane McLain Jack, George McLain, Henry McLain, and Mary McLain. Her wedding dress is in the collections of the Lenawee County Historical Museum, in Adrian, Michigan.	17
McLain, Kathleen J.	1960-1961	Infant daughter of Fulton Earle McLain and Gretchen Kelley McLain; granddaughter of Raynor Earle McLain and Lilas May Hammel McLain; great-granddaughter of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain.	1
McLain, Leigh Jack	1900-1939	Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Lillis Howard McLain. Father of Howard Albert McLain. Born __________, 1900; died ________________, 1939.	28
McLain, Lilas May Hammel.	1901-1972	Wife of Raynor Earle McLain. Mother of Fulton Earle McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Grandmother of Kathleen J. McLain. Born _________, 1901; died _______________, 1972.	5
McLain, Lillis Howard	1900-1985	Wife of Leigh Jack McLain. Father of Howard Albert McLain. Born __________, 1900; died ________________, 1985.	28
McLain, Mabel Irene Nichols.	1891-1976	Wife of Elliot Fulton McLain. Born _________, 1891; died _______________, 1976.	4
McLain, Mary	1872-1921	Daughter of Fulton McLain and Jane Mclain. Believed to be the author of "My Pet Lamb".	16
McLain, Mary Helena	1874-1957	Wife of Henry McLain. Mother of Elliot Fulton McLain, Leigh Jack McLain, Raynor Earle McLain, and Stuart McLain. Grandmother of Fulton Earle McLain, Howard Albert McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Great-grandmother of Kathleen J. McLain. Born ____________, 1874; died _________________, 1957.	2
McLain, Raynor E.	1903-1984	Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Lilas May Hammel McLain. Father of Fulton Earle McLain, Muriel H. McLain Blackburn, and Ruth Strange McLain. Grandfather of Kathleen J. McLain. Born Lenawee County, Michigan, 1903; died _________, 1984.	5
McLain, Stuart	1905-1990	Son of Henry McLain and Mary Helena Elliot McLain. Husband of Winifred Roberta Denman McLain. Born Lenawee County, Michigan, 1905; died Daytona Beach, Florida, 1990.	6
McLain, Winifred Roberta Denman	1901-1980	Wife of Stuart McLain. Born Steuben County, Indiana, 1901; died Lafayette, Indiana, 1980.	6
Murdock, Robert	1796-1860	Believed to be the brother of Samuel Murdock, although there is no known documentation to confirm this belief.	15
Murdock, Samuel	1799-1849	Born Ireland 1799; migrated to New York state 18??; migrated to Lenawee County, Michigan Territory, 1833. Purchased two land parcels in Raisin Township in 1833 (80 acres in Section 22 and 80 acres in Section 33). Married Margaret Graham 1843. Died Raisin Township 1849. Believed to be the brother of Robert Murdock, although there is no known documentation to confirm this belief. [Thanks to Lawrence Kopke for this information.]	15
Richman, Andrew	1831-1850		25
Richman, Elizabeth	1798-1853		24
Whipple, Lothario D.	1831-1847	Son of Walter Whipple and Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; grandson of Thomas Whipple.	7
Whipple, Rhoda Merrill	-1833	Third wife of Thomas Whipple.	9
Whipple, Susan A. Donaldson	1796-1840	Wife of Walter Whipple; daughter of Lothario Donaldson; mother of Lothario D. Whipple.	8
Whipple, Thomas.	1752-1833	Baptist minister. Husband of Rhoda Merrill Whipple; father (by a previous marriage) of Walter Whipple; father-in-law of Susan A. Donaldson Whipple; grandfather of Lothario D. Whipple. Born Connecticut 1752; in Connecticut Militia fighting in Vermont with Green Mountain Boys during Vermont's war of independence; Sergeant in Massachusetts Militia during American Revolutionary War. Left Connecticut due to religious intolerance; settled in Hanover, New Hampshire. In later years, apparently moved to Michigan to be near his son Walter, and died in 1833 while in Michigan. [Thanks to Beverly Huckins for this information.]	9