Samuel McLain, the only child of Barbara Ann (née Hillsberry) and Charles F. McLain, was born on 10 November 1855 in East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois. The following year, his father petitioned for a divorce, and left the county. His mother remarried in 1859, and Samuel McLain afterward grew up in the township on the farm of his mother and step-father Isaac Painter with older half-siblings from his mother's reported first marriage, and later with younger half-siblings.
Samuel "McClain" and Miss Barbara "Hildeberry" were married on 1 September 1884 in East Bend Township. The couple were first cousins. The groom's step-father and the bride's father were both neighbors and comrades-in-arms, having served in the same company and regiment in 1865. The couple became the parents of eight children (two died in infancy).
Samuel "MacLane" and his family were enumerated in 1900 in East Bend Township, and he was enumerated twice in 1910: in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, and in East Bend Township. Samuel McClain worked as a farm laborer. By 1920, Samuel and Barbara McClain had separated. He later moved to Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan, where his younger half-brother Isaac Sherman Painter had moved in 1913. Samuel McClain died in 1927 in Alma.
Notes
Many variant spelling of the surname. Generally McClain from 1884 marriage onward.
Samuel McLain's father and maternal grandfather Harmon Hillsbury on 1 Mar 1855 purchased adjoining lots in Section 16 of Township 22 North, Range 8 East (later called East Bend Township), Champaign County, near the location of the now-extinct village of Houstonville. Samuel's parents married on 1 Apr 1855 in Champaign County.
1860 U.S. Census, Township 22 North, Range 8 East [East Bend Township], Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 899, family 869, lines 27-32, p. 122 (written), 19 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Pera)
27. Isaac Painter [head], 23, farm laborer (-0-), Ohio.
28. Barbara -----, 28, Pennsylvania.
29. John -----, 5/12, Illinois.
30. Anthony Walters, 12, Pennsylvania.
31. Phillip [Walters], 9, Pennsylvania.
32. Samuel McClure, 5, Illinois.
• Samuel's family lived in a separate house on the property of his grandfather Harmon Hillsberry. The surname "Walters" is inexplicable. Isaac and Barbara Painter could neither read nor write.
• The East Bend civil township was created from this survey township later in 1860.
• Pera, also called Pera Station, was renamed Ludlow in 1867.
1870 U.S. Census, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 61, family 61, lines 31-38, p. 118B (printed), p. 8 (written), 9 Jul 1870. (Post Office: Rantoul)
33. Painter, Isaac [head], 33, farming ($800; $300), Ohio.
34. ----- Ann, 40, keeping house, Penn.
35. ----- Jno., 10, at home, Ills.
36. ----- Alice, 7, at home, Ills.
37. ----- Isaac, 2, at home, Ills.
38. ----- Samuel, 14, Ills. [Samuel McLain, stepson]
• Lived next door to household of Samuel's uncle Moses Hillsberry, which included Barbara, age 4.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 7, Condit Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 36, family 36, lines 36-41, p. 103B (printed), p. 4 (written), 2-3 Jun 1880.
36. Painter, Isaac [head], 43, farmer, born in Ohio; father in Virginia, mother in Penn.
37. ----- Barbara A., 55, wife, keeping house, born in Penn.; parents in Penn.
38. ----- John W., 20, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
39. ----- Isaac S., 12, son, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
40. M'Lean, Saml., 24, stepson, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Indiana, mother in Penn.
41. Hilberry, Barbara, 13, niece, born in Illinois; father in Penn., mother in Ohio.
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GC-XP9 : 13 January 2020), Samuel McClain, 1884.
"McClain Saml, lab, p o Dewey" (Residents of Condit Twp. in: Champaign County Directory and Gazetteer, 1885 (Urbana: D. McKenzie & Co., 1885), p. 244.) He likely labored on the Condit Twp. farm of his step-father Isaac Painter, listed on the following page.
"Sam McLain buried his oldest child, last Tuesday. Throat trouble and croup." ("Dewey," Champaign County Herald, Urbana, Illinois, 28 Aug 1889, p. 7.)
"—Born on Saturday, May 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam McLain, a girl." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 12 May 1894, p. 10.)
"Sam McLain and family has moved into the country near Houstonville." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 5 Apr 1899, p. 2.)
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 4, Ward 1, Gibson City, Drummer Twp., Ford Co., Illinois; dwelling 157, family 157, lines 99-100 & 1-7, pp. 135B-136 (printed), pp. 13B-14A (written), 22 Apr 1910.
99. McClain, Sam, head, 48, M1, married 24 years; born in Illinois, father in U.S., mother in Pennsylvania; farmer, working out.
100. ----- Barbry, wife, 43, M1, married 24 years, 8 children (7 living); born in Illinois, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio.
1. ----- Harmon, son, 23, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
2. ----- Tilman, son, 19, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
3. ----- Edward, son, 18, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
4. ----- Mary, daughter, 16, Illinois.
5. ----- Louis, son, 13, Illinois.
6. ----- Julia, daughter, 10, Illinois.
7. ----- Charlie, son, 6, Illinois.
• Barbara's older sister, Sarah Knell, in preceding household. "Working out" indicated that one was not working on the home farm.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 19, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 118, family 118, lines 30-36, p. 270 (printed), p. 10A (written), 5 May 1910.
30. Howard, Orla, head, 33, farmer, general farm.
[...]
36. McClain, Sam, hired man, reported age 59, M1, Illinois, laborer, working out.
• Sons Harmon and Edward working nearby.
"April 24—Julia and Charles McClain, delinquents. Personal service on Samuel McClain and Barbara McClain, parents of Julia and Charles McClain. Samuel Ludlow appointed guardian ad litem for Julia and Charles McClain. Defendants found dependent and delinquent in trial by court and ordered sent to State Training Schools." ("Notes from the Court House," The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois, 27 Apr 1916, p. 1.)
Samuel McClain's elder maternal half-brother Philip H. Robinson died in 1918 in Oregon, leaving money to "my three brothers": Samuel McClain, John Painter, and Isaac Painter. (Anthony Hillsberry had passed away in 1902.)
1920 U.S. Census, E.D. 21, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 45, family 50, lines 20-24, p. 217 (printed), p. 3A (written), 7 Jan 1920.
20. Day, Dwight, head, 52, Illinois, farmer.
[...]
24. McClean, Samuel, lodger, 60, "widowed"; born in Illinois, parents in United States; farm laborer.
According to a Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death, Samuel McClain died on 26 Oct 1927 at Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 16 days. He was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Illinois, son of Charles McClain and Barbara Hillsberry; he was a farmer, divorced. Informant: Edward McClain (son).
"Mr. and Mrs. Carl Painted [sic ], Miss Nell Painter and Jesse Bebout attended the funeral of Sam McClain at Alma, Mich., last week." ("Dewey," Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, 2 Nov 1927, p. 7.)
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Samuel "McClain" and Miss Barbara "Hildeberry" were married on 1 September 1884 in East Bend Township. The couple were first cousins. The groom's step-father and the bride's father were both neighbors and comrades-in-arms, having served in the same company and regiment in 1865. The couple became the parents of eight children (two died in infancy).
Samuel "MacLane" and his family were enumerated in 1900 in East Bend Township, and he was enumerated twice in 1910: in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, and in East Bend Township. Samuel McClain worked as a farm laborer. By 1920, Samuel and Barbara McClain had separated. He later moved to Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan, where his younger half-brother Isaac Sherman Painter had moved in 1913. Samuel McClain died in 1927 in Alma.
Notes
Many variant spelling of the surname. Generally McClain from 1884 marriage onward.
Samuel McLain's father and maternal grandfather Harmon Hillsbury on 1 Mar 1855 purchased adjoining lots in Section 16 of Township 22 North, Range 8 East (later called East Bend Township), Champaign County, near the location of the now-extinct village of Houstonville. Samuel's parents married on 1 Apr 1855 in Champaign County.
1860 U.S. Census, Township 22 North, Range 8 East [East Bend Township], Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 899, family 869, lines 27-32, p. 122 (written), 19 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Pera)
27. Isaac Painter [head], 23, farm laborer (-0-), Ohio.
28. Barbara -----, 28, Pennsylvania.
29. John -----, 5/12, Illinois.
30. Anthony Walters, 12, Pennsylvania.
31. Phillip [Walters], 9, Pennsylvania.
32. Samuel McClure, 5, Illinois.
• Samuel's family lived in a separate house on the property of his grandfather Harmon Hillsberry. The surname "Walters" is inexplicable. Isaac and Barbara Painter could neither read nor write.
• The East Bend civil township was created from this survey township later in 1860.
• Pera, also called Pera Station, was renamed Ludlow in 1867.
1870 U.S. Census, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 61, family 61, lines 31-38, p. 118B (printed), p. 8 (written), 9 Jul 1870. (Post Office: Rantoul)
33. Painter, Isaac [head], 33, farming ($800; $300), Ohio.
34. ----- Ann, 40, keeping house, Penn.
35. ----- Jno., 10, at home, Ills.
36. ----- Alice, 7, at home, Ills.
37. ----- Isaac, 2, at home, Ills.
38. ----- Samuel, 14, Ills. [Samuel McLain, stepson]
• Lived next door to household of Samuel's uncle Moses Hillsberry, which included Barbara, age 4.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 7, Condit Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 36, family 36, lines 36-41, p. 103B (printed), p. 4 (written), 2-3 Jun 1880.
36. Painter, Isaac [head], 43, farmer, born in Ohio; father in Virginia, mother in Penn.
37. ----- Barbara A., 55, wife, keeping house, born in Penn.; parents in Penn.
38. ----- John W., 20, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
39. ----- Isaac S., 12, son, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
40. M'Lean, Saml., 24, stepson, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Indiana, mother in Penn.
41. Hilberry, Barbara, 13, niece, born in Illinois; father in Penn., mother in Ohio.
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GC-XP9 : 13 January 2020), Samuel McClain, 1884.
"McClain Saml, lab, p o Dewey" (Residents of Condit Twp. in: Champaign County Directory and Gazetteer, 1885 (Urbana: D. McKenzie & Co., 1885), p. 244.) He likely labored on the Condit Twp. farm of his step-father Isaac Painter, listed on the following page.
"Sam McLain buried his oldest child, last Tuesday. Throat trouble and croup." ("Dewey," Champaign County Herald, Urbana, Illinois, 28 Aug 1889, p. 7.)
"—Born on Saturday, May 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam McLain, a girl." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 12 May 1894, p. 10.)
"Sam McLain and family has moved into the country near Houstonville." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 5 Apr 1899, p. 2.)
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 4, Ward 1, Gibson City, Drummer Twp., Ford Co., Illinois; dwelling 157, family 157, lines 99-100 & 1-7, pp. 135B-136 (printed), pp. 13B-14A (written), 22 Apr 1910.
99. McClain, Sam, head, 48, M1, married 24 years; born in Illinois, father in U.S., mother in Pennsylvania; farmer, working out.
100. ----- Barbry, wife, 43, M1, married 24 years, 8 children (7 living); born in Illinois, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio.
1. ----- Harmon, son, 23, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
2. ----- Tilman, son, 19, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
3. ----- Edward, son, 18, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
4. ----- Mary, daughter, 16, Illinois.
5. ----- Louis, son, 13, Illinois.
6. ----- Julia, daughter, 10, Illinois.
7. ----- Charlie, son, 6, Illinois.
• Barbara's older sister, Sarah Knell, in preceding household. "Working out" indicated that one was not working on the home farm.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 19, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 118, family 118, lines 30-36, p. 270 (printed), p. 10A (written), 5 May 1910.
30. Howard, Orla, head, 33, farmer, general farm.
[...]
36. McClain, Sam, hired man, reported age 59, M1, Illinois, laborer, working out.
• Sons Harmon and Edward working nearby.
"April 24—Julia and Charles McClain, delinquents. Personal service on Samuel McClain and Barbara McClain, parents of Julia and Charles McClain. Samuel Ludlow appointed guardian ad litem for Julia and Charles McClain. Defendants found dependent and delinquent in trial by court and ordered sent to State Training Schools." ("Notes from the Court House," The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois, 27 Apr 1916, p. 1.)
Samuel McClain's elder maternal half-brother Philip H. Robinson died in 1918 in Oregon, leaving money to "my three brothers": Samuel McClain, John Painter, and Isaac Painter. (Anthony Hillsberry had passed away in 1902.)
1920 U.S. Census, E.D. 21, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 45, family 50, lines 20-24, p. 217 (printed), p. 3A (written), 7 Jan 1920.
20. Day, Dwight, head, 52, Illinois, farmer.
[...]
24. McClean, Samuel, lodger, 60, "widowed"; born in Illinois, parents in United States; farm laborer.
According to a Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death, Samuel McClain died on 26 Oct 1927 at Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 16 days. He was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Illinois, son of Charles McClain and Barbara Hillsberry; he was a farmer, divorced. Informant: Edward McClain (son).
"Mr. and Mrs. Carl Painted [sic ], Miss Nell Painter and Jesse Bebout attended the funeral of Sam McClain at Alma, Mich., last week." ("Dewey," Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, 2 Nov 1927, p. 7.)
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Samuel McLain, the only child of Barbara Ann (née Hillsberry) and Charles F. McLain, was born on 10 November 1855 in East Bend Township, Champaign County, Illinois. The following year, his father petitioned for a divorce, and left the county. His mother remarried in 1859, and Samuel McLain afterward grew up in the township on the farm of his mother and step-father Isaac Painter with older half-siblings from his mother's reported first marriage, and later with younger half-siblings.
Samuel "McClain" and Miss Barbara "Hildeberry" were married on 1 September 1884 in East Bend Township. The couple were first cousins. The groom's step-father and the bride's father were both neighbors and comrades-in-arms, having served in the same company and regiment in 1865. The couple became the parents of eight children (two died in infancy).
Samuel "MacLane" and his family were enumerated in 1900 in East Bend Township, and he was enumerated twice in 1910: in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, and in East Bend Township. Samuel McClain worked as a farm laborer. By 1920, Samuel and Barbara McClain had separated. He later moved to Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan, where his younger half-brother Isaac Sherman Painter had moved in 1913. Samuel McClain died in 1927 in Alma.
Notes
Many variant spelling of the surname. Generally McClain from 1884 marriage onward.
Samuel McLain's father and maternal grandfather Harmon Hillsbury on 1 Mar 1855 purchased adjoining lots in Section 16 of Township 22 North, Range 8 East (later called East Bend Township), Champaign County, near the location of the now-extinct village of Houstonville. Samuel's parents married on 1 Apr 1855 in Champaign County.
1860 U.S. Census, Township 22 North, Range 8 East [East Bend Township], Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 899, family 869, lines 27-32, p. 122 (written), 19 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Pera)
27. Isaac Painter [head], 23, farm laborer (-0-), Ohio.
28. Barbara -----, 28, Pennsylvania.
29. John -----, 5/12, Illinois.
30. Anthony Walters, 12, Pennsylvania.
31. Phillip [Walters], 9, Pennsylvania.
32. Samuel McClure, 5, Illinois.
• Samuel's family lived in a separate house on the property of his grandfather Harmon Hillsberry. The surname "Walters" is inexplicable. Isaac and Barbara Painter could neither read nor write.
• The East Bend civil township was created from this survey township later in 1860.
• Pera, also called Pera Station, was renamed Ludlow in 1867.
1870 U.S. Census, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 61, family 61, lines 31-38, p. 118B (printed), p. 8 (written), 9 Jul 1870. (Post Office: Rantoul)
33. Painter, Isaac [head], 33, farming ($800; $300), Ohio.
34. ----- Ann, 40, keeping house, Penn.
35. ----- Jno., 10, at home, Ills.
36. ----- Alice, 7, at home, Ills.
37. ----- Isaac, 2, at home, Ills.
38. ----- Samuel, 14, Ills. [Samuel McLain, stepson]
• Lived next door to household of Samuel's uncle Moses Hillsberry, which included Barbara, age 4.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 7, Condit Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 36, family 36, lines 36-41, p. 103B (printed), p. 4 (written), 2-3 Jun 1880.
36. Painter, Isaac [head], 43, farmer, born in Ohio; father in Virginia, mother in Penn.
37. ----- Barbara A., 55, wife, keeping house, born in Penn.; parents in Penn.
38. ----- John W., 20, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
39. ----- Isaac S., 12, son, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
40. M'Lean, Saml., 24, stepson, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Indiana, mother in Penn.
41. Hilberry, Barbara, 13, niece, born in Illinois; father in Penn., mother in Ohio.
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GC-XP9 : 13 January 2020), Samuel McClain, 1884.
"McClain Saml, lab, p o Dewey" (Residents of Condit Twp. in: Champaign County Directory and Gazetteer, 1885 (Urbana: D. McKenzie & Co., 1885), p. 244.) He likely labored on the Condit Twp. farm of his step-father Isaac Painter, listed on the following page.
"Sam McLain buried his oldest child, last Tuesday. Throat trouble and croup." ("Dewey," Champaign County Herald, Urbana, Illinois, 28 Aug 1889, p. 7.)
"—Born on Saturday, May 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam McLain, a girl." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 12 May 1894, p. 10.)
"Sam McLain and family has moved into the country near Houstonville." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 5 Apr 1899, p. 2.)
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 4, Ward 1, Gibson City, Drummer Twp., Ford Co., Illinois; dwelling 157, family 157, lines 99-100 & 1-7, pp. 135B-136 (printed), pp. 13B-14A (written), 22 Apr 1910.
99. McClain, Sam, head, 48, M1, married 24 years; born in Illinois, father in U.S., mother in Pennsylvania; farmer, working out.
100. ----- Barbry, wife, 43, M1, married 24 years, 8 children (7 living); born in Illinois, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio.
1. ----- Harmon, son, 23, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
2. ----- Tilman, son, 19, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
3. ----- Edward, son, 18, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
4. ----- Mary, daughter, 16, Illinois.
5. ----- Louis, son, 13, Illinois.
6. ----- Julia, daughter, 10, Illinois.
7. ----- Charlie, son, 6, Illinois.
• Barbara's older sister, Sarah Knell, in preceding household. "Working out" indicated that one was not working on the home farm.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 19, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 118, family 118, lines 30-36, p. 270 (printed), p. 10A (written), 5 May 1910.
30. Howard, Orla, head, 33, farmer, general farm.
[...]
36. McClain, Sam, hired man, reported age 59, M1, Illinois, laborer, working out.
• Sons Harmon and Edward working nearby.
"April 24—Julia and Charles McClain, delinquents. Personal service on Samuel McClain and Barbara McClain, parents of Julia and Charles McClain. Samuel Ludlow appointed guardian ad litem for Julia and Charles McClain. Defendants found dependent and delinquent in trial by court and ordered sent to State Training Schools." ("Notes from the Court House," The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois, 27 Apr 1916, p. 1.)
Samuel McClain's elder maternal half-brother Philip H. Robinson died in 1918 in Oregon, leaving money to "my three brothers": Samuel McClain, John Painter, and Isaac Painter. (Anthony Hillsberry had passed away in 1902.)
1920 U.S. Census, E.D. 21, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 45, family 50, lines 20-24, p. 217 (printed), p. 3A (written), 7 Jan 1920.
20. Day, Dwight, head, 52, Illinois, farmer.
[...]
24. McClean, Samuel, lodger, 60, "widowed"; born in Illinois, parents in United States; farm laborer.
According to a Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death, Samuel McClain died on 26 Oct 1927 at Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 16 days. He was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Illinois, son of Charles McClain and Barbara Hillsberry; he was a farmer, divorced. Informant: Edward McClain (son).
"Mr. and Mrs. Carl Painted [sic ], Miss Nell Painter and Jesse Bebout attended the funeral of Sam McClain at Alma, Mich., last week." ("Dewey," Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, 2 Nov 1927, p. 7.)
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
Samuel "McClain" and Miss Barbara "Hildeberry" were married on 1 September 1884 in East Bend Township. The couple were first cousins. The groom's step-father and the bride's father were both neighbors and comrades-in-arms, having served in the same company and regiment in 1865. The couple became the parents of eight children (two died in infancy).
Samuel "MacLane" and his family were enumerated in 1900 in East Bend Township, and he was enumerated twice in 1910: in Gibson City, Ford County, Illinois, and in East Bend Township. Samuel McClain worked as a farm laborer. By 1920, Samuel and Barbara McClain had separated. He later moved to Alma, Gratiot County, Michigan, where his younger half-brother Isaac Sherman Painter had moved in 1913. Samuel McClain died in 1927 in Alma.
Notes
Many variant spelling of the surname. Generally McClain from 1884 marriage onward.
Samuel McLain's father and maternal grandfather Harmon Hillsbury on 1 Mar 1855 purchased adjoining lots in Section 16 of Township 22 North, Range 8 East (later called East Bend Township), Champaign County, near the location of the now-extinct village of Houstonville. Samuel's parents married on 1 Apr 1855 in Champaign County.
1860 U.S. Census, Township 22 North, Range 8 East [East Bend Township], Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 899, family 869, lines 27-32, p. 122 (written), 19 Jul 1860. (Post Office: Pera)
27. Isaac Painter [head], 23, farm laborer (-0-), Ohio.
28. Barbara -----, 28, Pennsylvania.
29. John -----, 5/12, Illinois.
30. Anthony Walters, 12, Pennsylvania.
31. Phillip [Walters], 9, Pennsylvania.
32. Samuel McClure, 5, Illinois.
• Samuel's family lived in a separate house on the property of his grandfather Harmon Hillsberry. The surname "Walters" is inexplicable. Isaac and Barbara Painter could neither read nor write.
• The East Bend civil township was created from this survey township later in 1860.
• Pera, also called Pera Station, was renamed Ludlow in 1867.
1870 U.S. Census, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 61, family 61, lines 31-38, p. 118B (printed), p. 8 (written), 9 Jul 1870. (Post Office: Rantoul)
33. Painter, Isaac [head], 33, farming ($800; $300), Ohio.
34. ----- Ann, 40, keeping house, Penn.
35. ----- Jno., 10, at home, Ills.
36. ----- Alice, 7, at home, Ills.
37. ----- Isaac, 2, at home, Ills.
38. ----- Samuel, 14, Ills. [Samuel McLain, stepson]
• Lived next door to household of Samuel's uncle Moses Hillsberry, which included Barbara, age 4.
1880 U.S. Census, E.D. 7, Condit Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 36, family 36, lines 36-41, p. 103B (printed), p. 4 (written), 2-3 Jun 1880.
36. Painter, Isaac [head], 43, farmer, born in Ohio; father in Virginia, mother in Penn.
37. ----- Barbara A., 55, wife, keeping house, born in Penn.; parents in Penn.
38. ----- John W., 20, son, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
39. ----- Isaac S., 12, son, born in Illinois; father in Ohio, mother in Penn.
40. M'Lean, Saml., 24, stepson, farm laborer, born in Illinois; father in Indiana, mother in Penn.
41. Hilberry, Barbara, 13, niece, born in Illinois; father in Penn., mother in Ohio.
"Illinois Marriages, 1815-1935", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V2GC-XP9 : 13 January 2020), Samuel McClain, 1884.
"McClain Saml, lab, p o Dewey" (Residents of Condit Twp. in: Champaign County Directory and Gazetteer, 1885 (Urbana: D. McKenzie & Co., 1885), p. 244.) He likely labored on the Condit Twp. farm of his step-father Isaac Painter, listed on the following page.
"Sam McLain buried his oldest child, last Tuesday. Throat trouble and croup." ("Dewey," Champaign County Herald, Urbana, Illinois, 28 Aug 1889, p. 7.)
"—Born on Saturday, May 12, to Mr. and Mrs. Sam McLain, a girl." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 12 May 1894, p. 10.)
"Sam McLain and family has moved into the country near Houstonville." ("Dewey," Champaign County Gazette, Champaign, Illinois, 5 Apr 1899, p. 2.)
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 4, Ward 1, Gibson City, Drummer Twp., Ford Co., Illinois; dwelling 157, family 157, lines 99-100 & 1-7, pp. 135B-136 (printed), pp. 13B-14A (written), 22 Apr 1910.
99. McClain, Sam, head, 48, M1, married 24 years; born in Illinois, father in U.S., mother in Pennsylvania; farmer, working out.
100. ----- Barbry, wife, 43, M1, married 24 years, 8 children (7 living); born in Illinois, father in Pennsylvania, mother in Ohio.
1. ----- Harmon, son, 23, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
2. ----- Tilman, son, 19, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
3. ----- Edward, son, 18, Illinois, farm laborer, working out.
4. ----- Mary, daughter, 16, Illinois.
5. ----- Louis, son, 13, Illinois.
6. ----- Julia, daughter, 10, Illinois.
7. ----- Charlie, son, 6, Illinois.
• Barbara's older sister, Sarah Knell, in preceding household. "Working out" indicated that one was not working on the home farm.
1910 U.S. Census, E.D. 19, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 118, family 118, lines 30-36, p. 270 (printed), p. 10A (written), 5 May 1910.
30. Howard, Orla, head, 33, farmer, general farm.
[...]
36. McClain, Sam, hired man, reported age 59, M1, Illinois, laborer, working out.
• Sons Harmon and Edward working nearby.
"April 24—Julia and Charles McClain, delinquents. Personal service on Samuel McClain and Barbara McClain, parents of Julia and Charles McClain. Samuel Ludlow appointed guardian ad litem for Julia and Charles McClain. Defendants found dependent and delinquent in trial by court and ordered sent to State Training Schools." ("Notes from the Court House," The Paxton Record, Paxton, Illinois, 27 Apr 1916, p. 1.)
Samuel McClain's elder maternal half-brother Philip H. Robinson died in 1918 in Oregon, leaving money to "my three brothers": Samuel McClain, John Painter, and Isaac Painter. (Anthony Hillsberry had passed away in 1902.)
1920 U.S. Census, E.D. 21, East Bend Twp., Champaign Co., Illinois; dwelling 45, family 50, lines 20-24, p. 217 (printed), p. 3A (written), 7 Jan 1920.
20. Day, Dwight, head, 52, Illinois, farmer.
[...]
24. McClean, Samuel, lodger, 60, "widowed"; born in Illinois, parents in United States; farm laborer.
According to a Michigan Department of Health Certificate of Death, Samuel McClain died on 26 Oct 1927 at Alma, Gratiot Co., Michigan, at the age of 71 years, 11 months, and 16 days. He was born on 10 Nov 1855 in Illinois, son of Charles McClain and Barbara Hillsberry; he was a farmer, divorced. Informant: Edward McClain (son).
"Mr. and Mrs. Carl Painted [sic ], Miss Nell Painter and Jesse Bebout attended the funeral of Sam McClain at Alma, Mich., last week." ("Dewey," Urbana Daily Courier, Urbana, Illinois, 2 Nov 1927, p. 7.)
Reviewed 8 July 2023.
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