7/5/1860 Bloomington, Decatur Co, IA. At census time Andrew JMcClain , 28, was a farmer but had only personal property valued at$500. Marg aret was 23, their children were John J, 4, Sarah E, 2,and Wm H, 1, bu t they had also taken in three of Margaret's orphanedsiblings, George R B athe, 18, farmer; Mahala, 16' and John T, 8.Down the road was the Mat thew McClain family, Andrew's older brother?
His place of death is from cemetery records. Other researchers say hed ied at Mount Ayr, Ringgold Co, IA, probably because that is where heli ved at the time.
