Selected Families and Individuals


Andrew McLain [Parents] was born 1 on 5 Apr 1832 in KY.. He died on 23 Dec 1905 in KY.. He was buried in Eden's Chapel Cem., Fleming Co., KY.. He married Mary Daugherty on 18 Nov 1864 in Bath Co., KY.

Living with wife and sons Robert, Omer and dau. Giney in Bath Co., Wyoming
District on 1900 census
Listed on the 1880 census at Wyoming, Bath Co., KY

Mary Daugherty was born on 14 Mar 1844. She died on 31 Dec 1905. She was buried in Eden's Chapel Cem., Fleming Co., KY.. She married Andrew McLain on 18 Nov 1864 in Bath Co., KY.

Birthdate on 1900 census is given as 1856 with age of 44, married 34 years.

They had the following children:

  M i Robert McLain was born in Aug 1866 in KY.
  F ii Benjamin McLain was born about 1867 in KY.
  F iii Isabell McLain was born about 1868 in KY. She died on 9 Feb 1947 in Fleming Co., KY.
  M iv Thomas A. McLain was born about 1870 in KY.
  F v Sarah McLain was born about 1872. She died on 5 Jan 1963.
  M vi Omar W. McLain was born on 17 Oct 1875. He died on 3 Jul 1947.
  M vii Edward McLain was born on 28 May 1877 in Bath Co., KY. He died on 29 May 1877 in Bath Co., KY. The cause of death was not known per death record.
  M viii William G. McLain was born about 1879 in KY. He died on 22 Jan 1939 in St. Louis, MO.

William G. McClain
Bath County News-Outlook Thursday, May 26, 1939
Relatives here were notified recently of the death of William G. McClain, formerly of the Okla neighborhood, this county. Mr. McClain died January 22 of a heart attack in the veterans' hospital at St. Louis, Mo.
He was a soldier of the Spanish-American war. He was a son of the late Andrew and Mary Daugherty McLain. Surviving him are five sisters, Mrs. A. C. Campbell and Mrs. Annie Gray, of this county; Mrs. M. C. Collins, Mrs. Sallie Roby and Mrs. Bell Perkins, and one brother, Omar McClain, all of Fleming county.
Burial was in a veterans' cemetery near St. Louis.
  F ix Giney McLain was born in Dec 1886 in KY.
  F x Female McLain.
  F xi Annie McLain.
  F xii Female McLain.

William McLain [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 11 Jun 1837 in Fleming Co., KY. He died on 14 Apr 1925 in Fleming Co., KY. The cause of death was lobar pneumonia. He was buried in Hillsboro City Cemetery, Hillsboro, Fleming Co., KY. He married Louise ?. William was employed as shoe maker.

Living in Fleming Co., KY. on 1870 census

Louise ? was born about 1842. She married William McLain.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary McLain was born about 1866 in KY..

Joseph Edgar Eden [Parents] was born on 10 Sep 1820 in Bath Co., KY.. He died on 28 Feb 1910 in Moultrie Co., IL.. He was buried in Greenhill Cem., Sullivan, IL. He married Matilda Bussell on 14 May 1846 in Rush Co., IN. Joseph was employed as hotel owner "Eden House".

Matilda Bussell [Parents] was born on 25 Apr 1828 in Rush Co., IN. She died on 27 Oct 1895 in Lincoln, NE. She was buried in Greenhill Cem., Sullivan, IL. She married Joseph Edgar Eden on 14 May 1846 in Rush Co., IN.

They had the following children:

  M i William W. Eden.
  M ii Erastus Bussell Eden.
  M iii John Finley Eden was born about 1852. He died after 1880.
  F iv Susan R. Eden was born on 23 Mar 1850.

James Edward Moore was born on 31 Oct 1827 in Henry Co., KY. He died on 9 May 1895 in Bruce, Moultrie Co., IL. He was buried in Whitfield Cem.. He married Julina Eden on 7 Oct 1847 in Rush Co., IN.

Two daughters and two sons of the Moore's settled in Washington state. Two
sons stayed in Moultrie Co., IL

Julina Eden [Parents] was born on 26 Feb 1823 in Bath Co., KY.. She died on 26 Jun 1900 in Bruce, Moultrie Co., IL. She was buried in Whitfield Cem.. She married James Edward Moore on 7 Oct 1847 in Rush Co., IN.

Listed on 1880 census at Whitley, Moultrie Co., IL, p. 483.

They had the following children:

  M i John R. Moore was born about 1852 in IN.
  M ii Sanford Moore was born about 1854 in IL.
  F iii Roxy A. Moore was born about 1859 in IL.
  F iv May Moore was born about 1867 in IL.

John Rice Eden [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 1 Feb 1826 in Bath Co., KY. He died on 9 Jun 1909 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL. He was buried in Greenhill Cem.. He married Phebe Roxana Meeker on 7 Aug 1856 in Sullivan, IL. John was employed as attorney/Congressman.

EDEN, John Rice, a Representative from Illinois; born in Bath County, Ky., February 1, 1826; moved with his parents to Indiana; attended the public schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1853 and commenced practice in Sullivan, Ill.; prosecuting attorney for the seventeenth judicial district of Illinois 1856-1860; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-eighth Congress (March 4, 1863-March 3, 1865); unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1864 to the Thirty-ninth Congress; unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Governor of Illinois in 1868; elected to the Forty-third, Forty-fourth, and Forty-fifth Congresses (March 4, 1873-March 3, 1879); chairman, Committee on War Claims (Forty-fourth and Forty-fifth Congresses); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1878; resumed the practice of law in Sullivan, Ill.; elected to the Forty-ninth Congress (March 4, 1885-March 3, 1887); unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1886; again engaged in the practice of law; died in Sullivan, Moultrie County, Ill., June 9, 1909; interment in Greenhill Cemetery.
Source: Facebook on line.

Phebe Roxana Meeker [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 6 Jan 1834 in Bennington, Delaware Co., Ohio. She died on 9 Mar 1888 in Sullivan, IL. She was buried in Greenhill Cem.. She married John Rice Eden on 7 Aug 1856 in Sullivan, IL.

They had the following children:

  F i Emma Eden was born in 1857 in Sullivan, IL.. She died on 5 Mar 1923. She was buried in Greenhill Cem., Sullivan, IL.

Living at home with parents on 1880 census of Moultrie Co., IL
  F ii Rose Eden was born in 1858. She died on 5 Nov 1907.
  M iii Finley R. Eden was born on 21 Aug 1859. He died on 22 Mar 1862. He was buried in Greenhill Cem..
  M iv Thomas Hartwell Eden was born in 1860. He died on 18 Mar 1879. He was buried in Greenhill Cem..

Died of typhoid
  M v Walter Eden was born on 14 Jul 1862. He died on 7 Nov 1932.
  F vi Belle Eden was born in 1863.
  M vii Joseph Edgar Eden was born in 1870. He died on 26 Feb 1872.
  F viii Blanche Eden was born in Aug 1877. She died in Feb 1939.

Henry Bishop Sampson [scrapbook] was born on 7 Feb 1828 in Rush Co., IN. He died on 5 Apr 1908. He was buried in Whitfield Cem., Moultrie Co., IL. He married Nancy Jane Eden on 16 Aug 1852 in Rushville, Rush Co. IN.

Some data on this Sampson family posted by PKirschoffer53 (on Ancestry.com in 2011)
Appears on 1880 census of Whitley, Moultrie Co., IL, p. 484

Nancy Jane Eden [Parents] [scrapbook] was born on 26 Aug 1832 in Rush Co., IN. She died on 13 Mar 1919 in Moultrie Co., IL. She was buried in Whitfield Cem., Moultrie Co., IL. She married Henry Bishop Sampson on 16 Aug 1852 in Rushville, Rush Co. IN.

Listed on 1900 & 1910 census of Whitley, Moltrie Co., IL

They had the following children:

  F i Marilda A. Sampson was born on 2 Jul 1853.
  M ii Edgar Sampson was born in 1855. He died in 1928.
  M iii William Sampson was born on 25 May 1858 in Moultrie Co., IL. He died in 1936 in Moultrie Co., IL.
  M iv George W. Sampson was born on 25 May 1864 in IL. He died on 3 Aug 1931 in Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL.

Listed on 1880 census of Whitley, Moultrie Co., IL
  F v Susan Rice Sampson was born on 4 Dec 1869 in Moultrie Co., IL. She died in 1936 in Moultrie Co., IL.

Listed on 1880 census of Whitley, Moultrie Co. IL - age 11
  F vi Rosa Sampson was born on 29 Jun 1872. She died on 28 Jun 1953.

William S. Bussell.William married Maria Ward.

Colonel in state militia and in the Black Hawk War

Maria Ward was born in KY. She married William S. Bussell.

They had the following children:

  F i Matilda Bussell was born on 25 Apr 1828. She died on 27 Oct 1895.

William W. Eden [Parents].William married Belle Alexander.

Belle Alexander.Belle married William W. Eden.


Erastus Bussell Eden [Parents].Erastus married Elizabeth Beverage. Erastus was employed as insurance/real estate.

residing in Sullivan, IL in 1891

Elizabeth Beverage.Elizabeth married Erastus Bussell Eden.


John Finley Eden [Parents] was born about 1852 in IN. He died after 1880. He married Josephine Symter. John was employed as liveryman.

residing in Sullivan IL in 1891
Listed on 1880 census of Sullivan, Moultrie Co., IL, p. 471.

Josephine Symter died after 1880. She married John Finley Eden.

They had the following children:

  M i Alfred Edgar Eden was born about 1874. He died on 19 Jul 1940.
  M ii W.W. Eden.

Living in Kansas City, MO at death of brother Alfred
  M iii L.L. Eden.

Living at Walnut, CA at death of brother Alfred

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