Mabel Joan CHAMBERLAIN

• BIRTH: 7 MAR 1932
  Carolyn Chamberlain family history records.

                            _Jacob Wesley CHAMBERLAIN _
 _Byrl Ross CHAMBERLAIN ___|
|                          |_Barbara Jane BECKETT _____
|
|--Mabel Joan CHAMBERLAIN 
|
|                           ___________________________
|_Mabel McKinley BUCHANON _|
                           |___________________________

Regina CHAMBERLAIN

• BIRTH: 1825, Tompkins, Delaware, NY

                         _Joseph CHAMBERLIN _
 _Eliphalet CHAMBERLIN _|
|                       |_Eunice AMSDEN _____
|
|--Regina CHAMBERLAIN 
|
|                        ____________________
|_Julia Ann LANGDON ____|
                        |____________________

Irvin COY

• BIRTH: 1865, ,, IN
  1880 Census, Van Buren, Kosciusko Co., IN, p. 27D.

• CENSUS: 1880, Van Buren, KOsciusko Co., IN
  1880 Census, Van Buren, Kosciusko Co., IN, p. 27D.

               _Ludwig Jr. COY _____
 _Henry COY __|
|             |_Magdalena WELLBAUM _
|
|--Irvin COY 
|
|              _____________________
|_Mary _____ _|
              |_____________________

John W. MCCONNELL

• BIRTH: ABT 1795, ,, PA
  An estimated date of birth. We know from census records he was born in
  Pennsylvania.

• DEATH: AFT 1860, Cold Springs Twp, Shelby Co., IL
  The last known of John W. Mcconnell was his trial for gaming in 1859 and
  also a lawsuit between Hardy Warren and John W. McConnell and Samuel Hall
  in 1859.

• CENSUS: 1840
  1840 Census, Cass Twp, Hancock Co., OH, p.

• OCCUPATION: Farmer

• MARRIAGE: Prb Ohio

1. Jacob "Jake" MCCONNELL
2. John "Jonathon" MCCONNELL

                   __
 _John MCCONNELL _|
|                 |__
|
|--John W. MCCONNELL 
|
|                  __
|_Unknown ________|
                  |__

Notes

There are land records (details below) that show that John W. McConnell was
Jacob McConnell's father. The most likely place that John W. McConnell lived
was in Hancock County, Ohio where many of the 12 children of a John McConnell
moved to from Westmoreland, Pennsylvania. The John McConnell who was originally
from Donegal, Ireland was married to Elizabeth McKinley.

The earliest census record I have that is possibly of John W. McConnell is a
record in 1840 of a "John Mackenel" in Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio,
page 43. That record shows that John McConnell was born between 1790 and 1799.
There are 2 males aged 15-19 and 1 male aged 10-14. Any of these could be
Jacob McConnell. There were also 2 females aged 5-9 and one female 40-49,
who would be John McConnell's wife. From various sources there were a number
of children of John McConnell and Elizabeth McKinley living in the area. This
looks logical as a place where Jacob McConnell grew up. It is close to Defiance
County, Ohio, where Jacob McConnell married in 1852 and lived until 1858. Also,
Jacob McConnell was not literate, so it is probable his father was not also.
Jacob McConnell's marriage certificate is spelled with a "K" and this census
record also is spelled with a "K." All other census records for John McConnells
in 1830 and 1840 have been ruled out. This record seems to fit.

By 1850 John McConnell and his family in Cass Township, Hancock County, Ohio
appeared to have moved. There remained numerous McConnells in Hancock County
who had come from Pennsylvania and many of them were related to John McConnell
and Elizabeth McKinley. A possibile matching census record for John McConnell in
1850 is at Gibson township, Columbia Co., Indiana, p. 136. In that record is a
John McConnell b. 1799 in Pennsylvania. He was living alone with a William
McConnell born in Ohio in 1836. This was the first and last record of this family
in that area. It fits all known facts but it may but I don't have any proof that
shows that John McConnell lived in Indiana.

Jacob McConnell's father, John W. McConnell, purchased 80 acres of federal
land for $200 at Cold Springs Township, Shelby Co., IL on Sept 17, 1855.
The legal description for the two pieces of land is SWNW and NWSW Section 29,
Township 10N, Range 02E, Meridian 3. It is land at the junction of Stoney
Creek and Beck's Creek. This land, along with an additional 40 acres purchased
by Boseal McConnell on 11/26/1879 stayed in the McConnell family for slightly
over 72 years. It was sold after the death of Thomas McConnell, Jacob
McConnell's son, who died in 1927.

There is an 1860 census record for a John McConnell, born 1827, who is
listed as "Jno.", with his wife Mary J. and his children Samuel, Malona and
Jacob R. The interesting fact about this census record is that it indicates
that this John McConnell did not own any real estate in 1860. So the owner
of the real estate was another John McConnell, who we refer to as John
W. McConnell because that is how he is described in court documents
(described below). This John McConnell appears to be related but it isn't
clear how he is related. He was born in Pennsylvania and he did not appear to
have made any claim to John W. McConnell's land. He lived close to Jacob
McConnell in 1860 and, he may have bailed Jacob McConnell and John W. McConnell
out of jail (this event is described below). He also named his son Jacob R.
McConnell and Jacob is an unusual name for McConnells. In 1862 he joined the
Civil War as a private. His roster records show he was born in Greene County,
PA about 1830. He endured in the Civil War for the entire period. This was an
achievement because about a third of his unit deserted and another third were
killed or severely wounded. Only about one third of his unit were honorably
discharged.

John W. McConnell was tried for "gaming", which was playing cards for
money in 1859 along with Jacob McConnell and another person named
John Smith. They were arrested on April 10, 1857. They paid a $50 bond
and they were bailed out by John McConnell, Moses Spurgeon (who lived
near Jacob McConnell per the 1860 census) and Wesley King (who lived next
to a young John McConnell in the 1860 census). Eventually they paid $100
fines.

In the 1860s there was a lawsuit against John W. McConnell for nonpayment
of a debt.

There is no census record that can be read for John W. McConnell in Shelby Co.,
Illinois. About one fifth of the 1860 census records for Shelby County are
unreadable due to water damage so he very well might have been in the census
but the record was lost. The 1870 census records are in even worse condition
and no record of any McConnells could be found. By 1880 he appears to have
disappeared. Jacob McConnell was living on his land and I do not know what
happened to him. I don't know of a tombstone or other record that he died.
The land records do not show a transfer of title to Jacob McConnell. There
was no record of probate or any will.

There is a family story that John McConnell once got in a fight with a
giant Swede at a dance. The Swede grabbed him by the coattails and swung
him around his head. This story was much enjoyed by many generations of
McConnells.

Since we know that Jacob McConnell was born in Ohio around 1827, that means
that John McConnell must have been in Ohio and since he bought property in
Illinois in 1855 I looked for a census record that matched. I found only
one that fit all the criteria and it is a record of a "John Mackenel" in
the 1840 census in Hancock County, Ohio. This record fits from a number of
points of view.

George A. MCDOWELL

• BIRTH: 1866, Concord Twp, Elkhart Co., IN
• CENSUS: 1880, Concord Twp, Elkhart Co., IN
  1880 Census, Concord Twp, Elkhart Co., IN, p. 465A.

• OCCUPATION: Farmer

                        _Samuel H. MCDOWELL _
 _William M. MCDOWELL _|
|                      |_Elizabeth _____ ____
|
|--George A. MCDOWELL 
|
|                       _George PUTERBAUGH __
|_Mary PUTERBAUGH _____|
                       |_Mary Polly WOLF ____

Leslie Walter MCFADDEN

• BIRTH: 22 DEC 1914, Bazine, Ness Co., KS
• DEATH: 17 MAR 1972, Wichita, Sedgwick, KS
• BURIAL: 21 MAR 1972, Ness City, Ness Co., KS

• MARRIAGE: 20 JUL 1937, Kansas City, Wyandotte Co., KS

1. Kathleen Claire MCFADDEN
2. Patrick Gordon MCFADDEN
3. Daniel Leigh MCFADDEN

                        __
 _Walter Guy MCFADDEN _|
|                      |__
|
|--Leslie Walter MCFADDEN 
|
|                       __
|_Ruth Marion NEWPORT _|
                       |__

Notes

!Lislie, as a youngster had plenty of chores, milking cows, feeding livestock,
and helping in the fields. They raised Sugar Beets, Oats and Wheat.

!After finishing his senior year in school, Leslie passed the "Normal School
test", and became a teacher. He taught school in both Ness and Hodgeman CO,
and farmed part time, with his father on the family farm in Stockton.

!Les & Wilma were married, by a former High School teacher, called "Preacher
Farr." Preacher Farr, had told Leslie that when he found a Bride, he should
come to Kansas City, and he would marry them.

!Leslie did not participate in WWII, because he was classified 4F. He did
however continue to Teach through the 1948-49 term, when he retired from
teaching and worked in the Ness City Bowling Alley, in addition to part-time
farming.

!In 1950, when his father retired from the farm, Les accepted the opportunity
to farm full time on the family farm where he was born and raised.

!"Les" McFadden, was a man in demand. From 1938, to at least 1970 Les was a
Bureau Reporter (US Weather Bureau) for the FT Worth TX Office, and at times he
used equipment recording rainfall, barometric pressure, humidity and tempature.

!Today (1970) a rain gauge is the only equipment in service.

!Les, was very optimistic about the future of the farm business, noting that
freedom of operating decisions made farming superior to any other business. He
believed in Co-Operative marketing, but "did not believe that withholding would
sove surplus problems". He also felt that more farmer's, would rent equipment
in the future.

!Leslie McFadden, was very active in The Farm Bureau with activities including
Membership on the board of directors 1962-66, served on State Program, of Work
Committee 1967-68 and at the County Level was been active in Membership, Policy
Development, Market Development, Public Relations and Saftey.

!Les was a Trustee and Sunday School Teacher at the First Baptist Church of
Bazine, a member of the board of directors of the Dodge City Co-Operative
Exchange, Vice President of The Central Kansas Electric Co-Operative, a
Precinct Committeeman, a Soil Conservation board member, a Director of The
Pawnee Valley Irrigation Association, and a past Vice President of The Kansas
Irrigators and Reclamation Association.

!Les McFadden, was nominated in 1970 for "Farm Bureau Leader of the year", by
the Ness County Farm Bureau. Mr. McFadden, had been a Pioneer Seed Dealer for
12 years. The McFadden Farm, was 530 acres of Pawnee Valley farm land, 300 of
which was irrigated. Three wells on the place, were each able to pump 2,000
gallons of water a minute.

!Crops produced on this farm was grain and forage for livestock feeders. Milo,
Corn, Wheat and Alfalfa were the principal crops.

Elizabeth Ruth WOLFE

• BIRTH: 29 JUN 1939

• MARRIAGE: 4 AUG 1962, Lawndale, Los Angeles Co., CA

1. Susan Kathleen REED
2. Vicki Gail REED
3. Carol Esther REED
4. Marla Jean REED

                   __
 _Floyd G. WOLFE _|
|                 |__
|
|--Elizabeth Ruth WOLFE 
|
|                  __
|_________________|
                  |__

Notes