Grover Wesley McLain 
Grover Wesley was born in December 1892 in Vernon, , Alabama.1 Grover Wesley's father was James Erastus McLain and his mother was Idella J. Morton. His paternal grandparents were Allen Boston McLain and Mary Catherine Hewlett; his maternal grandparents were John Wesley Morton and Nancy Caroline Pennington. He had three brothers and a sister, named Allen Gray, John Lee, James Claude and Daisy.General Notes
Grover seems likely to have been named after President Grover Cleveland, a Democrat when the South voted heavily Democrat.
Grover was like his brothers Gray and Johnnie Lee, a prankster. All four boys were charming, friendly, tall and slender and handsome. While Gray was helpful and reliable, Claude was of a serious nature, and Johnnie Lee was the one who could spin a good tale, Gray was the charmer and the ladies' man. The McLain boys were a wild and mischievous lot, known far and wide for the pranks, which ranged from the innocent to the dangerous, including putting at least once snake onto their victim's bed. Many wondered if they would ever amount to anything at all. Although seemed to always find work, even during the Depression, including construction on the new dam being built in Muscle Schoals and ship building in Rhode Island, in other regards Grover fulfilled community expectations, eventually leaving his wife, Roxie while working in Rhode Island. The discovery was both shocking and surprising to Roxie who had brought the children to visit their father only to realize that the friendly downstairs neighbor was Grover's paramour.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.~ 1790 in NC
- b.1820 in , , North Carolina
- b.~ 1790
- b.14 Jul 1865 in Houston, Winston, Alabama d.29 Dec 1956 in Jackson, Hinds, Mississippi
- b.1756 d.12 Mar 1821 in , Henry, Virginia
- b.~ 1789 in , , Virginia d.1824 in , Morgan, Alabama
- b.~ 1754 d.07 Nov 1789 in , Henry, Virginia
- b.BET. 1821 - 1822 in , , Alabama d.BET. 1888 - 1890 in , Lamar, Alabama
- b.26 Nov 1754 in , Lancaster, Virginia d.31 Jul 1841 in , Walker, Alabama
- b.27 Jul 1798 in , Bedford, Virginia d.BET. 1861 - 1870
- b. in , , Virginia
- d.< 1841
- b.Dec 1892 in Vernon, , Alabama
- b.Feb 1837 in , Fayette, Alabama d.05 Oct 1910 in , Lee, Mississippi
- b.~Jan 1864 in , , Alabama d.21 May 1930 in , Pontotoc, Mississippi
- b.~ 1758 in Guilford or Randolph Co., North Carolina d.~ 1808 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina
- b.1782 in , Randolph, North Carolina d.~15 Sep 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
- d.~ 1829 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina
- b.~ 1818 in , Spartanburg, South Carolina d.1884
- b.~ 1789 in , , North Carolina d.~ 1868 in , Sanford, Alabama
- b.~ 1840 in , Fayette, Alabama d.BET. 1870 - 1875 in , Fayette, Alabama
- b.~ 1760 in Union District, South Carolina d.03 Jan 1826 in , Lincoln, Tennessee
- b.08 Feb 1794 in Union District, South Carolina d.24 Jun 1870 in , Lafayette, Mississippi
- b.~ 1765 in , , South Carolina d.1810 in , , South Carolina
- b.Oct 1821 in , , Tennessee d.1879
- b.02 Feb 1795 in , , South Carolina d.29 Apr 1870 in , Lafayette, Mississippi
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Grover Wesley and Roxie were married in a religious ceremony on September 8th, 1912 in Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi.2 They had a son and four daughters, named Grover Wesley, Edna Earl, Jewel, Ruby and Sybil.
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Children
Grover Wesley McLain
Grover Wesley was born on June 27th, 1924.3 He died in Florence, Pontotoc, Mississippi. He was buried in Pontotoc Cemetery, Pontotoc, Pontotoc, Mississippi.
1 AmyMcLain.FTW
2 Marriage License @ Book 1912-1915, Page 14, Pontotoc County
3 Edna Earl McLain Dolland Notes
2 Marriage License @ Book 1912-1915, Page 14, Pontotoc County
3 Edna Earl McLain Dolland Notes
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