Olivia McClanahan

Notes:

Ken Harvey writes "She was known as Ollie and is remembered as having had violet coloured eyes. In the census of 1880 she gave her age as 34. This would result in her year of birth being 1846. A possible son, Billie Payne believed to have been born abt. 1891, was also listed. This is thought to be an error. Grace Payne, also listed here as a child, is almost certainly Marvin Walter Payne's wife, Grace Ellen Gentry.

Ollie used to teasingly say, when the atheletic Sam went off to distant parts cowboying for a month or so, that she was going into town "to get herself a fatman." Presumably his weight would keep him in one place. Young Effie would always reply "Yes, and I will damm him to.""

Lynell Cordell found this brief mention of her final illness in the Duncan Eagle, dated Thursday, Jan. 13, 1910:

"We regret very much to learn that Mrs. S.M. Payne, who lives in the Wood Reserve, received a severe stroke of paralysis on last Tuesday, and since that time has been dangerously ill."

Lynell was not, however, able to locate an obituary.

Olivia married Samuel Marshall Payne on 20 Aug 1873 in Schuyler County, Missouri. Samuel (son of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born on 11 Mar 1849 in Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri; died on 20 Jun 1916 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 21 Jun 1916 in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
!MARRIAGE LIC. Schuyler Co. MO.Paage 58,Book C, 1871-92 (MCCL Doc. 13)

1. C. Frank Payne was born in May 1875 in Missouri; died about 1936 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
2. Aubrey Hamilton Payne was born on 28 Mar 1877 in Shelby County, Missouri; died on 25 Nov 1954 in Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas; was buried in I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Eureka Springs, Carroll County, Arkansas.
3. Samuel E. Payne was born about 1879 in Texas; died about 1904 in Hardeman County, Texas.
4. Marvin Walter Payne was born on 17 Jan 1881 in Gainesville, Cooke County, Texas; died on 4 Jan 1948 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried in Marlow, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
5. Effie Mae Payne was born in May 1883 in Texas; died about 1963; was buried in Tonkawa, Kay County, Oklahoma.

Notes:

Charles Strong found the family listed on the 1850 Schuyler County, Missouri census listing while on a research trip in Schulyer County, Missouri in November, 2002. He also located a deed titled Elias and Adeline Brown to Enoch C. McClanahan filed for record on July 28, 1855, made and entered into on the third day of June 1854 in the State of Missouri, County of Schulyer for land. The land was located about a mile and a half northwest of the town called Green Top. Reference Book 4, page 67. Charles sent the copy of the complete deed to Cova Jean Williams for her files.

U S General Land Office Records, 1796-1907 show that Enoch C. McClanahan was issued 40 acres of land on the 5th PM(eridan) in Schuyler County, MO, Twp 64-N, Range 15-W, Section 9, Accession #M04940___.291, Metes and Bounds No, Land Office Milan, Authority April 24, 1820, Sale-Cash Entry (3 Stat.566), Document Number 4240

The brief biography, copied below, was found on his FindAGrave memorial page, created by Larry Boyd and maintained by Emma Sue.

Enoch Cox McClanahan was born in Tennessee on April 18, 1818, to William and Sarah Cox McClanahan.

The family moved to Missouri where, on August 4, 1838, Enoch married Andromache "America" Mills. Together they had ten children. They were married 25 years before America died in 1863.

Enoch then married Mary Melinda Logsdon on November 20, 1864.

Enoch died March 9, 1877. He is buried in Montgomery Cemetery. His stone is one of a very few that was able to be found in the cemetery. It was the more legible of the stones. He is buried next to his granddaughter, Loue.

Census records list Enoch as a farmer. Cemetery records and his tombstone list him as a doctor.

Taken from A Journey Through Time with the Taylor Family of Missouri by Emma Sue Davenport.


(Research):
Census Listings:

1850 Census
Schuyler County, Missouri
#413
McClanahan, C. 30 M Farmer Tennessee
McClanahan, Mackey 30 F Tennessee
McClanahan, Perry 11 M Missouri
McClanahan, Olivia 8 F Missouri
McClanahan, Edmund F. 6 M Missouri
McClanahan, Elizabeth 1 F Missouri

1860 Census
Missouri, Schuyler, Saltriver Township, PO Greentop MO
Enumerated 17 July 1860
Page 127
944-933
E C McClamaham 45 M Farmer 3500 1600 Tenn
Andromica McClamaham 43 F Ky
Perry McClamaham 19 M Mo
Olive McClamaham 15 F Mo
Edmon McClamaham 13 M Mo
Elizabeth McClamaham 12 F Mo
Laura McClamaham 10 F Mo
Lafayette McClamaham 10 M Mo
Daniel McClamaham 8 M Mo
Mary McClamaham 6 F Mo
Alice McClamaham 1 F Mo

1870 Census
Missouri, Schuyler County, Salt River Township, PO Lancater
Enumerated 5 Aug 1870
Page 17 Stamped 391
127-127
McClannahan, Enock C 52 M W Farmer $--- $500 Tenn
McClannahan, Mary M 30 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Olive 23 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Sarah 21 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Laura 18 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Lafayette 18 M W Keeing House Mo
McClannahan, Daniel M 16 M W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Frances 13 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Alice 11 F W Keeping House Mo
McClannahan, Dora 4 F W Mo

Research Notes prepared by Ken Harvey below:

5 legal sized papers I not sure just what they are. Enoch C. MCCL Deed to William M Gates Plat of Township of Schuyler Co. MO Greeting from the Sheriff of Schuyler Co. Mo. His signature as a Justice of the Peace 1 page from "Histories of . . Dallas . . . . . . .MO" 3 pages Masonic Records 1868 Has been appointed guardian of his children.

It is understood that Enoch Cox McClanahan was born in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. The source for this event location is unknown. If this is correct then William McClanahan (b 1783), listed both in the 1830 and 1832 census indexes of that county, was almost certainly his father.

TN/1830/William McClanahan/Jefferson Co./Microfilm No.180 page No. 91

TN/1832/William McClanahan/Jefferson Co.

William was the only McClanahan listed in Jefferson Co., Tennessee. Unfortunately he was not listed (1996) in the Index to the 1820 census where he would have been expected.

Enoch married Andromache "America" "Mackey" Mills on 4 Aug 1838 in Cooper County, Missouri. Andromache was born on 18 Aug 1816 in Kentucky; died on 6 Oct 1863 in Schuyler County, Missouri; was buried in Greentop Cemetery, Schuyler County, Missouri. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The I.G.I. records her name as Andromache (America) Mills - from this it is assumed she was commonly called, and known as, America.

She was presumably named after one of the finest drawn female characters in Homer's Iliad, Androm'ache; the wife of Hector.

Carol McClaanahan Mikelson/Robin Haake emailed, in November 2020, that Andromache had a sister, Penelope Mills, another name from Homer's Iliad. She had once been told that John Mills was a sea captain, but has not found confirmation of that fact.

Notes:

Married:
Cooper County, Missouri
Record of Images of Marriages for Cooper, 1838

State of Missouri
County of Cooper
Enoch McClanahan & America Mills
This is to certify that Enoch McClanah and America Mills were united in marriage on Thrusday 2nd instand this 4th August 1838. Sam C. Davidson, Min. of Gospel

Said to have been affiliated with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.