Sarah Elizabeth McClanahan

Notes:

Ken Harver writes that she was a school teacher. Cova Jean Williams writes that she was buried at the Owens Prairie Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma. If this is correct, it may have been in an unmarked grave as she can not be found on the 2001 Survey done by Karla Sharp for the USGenWeb and OkGenWeb Project. Nor can a listing be found for her on FindAGrave.

(Medical):Ken Harvey notes that she was crippled, and had a goiter.

Sarah married Levi Newton Payne on 28 Feb 1875 in Shelby County, Missouri. Levi (son of Thomas Hamilton Payne and Martha Jane Marshall) was born on 2 Aug 1856 in Shelby County, Missouri; died on 3 Dec 1932 in Chandler, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Ken Harvey states that the dates of births and deaths relating to this family group came from family bible which is in possion of Ruby Nichols at Higley, Arizona; Levi Newton Paynes death certificate; and Marriage license between Levi Newton Payne and S.E.MCCLANAHAN. Additional information is from the unpublished typescript MCCLANAHAN FAMILY HISTORY by Dorothy Lee Pattison (1989).

1. Clarence Richard "Dick" Payne was born on 19 Apr 1876 in Texas; died on 26 Apr 1960.
2. William Bertram Payne was born on 22 Jul 1878 in Missouri; died on 22 Jun 1915 in Seminole County, Oklahoma.
3. Thomas J. Payne was born on 19 Mar 1879 in Texas; died in May 1879 in Texas.
4. Fred Lee Payne was born on 25 Jul 1880 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas; died on 29 Aug 1950 in Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
5. Walter W. Payne was born on 22 Mar 1885 in Quanah, Hardeman County, Texas; died on 13 Mar 1923 in Duncan, Stephens County, Oklahoma; was buried on 14 Mar 1923 in Owens Prairie Cemetery, Stephens County, Oklahoma.
6. Edith Fannie Payne was born on 16 Oct 1885 in Texas; died on 24 Oct 1925 in Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma; was buried in A. J. Powell Memorial Cemetery, Hominy, Osage County, Oklahoma.
7. Ollie J. Payne was born on 29 Sep 1887 in Texas; died on 13 Mar 1969 in Arizona; was buried in City of Mesa Cemetery, Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
8. Eugenie Payne was born on 24 Nov 1892 in Indian Territory; died about 1925.

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.