David Edward McCleary

Brief Life History of David Edward

When David Edward McCleary was born on 5 March 1807, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States, his father, William McCleary, was 35 and his mother, Rachel Johnson, was 32. He married Celia Colyar on 15 September 1835, in Elkhart, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 6 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Prairie Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States for about 30 years. He died on 7 April 1888, in Kosciusko, Indiana, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Leesburg Cemetery, Plain Township, Kosciusko, Indiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

David Edward McCleary
1807–1888
Celia Colyar
1820–1894
Marriage: 15 September 1835
Martha Mc Cleary
1836–
Abraham Mc Cleary
1836–1857
Rebecca Mc Cleary
1839–1906
Susanna Mc Cleary
1841–1850
Reuben Mc Cleary
1844–1923
William Mc Cleary
1848–1850
Rachel A. Mc Cleary
1850–1932
Mary Catherine McCleary
1853–1925
John Colyar Mc Cleary
1855–1941
David Edward Mc Cleary
1857–1860
Elizabeth Fannie Mccleary
1860–1943
James Mc Cleary
1865–1866

Sources (10)

  • David Mc Clay, "United States Census, 1870"
  • David Mcclary, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007"
  • David Edward McCleary, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1808

Atlantic slave trade abolished.

1810 · Change of capital city

Zanesville becomes the new state capital.

1830 · The Second Great Awakening

Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.

Name Meaning

Irish (northern) and Scottish:

Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an Chléirigh (Irish), or Mac a'Chléirich (Scottish) ‘son of the cleric’. See Cleary .

Anglicized form of Mac Giolla Arraith ‘son of the servant of Arraith’, or possibly (since there is no saint Arráith) of Mac Giolla an Ráith ‘son of the prosperous youth’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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