James Henry McCleary

Brief Life History of James Henry

When James Henry McCleary was born on 12 November 1857, in Wayne City, Wayne, Illinois, United States, his father, James Franklin McCleary, was 28 and his mother, Angeline L Longolis, was 28. He married Martha Adaline Sandlin on 24 August 1879, in Wayne, Illinois, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mount Erie, Wayne, Illinois, United States for about 20 years and Noble, Richland, Illinois, United States in 1930. He died on 4 October 1930, in Wayne, Illinois, United States, at the age of 72, and was buried in Johnson Cemetery, Mount Erie Township, Wayne, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Henry McCleary
1857–1930
Martha Adaline Sandlin
1861–1930
Marriage: 24 August 1879
John Augustus McCleary
1881–1915
Henry McCleary
1883–1971
Sally Francis McCleary
1885–1897
Philip or Tip McCleary
1886–1954
Lenora McCleary
1889–1974
Luvada McCleary
1892–1983
Goldie Opal Mc Cleary
1894–1983
Scott McCleary
1896–1935
McCleary
1898–1898
Martha McCleary
1898–1969
Pearl McCleary
1900–1947

Sources (23)

  • James H Mccleary in household of Pearl Brown, "United States Census, 1930"
  • James H Mccleary Jr, "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947"
  • Jas H McCleary, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"

World Events (8)

1863

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1871

Historical Boundaries: 1871: Wayne, Illinois, United States

1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield

Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

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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