Hannah Jane McClain

Brief Life History of Hannah Jane

When Hannah Jane McClain was born on 20 May 1849, in Alton, Madison, Illinois, United States, her father, Michael McClain, was 26 and her mother, Sarah Jane Brownlee, was 20. She married Caleb Philip Westbrook in 1866. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 5 daughters. She lived in Decatur, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1870 and Warrensburg, Macon, Illinois, United States in 1880. She died on 27 December 1923, in Maroa, Macon, Illinois, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Maroa, Macon, Illinois, United States.

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Family Time Line

Caleb Philip Westbrook
1846–1913
Hannah Jane McClain
1849–1923
Marriage: 1866
George W Westbrook
1868–1932
Sarah J Westbrook
1877–
Clara Westbrook
1880–1880
Dora Westbrook
1870–
McClain Theodore Westbrook
1874–1917
Bessie May Westbrook
1883–
Female Westbrook
1886–
Howard Westbrook
1889–1962

Sources (24)

  • Hannah Westbrook, "United States, Census, 1880"
  • Hannah I Mclean, "Illinois, County Marriages, 1810-1940"
  • Hannah Jane McLean Westbrook, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1855

Historical Boundaries: 1855: Macon, Illinois, United States

1863

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

1870 · The Fifteenth Amendment

Prohibits the federal government and each state from denying a citizen the right to vote based on that citizen's race, color, or previous condition of servitude. It was the last of the Reconstruction Amendments.

Name Meaning

Scottish and Manx: variant of McLean .

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

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