Kentucky: A History of the State, Battle, Perrin, & Kniffin, 6th ed., 1887,
Shelby Co.

ROBERT McCLAIN was born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1822.  His father, Thomas
McClain, was a son of John and Rachel McClain, and was born in Virginia in
1790.  When about twenty years old he came to Kentucky, settled in Shelby
County, farmed, and died in 1853.  He married Miss Elizabeth Gray, daughter
of Robert and Mary Gray, the former a native of Ireland.  Mrs. McClain was
born in Shelby County, Ky., in 1790, and died in 1851.  They were both
members of the Baptist Church at Southville, Shelby County, where they are
buried.  Robert McClain is the sixth of thirteen children.  He has
successfully followed farming through life, and is the owner of about 700
acres, near Little Mount, in Spencer County.  He is a member of the Baptist
Church, and of the Masonic fraternity.  In 1859 he married Miss Isabel M.
Payne, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Scott) Payne, of Shelby County, Ky.;
Samuel was a farmer and a son of John Payne of Shelby County.  Mrs. Payne
was a daughter of Andrew Scott of Shelby County.  Mrs. McClain was born
in 1837, and died August 14, 1882, and had been a member of the Baptist
Church ten or twelve years.  She was the mother of seven children, three
of whom preceded her in death, and four who survive: Mary E., Hillard C.
(deceased), Lillie F., Thomas W. (deceased), Murtie B., Robert S. and
James E. (deceased).

McClain Gray Payne Scott
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Little_Mount-Spencer-KY VA Ireland

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