Husband: JAMES MC CONNEL born: place: May 1792 on board ship marr: place: August 1813, Guernsey Co., OH died: place: buried: place: 6 July 1845, Coen Methodist Church Cemetery, Noble Co., OH Father: William McConnel Mother: Susannah Wife: FANNY STEPHENS born: place: 1792 died: place: March 1845 buried: place: Coen Cemetery, Noble Co., OH Father: John STEPHENS* Mother: Rachel* (* note: from Cecil Larsen's World Connect posting, see below) CHILDREN #1 William MC CONNEL born: place: 8 Oct. 1814, Guernsey Co., OH marr: place: 21 April 1836 died: place: 28 June 1897, Boise City, ID buried: place: Pioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID spouse: Nancy GRAHAM #2 Elizabeth MC CONNEL born: place: Oct 1817 marr: place: died: place: Apr 1836 buried: place: buried in Rich #1 cemetery spouse: Note: presumed by Hyde to be daughter because of date & location of grave; the cemetery is close to the 1844 brick Methodist meetinghouse in eastern Buffalo Township where James was an early member. #3 Mary MC CONNEL born: place: b.1820 marr: place: 1840 died: place: 13 Jan 1878, Stafford, Monroe Co., OH buried: place: spouse: Levi H. BAINUM Note: www.familysearch.org shows: Mary Elizabeth "Polly" b. 21 April 1819 m. 1840 Levi H. BAINUM, Monroe Co. d. 13 Jan 1878, Stafford, Monroe Co. #4 Nancy MC CONNEL born: place: 1822 marr: place: 5 Dec. 1844, Guernsey Co., OH* died: place: buried: place: spouse: Charles COLLINS * www.familysearch.org #5 John MC CONNEL born: place: 14 Jan 1824, Guernsey Co. marr: place: 26 February 1842 died: place: 13 June 1894, Franklin Twp., Monroe Co. buried: place: Stafford Cemetery, Monroe County, OH spouse: Sarah STEPHENSON, sister of Margaret, his uncle Matthew�s 2nd wife #6 Matthew MC CONNEL born: place: 1826? marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Notes: www.familysearch.org shows: Matthew M. m Sarah E. TOTTEN, 23 July 1856, Guernsey Co. Kathleen Brawn, Totten researcher, on Rootsweb, World Connect: Matthew M., b. 14 Sept 1826, d. 4 Oct 1905 #7 Charles MC CONNEL born: place: b. 1830 marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Isabelle STEPHENSON, sister of Margaret, his uncle Matthew�s 2nd wife m. 21 February 1850, Guernsey Co., Isabella Stevenson - www.familysearch.org #8 James MC CONNEL born: place: 26 September 1831 marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: #9 Fanny MC CONNEL born: place: 11 September 1833, Seneca Twp. marr: place: died: place: buried: place: spouse: Thomas CAREY note: from www.familysearch.org m. 25 May 1850, Noble Co., to Thomas Coaps CARY d. 10 May 1906, Sidell, Ill #10 Wesley MC CONNEL born: place: 29 February 1836, Seneca Twp. marr: place: died: place: buried: place: Stafford Cemetery, Monroe Co. spouse:
The information, except where noted, is from Mrs. Lorena Estlow Hyde's 1983 unpublished McConnel family history. She is the granddaughter of John Wesley McConnel, great-granddaughter of William McConnel, child 1 above. In her introduction Mrs. Hyde tells of visiting courthouses, cemeteries and original homestead sites - a valuable and special legacy for the rest of us who have not traveled to these locations! However, Mrs. Hyde does not always tell us what documents she saw at the various courthouses. Since she has the exact dates of birth of the younger children, who were minors when James and Fanny died, I am guessing that she saw a probate document.
Robert McConnell includes a Rachel b. in 1817. Possibly this is the same person who Mrs. Hyde shows as Elizabeth - Rachel Elizabeth? Elizabeth Rachel? Or possibly the grave that Mrs. Hyde found was not that of a descendant of James and Fanny.
Cecil Larsen on RootsWeb, World Connect Data Base "workfile" includes Samuel and his descendants, b. in 1817. Possibly Samuel and Elizabeth Rachel were twins. Obviously there are no easy answers in this generation and more research is needed to resolve unanswered questions.
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