William McConnel and Nancy Graham McConnel Family Sheet


Husband: William McCONNEL
Birthdate: 8 October 1814
Birthplace: Guernsey Co., Ohio
Death date: 28 June 1897
Place of death: Boise, Ada County, Idaho
Father: James McCONNEL
Mother: Fanny STEPHENS

Marriage date: 21 March 1836
Marriage place: 

Wife: Nancy GRAHAM
Birthdate: 21 April 1817
Birthplace: presumably Guernsey Co., OH
Death date: 22 March 1887
Place of death: Boise, Ada County, Idaho
Father: Joseph GRAHAM
Mother: Mary GLOVER


CHILDREN

Child No. 1: James McCONNEL
Sex: m
Birthdate: 4 January 1837
Birthplace: Ohio
Death date: 1 June 1842
Place of death: buried in Coen Cemetery, Noble County, Ohio
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Child No. 2: David K. McCONNEL
Sex: m
Birthdate: 12 August 1838
Birthplace: Guernsey Co., Ohio 
Death date: 15 September 1923
Place of death: Boise,  Ada County, Idaho
Marriage date: 28 September 1871
Marriage place: Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: Mary Maria "Mina" ROGERS

Child No. 3: Joseph G. McCONNEL
Sex: m
Birthdate: 9 September 1840
Birthplace: Guernsey Co., Ohio
Death date: 29 December 1861
Place of death: Rolla, MO.
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Child No. 4: Mary Jane McCONNEL
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1 April 1843
Birthplace: Seneca Twp., Guernsey Co., Ohio
Death date: 16 August 1927
Place of death: Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa
Marriage date: 15 December 1864
Marriage place: Corydon, Wayne Co., Iowa
Spouse's name: James Andrew LAWSON


Child No. 5: Benjamin Casner McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 18 January 1846
Birthplace: Guernsey Co., OH
Death date: 18 December 1927
Place of death: Twin Falls, ID
Marriage date: 19 June 1867
Marriage place: Sheridan, Lucas Co., IA
Spouse's name: Elizabeth M. HALL


Child No. 6: Jonas McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 3 March 1848
Birthplace: 
Death date: 3 March  1848
Place of death: 
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Child No. 7: John Wesley McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 13 June 1849
Birthplace: Birmingham, Van Buren Co., IA
Death date: 17 December 1917
Place of death: Hillrose, Colo.
Marriage date: (1) 2 May 1875
Marriage place: (1) ferry near Caldwell, Canyon Co., ID
Spouse's name: (1) Hester A. BOWMAN
Marriage date: (2) 12 September 1877
Marriage place: (2) Wapello County, IA
Spouse's name: (2) Sarah Lavina LAWSON


Child No. 8: Francis Kimball "Frank" McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 27 February 1852
Birthplace: Birmingham, Van Buren Co., IA
Death date: 06 August 1938
Place of death: Pueblo, Pueblo Co., CO
Marriage date: 28 October 1874
Marriage place: 
Spouse's name: Eunice SHRIVER


Child No. 9: George Washington McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 12 December 1854
Birthplace: Birmingham, Van Buren Co., IA
Death date: 30 July 1927
Place of death: Milton, OR
Marriage date: (1) 1 February 1876
Marriage place: 
Spouse's name: (1) Mary Ellen McCONNELL
Marriage date: (2) 27 November 1904
Marriage place: 
Spouse's name: (2) Ada SHUMWAY


Child No. 10: Charles Simeon McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 20 August 1857
Birthplace: Wayne County, IA
Death date:  17 July 1922
Place of death:  Boise, Ada County, ID
Marriage date: 31 October 1879
Marriage place: Ada County, ID
Spouse's name: Laura KIRBY


Child No. 11: Samuel McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 11 February 1860
Birthplace: Wayne Co., IA
Death date: 30 December 1933
Place of death: Boise, Ada County, ID
Marriage date: 4 October 1883
Marriage place: Wayne Co., IA
Spouse's name: Aura ADAMS


Child No. 12: Elmer A. McCONNEL
Sex:  m
Birthdate: 3 October 1862
Birthplace: Wayne Co, Iowa
Death date: 30 March 1944
Place of death: Boise, Ada County, ID 
Marriage date:  28 November 1886
Marriage place: Boise, Ada County, ID 
Spouse's name: Abbie TOLLES

Sources

1. Unpublished McConnel Family History, 1983, by Lorena Estlow Hyde.

2. McConnel Family History compiled by Caroline MacAskill McConnel.

3. Roy McConnel Family Bible - Births and Benjamin and Elizabeth marriage

4. William McConnel's obituary (also posted at genweb archives.)

5. David's obituary and David's story from "History of Idaho, The Gem of the Mountains," Vol. III, pg 492-493. The S. J. Clarke Publishing Co. Chicago, 1920. (Also posted at McConnel messageboard.)

6. James Lawson obituary

7. Benjamin C. McConnel obituary's and Elizabeth Hall McConnel obituary.

8. obituary of Eunice Shriver McConnel's brother Ellis

9. Rootsweb World Connect Family Trees, data base sharyljo, for family tree of of Cornelia Reavely and Andrew Vance McConnell of Blount County, Tennessee, parents of Mary Ellen McConnell McConnel.

10. Tombstone headstones
William & Nancy,
  their son Elmer A, and grandsons Floyd, Harry W., Olin T. at Pioneer Cemetery;
  their sons Charles S. and wife Laura; Samuel and wife Aura, and their daughter Edna at Morris Hill Cemetery, all in Boise, Idaho.
(Also posted at genweb archives)

11. Census -
1860 U.S. census: Iowa, Wayne Co., Union Twp. (p.o. Bethlehem? pg before & after) roll 344, pg. 459, July 3
1870 U.S. census, Iowa, Wayne Co., Benton Twp., Corydon p.o.; Roll 425, p. 251; 2 August
1880 U.S. census, Iowa, Benton Twp., Wayne Co.
1885 state census of IA, Wayne Co., Benton Twp. (April 7, 1885)

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William
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