Pictured here with Sacca
(Gold) Weems, Ruth (Weems) Cunningham, and Bonnie CunninghamAlice Ruth McClain
Pictured here with Sacca
(Gold) Weems, Ruth (Weems) Cunningham, and Bonnie Cunningham
Pictured here
with husband and children.
Parents: Thomas Nelson McClain and Eliza Young. Alice had a half-sister named Rose (Slocum?) Meredith.
Born: June 13, 1859 in Missouri
Married: September 3, 1878 to William Ethelred Gold (1852-1921)
Children:
David Nelson Gold (1880-1965)
Sarah Catherine Sacca Gold (1882-1969)
Ethel Gold (1884-btw 1920 and 1930)
Livvia (Adaline?) Gold (1888- )
Ernest Gold (1889-1865)
Lewis Gold (1896-1972)
Noah Gold (1899-1967)
Poca Gold (1901-1978)
Mona Beatrice (Dot) Gold (1905-1994)
Died: April 1, 1928 in Neosho, Newton County, Missouri; buried at Wanda Cemetery
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Family stories and information: Sacca Gold told the story about her mother Alice as a child during the civil war. Alice remembered being carried to safety by her Black Nanny during a Civil War battle near their house. Her nanny had to carry her through an orchard to the safety of Alice's father's tavern. While running through the orchard, tree branches were being blown off by artillery shells going through them. Another family story was that Alice's father was being chased by bushwackers during the Civil War. He had to bury his money and escape to Arkansas. He was caught and murdered. His murderers brought his gold toothpick that he always carried back to his home in Newton County, MO and threw it on his wife's lap as proof that they had murdered him. Eliza's sister went to Arkansas to bring his body back for burial. It was thought that maybe Thomas McClain's business partner had him murdered. On the McClain message board at Genforum.Genealogy.com, Laurel G., a descendent of Amanda McClain, Thomas's sister writes, "Amanda moved with her children to Newtonia, Missouri to live with her brother Tom around the end of the Civil War. He was shot & killed by his best friend Bob Christian." See Thomas McClain's page for more about Amanda.
This map shows McClain's farm during a battle in Newtonia, Newton Co., Missouri in 1864. This map is from the American Memory Project at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/amhome.html |
| Cemetery Records: William and Alice Gold are buried at Wanda Cemetery and I have pictures of their tombstones. Other McClain family burial information is on the McClain family page. |
| Marriage record from FamilySearch.org William E. Gold married Alice R. McClain September 3, 1878 in Newton county, Missouri More McClain family marriage records are on the McClain Family page. Death record: I have a copy of her death record, which lists her parents' names. |
| 1860 Census |
| STATE: Missouri COUNTY: Newton TOWNSHIP: Benton POST OFFICE: Newtonia Page No: 221 DATE: August 31, 1860 |
| Line | DW# | FM# | Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Value-Real Estate | Value-personal property | Birth place | Married within year | School in year | Can't read or write | Deaf etc. | |
| 12 | 1479 | 1521 | T. N. McClain | 52 | M | Farmer | 6500 | 4800 | Tennessee | ||||||
| 13 | Eliza " | 38 | F | Tennessee | |||||||||||
| 14 | Alexander " | 12 | M | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 15 | Arasmus " | 10 | M | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 16 | Lewis " | 8 | M | Arkansas | / | ||||||||||
| 17 | Adaline " | 6 | M | Arkansas | / | ||||||||||
| 18 | Adaline Young | 40 | F | 1600 | Tennessee | ||||||||||
| 19 | Alice McClain | 1 | F | Missouri | |||||||||||
| 20 | 1480 | 1522 | J. P. Young | 32 | M | Farmer | 1500 | Tennessee | |||||||
| 21 | H. A. " | 35 | F | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 22 | William " | 8 | M | Arkansas | / | ||||||||||
| 23 | Albert " | 6 | M | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 24 | Ruth " | 3 | F | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 25 | Ambrose | 6/12 | M | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 26 | 1523 | Alex Young | 62 | M | ? | 2500 | Kentucky | ||||||||
| 27 | Angeline " | 34 | F | 2000 | Tennessee |
| In the same township is our Weems families, Ellis families and Gold families. |
| 1870 Census |
| STATE: Texas COUNTY: Fannin TOWNSHIP: Precint No 2 POST OFFICE: Bonham Page No (stamp): 171 DATE: August 3, 1870 |
| Line | DW# | FM# | Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Value Real Estate | Value Personal property | Birth Place | Father foreign born | Mother foreign born | Month born in census year | Month married in census year | school | cannot read | cannot write | deaf, etc. | eligible to vote | |
| 13 | 16 | 16 | McCain Alex | 20 | M | W | Farmer | 150 | Arkansas | |||||||||||
| 14 | ----- Susan | 19 | F | W | Keeping House | Indiana | ||||||||||||||
| 15 | ----- Lou Ella | 9/12 | F | W | Missouri | Aug | ||||||||||||||
| 16 | Harris Harim? | 30 | M | W | Farmer | 250 | " | / | / | |||||||||||
| 17 | ---- Louiza | 41 | F | W | Tennessee | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | McClain Alice | 11 | F | W | Missouri | / | ||||||||||||||
| 19 | ----- Elizabeth | 16 | F | W | Arkansas | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | ----- Rosey | 7 | F | W | Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| 21 | ----- Katie | 4 | F | W | " | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | ----- Virginia | 4 | F | W | " | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | ----- Louis D | 19 | M | W | works on farm | Arkansas |
| Rosey is Rose Slocum who is living with Alice and their aunt Adaline in 1880. Louiza Harris is Alice's mother Eliza. A descendent of that Katie sent me a probate that listed Eliza Harris as Thomas McClain's widow. |
| 1870 Census |
| STATE: Texas COUNTY: Fannin TOWNSHIP: Precint No 2 POST OFFICE: Bonham Page No (stamp): 173 DATE: August 4, 1870 |
| Line | DW# | FM# | Name | Age | Sex | Color | Occupation | Value Real Estate | Value Personal property | Birth Place | Father foreign born | Mother foreign born | Month born in census year | Month married in census year | school | cannot read | cannot write | deaf, etc. | eligible to vote | |
| 18 | 43 | 43 | Young Josephus | 41 | M | W | Farmer | 500 | Tennessee | / | ||||||||||
| 19 | --- Hester A | 35 | F | W | Keeping House | Arkansas | ||||||||||||||
| 20 | --- William A | 17 | M | W | at Home | " | / | |||||||||||||
| 21 | --- Albert M | 15 | M | W | " " | " | / | |||||||||||||
| 22 | --- Ruth | 13 | F | W | " | / | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | --- Jessie M | 9 | M | W | Missouri | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | --- Alice | 4 | F | W | Texas | |||||||||||||||
| 25 | --- Stonewall J | 2 | M | W | " |
| Josephus is Eliza's brother. He is mentioned in a letter from their father, Alexander Young, a copy is on his page. |
| 1880 Census |
| State: Missouri County: Newton Township: Franklin Twp District or Ward: ED 103 Page: 479B Date: |
| LN# | In City | DW# | FM# | Name | Race | Sex | Age | month if under 1 | Relationship | S,M, W,D | Married in year | Occupation | months unemployed | sick or disabled | blind, etc | school | can not read | can not write | birth place | father's birth place | mother's birth place |
| 1 | 44 | 47 | Ellis Adda H | W | F | 58 | W | Keeping House | Tennessee | Ky? | can't read | ||||||||||
| 2 | Slocum Rosa | W | F | 14 | Niece | S | at Home | / | Missouri | can't read | can't read | ||||||||||
| 3 | ---- L. Jennie | W | F | 12 | Niece | S | At Home | / | Missouri | Ny? | Tenn | ||||||||||
| 4 | Gold William E. | W | M | 28 | M | Farming | Tennessee | Tenn | Tenn | ||||||||||||
| 5 | ---- Alice R | W | F | 20 | Wife | M | Keeping House | Missouri | Tenn? | can't read | |||||||||||
| 6 | ---- Zachariah J | W | M | 33 | Cousin | S | Photographer | Tennessee | Tenn | Tenn | |||||||||||
| 7 | ---- David N | W | M | 3/12 | Feb | Son | S | Missouri | Tenn | Mo |
| 1900 Census |
| STATE: Missouri COUNTY: Newton TOWNSHIP: Franklin SUPV/DISTR: 13 ENUM/DISTR: 104 ENUMERATOR: James Kenney DATE: June 25, 1900 Page: 68B |
| SH # | LN# | DW# | FM# | NAME | RELATION | RACE | SEX | BIRTH MONTH | BIRTH YEAR | AGE | S-M W-D | #YRS MAR | # CHILD | # CHILD LIVING | BIRTH PLACE | FATHER BIRTHPL | MOTHER BIRTHPL | YEAR IMMI | #YRS US | NATUR- ALIZED | OCCUPATION | MONTHS UNEMPL | #MO AT SCHOOL | CAN READ | CAN WRITE | SPEAK ENG? | OWN or RENT | Ownd Free or Mortgage | FARM or HOME | # FARM SCH |
| 72 | 302 | 305 | Gold William | Head | W | M | Feb | 1852 | 48 | M | 21 | Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee | Farmer | 0 | yes | yes | yes | O | M | F | 248 | |||||||
| 73 | ---- Allice | Wife | W | F | June | 1859 | 40 | M | 21 | 11 | 7 | Missouri | Mississippi | Arkansas | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||||||
| 74 | ---- Sarah C | daughter | W | F | Oct | 1882 | 17 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | at school | 5 | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||
| 75 | ---- Ethel R | daughter | W | F | Sept | 1884 | 15 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | at school | 5 | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||
| 76 | ---- Livvia | daughter | W | F | June | 1888 | 11 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | at school | 5 | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||
| 77 | ---- Ernest | son | W | M | Oct | 1889 | 10 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | at school | 5 | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||
| 78 | ---- Lewis | son | W | M | Jan | 1897 | 3 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | yes | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||
| 79 | ---- Noah | son | W | M | Jan | 1899 | 1 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | no | no | no |
| 1910 Census |
| STATE: COUNTY: TOWNSHIP: ED: PAGE: DATE: |
| LN# | Street | HS# | DW# | FM# | Name | Relationship | Sex | Race | Age | S M W D | Years married | # children | # now living | Birth place | Father birth place | Mother birth place | imm. year | Nat.or Alien | Eng | profession | industry | emp. | out of work | # weeks out of work 1909 | read | write | school | own or rent | free or mortgage | farm or house | farm # | civil war vet | blind | deaf |
| 211 | 212 | Gold Stephen W.E. | Head | M | W | 57 | M | 32 | Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee | English | Farmer | general farm | Emp | yes | yes | O | M | F | 145 | |||||||||||||
| --- Alice R. | Wife | F | W | 50 | M | 32 | Missouri | Mississippi | Tennessee | English | none | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| --- David N. | Son | M | W | 29 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | English | Electrician | ? Railway | W | yes? | 0 | yes | yes | ||||||||||||||||||
| --- Ernest J. | Son | M | W | 20 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | English | farm laborer | Horse? farm | W | no | 0? | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||
| --- Louis | Son | M | W | 12? | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | English | none | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| --- Noah | Son | M | W | 11 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | English | none | yes | yes | yes | |||||||||||||||||||||
| --- Polka | Daughter | F | W | 9 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | none | yes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| --- Mona B. | Daughter | F | W | 5 | S | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | none | no | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robertson Charles L | grandson | M | W | 1 3/12? | S | Missouri | Missouri | Missouri | none |
| This copy is blurry. They are on the same census page as Livvia Weems. Livvia's son Phidellah is married to Alice and William's daughter Sacca. Phidellah and Sacca live in a different township though. |
| 1920 Census |
| STATE: Missouri COUNTY: Newton TOWNSHIP: Franklin Stella Precinct ED: 139 PAGE: 58B DATE: January 16, 1920 |
| Line # | Street | house # | DW# | FM# | Name | Relationship | Own or Rent | Free or mortgage | Sex | Race | Age | S M W D | Year of Imm. | Nat | Year Nat | School | Able to read | Able to write | Birth Place | Lang | Father Birth Place | Father Lang | Mother Birth Place | Mother Lang | Speak Eng | Profession | Industry | Emp., sal, own account | # Farm |
| 201 | 201 | Gold William E. | Head | O | M | M | W | 66 | M | yes | yes | Tennessee | Tennessee | Tennessee | yes | Farmer | own farm | OA | 114 | ||||||||||
| --- Alice R. | Wife | F | W | 61 | M | yes | yes | Missouri | Missippi? | Tennessee | yes | none | |||||||||||||||||
| --- Lewis M. | Son | M | W | 23 | S | yes | yes | Missouri | Tennessee | Missouri | yes | none | |||||||||||||||||
| --- Mona B. | Daughter | F | W | 15 | S | no | yes | yes | Missour | Tennessee | Missouri | yes | none |
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