Faye McClellan

NOT A DIRECT ANCESTOR Faye McClellan is not in my direct ancestry. She is related by marriage in the following ways: Wife of Edwin D. Wilson Dau-in-law of Bert Winiford Wilson and Clara Mabel Wimer She is also distantly related through the Beals line: Faye McClellan/Clara Louise Beals (McClellan)/Francis Augustus Beals/Samuel Beals/Jacob Beals

Faye McClellan was born in Oklahoma to Clara Louise Beals and Jesse C. McClellan. When Faye was four years old, her mother became fatally ill. Clara Louise arranged for her sister Lillian Mae Beals Shannon to raise Faye in Emlenton, PA. The Shannons had two daughters already, Olive, aged 15 yrs., and Edith, aged 5 yrs. (Fay's obituary mistakenly names Olive & Edith Shannon as her sisters). Faye learned to play both the organ and the piano well. She worked in the accounting department at Quaker State Refining Corp. for a number of years. After her first marriage to Ed Wilson ended in divorce, she married Rollin Taylor. When Faye became ill with cancer, she was cared for by her cousin Edith Shannon (Beals)
Faye had a brother, Jesse C. McClellan, Jr., resident of Texas.
This biography provided by Duane Beals, son of Edith Shannon Beals.

	Date	Location	Notes	Sources
Birth	26 Mar. 1916	Drumright, Oklahoma
1st Marriage			1)Edwin D. Wilson
2nd Marriage			Rollin Henry Taylor (20 Jun 1913-29 July 1974) son of James Edwards Taylor & Ella May Wise
Death	4 Sept. 1972	Emlenton PA
Burial		Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA

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Ancestry chart segment

 Generation 2           Generation 3          Generation 4
 
                                            +-- Francis Augustus Beals
                                            |   (1853-1943)
                  +-- Clara Louise Beals----+
                  |   (1886-????)           |
 Faye McClellan --+                         +-- Permelia Farmer
 (1916-1972)      |                             (1852-1923)
                  +-- Jesse C. McClelland
                      (????-????)

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Places of Residence

Location	Dates	Notes	Sources
Drumright, OK	b. 1916 -1920
Emlenton, PA	1920-d.1972

Photo Gallery

Gravestone at Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp., Venango Co. PA

Gravestone of James E Taylor & wife Ella May

Sources

Ref. Num.	Description	Image of original
1	1930 United States Federal Census, Emlenton Borough, Venango Co. PA. Date of census 3 Apr. 1930. Residents of College St. Morris B. Shannon,home owner, home value 3000, white male age 58 married, age 24 at marriage; wife Lilian M., white female age 52, age 18 at marriage. Both can read and write, both born PA, all parents born PA. Fay E. McClellan, niece age 14, single, in school, born Ohio, parents born PA.
2	John T. Wilson family research before 1985; brother of Ed Wilson
3	Duane Beals personal correspondence Mar.2007. Duane's mother was Edith Shannon Beals. Faye McClelland was a cousin of Edith, but raised in the same household after the age of 4 yrs.
4	Gravestone transcription Zion Union Cemetery, Richland Twp, Venango Co. PA; transcription from photographs by Duane Beals. TAYLOR Rollin Henry June 29, 1913 - July 30, 1974; Faye McClellan Mar. 26, 1916 - Sept. 4, 1972. TAYLOR James Edwards, 1889-1959; Ella May 1890-1969

Source notes

• Birthplace of Faye McClellan in 1930 census as Ohio; in Duane Beals research as Oklahoma.