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Harold P. McFann


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Data Summary:

The information presented in this section is tentative. See the Notes and Credits section below for discussion of the evidence and citation of sources.

Full Name: Harold Perry McFann
Born: 14 December 1896 in Liberty Mills, Wabash Co, IN
Died: 10 December 1957 in Gary, IN
Places of Residence: Montpelier, OH; Gary, IN
Military Service: Private, enlsted 5 Sept 1918; honorable discharge 13 Dec 1918


Parents:

Father: Elton E. McFann
Born: 6 March 1875 in Butler, IN
Died: 19 May 1944 in Gary, IN

Mother: Myrtle Bell Fanning (Fannin)
Born: 18 June 1878 in North Manchester, Wabash Co, IN
Died: 7 April 1933 in Montpelier, OH


Marriages:

Pearl Lillian Arehart
Born: 10 March 1896 in Fort Wayne, IN
Died: 9 February 1973 in Gary, IN
Date of Marriage: 3 March 1919, in Bryan, OH


Children:

Harold Junior McFann
Born: 8 November 1919 in Montpelier, OH
Died: 28 September 1944 in Gardner Field, CA
Married: Dorothy Williams, 15 September 1943, in Gary, IN
Military Service: WW II

James Franklin McFann
Born: 17 August 1921 in Montpelier, OH
Died: 5 August 1996 in Red Bluff, CA
Married: Dorothy Marilyn Griffiths, 11 December 1943, in Lincoln, NE

Howard Henry McFann
Born: 16 August 1923 in Montpelier, OH
Died: 9 June 1994 in Carmel Valley, CA
Married: Adele Spychalski

Pearl Aileen McFann
Living

Charles Eugene McFann
Living

Ralph Alvin McFann
Living

Paul Leroy McFann
Living



Sources:

This section lists all known (to me) sources of information on the family of Harold P. McFann. For a discussion of the evidence contained in these sources, and an explanation of how these sources were used in compiling the above Data Summary, see the Notes and Credits section below.


Family Sources:

Family records kept by Charles E. and Ellen McFann.


Census Records:

1900: in the household of his grandmother, Mary E. McFann, in the north half of Chester township, Wabash Co IN (Enumeration District 112, sheet 13 [page 13 B], family 313)
1910: in the household of his father, Elton E. McFann, Montpelier Village, Superior Township, Williams Co OH (National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 1241, Enumeration District 126, sheet 2B)
1920: at 112 Empire street in Montpelier Village, Superior Township, Williams Co OH (National Archives Microfilm T625, Roll 1450, Enumeration District 171, sheet 14B)


Obituaries:

Newspaper notice of the death of Harold Junior, Bryan Press, Bryan (in Williams County), OH, Thursday 12 October 1944, page 1. I found a reference to this article in an obituary index for the Bryan Press on the Williams County, Ohio, Blackswamp Genealogy web site. I thank the Williams County Library-Bryan Branch for sending me a photocopy of the article.


Correspondence:

The following items can be found in the Samuel H. Swint Papers (A./1./III.), Gregg-Graniteville Collection, Gregg-Graniteville Library--University of South Carolina Aiken. Photocopies of these items were supplied courtesy of the Gregg-Graniteville Library.

  1. Letter from Harold P. McFann (107 E. Water St., Montpelier, OH) to Samuel H. Swint, Sr (Manchester, GA), 6 January 1918.
  2. Western Union Telegram from Samuel H. Swint, Sr (Manchester, GA) to Harold P. McFann (107 E. Water Street, Montpelier, OH), 27 November 1919.
  3. Letter from Harold P. McFann (112 1/2 Empire St., Montpelier, OH) to Samuel H. Swint, Sr (International Mills, La Grange, GA), January 13, 1920. McFann says that he was married shortly after coming home from Camp and had a boy [Harold Jr, I assume] on Nov 8th.
  4. Letter from Samuel H. Swint, Sr (Care International Cotton Mills, La Grange, GA) to Harold P. McFann (Montpelier, OH), 16 February 1920.
  5. Letter from Samuel H. Swint, Sr to Harold P. McFann (112-1/2 Empire St, Montpelier, OH), 23 November 1920.
  6. Birth announcement sent to Samuel H. Swint, Sr (c/o Consolidated Textile Corp, 86 Worth St., New York, N.Y.) by Harold P. McFann (Montpelier, OH), 21 August 1921. Announces the birth to Mr and Mrs Harold McFann of a boy, James Franklin on 17 August 1921.
  7. "Business" card (advertisement) sent to Samuel H. Swint, Sr by Harold P. McFann, no date. This is an advertisement for the "Thomas Nut-Lock" which advises: "For full particulars address E. E. McFann, Montpelier, Ohio". On the back is written: "H. P. McFann, 107 E. Water St, Montpelier, Ohio".

I am grateful to Leigh D. Soufas (Archivist, Gregg-Graniteville Collection, USC Aiken Library) for sending me annotated photocopies of the above listed items, for corrections to the first draft of this page, and for negotiating permission from the library director to reproduce item 3.


Pictures:

Alexander F. McFann and Family, taken around 1910, original in the possession of Charles E. McFann. Includes Harold P. McFann and his sister Pauline.

Four generation picture of Alexander F. McFann and descendants, taken around 1928, original in the possession of Charles E. McFann.

Harold P. McFann and Family, taken Mothers Day 1938, original in the possession of Charles E. McFann.



Notes and Credits:


1. All information in the above data summary was provided by Charles E. and Ellen McFann from family sources. Charles and Ellen McFann also sent me scans of the pictures.

2. Enlistment dates were found in the "Ohio Military Men, 1917--18" database at Ancestry.com




Author: Brian McFann
e-mail: mcfann@u.washington.edu
Revised: 11 February 2000