Data Summary:

Full Name: Nancy McClelland
Born: 1807 in PA
Places of Residence: Greene Co PA, Venango Co PA, Butler Co PA
Died: After 1880

Parents:

Father: Asa B. McClelland
Born: 1776
Died: 1854

Mother: Unknown

Jonathan McFann
Born: 1800--1810 in PA
Died: Before 1840

Asa B. McFann
Born: 2 July 1826 in Greene Co PA
Died: 3 November 1912 in Lafayette IN

William D. McFann
Born: 20 October 1831
Died: 8 October 1918

Jonathan A. McFann
Also known as: John McFann
Born: 23 September 1836
Died: 17 December 1905

Levi R. McFann
Born: 3 July 1839 in PA
Died: 29 November 1921 in Butler Co, PA

Sources:

1830: Presumably in the household of Jonathan McFann Sr in Franklin twp, Greene Co PA, pg 433.
1840:
1850: in Marion township, Greene Co PA (household 3, pg 236).
1860: in Marion township, Greene Co PA (household 1127, pg 539).
1870: in the household of Levi McFann, Pine Grove township, Venango Co PA (household 9, page 462).
1880: in the household of Levi McFann, Borough of Fairview, Butler Co PA (ED 40, sheet 5 [page 5]).

Will of Hon Asa McClelland, Greene County, Will Book 3, pages 171 and 172. Asa McClelland identifies Nancy McFann as his daughter.

Deed of William M. McClelland to Asa B. McFann and others , dated May 1853, recorded June 21, 1853 in Greene Co Deed Book 13, page 361. This deed records the sale of a property in Waynesburg by William McClelland and his wife Elizabeth to Asa B. McFann, Jonathan McFann, William McFann, Levi McFann, and Nancy McFann. Nancy McFann is identified as the mother of Asa B. McFann, Jonathan McFann, William McFann, and Levi McFann.

Assignment of of A. B. McFann to Levi R. McFann, dated February 4, 1871, recorded March 26, 1886 in Greene county Mortgage Book 4, page 581.
Assignment of of Jonathan McFann to Levi R. McFann, dated May 28, 1869, recorded March 26, 1886 in Greene county Mortgage Book 4, page 581.
Assignment of of William D. McFann to Levi R. McFann, dated September 30, 1868, recorded March 26, 1886 in Greene county Mortgage Book 4, page 581.
Receipt & Satisfaction of Levi R. McFann to Mrs Fred Illig, dated March 17, 1886, recorded March 26, 1886 in Greene county Mortgage Book 4, pages 581--582.
In the three assignments Asa, Jonathan, and William assign to Levi McFann their interest in the legacy of Mary McClelland, provided for her in the will of her father, Asa B. McClelland. In the receipt Levi identifies himself, Asa, Jonathan and William as the only children of Nancy McFann.

Deed of Asa B. McFann and wife to Levi R. McFann, dated March 6, 1871, recorded June 22, 1871, in Greene County Deed Book 23, page 336. This deed concerns a Waynesburg property left by Asa McClelland to Nancy McFann.

Deed of Nancy McFann to Levi R. McFann, dated April, 1871, recorded June 22, 1871, in Greene County Deed Book 23, page 337.

Transcription of family records from Asa B. McClelland's Bible, found in Levi R. McFann's pension file. Includes dates of birth for Asa B., William D., Jonathan A., and Levi R. McFann.

Leckey, Howard L., The Tenmile Country and its Pioneer Families: A Genealogical History of the Upper Monongahela Valley (Waynesburg, PA: Waynesburg Republican, 1950). This work contains a short history of the William Brown family (pages 389--390). Leckey asserts that William Brown's daughter Catherine was the first wife of Asa McClelland and that she was Nancy McClelland's mother. Since Leckey does not cite his sources, I have not relied on his work.

Notes and Credits:

1. Asa B. McFann identified his parents as Jonathan and Nancy McFann on his 1896 Marriage Licence. (A copy of the marriage license was sent to me by Joan Egan, who got it from Richard M. Hughes). Nancy is identified as the mother of Levi McFann in the 1880 Census and in a 1913 affidavit in Levi McFann's pension file. And in the Deed of William M. McClelland to Asa B. McFann and others (cited above), Nancy is identified as the mother of Asa, Jonathan, William, and Levi McFann. Dates of birth for all four are given in the transcription of family records from Asa B. McClelland's Bible that was found in Levi R. McFann's pension file.

2. Some family histories have asserted that Dawson McFann, who appears in the 1850 Census for Greene Co, in Marion township, is also a son of Jonathan and Nancy McFann. Based on the legal records above, Richard M. Hughes argues that Dawson McFann is not another son of Jonathan and Nancy McFann. In the Three Assignments (cited above), Asa, Jonathan, and William assign to Levi McFann their interest in the legacy of Mary McClelland, provided for her in the will of her father, Asa B. McClelland. They had an interest because the will provided Mary with the interest on $1500 for life and stipulated that upon her death $900 of the principle should be paid to the children of his daughters Elizabeth, Maria, and Nancy. In the Three Asignments Levi identifies himself, Asa, Jonathan and William as the only children of Nancy McFann. No mention is made of Dawson, who, if he was also one of Nancy's children, would also have had an interest in the legacy of Mary McClelland.

3. Copies of all the court records cited above were obtained from the Greene County Court by Richard M. Hughes.

4. Jonathan McFann Sr does not appear in the 1840 census; and he was last assessed in the tax records in 1838. Notes on the tax records, compiled by Richard M. Hughes, will be posted on this site soon.