BLADEN COUNTY, NC - BIOGRAPHIES - The McLain Family
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Contributor's Note:  Information about the McLain family is from a book 
published by the Southern Historical Association in 1895 and is called Memoirs 
of Georgia.

DUNCAN P. McLAIN, a prominent planter of Herod, Terrell Co., Ga., was born in 
Bladen county, N.C., in 1823, and was the son of James McLain, who was born in 
the same county in 1795. His father (grandfather of the subject of this 
sketch) was Peter McLain, a Scotchman from the Isle of Skye; came to America 
when a single man, about the time of the revolutionary war, in which he served 
as a soldier. He married a Miss Wethersby of North Carolina, and settled in 
Bladen county, where he engaged in farming. He was a strict Methodist and a 
man highly respected by all who know him. He died about 1823. To this union 
three sons were born: James, the father of the subject of this sketch; Hugh, 
who died in Americus, Ga., about 1870, and John, who died in Clarke county, 
Ala. The mother of these children came to Georgia about 1829, and settled in 
Houston county. She died in Botsford, Sumter Co., Feb 11, 1874. James McLain 
died in Dooly county some years before the death of his mother. Duncan P. 
McLain grew to manhood in Sumter and Houston counties. He married Miss I.J. 
McDonald, who was the daughter of John B. McDonald, a native of Bladen county, 
N.C. Mr. McDonald's father was also a native of the Isle of Ski, and came to 
America about the time the original McLain did. John B. McDonald moved to 
Crawford county about 1829, where Mrs. Duncan P. McLain was born in 1836. She 
was the eldest child and was reared in Sumter county. Mr. and Mrs. McLain 
moved to Henry county, Ala., soon after their marriage, where they engaged in 
farming, continuing until the breaking out of the war, when the husband 
enlisted in the army and served till the close of the war. He was made a 
prisoner at Nashville, Tenn., and sent to Camp Chase, Ohio, where he was kept 
until the surrender of Lee. He then returned to his family, which had moved to 
Sumter county, Ga., where they lived until 1875, when he settled at what is 
known as Herod postoffice, Terrell Co., where he is extensively engaged in 
farming. He is a member of the Methodist church, of which he is a
politics Mr. McLain is a democrat, but his attention has been more given to 
business with the most successful results. He is a thoroughly self-made man 
and his large estate he has acquired entirely through his own efforts. By this 
marriage Mr. McLain had several children. Kennet McLain, the oldest son, went 
as a missionary to China, but owing to bad health had to return to America and 
was preaching in Atlanta when he sickened and died. Rev. McLain was a most 
promising young man, of a brilliant mind and possessing a fine education. His 
loss was deeply felt by many friends and the cause of religion. James J. 
McLain now lives in Herod; W.A. is a merchant at Dawson, Ga., and was married 
to Miss Fannie Barrow, of Madison, Ga., a daughter of Prof. S. Barrow. They 
have on child, William Kennet. George T., the fourth son, now deceased, was a 
partner with W.A. in the business at Dawson; D.F. is a merchant at Dawson; 
Anna Bell, the youngest child and only daughter, lives at home. The mother of 
these children, a consistent and highly respected member of the Methodist 
church, died in 1884. Mr. McLain married for is second wife Miss Lucy Rogers, 
daughter of David Rogers, of Sumter county, born June 26, 1854. They live in a 
beautiful country residence near Herod.