Marriage date: 1875
Marriage place: Michigan

Wife: Sarah HARSHMAN
Birthdate: 1854
Birthplace: Indiana
Death date: 1920
Place of death: Stutsman county, North Dakota
Burial:
Father: Rueben Harshman
Mother: Ellen E. Pence

CHILDREN

Child No. 1: Frederick Earl McLAIN
Sex: M
Birthdate: 9/9/21873
Birthplace: Michigan
Death date:
Place of death:
Burial:
Marriage date: 1911
Marriage place: Missouri
Spouse's name: Annie Rose ?

Child No. 2: Vernon William McLain
Sex: m
Birthdate: 3/10/1880
Birthplace: Minnesota
Death date: 4/23/1951
Place of death: Santa Cruz, California
Burial:
Marriage date:
Marriage place:
Spouse's name: Marie McKenize

Child No. 3: George Ephrom McLian
Sex: m
Birthdate: 2/22/1882
Birthplace: North Dakota
Death date: 3/31/1941
Place of death: San Mateo, California
Burial:
Marriage date: 1906
Marriage place: North Dakota
Spouse's name: Mary E. Kaposai

Child No. 4: Ethel E. McLain
Sex: f
Birthdate: 1/24/1885
Birthplace: Stutsman county, north Dakota
Death date: 10/27/1968
Place of death: Stutsman county, North Dakota
Burial: Highland home cem. Stutsman, ND.
Marriage date: 7/13/1912
Marriage place: Eckleson, North Dakota
Spouse's name: Franklin Fletcher

Child No. 5: Frank Sumner McLain
Sex: m
Birthdate: 5/14/1888
Birthplace: Stutsman county, N.D.
Death date: 12/12/1953
Place of death: Barnes county, N.D.
Marriage date: 1/20/1914
Burial:
Marriage place: Barnes county N.D.
Spouse's name: Carrie Garney

Child No. 6: Harley McLain Willer
Sex: m
Birthdate: 6/16/1891
Birthplace: Barnes county, N.D.
Death date: 5/26/1964
Place of death: Barnes county, N.D.
Burial: Fairview cem, Barnes county, N.D.
Marriage date: 11/30/1911
Marriage place: Barnes county, N.D.
Spouse's name: Almeda Wittig

Child No. 7: Lottie Helen McLain
Sex: f
Birthdate: 7/28/1892
Birthplace: Barnes county, N.D.
Death date: 3/1974
Place of death: Stutsman county, N.D.
Burial: Highland Home cem. North Dakota
Marriage date: 2/2/1921
Marriage place: Stutsman county, N.D.
Spouse's name: Earl W. Wilcox

Child No. 8: Lotus Leona McLain
Sex: f
Birthdate: 2/22/1900
Birthplace: North Dakota
Death date: 12/1979
Place of death: Santa Barbara, California
Burial:
Marriage date: 1912
Marriage place: North Dakota
Spouse's name: Joseph Didier Jr.
 

Documentation:
* Sumner's father was from Scotland to New York married in Massachusetts to Rachael Shattuck first, then Sarah Spaulding Lawrence second, moved to Boone county, Illinois where his second family was born, then moved to Calhoun county, Michigan where he died and Sarah remarried Carlos Scott. He died and she married Charles Dow. Sarah died in Morton county, N.D. all total James McLain had 21 children and he lived to be 80 dying in 1871. One child, Clara was born after he died.