John William McConnell ^{2 3}

   FamilySearch ID: LW83-ZY4.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1860 in Yellow Creek Township, Chariton, MO. ⁵ The 1860 census recorded Wm McConnell, farmer, 40, born in Virginia, living with wife Maria, 30, born in Ohio; and children born in Missouri: Mary A., 10; Louisa, 9; Perry, 6; Ellen, 4; John, 2. Also with them is Mary Pritchett, 16. The post office is Elk Springs.

2. Census in 1870 in Lancaster, Lane, OR. ⁶ The 1870 census recorded Wm McConnell, farmer, 51, born in Virginia, living with wife Maria, 41, born in Ohio, and children born in Missorui: Louisa, 18; Parry A., 16; Ellen,1 4; John, 11; Alice, 5; and children born in Oregon: Olive, 2, and James M., 8 months.

3. Census in 1880 in Irving, Lane, OR. ⁷ The 1880 census recorded Wm McConnell, 67, born in Pennsylvania, living with wife Maria, 51, born in Ohio, and children born in Oregon: Olive, 12; James, 10; and children born in Missouri: Alice, 15; and John W., 21.

4. Residence: in 1914 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. ¹

5. John and John obtained a marriage license on 26 May 1914 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA. ¹ William Mc Connell
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 54
Race: white
Marital Status: widowed
Number of Marriages: 1
Birthplace: Missouri
Occupation: common labor
Father: William McConnell
Father's birthplace: Virginia
Mother: May Hulbert
Mother's birthplace: Michigan

Sarah Beacher
Residence: Los Angeles, CA
Age: 35
Race: white
Marital Status: single
Number of Marriages: none
Birthplace: Shenandoah, PA
Occupation: house work
Father: Benjamin Beacher
Father's birthplace: unknown
Mother: Sarah Jacobs
Mother's birthplace: unknown.

6. Census in 1920 in O'Neal Twp., San Joaquin, CA. ³ The 1920 census recorded William M. Mcconnell, laborer, 60, born in Missouri, living with wife Sadie J., 35, born in Pennsylvania. William's father was born in Pennsylvania, his mother in Michigan.

John married Sarah Jane Beacher, daughter of Benjamin Franklin Beacher Sr. and Sarah Jane Jacobs, on 26 May 1914 in Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA.¹ (Sarah Jane Beacher was born on 10 Feb 1873 in Shenandoah, Schuylkill, PA,^{2 8 9 10 11 12 13 14} died on 27 Mar 1955 in Stockton: Stockton State Hospital, San Joaquin, CA, USA ^{2 4 12 14} and was cremated on 5 Apr 1955 in Stockton: Stockton State Hospital, San Joaquin, CA, USA ⁴.)