Delphia had 3 daughters and 1 son.
One son and three daughters survived at his death. He had a sister Agness Nicol of Marshal in 1982, a foster sister Mrs. Gladys Termain of West Union, 16 grand children and 12 great-grandchildren at his death.
Mary Lucille was 80 yrs old at time of death. She had 10 grandchildren and 16 great-grandchildren, according to her obituary.
Vern Ray died at age 80, of RR2 Martinsville, IL. He had a brother, Ralph
Davison of Marshall, IL.
35177. Mabel Josephine Jackson
From a letter written in 1966 we were given a different wedding date--13 Sept 1923.
Howard McNair was distantly related to Mabel Josephine Jackson prior to their marriage. Howard was the son of Nora McNair who was the daughter of John Abner McNair and Eliza Jane Eaton. John Abner McNair was the son of John H. McNair and Hannah Allen Carpenter. (Hannah Allen Carpenter was a sister to John McNair Carpenter, who is the father of Eunice Carpenter Jackson, Mabel Josephine Jackson's mother. Therefore Mabel's grandfather, John McNair Carpenter was a brother to Howard's great-grandmother Hannah Allen Carpenter.
There is even a further relationship because John McNair Carpenter and Hannah Allen Carpenter's mother's maiden name was McNair, Rebecca McNair Carpenter, and her brother Thomas Allen McNair was the father of John H. Nair, Howard's great-grandfather. If you go one generation further back, Abner Carpenter's, (Rebecca's husband and father to John McNair Carpenter and Hannah Allen Carpenter), mother was Phebe McNair Carpenter, wife of Robert Carpenter. Robert's father, also named Robert, was killed in the Revolutionary War. We finally found that Phebe McNair and Rebecca McNair's fathers were half-brothers. The McNair line is interwoven with the Carpenter line in several places. We are indebted to Mrs. Fox in Canandaigua, NY for her work on the McNair line as well as Robert Carpenter line. Hopefully, records we have on the McNair line may be published.
Mabel was listed as "of Akron, OH" on sister Mary's obituary. Miss Cox's letter gave husband's (Howard McNair's) mother as Nora McNair. Miss Cox was a grandaughter to Jane Carpenter, daughter of Abner Carpenter and Rebecca McNair.
Mother was Nora McNair. This is correct.
She is listed as Mrs. Clem, living in Martinsville on an obituary of a family member.
He was 63 at death. Surviving sons: Joe of West Union, (IL), Roger of Irving, TX, and Richard of Marshall, (IL). 3 brothers: Harold D. of Cassey, IL, Leon of Martinsville, and Perry Jr. of Marshall and 8 grandchildren. Death record in Marshall, Clark, IL, has his name as Woodrow, but it should have been Woodford.
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, Index to Births: 2, page 25. McNair, George Edward, b. 13 Sept 1885, parents: John A. McNair and Eliza Jane Eaton.
Deaths: Newton, Jasper County, Illinois. Book L-6 died 12-19-1959, 74 years at death. Father: John, mother: Eliza Jane Eaton, Son: Rexford McNair.
Newton, Jasper County, Illinois, Index to Births. Book 2 page 64 McNair, Charlie Erwin #829, b. 8 Dec 1886, parents: John A. McNair & Eliza Jane Eaton.
Newton, Jasper, Illinois, Index to Births. Book 4, page 239. McNair, (male) Cleo Dayton, b. 15 Oct 1906, father: unknown, mother: Nora McNair.
Letter from Miss Blanche Cox, granddaughter of Jane Carpenter, dated Feb. 1965, said ". . .Margaret . . .I do not know much of the two girls families, Ophie's family were in Oklahoma and Texas . . .""Opal was a school teacher," Mrs. Opal Noah, daughter of Avery, was living at Box 400, Matton, Coles, IL. Her children are all married and have families.