Emily "Ellie" Alice
McClain was born 27 MAR 1916 in Dublin, Alabama, and died 10 OCT 1935 in
Montgomery, AL. She was buried in Memorial Cemetery, Montgomery, AL leaving three babies with her husband, Cecil Carter who was the
builder of Oak and her parents had to raise the babies, because Cecil died in
1939. Emily was the daughter of 14. Charles Allen McClain and 15. Lorena Emma "Rena" Bozeman.
Josiah Marion McClain was born 1838 in GA, and died 9 JUN 1897 in Ramer AL- Civil War - Pay
roll dated Dalton, Georgia, September 20, 1863. Widowed filed for his pension in
1897. He was buried in his widow E B filed for Civil War Pension on 8/2/1899;
33rd Alabama Regiment, Company K. He was the son of James Walker McClain and Anna who was probably native american out of the Creek Territory of
Georgia.Elizabeth "Bettie" Broadway was born 1853 in Ramah AL, and died 21 JAN 1927 in Ramer Alabama. She was
buried in she appears on 1860 census with father Abner Broadway, a civil war
soldier, and 1880 with Josiah ; then 1900 with second husband. She was the daughter of Abner A. Broadway and Mary Lou Stephens...which could seem like Lorena and Charles McClain were second
cousins..The Stephens family history book is in the Ramer library
and states their great grandma Stephens was full blood Cherokee from
NC.