John Jr & Mary McLean Loose Three Sons to the Civil War

My great great grand parents, John Jr and Mary C McLean lost three sons to the Civil War.  Quincy A McLean, Julius H McLean and Marcus L McLean lost their three brothers; Joseph A, John Rodney and Ephraim T McLean.

Joseph, John and Ephraim all joined the North Carolina 7th Regiment Infantry Company I in 1862.

The above shows Joseph A McLean "mustering out"

This one shows him 'dyeing'

The above shows John Rodney 'mustering out', ie. dyeing.

This shows Ephraim dyeing.

This chart shows which battles the three McLean brothers fought in and takes a guess at where they were wounded or killed.

The above map shows the location of battles and hospitals.

After researching this Civil War history of my three great great uncles I realize that we are very fortunate to know as much as we do about these men.  In some battles, 90% of the dead were unknown.  At least we know when each enlisted and died and can surmise which battles they fought in.  

Newell Dearnol McLean - My Uncle

Newell DeArnol 'De' McLean was born 7 Sep 1903 in San Dimas, Los Angles, California to Katie Emma (Griffin) McLean and Robert Baron McLean.

This is the proud Scotsman, my uncle De.  Named Newell for his mother's father, and where they got the name DeArnol is a mystery to us all.

DeArnol and Baron in ~1906

1910 Alhambra, CA home.  DeArnol, Baron, Lowell

1914 DeArnol, Baron, Lowell

1917 Chicago.  The Robert Baron McLean family - Katie, DeArnol, Baron, Lowell and Robert.

In about 1923 at Redlands University, Beatrice Dorthea Remington and Marion Josephine Jackson later to become wives of DeArnol and Baron.

1924 at University of Redlands, Bea and De.  They were engaged.

In 1930 a tour in the USMC for De and Lowell broke De's engagement with Bea.

By 1942 De and Bea were finally married.  Bea had married and had two daughters, her husband died in 1940.

In 1944 De was in the US Army - Army Corp of Engineers - built bridges in Europe.

This is De's adopted daughter Margaret Valerie (McLean) and husband Don Eikenberry.

This is De's other adopted daughter Marie Annette (McLean) who married Harvey Cleon McCorkill.

This is the Bea and De we all knew and loved.  A wonderful and happy couple that enjoyed every minute of life it seemed.  Their Christmas Letter was always the highlight of the season.