James McLean McFate

WASHINGTON COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY     (Washington County, Utah)

JAMES McLEAN McFATE

(blacksmith and wagon maker)

BIOGRAPHY

James McLean McFate was born on April 19, 1804 in Pennsylvania.

He was baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 1845 and was endowed in the Nauvoo Temple on January 22, 1846.

James lived for a time in Spanish Fork, Utah.

McFate was among the first settlers of Old Grafton in 1859. In March 1860, Grafton was organized as Precinct Number 8 in Washington County and James M. McFate was appointed as Justice of the Peace.

In 1860, he was living in Toquerville.

Later he lived in St. George. He owned the lot described as Plat A, Block 8, Lot 2 on the old pioneer map of St. George.
37° 6' 18.5" North Latitude,   113° 35' 28.5" West Longitude,   2,728 feet MSL

McFate died in St. George on April 1, 1865 and is buried in the St. George City Cemetery.


FAMILY

Parents and Siblings:
    William McFate
    Mariah McLean McFate
        Nancy McFate
        James McLean McFate
        John McFate
        William McFate
        Peggy Jane McFate
        Joseph McFate

(xx/xx/1750-4/27/1834)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
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(4/19/1804-4/1/1865)   (married as shown below)
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First Wife and Children:
    Elizabeth Williams McFate
        James McLean McFate
        Mariah Louisa McFate
        Margaret Jane McFate
        William McFate
        Rowena Elizabeth McFate
        Thomas William McBeath
        Sarah Ann McFate


(xx/xx/1801-12/28/1843)   (married xx/xx/xxxx)
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Second Wife and Children:
    Lucy Thompson Lisk McFate
        Ardelia McFate
        Joseph Smith McFate
        Orilla McFate


(xx/xx/1820-3/17/1847)   (married xx/xx/1844)
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Third Wife and Children:
    Matilda Bracken McLean McFate  
        Lucy McFate
        Nancy McFate
        Martha McFate
        Lucinda McFate
        Matilda McFate


(xx/xx/1830-xx/xx/1855)   (married 10/7/1847)
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Fourth Wife:
    Bodil Mary Madson McFate


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PHOTOS

TBD


REFERENCES

A Brief History of James McFate by Virginia Griffith

Old Grafton, History of Grafton, Utah 1861 -1921
by James T. Jones

Geni entry for James McLean McFate

Ancestry.com entry for James McLean McFate

Find-A-Grave entry for James McLean McFate