Kentucky: A History of the State. Perrin, Battle & Kniffin, 6th ed.,1887, (Spencer) JOHN MCCROCKLIN was born in 1816, in Spencer County, Ky., a son of William and Nellie (Beard) McCrocklin. William was a son of Jesse McCrocklin, was born in Shelby County, but was a farmer in Spencer County. Mrs. McCrocklin was a daughter of Alexander Beard, who came from Ireland when quite young. John is the fifth of nine children, was reared on a farm, and has followed agricultural pursuits all his life, is the owner of about 1,300 acres in Spencer County, and has been successful by dint of hard labor. In 1837 he married Elizabeth, daughter of James Wakfield [sic] of Spencer County, and of a large and influential family. She was born in 1819, and died in 1867, a member of the Baptist Church. Eight children were born to their union: James, Jesse, Frank, Louise, Victoria, Annie, Bettie and Mattie. Mr. McCrocklin's second marriage occurred in 1872 with Mrs. Relief Wells, widow of Edrington Wells, a merchant of Fairfield, Ky. Mrs. McCrocklin is a daughter of Benjamin and Sallie (De Witt) Flanders, of Nelson County was born in 1822, and was twice married before her union with Mr. McCrocklin. Mrs. McCrocklin's first husband was James Weaver, to whom she bore two children: Mary K. and Nannie J. Her father was born in New York in 1800, and died in Nelson County in 1856. Mr. and Mrs. McCrocklin reside on the old McCrocklin homestead, the house being seventy-six years old. McCrocklin Beard Wakfield Wells Flanders De_Witt Weaver = Shelby Ireland Nelson NY