Brief Life History of John Drew
When John Drew McClanahan was born on 17 June 1805, in Franklin, Kentucky, United States, his father, Samuel McClanahan, was 25 and his mother, Mary Noakes, was 21. He married Elizabeth Beaty on 13 February 1831. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Tipton, Tipton, Tennessee, United States in 1850 and Tipton, Tennessee, United States in 1880. He died on 9 February 1890, in Gainesville, Tipton, Tennessee, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Robinson Cemetery, Tipton, Tennessee, United States.
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- John D Mcleahan, "United States Census, 1850"
- John D McClanahan, "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
- John Drew McClanahan, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (8)
1808
Atlantic slave trade abolished.
1812 · Kentucky Bend Created
During the New Madrid earthquakes of 1811-1812, the Kentucky Bend or New Madrid Bend was created. It is located in the southwestern corner of Kentucky on the banks of the Mississippi River.
1830 · The Second Great Awakening
Being a second spiritual and religious awakening, like the First Great Awakening, many Churches began to spring up from other denominations. Many people began to rapidly join the Baptist and Methodist congregations. Many converts to these religions believed that the Awakening was the precursor of a new millennial age.
Name Meaning
Scottish and Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Leanacháin ‘son of Leanachán’, a personal name meaning ‘possessing cloaks’ or ‘with the cloak’. In Scotland the surname (with internal ch) was once common in Galloway. There is also an Irish Ó surname from the same personal name, see Lenahan .
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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