James Cloyd McClung

Brief Life History of James Cloyd

When James Cloyd McClung was born on 19 May 1808, in Clark, Ohio, United States, his father, Samuel McClung, was 34 and his mother, Mary Cloyd, was 34. He married Mary Chandler on 15 April 1831, in Montgomery, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 1 daughter. He lived in Union Township, Montgomery, Indiana, United States in 1840 and Wapello, Iowa, United States in 1850. He died on 23 July 1892, in Dahlonega Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Dahlonega Cemetery, Dahlonega, Dahlonega Township, Wapello, Iowa, United States.

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Family Time Line

James Cloyd McClung
1808–1892
Margaret Ellen Scott
1816–1906
Marriage: 16 May 1837
Rebecca Ellen McClung
1840–1861
James Scott McClung
1841–1889
John Smith McClung
1845–1906
Susan Frances Mc Clung
1847–1924
Martha Matilda E McClung
1849–1921
Millard Henry McClung
1855–1939
Ryland Brown McClung
1857–1948

Sources (21)

  • J C Mc Clung, "United States Census, 1860"
  • James C McClung, "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
  • James C. McClung, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1812

War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.

1823

Historical Boundaries 1823: Montgomery, Indiana, United States

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 or Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Luinge ‘son of Lunge’, a personal name probably meaning ‘seafarer’, although the literal meaning is ‘ship’, from Latin navis longa.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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