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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War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
Historical Boundaries 1823: Montgomery, Indiana, United States
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.
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.
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