Brief Life History of John M.
When John M. McClung was born in 1839, in Alabama, United States, his father, Rev William Edington McClung, was 26 and his mother, Chelsea Langston, was 23. He lived in Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, United States in 1850 and Election Precinct 1 Fayette, Fayette, Alabama, United States in 1850. He died in 1862, in Benton, Mississippi, United States, at the age of 23, and was buried in Tippah, Benton, Mississippi, United States.
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Sources (4)
- John McClung, "United States Census, 1850"
- John M. McClung, "Find A Grave Index"
- McClung Genealogy, by Rev. William McClung, published 1904
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World Events (3)
1846
U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.
1861
Mississippi became the second state to leave the Union at the start of the Civil War in 1861.
1861 · Ship Island is Captured by Union Forces
Ship Island was an important port for French Louisiana as it helped to establish the growth of the Gulf Coast. It is nicknamed “Plymouth Rock of the Gulf Coast.” Later it helped Union forces capture New Orleans and Mobile. Located there is Fort Massachusetts. In 1861, at the beginning of the Civil War, volunteers from Connecticut were sent there. It was used as a place for the POW Confederate soldiers. This area was important to the Battle of Vicksburg and General Sheridan’s victory at Cedar Creek.
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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