2-3 JOSEPH McCLUNG (Sinking Creek Joe)
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    The second child of John and Jenett Thompson McClung was b. abt 1731. He lived on Sinking Creek in Greenbrier Co., WV in one of the finest agricultural regions in the state. He came to Greenbrier from Rockbridge Co., VA. The exact date of his emigration to Greenbrier is unknown; but it was not later than 1776. Joseph married Margaret Bell abt 1771. She was the daughter of James and Rachel (McCune) Bell. James Bell was b. 1710 in Ireland and died May 1751 in Augusta Co., VA.

    Rev. Wm McClung relates these anecdotes about Joseph McClung. A hog thief once stole some hogs from Joseph. The thief was arrested, convicted and consigned to the whipping poset. At the time appointed for the execution of the sentence, Joseph was present to see it well and adequately done. When the sheriff had finished applying the lash, Joseph, thinking the punishment insufficient, rushed up and grabbing the lash fairly blistered the prisoner with afew additional strokes. The prisoner afterward prosecuted him for this act and made it cost him the worth of a horse. Joseph again sought retaliation. Some time afterward a Baptist revival was conducted in the neighborhood and this same hog-thief was numbered among the converts. When the day arrived for the immersion of this convert in the creek, Joseph McClung was present as a mere spectator. Just as the converted hog-thief emerged from the water, Joseph rushed up to the edge of the stream and cried out: "Will the hair come? If it won't dip him again." This last act cost him the worth of another horse; but he seems to have had more horses than hogs to spare.

    His abhorrence of the papacy is evinced by the following retraction which appeared in the WV Historical Magazine:

    "Whereas, We Joseph McClung and Samuel McClung having heard by sundry unadvised persons that Mr. Andrew Donnally was a Papist and that he had changed his name by omiting an O which should have been prefixed to his Sirname, and whereas, we have unadvisedly published the same and also in an Advertisement which he set up in March, 1775 to warn the inhabitants of Greenbrier to give in a list of their tithables, did prefix the said O to his Sirname; and as we have since by unquestionable evidence been convinced that there is no just foundation for the same, we hereby acknowledge ourselves heartily sorry for the same; and in witness whereof have subscribed this and allow the same to be transmitted to Record.

    Given under our hands and seals this fourth day of March 1776.

JOSEPH McCLUNG (Seal)

SAMUEL McCLUNG (Seal)

Signed and acknowledged by us,
WILLIAM HAMILTON
WILLIAM McCLEMCHAN
SAMUEL HUGART
RICHARD MAY

    Joseph died 3 Feb 1819 in Greenbrier Co., VA. (AFN:JRQL-DX)

1-4 JOSEPH McCLUNG (Red-headed Joe)
GO902
    The first child of Joseph and Margaret Bell McClung was b. 17 May 1772 in Greenbrier Co, VA. He married 1) Elizabeth Groves 7 Nov 1796 (Gr Co Mg, p. 42 has 7 Sept 1790); She was b. 7 Nov 1776; d. 1802. He md 2) Elizabeth Hyde 2 Feb 1805 (Gr Co. , p. 42). Elizabeth was b. 19 Feb 1787 and died 6 Feb 1862. He died 3 July 1849 in Greenbrier Co., VA. He had one child by Elizabeth Groves and eight by Elizabeth Hyde. (AFN:JRQL-S1)

1-5 MARGARET McCLUNG
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    The first child of Joseph and Elizabeth Groves was b. 13 Sep 1800 at Wirt, WV. She md John Rader 3 Feb 1820. She died 5 Mar 1852. (AFN:JRQN-X0) Their ch: Elizabeth Rader b. 1827, Wirt, WV, md Thomas Feamster; Joseph b. 1831; George b. 1833; Franklin b. 1833; William b. 1836; Charles b. 1836; Harvey b. 1841; Mary b. 1843; Susan b. 1847.

2-5 CHARLES McCLUNG
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    The second child of Joseph (Elizabeth Hyde) was b. 20 Dec 1805 Greenbrier Co, VA. He married Nancy Black McClung 22 Feb 1832. She was b. 24 Apr 1813 and died 11 Feb 1888 (a dau of Alexander McClung (who was a son of Thomas McClung). They lived in Greenbrier Co., WV. Charles died 8 Oct 1865. They had 8 children.

1-6 REBECCA J. McCLUNG
G0905
    The first child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. about 1832. She married Green A. Rader of Lewisburg, WV.

2-6 CYRUS HYDE McCLUNG
G0906
    The second child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. 14 Aug 1834. He md 1 Sep 1863 to Martha Jane Gillilan (b. 12 July 1840; d. 10 Jan 1912). He was at one time a hotel proprietor at Frankford, WV. Three children. He died 21 Nov 1910.

1-7 CHARLES PARIS McCLUNG
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    The first child of Cyrus Hyde and Martha Jane Gillilan was born 17 Nov 1864 (JG=Mar). He was a sheep rancher at Briggs, TX. Unmd.

2-7 VIRGINIA REBECCA McCLUNG
G0908
    The second child of Cyrus Hyde and Martha Jane Gillilan was born 5 Mar 1866. She md Erasmus H. Hannah of Frankford, WV 30 Mar 1898 (JG=14 Mar 1894). She died 15 Oct 1896.

3-7 RICHARD KYLE McCLUNG
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    The third child of Cyrus Hyde and Martha Jane Gillilan was born 15 Apr 1868. He married A. Virginia Byers 30 Mar 1898. They resided at Frankford, WV. They had three children. He died 18 May 1930.

1-8 ERNEST KYLE McCLUNG
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    The first child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was born 14 Jan 1899. He md to Gladys M. Freeman (JG). Their children were: Dennis K and Richard N.

2-8 WARWICK GUY R. McCLUNG
G0911
    The second child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 31 Jan 1900. He md Nettie G. Nelson (b. 25 Dec 1911). Their children: Jack M.; Lanty K. md Sophia M. Jones; Shirley G. md Houston b. Moore, Jr; Guy R.; Charles W.; Lois J.; Carl D.; Glenn A..

3-8 GOLDEN CLYDE McCLUNG
G0912
    The third child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 31 Mar 1902. He md Hattie L. Clarkson. Child: Sarah J. (JG=His name listed Golden H).

4-8 MARTHA V. McCLUNG
G0913
    The fourth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 21 Apr 1904. She md to Marshall B. Hanna. Their children: David M. and Gail. (JG)

5-8 HARRY K. McCLUNG
G0914
    The fifth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. ca 1905. (JG)

6-8 SARAH M. McCLUNG
G0915
    The sixth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 11 May 1909. (JG)

7-8 MARGARET E. McCLUNG
G0916
    The seventh child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 5 July 1911. (JG)

8-8 ORA McCLUNG
G0917
    The eighth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 14 Sep 1912. He died 4 June 1913 when only about nine months old. (JG)

9-8 CHARLES P. McCLUNG
G0918
    The ninth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 30 Jul 1917. He died 11 Feb 1938 and is buried in Frankford, Greenbrier Co., WV.

10-8 KATHERINE McCLUNG
G0919
    The tenth child of Richard Kyle and A. Vergie Byers was b. 30 May 1919. She died 10 July 1919.

3-6 MARY ELIZABETH McCLUNG
G0920
    The third child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. abt 1836. She died at age 17 years, unmd.

4-6 SAMUEL KYLE McCLUNG
G0921
    The fourth child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. abt 1838. He married Mrs. Minnie Stephenson (nee Alexander) of Highland Co., VA. He died 17 Nov 1886. They had two children. After Samuel Kyle died, Minnie married 3) Prof. J. G. Dunsmore, Principal of Dunsmore Business College of Staunton, VA.

1-7 SIDNEY McCLUNG
G0922
    The first child of Samuel Kyle and Minnie Alexander McClung was b. about 1886. He resided at Staunton, Augusta, VA.

2-7 SAMMIE PARIS McCLUNG (dau.)
G0923
    The second child of Samuel Kyle and Minnie Alexander McClung was b. Jan 1887. Resided Staunton, Augusta, VA.

5-6 CAPT. ALPHEUS PARIS McCLUNG (Capt. Dod)
G0924
    The fifth child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. 10 June 1840. He was captain of the Greenbrier Cavalry. Harry McClung has donated copies of parole document from the Civil War. The second is a battle memo written by Alpheus about the death of a mare during battle in Wood County.

He became General Agent for the Deering Harvesting Machine Co. He married Elizabeth Ann McClung (b. 5 Feb 1840, dau. of Samuel Alexander McClung; d. 26 Jul 1900) They resided at Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV. They had five children.

1-7 EDWARD MOORE McCLUNG
G0925
    The first child of Alpheus Paris and Elizabeth Ann McClung was b. 19 Dec 1868. He died 20 Aug 1871.

2-7 MOORMAN SWOOPE McCLUNG
G0926
    The second child of Alpheus Paris and Elizabeth Ann McClung was b. 12 Oct 1871. He was a bookkeeper in the Bank of Lewisburg, WV.

3-7 DENNIS HYDE McCLUNG
G0927
    The third child of Alpheus Paris and Elizabeth McClung was b. 11 Feb 1873. He died 25 June 1892. Unmd.

4-7 WALTER LEPPS McCLUNG
G0928
    The fourth child of Alpheus Paris and Elizabeth McClung was b. 17 May 1875. He died 6 July 1891.

5-7 MARY MOORE McCLUNG
G0929
    The fifth child of Alpheus Paris and Elizabeth McClung was b. 17 Oct 1878. She married George A. VanLear 17 Oct 1901. He was a druggist of Roanoke, VA.

6-6 LUCY McCLUNG
G0930
    The sixth child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. abt 1842.

7-6 ELLEN McCLUNG
G0931
    The seventh child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. abt 1845. Either she or her sister, Lucy, accidentally drowned in a trough of water at the age of three years.

8-6 WILLIAM FRANK McCLUNG
G0932
    The eighth child of Charles and Nancy Black McClung was b. 19 May 1848. (IGI=1844) He married 18 Sep 1877 Nannie Blacknall Crump. They resided at Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV. He died 30 Nov 1888. They had five children.

1-7 SAMUEL KYLE McCLUNG
G0933
The first child of William Frank and Nannie Crump McClung was b. 18 Aug 1878. He was a stenographer and insurance agent at Roanoke, VA.

2-7 ALPHEUS BROOKES McCLUNG
G0934
    The second child of William Frank and Nannie Crump McClung was b. 5 Feb 1880. He resided at Roncevert, WV.

3-7 WILLIE FRANK McCLUNG (dau.)
G0935
    The third child of William Frank and Nannie Crump McClung was b. 10 Nov 1882. She md Lucius J. Holland 19 Dec 1900. He was a lawyer of Dallas, NC.

4-7 NELLIE CRUMP McCLUNG
G0936
    The fourth child of William Frank and Nannie Crump McClung was b. 1 Apr 1885. She resided at Lewisburg, Greenbrier, WV.

5-7 WILLIAM CRUMP McCLUNG
G0937
    The fifth child of William Frank and Nannie Crump McClung was b. 25 Feb 1886. He died 30 Nov 1900.

3-5 NANCY McCLUNG
G0938
    The third child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 11 Sept 1807. She married Alexander Kearns, 8 Oct 1846. She died 8 Dec 1875.

4-5 JANE McCLUNG
G0939
    The fourth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 1 Aug 1810. She married Michael Bright, Jr. 25 Dec 1832. They removed to Missouri. (Mg copy from Harry McClung)

5-5 ELEANOR McCLUNG
G0940
    The fifth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 5 Dec 1812. She married Dickson Grove McClung 22 Feb 1832. He was b. 21 Sept 1811 to William (Long Billie); d. 12 June 1898. Eleanor died 13 Sep 1871. Children.

McC Gen, 148

6-5 ELIZABETH (Bettie) MOORE McCLUNG
G0941
    The sixth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 14 Feb 1815. She md Kyle Bright, 1847. (He was b. abt 1815 in VA) They were buried at Old Stone Chapel, Lewisburg, WV
(AFN:KLMQ-71)

Their childre were: (1) Charles P. b. Oct 8, 1844 d. May 23, 1923 ; m. Margaret "Maggie" Ann Caroline Wallace - Jan 13, 1873. The couple are buried at Morningside Cemetery, Renick, WV. (2) Rebecca Bright b. Abt 1839. (3) Lucinda Bright b. abt 1847. (4) Ellen Bright b. 1849. From Butch Willard.

7-5 JOSEPH McCLUNG (Little Redheaded Joe)
G0942
    The seventh child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 8 Sept 1817 in VA. He md 17 Dec 1850 to Mary Jane Matthews (b. 30 May 1824 to Samuel and Mary (Warwick) Matthews; d. 7 Aug 1866). They had six children. Joseph died 13 Nov 1861.

1-6 ANNIE ELIZABETH McCLUNG
G0943
    The first child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was born 27 July 1852. She was educated at the Augusta Female Seminary. She md 6 June 1877 to Lieut. Samuel William Newman Feamster of Alderson, WV. They had eleven children: Pattie Heywood Feamster, b. 13 May 1878; Mary Lou Feamster b. 14 Jan 1880; Anna Warwick Feamster b. 3 Mar 1882; Coleman Alderson Feamster b. 7 Jan 1884; William Walter b. 2 Feb 1886; Samuel Wayland Newman Feamster b. 15 Mar 1888; Allen Thurman b. 23 Mar 1890; Lucille Matthews b. 17 June 1892; Cecil Hyde b. 17 June 1892; Earl Vance b. 10 Aug 1894; Garland McClung b. 19 Nov 1899.

2-6 WARWICK MATTHEWS McCLUNG
G0944
    The second child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was b. 28 Jan 1855. He md 20 Feb 1878 to Elizabeth Vermont Wallace (b. 7 July 1859). They resided at Williasburg, WV. Two children.

1-7 PINKNEY LAKE McCLUNG
G0945
    The first child of Warwick Matthews and Elizabeth Wallace McClung was b. 14 May 1879.

2-7 HENRY MATTHEWS McCLUNG
G0946
    The second child of Warwick Matthews and Elizabeth Wallace McClung was b. 21 Aug 1880. He was married to Mina ___ (b. 1887; d. 1973). They were buried in a cemetery on Rt. #219, north of Lewisburg.

3-6 MARY ELLEN McCLUNG
G0947
    The third child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was b. 3 Dec 1856. She married 6 Sep 1876 to Prof. E. G. Brownlee. He was at one time the president of the Eufaula (AL) Female Institute. They resided at 404 high St., Germantown, PA. Six children: Mary Cameron Brownlee; Helen Matthews Brownlee; Phillip; Edward; Louis; Joseph.

4-6 (Son) McCLUNG
G0948
    The fourth child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was b. abt 1858. He died in infancy.

5-6 (Dau.) McCLUNG
G0949
    The fifth child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was b. abt 1859. She died in infancy.

6-6 JOSEPH McCLUNG
G0950
    The sixth child of Joseph and Mary Jane Matthews McClung was b. May 1861. He died Feb 1862.

8-5 LUCINDA DAVIDSON McCLUNG
G0951
    The eighth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 8 June 1820. She died 3 June 1850. Unmd.

9-5 FRANKLIN McCLUNG (Pipe)
G0952
    The ninth child of Joseph and Elizabeth Hyde McClung was b. 13 Feb 1823. He md 1) 7 Mar 1866 to Agnes McClintick (no children). He md 2) 27 Oct 1875 to Josephine Williams (of Williamsburg, WV). They had one child. Franklin died 29 Apr 1883.

1-6 JAMES WARWICK McCLUNG
G0953
    The first child of Franklin and Agnes McClintick McClung was b. 8 Oct 1876. He married 15 Oct 1896 to Mary Gray Wallace (b. 19 Nov 1874). They resided at Sunlight, WV. They had three children.

McC Gen, 149

1-7 FRANKIE MABEL McCLUNG
G0954
    The first child of James Warwick and Mary Wallace McClung was b. 7 Sep 1897.

2-7 FREDERICK McCLUNG
G0955
    The second child of James Warwick and Mary Wallace McClung was b. 21 Mar 1899. He was bitten by a mad dog and was treated at the Pasteur Hospital at Baltimore, MD in 1902.

3-7 ROY McCLUNG
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    The third child of James Warwick and Mary Wallace McClung was b. 27 Apr 1900. He died 19 Mar 1901.

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