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James Craig McClanahan

James Craig McClanahan

Male 1794 - 1865  (71 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  James Craig McClanahanJames Craig McClanahan was born 23 May 1794, Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (son of James [Craig] McClanahan and Elizabeth Boggs); died 21 Aug 1865, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Blair Co., Pennsylvania.

    James married Elizabeth King 1826, Bedford Forge, Hopewell, Pennsylvania. Elizabeth (daughter of John King and Christina Berkstresser) was born 7 Jan 1804, Shy Beaver Huntingdon Co., Pennsylvania; died 17 Aug 1895, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

    Notes:

    Married:
    Marriage to Elizabeth King, d/o John King; b. Shy Beaver Huntingdon Co., PA 7 Jan 1804; d. 17 Aug 1895 at 92 years of age.

    Children:
    1. John King McClanahan/McLanahan was born 25 Mar 1828, Bedford Forge, Pennsylvania; died 13 Dec 1918, Blair County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
    2. Eliza Bell McClanahan/McLanahan was born 20 Nov 1829; died 5 Nov 1889, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; was buried , Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.
    3. James William McClanahan/McLanahan was born Jun 1833, Pennsylvania; died 8 Jun 1909, St. Louis, Missouri ; was buried , Bellefontaine Cemetery Saint Louis, Missouri.
    4. Samuel Calvin McClanahan/McLanahan was born 1 May 1842, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; died 19 May 1928, Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania; was buried , Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery Hollidaysburg, Pennsylvania.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  James [Craig] McClanahan was born 10 Jan 1763, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (son of James [Cockran] McClanahan and Isabella Craig); died 1844, Baltimore, Maryland.

    Notes:

    Name:
    denotes mother's maiden name

    James married Elizabeth Boggs. Elizabeth (daughter of Major John Boggs and Elizabeth Johnston) was born 17 Jan 1775, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died Bef 1827. [Group Sheet]


  2. 3.  Elizabeth Boggs was born 17 Jan 1775, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania (daughter of Major John Boggs and Elizabeth Johnston); died Bef 1827.

    Notes:

    Elizabeth Boggs, d/o John Boggs and Elizabeth Johnston, m. James Craig McClanahan. The children of John Boggs and Elizabeth Johnston [her siblings] are:
    Children of Major John Boggs by his Wife Elizabeth Johnston:
    I. Andrew Boggs, born 1 September, 1773: Married: (1.) Jane Johnston
    (2.) Sarah Biddle, cousin of Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia
    II. Elizabeth Boggs, born 17 January, 1775: Married James McLanahan.
    III. Johnston Boggs, born 9 June, 1776; died in Natchez, Mississippi.
    IV. Francis Boggs, born 25 February, 1778; died at twelve years of age.
    V. Anna Boggs, born 24 October, 1779: Married William Wister Miller.
    VI. Mary Boggs, born 19 November, 1781: Married James Miller.
    VII. Jane Boggs, born 13 March, 1784: Married John Royer, and their daughter, Mary Letitia Royer, married the Honorable Cyrus L. Pershing, the late eminent jurist of Schuylkill County.
    VIII. John Boggs, born 18 August, 1787, became a prominent physician. (See ?Eminent Men of the Cumberland Valley?).
    IX. James Boggs

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children of James McLanahan, by his wife Elizabeth Boggs:
    I. James Craig McLanahan, born 22 May, 1794; died 15 August, 1865; married Elizabeth King.
    II. Robert McLanahan, born at Baltimore?died at Baltimore, unmarried.
    III. Anna Maria McLanahan; died at Baltimore, unmarried.
    IV. Eliza Bell McLanahan; lived and died at Govanstorm (Goranstown)? Maryland; married Dr. James Robert Ward.
    I. Daughter?Anna M. Ward; died June 9, 1892.
    V. William Allison McLanahan; lived and died in Baltimore,
    Maryland;

    Children:
    1. 1. James Craig McClanahan was born 23 May 1794, Greencastle, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died 21 Aug 1865, Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pennsylvania; was buried , Hollidaysburg Presbyterian Cemetery, Blair Co., Pennsylvania.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  James [Cockran] McClanahan was born 1735, Greencastle, Pennsylvania (son of James McClanahan and Mary Cockran/Cockrane); died 17 Apr 1823, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Cockran denotes Mother's Maiden Name

    James married Isabella Craig 11 May 1761, Pennsylvania Colony. Isabella was born 2 Feb 1742, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died 16 Sep 1819, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]


  2. 5.  Isabella Craig was born 2 Feb 1742, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died 16 Sep 1819, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children of James McClanahan and Isabella Craig:
    James McClanahan1763 - 1844
    John McClanahan1764 - 1797
    Robert McClanahan1766 -
    Margaret McClanahan1768 -
    Mary McClanahan1771 - 1848
    William McClanahan1773 - 1833
    Samuel McClanahan1775 -
    Joseph McClanahan1780 -
    Isabella McClanahan1780 -
    Rebecca McClanahan1783 -
    Sarah McClanahan1787 - 1842

    Children:
    1. 2. James [Craig] McClanahan was born 10 Jan 1763, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died 1844, Baltimore, Maryland.

  3. 6.  Major John Boggs died Yes, date unknown.

    John married Elizabeth Johnston. Elizabeth died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]


  4. 7.  Elizabeth Johnston died Yes, date unknown.

    Notes:

    Married:
    Children of Major John Boggs by his Wife Elizabeth Johnston:
    I. Andrew Boggs, born 1 September, 1773: Married: (1.) Jane Johnston
    (2.) Sarah Biddle, cousin of Nicholas Biddle of Philadelphia
    II. Elizabeth Boggs, born 17 January, 1775: Married James McLanahan.
    III. Johnston Boggs, born 9 June, 1776; died in Natchez, Mississippi.
    IV. Francis Boggs, born 25 February, 1778; died at twelve years of age.
    V. Anna Boggs, born 24 October, 1779: Married William Wister Miller.
    VI. Mary Boggs, born 19 November, 1781: Married James Miller.
    VII. Jane Boggs, born 13 March, 1784: Married John Royer, and their daughter, Mary Letitia Royer, married the Honorable Cyrus L. Pershing, the late eminent jurist of Schuylkill County.
    VIII. John Boggs, born 18 August, 1787, became a prominent physician. (See ?Eminent Men of the Cumberland Valley?).
    IX. James Boggs

    Children:
    1. 3. Elizabeth Boggs was born 17 Jan 1775, Greencastle, Antrim Township, Franklin County, Pennsylvania; died Bef 1827.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James McClanahan was born Bef 1710, Antrim, Ulster Province, IRELAND (son of John McClanahan and Jane Buchanan); died Bef 27 May 1777, Octorara Ck. Cumberland-Lancaster, Pennsylvania.

    Notes:

    Name:
    This is James McClanahan who is identified in the diaries of the Reverend John Cuthbertson, in 1751. His families are acquainted with the Reynolds, Neeleys, Devins and likely member of the group who traveled south from Pennsylvania to Virginia and North Carolina.

    James married Mary Cockran/Cockrane. Mary (daughter of John Cockran and Mrs. John Cockran) was born Abt 1712, Franklin County Pennsylvania Conococheague Society; died Bef 1782. [Group Sheet]


  2. 9.  Mary Cockran/Cockrane was born Abt 1712, Franklin County Pennsylvania Conococheague Society (daughter of John Cockran and Mrs. John Cockran); died Bef 1782.
    Children:
    1. 4. James [Cockran] McClanahan was born 1735, Greencastle, Pennsylvania; died 17 Apr 1823, Greencastle, Franklin Co., Pennsylvania.