Monroe Robentile McClanahan^{[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]}

1844 - 1923  (79 years)

• Name	Monroe Robentile McClanahan
  Born	7 Mar 1844	Ripley, Brown Co., Ohio
  Gender	Male
  Died	3 Dec 1923
  Buried	Rose Hill Cemetery, Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa
  Person ID	I19352	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	23 Nov 2017

  
  

  Father	General John to Ohio McClanahan,   b. 6 Nov 1794, Rockbridge Co., Virginia ,   d. 23 Feb 1863, Ohio  (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Margaret Black 'Peggy' Wright,   b. 19 Jul 1800, Bourbon Co., Kentucky ,   d. 1873, Sumner, Warren Co., Illinois  (Age 72 years)
  Married	29 Jan 1818	Fall Creek, Highland Co., Ohio
  	Issue: Seventeen Children; Monroe Robentile McClanahan (1843-1923) b. Brown Co., Ohio 7 Mar 1844; d. Caldwell, Kansas Daughter of John and Peggy McClanahan: Katherine 'Kate' McClanahan Brown was the wife of Rev. John H. Brown Children of John & Peggy McClanahan: Mary Ann McClanahan Thompson, 1819?1907 Samuel M McClanahan, 1823?1893 Joseph P. McClanahan, 1825?1900 Isabella McClanahan Kinkead, 1826?1895 Thomas Scott McClanahan, 1827?1909 Sarah McClanahan, 1828?1846 Margaret Jane McClanahan Fisher, 1830?1915 John Porter McClanahan, 1831?1902 Elizabeth McClanahan Wickens, 1833?1897 Nancy McClanahan Wallace, 1835?1928 William Steele McClanahan, 1836?1888 Susanna McClanahan Thompson, 1838?1917 Francis Marion McClanahan, 1840?1908 Katherine McClanahan Brown, 1841?1868 Monroe Robentile McClanahan, 1844?1923
  Family ID	F7199	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos		Monroe R. McClanahan mcclanahanmonroe.jpg
  		Monroe McClanahan p19352Monroe_McClanahan.jpg

  
  

  Documents		Pension File mcclanahanmr.jpg
  		Obit. Monroe McClanahan mrmcclanahan.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S100] Internet Source, http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/McClanahan/D17MRMCC.htm. Monroe Robentile McClanahan (1843-1923) D17 Monroe Robentile McClanahan, born March 7, 1844 in Ripley, Brown County, Ohio; died December 3, 1923 and is buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mt. Ayr, Ringgold County, Iowa; married September 19, 1865 Sarah Isabelle Struthers in Warren County, Illinois. Isabelle was born on September 26/27, 1843 in Monmouth, Illinois, died September 20, 1893. Isabelle is also buried in Rose Hill Cemetery, Mt. Ayr, Iowa. Five children. Monroe Robentile McClanahan was born in Brown County, Ohio, on March 7, 1844 and died in Caldwell, Kansas at the home of one of his two sons, Dr. William A. McClanahan on December 3, 1923. When Monroe was eleven years old (1855), the family moved to Monmouth, Illinois. In 1864, he volunteered as a soldier in the Civil War and served in his brother's (William Steele McClanahan) Infantry (the 138th Illinois Infantry, Company A) until the end of the war. Civil War Documents of Monroe Robentile McClanahan Discharge Document Medical Descriptive List After the Civil War, he then returned to Monmouth, Illinois. On September 19, 1865, he was married in a double wedding to Sarah Isabel Struthers, along with his brother, (D15) Francis Marion McClanahan who married Elizabeth Foster. In 1872, he moved his family to Ringgold County, Iowa, and improved a farm south of Mount Ayr. Five children came to this union, the three girls dying in infancy. The two boys were William A. and Nelson Rankin McClanahan (of Aberdeen, South Dakota). In early life he made a profession of religion and united with the United Presbyterian Church of Cedar Creek, Illinois and was always an active member of the church. He was a charter member and an elder of the Alexis United Presbyterian Church and served as elder a number of years in the Mount Ayr United Presbyterian Church. At the time of his death, he held his membership in the West Side United Presbyterian Church of Monmouth, Illinois. Mrs. Belle McClanahan died November 20, 1893. On May 25, 1896, he was married again to Mrs. Elizabeth McCreary at Cedar Creek parsonage, Warren County, Illinois, by her pastor. They lived most of the time in Warren County, Illinois, until her death which took place October 31, 1920. After that time he made his home with his two sons. Obituary - Monroe McClanahan Tombstone of Monroe Robentile McClanahan (1843-1923) Monroe Robentile McClanahan (1843-1923) Sarah Isabelle McClanahan (1843-1893) Rose Hill Cemetery, Section 32-C Mt. Ayr, Iowa Monroe Robentile McClanahan was born in Brown County, Ohio, March 7th, 1844 and died at Caldwell, Kan., December 3, 1923. When eleven years old the family moved to Monmouth, Ill. In 1864 he volunteered as a soldier in the Civil War and served until the end of the war and then returned to Monmouth, Ill. On September 19, 1865, he was married to Sarah Isabelle Struthers, and settled on a farm adjoining Alexis, Ill. In 1872, he moved to Ringgold county, Iowa, and improved a farm south of Mt. Ayr. Five children came to this union--three dying in infancy. Two remain --W. A., of Ringgold Kan., and N. R. of Aberdeen, S. Dak. Mrs. McClanahan died Nov. 20, 1893. On May 25, 1896 he married again to Mrs. Elizabeth McCreary at Cedar Creek parsonage, Warren county, Illinois, by her pastor, Rev. Wm. Donaldson. They lived most of the time in Warren county, Illinois, until her death which took place October 31, 1920. Since that time he has made his home with the two boys. In early life he made a profession of religion and united with the U. P. church of Cedar Creek, Ill., and has always been an active member of the church. He was a charter member and an elder of the Alexis U. P. church and served as elder a number of years in the Mount Ayr U. P. church. At the time of his death he holds his membership in the West Side U. P. church of Monmouth, Ill. Dr. and Mrs. W. A. McClanahan, of Caldwell, Kan., at whose home Mr. McClanahan spent the last months of his life, accompanied the remains to Mouth Ayr. They were joined at Tingley by N. R. McClanahan of Aberdeen, S. D., and Rev. Stewart of Oskaloosa. Ed and John Rankin and Rev. John Currie, of Tarkio, Mo., arrived yesterday morning to attend the funeral. Children of Monroe Robentile McClanahan and Isabelle Struthers: E1 Dr. William A. McClanahan, born January 26, 1867, died Apr 17, 1947; married Emma J. Thompson (sister of Tarkio's President); Emma died December 19, 1932 in Little Rock, Arkansas; no children. E2 Nelson Rankin McClanahan, born September 16, 1877 in Aberdeen, South Dakota, died June 6, 1945 in Aberdeen, South Dakota; married December 21, 1904 in Mina, South Dakota Ida Blanche Lewis, born April 15, 1870 in Dane County, Wisconsin, died September 4, 1959 in Columbus, Ohio. Three other children, all girls, died in infancy. [S74] Pension Record, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GTBL-9QB2. pension file [S150] Photograph, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9057625/monroe-robentile-mcclanahan#view-photo=86908453. http://www.frontierfamilies.net/family/McClanahan/D17MRMCC.htm Photograph of Monroe Robentile McClanahan, Nelson Rankin and Jeanne Isabel McClanahan c.1922 [S42] Obituary, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9057625/monroe-robentile-mcclanahan#view-photo=9212727. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9057625/monroe-robentile-mcclanahan.