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Source for:   James McClurken,   1748 -          Index

Birth source:    S242
Page:   page 125

Text:   James McClurken's children with their approximate births are as follows:
1. Mary McClurken, b. 1744, m. George Moore. Must have died without issue before her father's will was made.
2. Thomas McClurken, b. 1746, m. Smith, dau. of David Smith in Chester Co., S. C.
3. James McClurken, b. 1748, m. Catherine Will in Laurens Co., S. C. Proved Jan. 22, 1831.
4. Lillias McClurken, b. 1750. Probably married John Baird. Died before her father's will was made.
5. Eleanor McClurken, b. 1753, m. (1) William Young (2) John Mabin. Died in Ohio.
6. Samuel McClurken, b. 1756, m. Nancy Died 1795 in Laurens Co., S. C. Son Samuel went to Henderson Co. Tenn.
7. Jane (Jean) McClurken, b. 1758, m. David Weir.
8. Catherine McClurken, b. 1760, m. William Boyd in 1778 in Laurens Co. before her father moved to Chester. A minor on arrival in Charleston.
9. John McClurken, b. 1763, m. Margaret Walker. He was a minor on arrival in Charleston.
10. Jennet McClurken, b. 1765, m. Matthew Henry McClurken, a cousin. Son James went to Preble Co., Ohio, then to Randolph, Ill.
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Source for:   James B McClurken,   23 DEC 1823 - 17 MAR 1901         Index

Birth source:    S169

Text:   12/23/1823

Birth source:    S163

Text:   12/25/1823 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 63

Birth source:    S94
Page:   page 240

Burial source:    S169

Burial source:    S90

Text:   http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=55034386

Religion source:    S219

Text:   Mr. James B. McClurkin gave a block in Oakdale for a site, which was accepted. Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, "The Covenanter Witness," Weekly. Volume 64, page 405

Text:   In 1867 the congregation erected a building in Oakdale on land donated by James B McClurkin and Company. Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, "The Covenanter Witness," Weekly. Volume 13, page 256

Religion source:    S113

Text:   Mr. James B. McClurkin gave a block in Oakdale for a site, which was accepted. History of Oakdale Township. Page 30

Religion source:    S94
Page:   page 227

Text:   The house of worship was torn down about 1867-68 and rebuilt on a block of ground donated by Mr. James B. McClurken, in Oakdale, about three miles east.

Residence source:    S8

Text:   John McClurken
Elizabeth McClurken

Event source:    S119
History of Washington County, Illinois - 1879. page 70

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Text:   JAMES B. McCLURKIN
Washington Co., IL
From : Nashville Journal, March 28, 1901

Walter McClurkin, who is attending college at Beaver Falls, was called home by the sudden death of his grandfather, James McClurkin. Died, on last Sabbath evening, Jas. B. McClurkin, after an illness of only a few hours. He was among Elkhorn's early settlers, living on his farm west of town until within the last year, when he and his daughter moved to town to enjoy ease. Eighty-six years of [C]hristian and inoffensive living is seldom found in a community and such were marked characteristics of James B. McClurkin.

Death source:    S169

Death source:    S163
Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 63

Death source:    S94
Page:   page 240

Residence source:    S5

Text:   John McClurken

Residence source:    S6

Text:   John McClurken

Residence source:    S11

Text:   James B McClurken

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Text:   James B McClurken

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Text:   James B McClurken

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Text:   James B McClurken
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Residence source:    S16

Text:   James B McClurken

Event source:    S125
Page:   page 19
Illinois Negro Historymakers. page 19

Event source:    S293
Page:   pages 14 & 15

Text:   "Besides my father," said Mr. Ramsey, "John Hood and two brothers, James B. and Thomas McClurkin, lived in Oakdale, where my father lived during the last thirty-five years of his life. He lived in Eden before this time...."
..... But ... few were ever gotten from the aegis of the Hayes and Moores and Todds and McLurkins and Hoods and Sloanes and Milligans of that region.

Event source:    S119
Page:   page 71

Text:   From "History of Washington County, Illinois" 1879, page 71
JAMES B. McCLURKIN
was born in South Carolina, December 23d, 1823. His father, John McClurkin, was also a native of that state, and of Irish extraction. He emigrated west, and settled in what is now Elkton Precinct in the year 1833. He raised a family of nine children, and lived to the advanced age of eighty-two. His wife died three days previous at the age of eighty-four; his father, Thomas McClurkin, being the grandfather of the subject of our sketch, was a revolutionary soldier and under Col. Washington. He was a slave-holder and in 1808 he set his slaves free; he lies buried in the old R. P. grave-yard in Elkton Precinct, and is probably the only revolutionary soldier buried in the county.
The subject of our sketch assisted on his father's farm and attended the common schools in the neighborhood, where he received a fair education. In 1854 he was united in marriage to Miss Anna Morrison, a native of Philadelphia; they have a family of two children living, viz: William M. and Elizabeth Eunis. In polities Mr. McClurkin is a Republican. Religiously he is a member of the Reformed Presbyterian Church. History of Washington County, Illinois - 1879. page 71