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Source for: Mary Ann Houghland, 1868 - JAN 1906
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Name source: S181Page: 207
Text: McCLURKEN, ARCHIBALD
Archibald McClurken was born in Chester County, South Carolina on 11 November 1794. He married Sarah King in 1817. Archibald was the son of Thomas and Elizabeth Smith McClurken. Thomas and Elizabeth came to America in 1772 along with 467 families from Ballymoney, Antrim County, Ireland. They settled in Chester County, South Carolina. Thomas and his three brothers all served in the South Carolina militia during the Revolutionary War. One brother, Archibald, was hung by the Tories in 1781.
The McClurkens were of the Reformed Presbyterian faith, who in 1820 decreed that all slave owners should free their slaves. This made it impossible for the covenanters (as the reformed Presbyterians were known) to compete with their neighbors. In 1828, the migration to the Midwest began. Thomas and his entire family, with the exception of Archibald, came to Washington County, Illinois in 1833. Thomas and Elizabeth are buried at the Oakdale Cemetery in Washington County, Illinois.
Archibald and Sarah sold their land in South Carolina in 1834, and came to Elkhorn district of Washington County, Illinois. They remained in Washington County until 1840 where they farmed and were partners with his brother, James. They operated one of the first mills in that county. In 1840 they moved to Perry County where they engaged in farming and in partnership with their son-in-law, David Thomas, started the first mill in Perry County. Their homestead was located south of Pinckneyville, where the County Clerk's office is now located. Archibald and Sarah had nine children: Elizabeth; born in 1820, married David Thomas. No family has been found. A son: born in 1822, disappeared from census in 1850. Nancy: born in 1823, died 1846. She married John Kimbell and had one son: Marvin Kimbell. His descendants live around Sorrento, Illinois. A daughter: born 1827, disappeared from census 1850. A son: born 1831, disappeared from census in 1850. Martha: born 1833, married first, William Davis. They had two children, Rosa and Nadine. She married a second time to Thomas Hendricks. They had one child: Vaden. Infant son: born 1835, died 1835. His was the first grave in Oakdale Cemetery. Thomas Valentine: born 1836, died 1870 (see McClurken, Thomas V. history). Archibald: born 1839, died 1915. He married Louise Smith. They had eight children: Finis (born 1862, died 1906. Married Mary Ann Houghland. They had five children), Reymus (born 1864, died 1866), Effie (born 1866, died 1945. Married William Trefftzs. They had one child), Ida (born 1868. Married Judson Houghland. No children), Zoe (born 1871, died 1936. Married Edward Vaughn), Lindolph (born 1872. Married Letha Cheek. No children but raised his niece's two sons), Ralph (born 1875, died 1921. Married Carrie Chorpenning. they had seven children), Emmett (born 1878, died 1951. Married Frona Chapman. They had on child). Perry County Historical Society, Perry County. Page 207
Birth source: S163 Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 71
Burial source: S90Text: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=34183088
Residence source: S19Text: Finis McClurken
Death source: S163Text: 2 weeks before Finis Narratives of Randolph County McC - McM. Page 71
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Source for: Amanda Howe, 09 FEB 1842 - 29 JAN 1885
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Birth source: S90Text: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18042936
Birth source: S16Text: James C McClurkin
Burial source: S90Text: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=18042936
Date should be 1885.
Residence source: S16Text: James C McClurkin
Event source: S138Page: February 28, 1910, page 4
Text: Second to Be Thus Honored.
The honor paid is rather unusual, and Mrs. Coolidge is the second woman in the county who has ever received such recognition. Mrs. Amanda Howe McClurkin of this city, long since deceased, who as a girl went to the front during the war and worked heroically in hospitals and on the field in easing the last moments of the dying, soothing and tenderly nursing the injured.
She endeared herself to the Gibson County soldiers in a way that was rare in those days when the devotion and heroism of womanhood was hourly called upon. Mrs. McClurkin was made an honorary member of the Archer Post many years ago.
Event source: S204Text: location: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.gibson/1361/mb.ashx
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Event source: S194Page: 2/5/1885
Text: "OBITUARY - Mrs. Amanda (Howe) M'Clurkin."
DIED: - On Thursday, January 29th, 1885, at the family residence southwest of Princeton Mrs. Amanda (Howe) McClurkin, wife of James C. McClurkin, in the 43d year of her age.
Mrs. McClurkin was the daughter of Mr. Willis Howe, one of the pioneer citizens of Princeton. She was born and raised here and from early childhood was a favorite among all classes. While she developed a geniality of disposition and a nobility of character in every sphere of her younger life, it was not until the breaking out of the late civil war that this disposition and character was manifested in its greatest grandeur. It was when she heard the appeals of the suffering and wounded in the cause of the Union and the flag, which she had been taught to honor and revere, that all the patriotism and loyalty of her being was kindled into life and activity. She felt that she ought to do something, and the question was what could she do. But it was not long a question. With her, to know a duty was to find a place and manner of doing it. She could not take her place in the ranks of those who faced danger and death in the field, but she could face danger and death in another sphere. She could go into the hospital and do something for the sick, the wounded and dying. This she promptly resolved to do. Leaving a comfortable home and friends with whom she need not know care or want, Miss Amanda Howe, a young lady of only 18, started for the scene of war and carnage. It was about the latter part of June, 1863, when she embarked on board a boat at Evansville. The boat was chartered by that noble association of Christian men and women, the sanitary commission, and was loaded with hospital supplies and nurses, destined for the armies along the Mississippi, and around Vicksburg. Before the boat reached its destination Vicksburg had surrendered. The subject of this sketch proceeded at once after landing at that place to the camps of the Union army and engaged in the work of her mission. She continued there in the field hospitals for several months, and when her assistance was no longer needed, she returned home. Subsequently she went to Louisville and entered the service as a regular hospital nurse, and continued in that service until the close of the war. During this time she was in daily association with the sick and wounded. How she administered to their wants, and how she soothed and comforted the dying will never be fully revealed in this world. The record, and her reward, is with Him who said, "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these, my brethren, ye have done it unto me."
Since the close of the war the deceased has been unremitting in her devotion to the soldier and the cause of patriotism and loyalty. She had seen too much hospital service to ever lightly regard the terrible sacrifice that was required to perpetuate the Union. She knew too much of the bravery and heroism of those who wore the blue to ever forget them. Her admiration for the soldier living was only equalled by her sympathy for the dead, and for those whom the dead left to the care of the world. She never forgot to do honor to the memory of the fallen braves on the day set apart for that purpose. The writer has personal knowledge of more than one time when the busy cares of life had induced others to forget or to be indifferent to any preparation for decoration day, and but for the zeal and energy of Mrs. McClurkin the day and its duties would have passed by unobserved. Her service on occasions of this kind are too well known to need repetition here. It was on account of such service, as well as for her faithful service in the hospitals in the army, that the Grand Army of the Republic, at this place, passed a unanimous resolution making her an honorary member of this Post, a compliment rarely bestowed.
The funeral services were held at the U.P. church, of which Mrs. McClurkin was a faithful and consistent member, last Saturday. The services were attended by Archer Post G.A.R., and a large concourse of friends and relatives, who thus attested their respect for the deceased. She leaves a husband and three children and other near relatives to mourn her loss. To these, the community in which she lived, unites in a tender expression of sincere sympathy, and with a feeling that in a large degree they are called to share in the irreparable loss which is sustained by the family."
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Death source: S204Text: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.indiana.counties.gibson/1361/mb.ashx
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Death source: S75Page: For member #475945
Text: 29 - Jan - 1885
Event source: S137Page: 1/30/1885, page 2, column 4
Text: Mrs. Amanda McClurkin, wife of James McClurkln, and daughter of Willis Howe, esq., of Princeton, died near that place yesterday afternoon. She was noted for her patriotism and devotion to the soldiers. During the war she was a nurse at Evansville, Louisville, Nashville and other places in the south, and was with Grant's army in his Vicksburg campaign.