Biographical Sketch of Mayor H. E. McClanahan, Jefferson County, MO

>From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and 
Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing 
Company, 1888.

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Mayor H. E. McClanahan, of Festus, Jefferson County, is a native of
Ste. Genevieve County, and was born January 31, 1837.  His father,
Madison McClanahan, of Scotch descent, was a native of the same county,
where he spent his entire life; he married Miss Virginia Frazier, of
French descent, and to them several children were born, four of whom
grew to manhood and womanhood.  At this writing the mother is still
living on the old homestead, in Jackson Township, Ste. Genevieve 
County.  H. E. McClanahan received a common school education, and was
reared on a farm, to which occupation he gave his undivided attention
until 1881, when he located in the town in which he now resides.  He
married Miss Martha A. Jennings, a native of the same locality as him-
self, the event being solemnized November 3, 1869.  This marriage was
blessed by the birth of nine children, four of whom are deceased, viz.:
Elvey E., Ida, an infant unnamed and Chester.  Those living are: 
Signor V., Gracie, Luther B., Jessie M. and Minnie P.  Since locating
in Festus Mr. McClanahan has been representing the Klausman Brewing
Company, of St. Louis, as local distributing agent.  In the corporation
election of 1877 he was elected to the office of mayor of the town of
Festus.  In matters political he is an independent Democrat, preferring
to vote for the man in preference to party dictation.

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