CHATHAM COUNTY, NC - OBITS - Dr. John S. McClenahan ============================================================= USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Sue Ashby canova@tstar.net ============================================================== THE HOME - Pittsboro, Weekly - Chatham Co., NC Pittsboro, N.C., Thursday, October 13, 1887 Dr. John S. McClenahan was born at Haywood, in this county, January the 4th, 1833, and died at his home in Pittsboro, Oct. 6, 1887, being in the 55th year of his age. His father, Dr. Pence McClenahan was a high-toned, public spirited and popular man. Of his sons, James T. a young lawyer of promise, fell on the dreadful field of Malvern Hill. William moved to Texas and is a very successful physician. John S. the subject of this notice, spent his while life in Chatham. Twenty-five years ago Chatham did no contain a finer specimen of physical manhood or a more popular, genial, open-hearted gentleman. He was respected by everybody. He was a good surgeon and a successful practitioner of medicine. For the past ten or twelve years he has been greatly broken in health, and the public has seen but little of him. He leaves a most excellent wife, two daughters and three sons. His burial at the Methodist church on last Friday was largely attended by friends and relatives.