OBIT: John McCLAIN, 1861, Tod Township, Huntingdon County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Patty Millich Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm __________________________________________ John M'Clain, one of the first settlers in Tod township, Huntingdon county, died at his residence on the 25th ultimo, aged over one hundred years. The GLOBE says of this centenarian that he was at one time the most powerful man in the whole country. His voice was so strong that he could be heard in conversation a mile distant and he could make himself heard two miles. Peace to the pioneer's manes. The Alleghanian, Ebensburg, Pa., Volume 2, Number 34, Thursday, April 11, 1861