Greenbrier County, West Virginia    Biography: Thomas W. McCLUNG

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Transcribed and submitted by Ed Johnson, <EDEAJ @aol.com>, 1998.
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THOMAS W. McCLUNG - resides six miles northeast of Lewisburg, on the old
home farm in Falling Spring District, Greenbrier County, where he has 900
acres of land, very valuable for grazing purposes, and is interested in
raising of stock.  He was born in Greenbrier County, March 8, 1847, and in
this county his wedded life began, Elizabeth S. ESTILL becoming his wife on
the 21st of February, 1870.  Their children all at home, are five:  William
Estill, born December 20, 1871;  John Edgar, July 26, 1875;  Thomas
McClanahan, September 15, 1876;  Florence Elizabeth, November 30, 1878;
Agatha Estill, September 26, 1880.  William McCLUNG, father of Thomas W.,
was born in Greenbrier County, in January, 1785, and in this county, June 25,
1844, he married Elizabeth W. McCLANAHAN, who was born in Roanoke County,
Virginia, in 1809.  He died June 5, 1855, and his widow survived him nearly
twenty years, dying January 8, 1873.  The wife of Thomas McCLUNG was born in
Lewisburg, March 4, 1848, a daughter of Floyd and Susan R. (KINCAID) ESTILL.
Her father was born in Tennessee, December 20, 1813, her mother near
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, December 26, 1821;  and they were married in
this county, June 15, 1847.  Thomas McCLUNG's postoffice address is
Lewisburg, Greenbrier County, West Virginia.

Source:  Hardesty, Henry H.  Hardesty's Historical and Geographical
Encyclopedia.  New York: H.H. Hardesty and Company, 1884.
Rpt. in West Virginia Heritage Encyclopedia.  Ed. Jim Comstock.
Richwood: Comstock, 1974.