West Virginia Statewide Files WV-Footsteps Mailing List WV-FOOTSTEPS-D Digest Volume 99 : Issue 72 Today's Topics: #1 BIO: William MASTERS, Greenbrier C [SSpradling@aol.com] #2 BIO: Captain David Tay MOORE, Gree [SSpradling@aol.com] #3 BIO: Col. Houston Burger MOORE, A. [SSpradling@aol.com] #4 BIO: Reuben W. RAMSEY, Greenbrier [SSpradling@aol.com] #5 BIO: James Thomas RUCKER, Greenbri [SSpradling@aol.com] #6 BIO: Emmett Hammond CRICKENBERGER, [SSpradling@aol.com] #7 BIO: John J. DeLAAD, Greenbrier Co [SSpradling@aol.com] #8 BIO: THE GREENBRIER McCLUNGS, Gree [SSpradling@aol.com] Administrivia: To unsubscribe from WV-FOOTSTEPS-D, send a message to WV-FOOTSTEPS-D-request@rootsweb.com that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the WV-FOOTSTEPS-D list administrator, send mail to WV-FOOTSTEPS-admin@rootsweb.com. ______________________________X-Message: #1 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 21:55:40 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8aa393d4.2528119c@aol.com> Subject: BIO: William MASTERS, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 199-201 WILLIAM MASTERS. William Masters was one of the leading business men of Greenbrier county, a good Christian and one whom the church has greatly missed since he passed to his reward above, on February 25, 1914, at his winter home near St. Petersburg, Fla. He was born in Greenbrier county July 11, 1834, and was reared a farmer, and died owning considerable real estate, both in West Virginia and in Florida, where he was accustomed to spend his winter months for four years. He married Martha J. Piercy, March 1, 1860. She was a Greenbrier lady, born in this county December 25, 1833. She was a loving, faithful wife, mother and neighbor. She died in 1892. The fruit of this union was: Augustus C., born December 7, 1860, a farmer and a coal operator, living at Lewisburg; Luella, who was horn May 3, 1862, and died when eleven years old; Alice, born March 15, 1869. She married L. M. Peck, a depot agent in Hinton, and now for many years a coal operator; Samuel J., born August 27, 1863, now living in Washington, D. C.: Mary Catherine, born August 31, 1872. She married Capt. J. J. Duffy, now mayor of Passa Grille, Fla., of considerable means in Florida and West Virginia. Mr. Masters married Martha Jane Massie Jones for his second wife, at her parents' home in Meadow Fork neighborhood, in Fay-ette county, on April 8, i896. She was a daughter of Llewellyn W. Jones (a descendant of Capt. Porter Jones, who fought under Washington, and was of Welch descent) and Mrs. Martha Jane (Massie) Jones, of Virginia, who were united in marriage in 1840. Their children were Sarah Frances, 'Martha Jane Massie, Mary Elizabeth, Mildred Ann, Charles Tandy, Joseph Samuel, Virginia Lucy, George Washington and Emma Llewellyn. In the year 1849 her parents moved to Fayette county, Virginia, where her father farmed. While on his way home fr6m Texas, where he had gone to buy a farm, he lost his life on the Mississippi, when the steamboat, "Emma No.3" was burned. His wife died on March 15, 1900. She was born April 22, 1818. Five of their children are still living. Two, J. S. and C. T., died in Jacksonville, Fla. Mr. Masters moved to Greenbrier county in 1898, where the present homestead was purchased at Lewisburg. Mr. Masters had stock farms near his home, which he operated successfully until 1910, when he commenced spending his winters in Florida. Mr. Masters was a lovable Christian character, and herein was the great legacy he left behind him. He professed religion during a Methodist prayer meeting, in 1854, and in August, 1856, he united with the Jennette Baptist Church, composed then of thirteen members. He was baptized in Meadow river at Russellville by Rev. Allen Wood, together with Miss Mary Rodgers, afterward Mrs. Peters. Later, Mr. Masters became very active in church work. When the war broke out he served the South as a Confederate soldier. He was always to be found in every church movement, and always became identified with the church wherever he was. At Ansted he deeded a parsonage to the church and gave the land on which the present church building stands, be-sides giving much money to church expenses. He was not ashamed of his Maker nor afraid to pray for the sick, whom he visited in time of need and distress. He was a great believer in prayer and early in his life erected the family altar, which he maintained to the last. His father was George Masters, born in Greenbrier county; his mother, Catherine Deitz, born in Augusta county, Virginia, died at the age of ninety-two years. Mrs. Master's mother's ancestors are traceable to Charles Massie, a Cromwellite, who, to save his head when Charles II. succeeded to the throne of Eng-land, fled to America, landing at Portsmouth, Va. Being a ship-builder, he went to work at Gasport Navy Yard. He was a widower with one child, Tommie. The story goes that Tommie coveted a beautiful black, among a herd of wild horses, in that section of Virginia. He secured it by perching himself upon a low out-stretched limb of a large chestnut, with lasso in hand, and dropped upon the back of the animal when it passed under the tree. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #2 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:01:08 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <7bce275c.252812e4@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Captain David Tay MOORE, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 201-202 CAPTAIN DAVID TAY MOORE. Captain David Tay Moore, business manager of the Greenbrier Military School, was born February 8, 1881. He obtained his early education in the public schools of Randolph county, West Virginia, later in the public schools in Augusta county, Virginia; also in a private high school at the same place, and then entered Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Virginia. On leaving the university, Mr. Moore entered the Rockingham National Bank, Harrisonburg, Va., remaining three years. In April, 1906, he accepted a position in the National Exchange Bank, Roanoke, Va., becoming auditor of this bank in 1910. In July, 1912, he resigned this position to become business manager of the Greenbrier Presbyterian Military School, and from that time the school has been advancing by leaps and hounds. The increased attendance of students, from out of the state in particular, of necessity brought ahout increased improvements, with larger equipments. Not only new buildings were added to the college campus, but a farm was bought, that the table might have the advantage of its own live products. A well equipped gymnasium, which, with the addition of a large athletic field, a tennis court, ground for track work, and a spring camp, the surroundings became ideal for successful educational work. The attendance at the present time is very large and the citizenship of Greenbrier county is very proud of their home institution. Capt. David T. Moore married Miss Emma Watson Brown, of Roanoke, Va., February 23, 1910. One son, William John Moore, was born to this union, now deceased. Mrs. Moore is a daughter of Frank Watson Brown and Margaret Gibson Brown, of Roanoke. Captain Moore has been a member of the Presbyterian church from his early boyhood days. Rev. Joseph M. Moore, A. B., B. D., is the assistant principal of the institue. He was born February 8, 1885, and received his early training at the same place and school his brothers did, after which he took his degree of A. B. in 1908 from the Washington and Lee University, and that of B. D. from the Union Theolog-ical Seminary in 1914. He was instructor of ancient and modern languages in 1908, 1909 and 1911, and teacher of Bible and philosophy at the present time. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #3 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:07:55 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <0.447b2858.2528147b@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Col. Houston Burger MOORE, A.M., Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 202-205 COL. HOUSTON BURGER MOORE, A. M. The Greenbrier Military School for Boys has become an integral part of the history of Greenbrier county. It has added luster to Lewisburg as an educational center, and an honor has been bestowed upon the county seat by its location at that place, and only as an institution of learning having an interstate reputation could do. It is the only non-coeducational military and physical school in West Virginia with cerificates that will admit its graduates to our best colleges and universities. These increased advant-ages have come through the Moore brothers, whose connection with the work has given a magic touch to the institution ever since they took hold of it in 1906. A personal sketch of these men will more fully explain. Houston Burger Moore, principal of the school, was horn at Mingo, Randolph county, West Virginia, April 30, 1879. He is the son of William John Moore, horn at Mingo, July '5, 1849, and Ida Ella (Burger) Moore, who was horn at Sitlington, Bath county, Virginia, January 3, 1859. The marriage of this couple occurred October 13, 1874, and the children born to them were as follows: (i) Minnie, born September 30, 1875. now the wife of W. L. Reeves, of Mossey Creek, Va.; (2) H. B. Moore, of whom further; (3) David Tay Moore, of whom further; (4) Ethel Kate Moore, born January 14, 1883, teacher in Lewisburg; (5) Rev. Joseph M. Moore, of whom further; (6) Priscilla Leslie Moore, born October 15, 1887, the wife of Capt. Clarence M. McMurray, an army officer; (7) Emma Eliza Moore, born December 11, 1889, Lewisburg; (8) Willie J. Moore, born February 7, 1892, Lewisburg. H. B. Moore attended free schools and had instruction besides from private teachers during the earlier years of his life at Mossey Creek, Va., after which he entered Hampden-Sidney College, taking the degree of A. B. from that institution in 1902 and that of A. M. in 1903. In 1906, he came to Lewisburg to take charge of the Greenbrier Military School, then under the auspices of the Greenbrier Presbytery. Since that time it has been under the successful management of the Moore brothers. With the prestige of the church, their masterful hand has given the institution a reputation to be envied, and one that is abiding. From the time of their superintendency, the school has been moving gradually forward and until now a large corps of instructors are engaged in the work. August 1, 1912, Col. H. B. Moore was married to Miss Ida Virginia Jasper, and from this union two children were born, Caroline Nicholas Moore, June 27, 1913; and William John Moore, February i8, 1915. (See sketch of the Jasper family.) Colonel Moore is a member in high standing of the Presbyterian church. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #4 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:17:32 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: Subject: BIO: Reuben W. RAMSEY, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 204-205 REUBEN W. RAMSEY. The official career of R. W. Ramsey has been exceptionally long and very satisfactory to the citizens of this county. His father, W. N. Ramsey, was a native of Spottsylvania county, Virginia. He and his wife, formerly a Miss Sarah E. Mead, came first to Greenbrier county and settled on the east side of Greenbrier river, near Ronceverte, and lived in that locality for about ten years. A final removal was made three miles north of White Sulphur Springs, where he died. He was born in 1818and departed this life at the age of thirty-nine years. Reuben W. Ramsey was born December 5, 1845, in Pittsylvania county, Virginia. When about one year old, his parents moved to Greenbrier county, near Edgar's Mills, and after living in that locality for about ten years, moved to a farm three miles north of White Sulphur Springs. There the son worked on a farm and attended a subscription school for a limited time only. In 1863, Mr. Ramsey volunteered for the war. He enlisted as a private soldier in Company G, Twenty-sixth Virginia bat-talion, and served eight months in the ranks and twelve months in prison. He participated in the battles of New Market, Va., and Cold Harbor, where he was captured on June 3, 1864, and taken to Point Lookout, Md. After having been kept there one month, he was taken to Elmira, N. Y., and there kept for eleven months more. On May 29, 1865, his release was signed and he returned home. On January 29, 1863, Mr. Ramsey married Rachel C. Parkins, a daughter of Charles T. Parkins, and to this union were born nine childen, six of whom are still living, namely: Sophrona A., she married S. J. Boggs; Charles W., married Gertrude Scott; John J., married Florence McComb; Margaret R., married G. W. Ryder; Mary B., married Frank Thompson. Sarah E., Floyd and Thomas are dead. Mr. Ramsey's second marriage was to Miss Caroline Hull on June 15, 1910. No children. She died December 28, 1913. His third marriage was to Virginia E. McDermott, on March 17, 1915. No children. Mr. Ramsey has always lived on the farm where he now re-sides. It was purchased from Wesley Parkins in the year of 1863. Mr. Ramsey has held office for many years. He was Jus-tice of the Peace for sixteen years, president of the board of ed-ucation for twelve years, and notary public for ten years, and has been a member of the Methodist church for fifty-three years. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #5 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:22:52 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <46a0ffba.252817fc@aol.com> Subject: BIO: James Thomas RUCKER, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 205-206 JAMES THOMAS RUCKER. Among the prominent educators of West Virginia is found the name of James Thomas Rucker, of Lewisburg, who was born at Island Ford, near Covington, Va., November 22, 1856. The late Dr. William P. and Margaret Ann (Scott) Rucker had four sons, H. Scott, an attorney at Marlinton, W. Va.; William Wailer, for the past eighteen years member of Congress from the second district of Missouri; Edgar Parks, former at-torney general of West Virginia, who died at the age of forty-two, and the subject of this sketch, who was the third son. At the close of the Civil war, he moved with his parents to Nicholas County, West Virginia, where he resided until June, 1870, at which time they came to Lewisburg to live, and Mr. Rucker now resides on his farm, one mile east of Lewisburg, occupying the old Rucker homestead. In early manhood he began teaching, and has been prominent in educational work ever since. For several years he was principal of the Keytesville High School at Keytesville, Mo., but in 1890he returned to West Virginia and was principal of the Lewisburg graded school until 1897, when he was appointed superin-tendent of the State School for the Deaf and Dumb at Romney. serving in that capacity until 1910. He was one of the inspectors for the state compensation commissioner before his death in 1916. On September 26, 1882, Mr. Rucker was married to Ida G. Riffe. daughter of David Campbell and Catherine E. (McClintic) Riffe, who was born at Mazeville, now Sunlight, W. Va. Mrs. Rucker is a great granddaughter of Joseph and Nancy (Rogers) Maze, and through this branch related to the Clendennins, prominent in the pioneer history of Greenbrier and Kanawha counties. On her maternal side she is a descendant of Robert and Jane (Mann) McClintic, who were also among the early settlers of Greenbrier county. They moved to this county from Bath county, Virginia, soon after the Revolutionary war. The children of Mr. and Mrs. James T. Rucker are as follows: Roy Waller, born May 12, 1884; Fannie Riffe, born November 22, 1886, died at Sturgeon, Mo., at three years of age; Anna Parks, horn April 14, 1893, unmarried, residing with her parents at Lewisburg. Roy W. Rucker was married to Elizabeth G. Estle, of Carrollton, Mo., October 12, 1909. Their home is at Keytesville, Mo., where he is a practicing attorney. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #6 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:37:36 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <33ed1463.25281b70@aol.com> Subject: BIO: Emmett Hammond CRICKENBERGER, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 206-207 EMMETT HAMMOND CRICKENBERGER. The Lewisburg Drug Store is a credit to the town. E. H. Crickenberger, the owner of the store, was born November 17, 1884. He has been in control as pharmacist and proprietor of the place since October 8, 1908. During these eight years, under his management, the business has grown almost to mammoth proportions. As to size, it would do credit to a city. As a pharmacist, Mr. Crickenberger has the confidence of the physicians and of the people of this part of the county, which accounts for the great yearly output of drugs from this place of business. The Crickenberger family is a very old one in the county. The immediate ancestor of the seven children, five boys and two girls, in this portion of Greenbrier, was the well known Rev. Joseph J. Crickenberger, who for many years rode the circuit as a Methodist preacher. He was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in September, 1831, and was a tailor by trade. In 1864, he joincd the Baltimore Conference, and, until his superannuation. in 1898, he spent most of his time in the saddle. It was not uncommon for him to be gone from home weeks at a time, and his labors were so arduous two horses were kept in commission for his use. He died December 25, 1910. His wife was Miss Serena Catherine Wendall, whom he married in 1868. She was born in Shenandoah valley, Virginia, seventy-seven years ago, and is still living. In 1898, the family moved to Lewisburg, where James W., Charles A., and the druggist are all known as men of worth and high social standing. Miss Minnie L. is the wife of Mr. Dunbar, the miller, and Miss Laura is a teacher in the schools of Lewisburg of several years standing. Charles L. is a dealer in vehicles, mostly carriages, and Harry E. is a merchant at White Sulphur Springs. They are all prominently identified with the Methodist Episcopal Church. The subject of this sketch is also a Mason, Knight Templar and Shriner. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #7 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:48:11 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <53c1dbe7.25281deb@aol.com> Subject: BIO: John J. DeLAAD, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 207-209 JOHN J. De LAAD. The pastor of St. Catherine's Church, Ronceverte, was born in Holland, on a small island called Overvlakkee, on October 28. 1857. At the age of nine, March, 1867, he took passage with his parents and the rest of the family from Antwerp, Belgium, and arrived in New York in May, after a voyage of fifty-two days. He received a common school education in St. John's Parochial School, Paterson, N. J. Though he desired ardently to continue his studies and prepare himself for the holy priesthood, he found in his way the great obstacle that just then his parents were sorely in need of his aid. Consequently he sacrificed and postponed, for the time being, the desire of his heart, and consequently worked until he was twenty-one years of age to aid his father in providing for the family. At last, in September. 1879, when he was very near twenty-two years of age, the good Lord had so blessed the family that it was possible for him to follow his heart's desire. Consequently, on the above date, he entered the preparatory college of the Redemptorist Fathers in Ilichester, Md. In this college he spent six years perfecting himself in all the branches of learning, language and literature. Especially did he strive to become proficient in the Latin language-the lan-guage of Cicero, the language of the holy church. After six years of hard study, he was sent to St. Mary's, Annapolis, Md., to familiarize himself with the principles of the spiritual life. After this year, we find him returned to Illchester, Md., to com-plete his higher studies in the seminary of the same Redemptor-ist Fathers. Here he spent six more years-years of hard study and untiring application. During these years, and under the ablest professors, he completed the courses of the natural sci-ences, philosophy, rhetoric, canon law, church history and dog-matic and moral theology. One year before the completion of the course in moral theology, on April 4, j89i, he was raised to the holy priesthood by His Eminence James Cardinal Gibbons in the chapel of the Redemptorist Fathers in Illchester, Md., On the following day, Sunday, April 5, he said his first holy mass in his home parish church, the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes, Pater-son, N. J. After returning to the seminary and finnishing his moral course, he spent six months at Saratoga Springs preparing him-self for the direct work of the ministry. From Saratoga Springs he went to Windsor Spring, Mo., where he spent one year as professor in the preparatory college. After visiting the great fair at Chicago, he returned to the East and continued his pro-fessional work for a number of years in the preparatory college at North-East, Pa., on the shores of Lake Erie, where he taught practically every branch in the curriculum of the college. From here he was transferred to St. Mary's Church, Annapolis, Md., to enter the active ministry and to labor directly for the salva-tion of souls. During the few years that he spent in'this work, he traveled over a good part of the United States, preaching in large cities, as well as in numerous hamlets, wherever there were souls to be reclaimed to God. Once more he undertakes his pro-fessional work; this time in the seminary at Illchester, Md. After a few years of labor in this seminary, he offered his services to the Rt. Rev. P. J. Donahoe, of the diocese of Wheeling, where he is still actively laboring in the city of Ronceverte and adjoining missions for the glory of God and the salvation of souls. His work has been singularly blessed. Last year (1916) he finished the basement for a beautiful new church, and this year (1917), with God's help, will see its completion. Sandy Spradling SSpradling@AOL.com State Contact for WV GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/wv/index.cfm ______________________________X-Message: #8 Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 22:55:36 EDT From: SSpradling@aol.com To: WV-FOOTSTEPS-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <19dedd64.25281fa8@aol.com> Subject: BIO: THE GREENBRIER McCLUNGS, Greenbrier County Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" MIME-Version: 1.0 X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by bl-14.rootsweb.com id UAA21310 History of Greenbrier County J. R. Cole Lewisburg, WV 1917 p. 209-210 THE GREENBRIER McCLUNGS. >From the McClung genealogy, prepared by Rev. William Mc-Clung and published by the McClung Printing Company, Pittsburg, Pa., we learn that the McClungs of Greenbrier county are descended from John McClung, born probably in Ireland, and died in Rockbridge county, Virginia, at an advanced age in 1788. His father's name was John McClung also, it was thought, and that he was a cousin of James William and Hugh McClung, who fled from Scotland and located in Ireland. John McClung was a farmer and owned 278 acres of land in Rockbridge county in what was known as the "Forks." He sold his farm to his son, Edward, on April 23, 1783. He also owned a still house valued at £100. He married Rebecca Stuart, who was related to Hon. Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart. of Staunton, Va., who was secretary of state. in President Franklin Pierce's cabinet. John McClung survived his wife several years, and resided with his daughter. Nancy Moore. during the latter years of his life. He was the father of ten children. Seven of his sons settled in Greenbrier county. It is said that during the Civil war two companies-the "Greenbrier Swifts' and the "Nicholas Grays," contained thirty-two McClungs. They rode the finest horses in General Lee's army. (1) Thomas McClung, the eldest son of John, died probably October 10,1774. He married Nancy Black. (2) John McClung (Curly John) died September 14, 1800. He married Nancv Groves or Goff. (3) Thomas McClung died unmarried. it was thought his death was caused bv a negro. (4) Alexander McClung (Curly Alex) horn Novem-ber 22, 1805, died May 1, 1892; married July 24; 1834, Eleanor Thompson. (5) Martha Jane McClung, born June 13, 1835 married October 22, 1863, Louis P. Burdette. (6) Nancy Ann McClung, born April 20, 1837; married March 12, 1856, to Andrew Hutchinson McClung (Squire Andy). (7) Robert Alexander McClung, born April 4, 1839, died November I, 1864. He was wounded at the battle of Cedar Creek and died in the hospital. (8) John Thomas Mcclung, born October 26, 1841; married January 5, 1865, Cynthia C. Thompson. (9) Pattie McClung married Bollar Blake, of Pickaway, W. Va. (10) Edward McClung married Laura Dunbar, to whom three children were born, the youngest of whom was Dr. Williatn McClung, whose sketch follows. Samuel McClung (Devil Sam), horn June 6, 1799, died July 27, 1888, was one of the leading members of the McClung familv in Greenbrier county. He was a very large man with broad shoulders and a massive chest and lungs. He always wore a large loose hunting shirt and moccasins. He was undoubtedly the greatest joker in Greenbrier county, hence he received the sobriquet "Devil Sam." He married fane Kincaid, born August, 1798, died August 10, 1874, and seven children were born to this union. The homestead was at Dawson. James Franklin McClung was a descendant of "Devil Sam" of the fourth generation. 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