Judge Samuel McClanahan
(1797-1882)
Mary Armstrong
(1804-1869)
Adams County, Ohio
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Judge Samuel McClanahan (1797-1882) |
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Mary Armstrong (1804-1869) |
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Cherry Fork Cemetery Adams County, Ohio |
Judge Samuel McClanahanTheir son, Samuel, was born on the fifteen of February, 1797. He was married to Mary Armstrong, December 14, 1815, and located on the farm west of West Union, where he lived until 1864 when he removed to North Liberty, Ohio, and died March 5, 1882 (?). Isabelle his daughter, married William McGovney, May 9, 1839. He was elected Associate Judge of Adams County in 1831 and served one term. He was a practical surveyor and did a great deal of work in the way of land surveying. He was also a school teacher and County Examiner and was one of the fit st School Examiners in the county. He died November 5, 1882. In politics he was a Whig, an Abolitionist and a Republican. He was a strong temperance advocate. He set the example of total abstinence by refusing to use liquor at a barn raising of in harvest, and to show his harvest hands it was not to save money, he offered to pay each one the amount extra for the cost of the whiskey they had formerly been furnished. He was a Presbyterian, a ruling elder in the church for many years, the Associate Reformed and afterwards the United Presbyterian. He was a liberal in his views and spiritually minded. In the last few years of his life, there was but one book to him--the Bible. He read it four times in four years, and said that each time he re-read it there was something new. His mind was clear to the last. In his final illness, he spoke calmly of his approaching end, and passed away in the confidence of Christian faith. In his personal appearance Judge McClanahan was a remarkable figure, and in his old age he was one of the best types of patriarch, with his long flowing beard and dignified bearing. He was a man among men and resected by the entire community for his sterling virtues.