Mary Elizabeth Scott and William T. McClung
WILLIAM T. MCCLUNG was born February 2, 1808 in Rockbridge County, Virginia,39 and died December 29, 1854.25 He is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.25, 456
He married MARY ELIZABETH SCOTT on February 15, 1834 in Rockbridge County, Virginia,1799 daughter of ELIZABETH FINLEY and JESSE SCOTT. She was born October 28, 1813 in Rockbridge County, Virginia,267 and died May 11, 1872.25, 267 She is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.25, 456
Children of MARY ELIZABETH SCOTT and WILLIAM T. MCCLUNG:
- CORNELIA E. MCCLUNG, b. June 22, 1835;15, 39 d. January 28, 1838;15, 39 bur. Bell-Barrett Cemetery, Rush County, Indiana.15, 456
- JOHN MCCLUNG, b. June 26, 1837, Indiana;39 d. April 8, 1864, Sabine Cross Roads, Louisiana.39
- RUFUS SCOTT MCCLUNG, b. August 11, 1839, Indiana;39 d. March 15, 1861, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.276, 39
- JOSEPH JESSE MCCLUNG, b. November 28, 1841, Rush County, Indiana;25, 267 m. SARAH JANE DAVIDSON on October 2, 1872 in Fulton County, Indiana1675; d. April 22, 1898, Mt. Zion, Fulton, Indiana.267
- JAMES ANDREW MCCLUNG, b. January 1, 1844, Rush County, Indiana;270 m. MARGARET WALLACE HARTMAN on October 17, 1876 in Henry County, Indiana197, 1675; d. January 2, 1913, Woodland Hospital, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.270, 4931
- NEWTON AUGUSTUS MCCLUNG, b. February 28, 1846, Rush County, Indiana;4931 m. ELNORA OREGON DAVIDSON on September 30, 1873 in Fulton County, Indiana1675; d. February 19, 1919, Rochester, Fulton, Indiana.3612, 4931
Obituaries
Rochester Union-Spy, May 16, 1872267
OBITUARY. On Sabbath afternoon, May 12th, the funeral services of Mrs. MARY E. McCLUNG were attended by a large number of friends and neighbors, at Mount Zion. The serman was preached by Rev. W. PATTINSON.
Mrs. McClung was born in Rockbridge County, Virginia, Oct 28, 1813. She removed with her husband, WM. T. McCLUNG, in October, 1836, first locating at Knightstown, and, in the year 1848, at Mount Zion, where she has since lived. The Presbyterian Church of Rochester has lost one of its best members.
Rochester Union-Spy, May 23, 1872267
IN MEMORIAM
In addition to the notice of the sudden death of Mrs. Mary E. McCLUNG, published in the SPY of last week, it is due the memory of the deceased, the sorrowing bereaved family, their numerous friends, and the church, that we mention a few items touching her noble Christian character and eventful experience in life:
As stated before, Mrs. McClung was born in Rockbridge Co., Va... Oct 28, 1813, died May 11th, 1872. Feb. 13, 1834 she was married, and in 1835, removed with her husband to Indiana, locating at Knightstown. Since 1848 she has resided at Mt. Zion, near Rochester, Fulton County.
As a wife and mother she knew the brightness and the darkness of human life; also the trials and the pleasures of a new country and its advantages. Blessed in position, circumstances and earthly friendships many, conscious, too, of the sweetness and love of the gospel of Christ, nevertheless hers was a life deeply tainted with sorrow. Like the testing of fine gold in diversified heat, so was she tested and approved. Death often visited the family, removing loved ones, thus smiting the very nerve of her heart.
On Feb. 28th,1838, her beloved daughter, CORDELIA, died. Next, the chief of her strength, her husband; then her son, RUFUS S., followed. But keen as these afflictions were, overwhelming as were these waters, there were others yet to be experienced of greater anguish and power. The death of her son JOHN, a Lieutenant of the Forty-Sixth Indiana Regiment, was the great grief of her life respecting the death of her children. Consecrated to his country's service and life, after going all through the war, in the last battle he was slain, also falling into the hands of the enemy. No tidings of her brave boy ever greeted her afterward. On southern soil, far from the graves of his kindred, he sleeps with other heroes whose deeds are matchless among the ages ....
Mrs. McClung's health had been failing for more than a year, and her last sickness was very brief — only one short week ....
Out of a family of eight only three remain to mourn the loss of their best earthly friend — mother. May these three young men and all the bereaved relatives be greatly comforted
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| August 21, 18502348 | Rochester, Fulton, Indiana |
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| August 14, 18602349 | Rochester, Fulton, Indiana |
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| July 6, 1870626 | Rochester, Fulton, Indiana |
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