David Wesley McClanahan ^{1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8}

   Another name for David was Dave McClanahan.¹¹

   FamilySearch ID: M9XH-MW8.

  Noted events in his life were:

1. He has conflicting birth information of His WWI draft card has 22 Nov 1874 birth date; his death certificate has 21 Feb 1874, 22 Nov 1874 and Council Bend, Hickman, TN. ²

2. Census in 1880 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. ⁵ Recorded in the 1880 Census was farmer Newton Mc Clanahan, 46, living with wife Nancy, 50; Catherine, 14; Elver P., 12; David W., 5; and nephew Newton, 18. Everyone and their parents were born in Tennessee.

3. Census in 1900 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. ⁹ The 1900 census recorded "D W Mc Clannahan", a farmer in Civil District 1 in Hickman County. D. W. was 26, born May 1874, living with wife Mary, 27, May 1873; Elmer, 7, Jun 1893; Lois, 5, Jan 1895; and an unamed son 2, Jul 1898, who should have been recorded as Leonard. Everyone and their parents were born in Tennessee. Mary had been married for 8 years and birthed 3 children, all alive in 1900. They were renting their home.

On the same census page is David's father, A. N. McClanahan, farmer, 63, Aug 1834, married for 42 years to wife Nancy, 70, Mar 1830. She had birthed 6 children and 5 were alive in 1900. Living with them was Anna Breece, servant, 14, Oct 1883. A. N.'s parents were born in North Carolina, and Nancy's mother in Kentucky, but everyone else was born in Tennessee.

4. Census in 1910 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. ³ The 1910 Census recorded David W. McClanahan, 37, living with wife Mary M., 37; Lois E., 15; Lenard T., 10; Bula M., 7; Stanly D., 5; and Howard E., 3. Everyone was born in Tennessee.

5. Occupation: beef farmer on 12 Sep 1918 in Centerville, Hickman, TN. ⁷

6. Residence: on 12 Sep 1918 in Centerville, Hickman, TN. ^{2 3}

7. Residence: R #1, Centerville, TN on 12 Sep 1918 in Centerville, Hickman, TN. ⁷

8. Census in 1930 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. ¹¹ The 1930 census recorded Dave McClanahan, 60, living with wife Mary, 63, and son Robert, 15. Everyone was born in Tennessee.

David married Mary Minerva Poore, daughter of Samuel Kimmins Poore and Martha Hannah Cooper, on 20 Aug 1891 in , Hickman, TN.¹ (Mary Minerva Poore was born on 19 May 1872 in , Hickman, TN,^{3 4 9 12} died on 3 Apr 1937 in Centerville, Hickman, TN ^{4 12} and was buried in Centerville: Oakmont Cemetery, Hickman, TN ¹².)