David M. McClanahan ¹

  Noted events in his life were:

1. Census in 1850 in , Hickman, TN. ¹ The 1850 census recorded farmer Absolum McClanahan, 50, living with wife Lydia, 42; William, 21; Catherine, 19; Absolum, 16; Robert, 14; and James, 4. All children were born in Tennessee, the father in Kentucky, and mother in North Carolina. His real estate was valued at $2000.

Next door is his son, David, farmer, 23, with his wife, Mary, 24; and Catherine, 2. Mary was born in Georgia, the others in Tennessee.

Also a neighbor is John McClanahan, farmer, 24, living alone.

On the previous page is Thomas M. McClanahan, 45, living with his wife Frances, 40; Leonidas, 18; Frances, 14; Mortimer, 10; Howell, 6; William, 2; and June, 6 months. Also in the home listed apart as if not their child is John McClanahan, 18. All were born in Tennessee except Thomas in South Carolina.

David married Mary. (Mary was born about 1826 in , , GA ¹.)