Noted events in his life were:
1. Census in 1850 in Civil District 1, Hickman, TN. 3 The 1850 census recorded Thomas M. McClanahan, 45, living with his wife Frances, 40; Leonidas, 18; Frances, 14; Mortimer, 10; Howell, 6; William, 2; and Jane, 6 months. Also in the home listed apart at the end as if not their child is John McClanahan, 18. All were born in Tennessee except Thomas in South Carolina.
Also a neighbor is John McClanahan, farmer, 24, living alone.
On the next census page as a close neighbor is 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.
2. Occupation: Salesman. 2
1 1860 United States Census, Tennessee, Hickman County, 1st Civil District, Series: M653 Roll: 1257 Page: 3.
2 Tennessee, Death Records, 1914-1955 (FamilySearch.org), https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N9B2-R9P J. T. McClanahan in entry for William Byrd McClanahan, 1930.
3 1850 United States Census, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MCDV-NVJ Absolum McClanahan in household of Absolum McClanahan, Hickman county, Hickman, Tennessee, United States; citing dwelling 557, family 557, NARA microfilm publication M432, roll 884.
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