William Kelso McClurg (1840 - 1910)

Born 4 Mar 1840 in Chester Co., Pennsylvania, United States

Ancestors

Died 31 Jul 1910 at age 70 in Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania, United States

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Biography

William Kelso McClurg was born on March 4, 1840, in Chester, Pennsylvania. He was the son of John McClurg and Nancy Jane McIntire, his father, John, was 37 and his mother, Nancy, was 29.

He married Alice Melinda McClurg in 1873. They had 15 children in 28 years. He passed away on July 31, 1910, in Oxford, Pennsylvania, at the age of 70, and was buried there.

OBITUARY:

William Kelso McClurg, VETERAN BIRTH: 4 Mar 1840 Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA DEATH: 31 Jul 1910 (aged 70) Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA BURIAL: Oxford Cemetery, Oxford, Chester County, Pennsylvania, USA

William McClurg enlisted as a Private in Company I of the Fourth Michigan Volunteer Infantry on June 20, 1861, for 3 years of service. He was discharged on Surgeon's certificate of disability on August 5, 1861, and later served as a Corporal in Company H of the First Delaware Infantry.

Sources: " Record of Service of Michigan Volunteers in the Civil War 1861 -1865, vol. 4", also known as the "Brown Book" and personal research from the soldier's Compiled Military Service Records and Pension Application file from the National Archives.

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Pennsylvania, U.S., Veterans Burial Cards, 1777-2012 Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission; Harrisburg, Pennsylvania; Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Cards, 1929-1990; Series Number: Series 1

1870 United States Federal Census Year: 1870; Census Place: Lower Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: M593_1324; Page: 371A

1880 United States Federal Census Year: 1880; Census Place: East Nottingham, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1114; Page: 431D; Enumeration District: 066

1900 United States Federal Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: 1393; Page: 19; Enumeration District: 0086

1910 United States Federal Census Year: 1910; Census Place: Oxford, Chester, Pennsylvania; Roll: T624_1328; Page: 14b; Enumeration District: 0043; FHL microfilm: 1375341

Virginia, U.S., Death Records, 1912-2014 Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014

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