Whig and tribune. [volume] (Jackson, Tenn.) 1870-1877, 1873-07-19
Death OF aR ola ana BIsIInguish-
ed Citizen.

VIC Gil OulClO lhO OCdlL, llllS WGcks
of one of the oldest and most distin-
guished citizens of Jackson-SAM-
UEL MCCLANAHAN, Esq, which
event occurred at his residence in
this city, on Monday last.
Mr.. McClanahan was born in Lau-
rem District, South Carolina, on the
10Th of Sept. 1901, and up to the age
of sixteen years he worked with his
father upon the farm, and then serv-
ed four years apprenticeship at the
Tailoring business, under Mr.. Lock
ridge, on the same table with An
drew johnson, who was sub-jour-
neyman in the same shop. At the
end of four years his mind turned
towards the legal profession; he
made his arrangements promptly to
acquire an education sufficient to
enter College, which he did in 1922,
and continued in the Columbia Col
lege until 1S2i-at the same time he
assisted DIR. Marks, who was Presi-
dent of the Female College; this was
during the two years that he was
reading Law. He read under Judge
Jno. Gilmore, of Columbia, and in
1927 he was licensed in the High
Court of Equity, (by Judge Huger,)
the highest tribunal in the State
In 1928 he came to West Tennessee,
in quest of a home, and remained in
Jackson five months and taught
school, returning to South Carolina
at the close of the same year, where
I he united in marriage with Mrs.
Louisa Caldwell Cochran, on the
2Sd of April, 1929. Mrs. Cochran
was an immediate cousin to John c.
Calhoun. In November of the same
year he returned to Jackson, and
settled on the lot on which he died.
For the first four years after his re-
turn he taught school, as the profess
sion of law was dull. In 1894 he
formed partnership with Andrew
l.. Martin, which remained until
Maj. Martin left the State. At the
age of 20 years he made profession
of religion and united with the Pres
byterian Church, and in 1888 he was
ordained an Elder, being the first
after the organization of the Pres
byterian church in Jackson, of
which he remained a uniform, con-
sistent member until his death.
The Senior editor of this paper
boarded with Mr.. McClanahan du-
ring the Spring and Summer of 1884,
and has known him intimately ever
since. The deceased was a man of
great energy and commanding tai
ents; he entered the bar at jackson
at time when no town in the State
could boast of a more able body of
Lawyers, and sustained himself
with marked success. He was a
man of warm impulses, but never
suffered those impulses to do injus-
tice to his fellow Lawyers, or oppo-
nents in politics, in the heat of de-
bate. He was the contemporary in
1857 of the following members
of the Jackson Bar: Pleasant NJ.
Miller, Adam Huntsman, Andrew
l.. Martin, Milton Brown, Alex. B.
Bradford, VIM. Is. Miller, Joshua
Haskell, VIM. Stoddert, John Read,
Jos. II. Talbot, Calvin Henderson.
Timothy p. Scurlock, Henry w.
McCorry and Henry Strange all of
whom are now dead, except Judge
Milton Brown. These reflections
call up sad memories of the past,
and serve to remind US of the muta-
bility of all human connections, ties
and associations, and the rapidity
with which the living are fastening
10 that bourne from whence no trav-
eller returns. May all the living be
as well prepared to goa the subject
of this notice.