... His mother, Margaret McClung, was admired by all who knew her for her fine judgment, and was beloved for her gentle manners and wide charities. Although she died when her son was only fourteen years old, her influence has profoundly affected his whole life. She was the daughter of Charles McClung, an able young surveyor, who laid off the streets of the new town, married the daughter of the founder, became a member of the constitutional convention of Tennessee and left a large estate. Her mother’s brother, Hugh Lawson White, represented Tennessee in the United States Senate, and received the electoral vote of several States for the Presidency in 1836. Her grandfather, James White, was a native of Iredell County, North Carolina; located land grants received for services in the Revolutionary War near the mouth of the French Broad River, was the founder of Knoxville, took a prominent part in the movements that led to the formation of the State government, was a member of the third United States Congress and a general in the Creek War. ...
