Person:James McClanahan (15)

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CHAPTER IV.

Offspring of William McClanahan, Sr., and Sarah, his Wife.

4. James McClanahan ; born September 10, 1777 ; married Elizabeth Walton, of Georgia, in April, 1808; offspring, . nine children— six sons and three daughters ; owned and lived on a farm southwest of Roanoke city, and distant about one mile, on the Norfolk and Western Railroad.

Colonels Elijah and James McClanahan.

[Colonel Elijah McClanahan was a man of noble build in body, mind and spirit. In person, he was tall and large, without being portly ; his countenance was impressive, blending kindness and candor with gravity ; his disposition was cheerful and sociable ; his probity beyond all reproach ; and the love and fear of God governed his life. He was a tower of strength in the Presbyterian Church at Salem as a ruling elder, and was the chief builder of the church at Big Lick. His name in the church extended beyond his own Presbytery. It was considered a privi- lege by strangers from a distance to know him.

His brother, Colonel James McClanahan, was very much like him. It would be difficult to com- pare and impossible to contrast them. When I went to Roanoke to live in June, i860, their names were on the lips, of everybody. They were better and more favorably known, it seemed to me, than any two men in the county. A noble pair of brothers. Long should their memory be cherished and honored by their descendants.]