William Madison McClanahan: Robin's Roots

1812 - 1869 (57 years)

TNG Ancestor Charts

Graphical formats

"Standard" charts have a lovely graphical format that shows the name and birth/death years in a box for each person's box. Additional data for each person can be pulled down from that box. They are in the shape of a standard pedigree chart, with empty boxes for ancestors that are not present in the tree.. Unfortunately, they generate so much whitespace that they require a lot of scrolling to read, and are virtually impossible to print. (But see the "PDF" chart below.)
"Vertical" charts are also lovely graphical charts. These flow down up instead of across the page. Since vertical charts do not use blank boxes for ancestors who are missing from the database, they are more compact than the "Standard" charts. But you cannot pull down additional data from each box. And depending on the number of ancestors in the tree, they can be too wide to print.
"Compact" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are much smaller because they contain only names.
"Box" charts are like "Standard" chart in their shape, but their boxes are bigger because they contain some of the data that is pulled-down from the "Standard" chart boxes. As a result, they are even more unweildy than the "Standard" charts.
"Fan" charts are remarkable. All I can say is "try one".
"PDF" chart are variants of "Standard" chart. They create a one-page PDF file that can hold up to six generations of data.
Most PC's these days can generate PDF printouts of any web page, but PDFs are distinctive because they control the page margins and page breaks,
The "Map" is not a chart. Rather, it is, well, a map. The places of ancestors' birth, marriage, and death are shown as pins on the map. It's pretty remarkable - you should give it a try, though the map would be easier to interpret if the pins were colored or numbered to represent generations.

(The graphical charts' connecting lines sometimes disappear at certain zoom level. When they are missing, you can use you mouse scroll wheel or hit control-plus or control-minus to change the zoom level.)

Text formats

"Text" charts are shaped just like the "Standard" charts, with lines drawn from person-to-person. They just don't put each person's data into graphical boxes.
"Text+" charts are quite distinctive, and unique to TNG. They are kind of a cross between the graphical and text formats. They are much more compact than the text charts, partly because they do not leave blank space where ancestors are missing. The ancestor tree extends to the right like typical charts, stretch vertically rather than horizontally, and can includes upwards of 15 generations in the width of one printed page (albeit sometimes with legal-length paper in landscape mode). They are also much more flexible than the other formats, with several (perhaps too many) run-time options.
"Ahnetafel" charts follow a standard genealogical text format that is descriptive - more like prose than a 'chart'. They contain almost all of the data that I have for each person, including free-form notes. But they don't give the kind of visual overview of the family tree that the other charts give.
"Media" charts are not focused on media, and they don't actually show pictures; they just indicate whether each ancestor's record has media item attached to it. (They don't distinguish between photos, scans of documents, and other types of media.) Their presentation of ancestors is very simple, and easy to read and print.

Less detail

Generation: 1

William Madison McClanahan was born on 25 Aug 1812 in Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA (son of John Burns McClanahan, Sr and Lydia Burns); died on 13 Oct 1869 in Bloomsdale, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1850, Jackson, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA
Residence: 1860, Jackson, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA
Military: 12 May 1865, Missouri, USA

Generation: 2

John Burns McClanahan, Sr was born in Dec 1774 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA (son of Capt Robert McClenachan, Jr and Catherine Madison); died in Apr 1847 in Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 1840, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA

Notes:

Died:
GRid=144264662, with bio. Unknown burial.

John married Lydia Burns on 23 May 1797 in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA. Lydia was born in 1774 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 1 May 1860 in McBride, Perry County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia Burns was born in 1774 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, USA; died on 1 May 1860 in McBride, Perry County, Missouri, USA; was buried in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.

Children:

Catherine McClanahan was born in 1797 in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died in 1837.
James McClanahan was born on 14 Mar 1798 in Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died in 1873 in Yoakum, Lavaca County, Texas, USA.
Mary Ann McLanahan was born on 18 Jan 1808 in Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died in 1855 in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.
1. William Madison McClanahan was born on 25 Aug 1812 in Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died on 13 Oct 1869 in Bloomsdale, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.
John Burns McClanahan, Jr was born in 1814 in Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died in 1908.
Michael Burns McClanahan was born on 24 Jul 1816 in Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died on 12 Dec 1868 in Kingston, Madison County, Arkansas, USA.
Robert McClanahan was born in 1820 in Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.
Spicer C McClanahan was born in 1824 in Ste Genevieve, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA; died in 1881 in Sulphur Springs, Hopkins County, Texas, USA.

Generation: 3

Capt Robert McClenachan, Jr was born on 19 Apr 1747 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died on 10 Oct 1774 in Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Pioneer Cemetery, Point Pleasant, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.

Notes:

Birth:
Son of Robert McClanahan and Sarah Breckenridge. Last name sometimes spelled McClenachan

Buried:
GRid=28317549; His grave may not be marked. His name is on the battle monument at the battle site a few blocks away

Died:
at the Battle of Point Pleasant

Robert married Catherine Madison on 15 May 1770 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA. Catherine (daughter of Humphrey Madison and Mary Dickinson) was born in 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jul 1818 in Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Catherine Madison was born in 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Humphrey Madison and Mary Dickinson); died on 18 Jul 1818 in Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Civil: 15 May 1770, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; She chose John Madison as her guardian
Residence: 1779, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Court appearance establishg that her father, Humphrey, died in service to his country as an Esign in the company of Capt John Dickinson (Catherine's uncle)

Notes:

Buried:
GRid=34836924; Very old headstone, mostly faded

Children:

Robert McClanachan, III was born in 1771 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died in 1824 in Barren County, Kentucky, USA.
2. John Burns McClanahan, Sr was born in Dec 1774 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died in Apr 1847 in Lawrenceton, Ste Genevieve County, Missouri, USA.

Generation: 4

10.

Humphrey Madison was born on 25 Apr 1730 in King & Queen County, Virginia, USA (son of Thomas Madison and Johanna Buckner??); died on 12 Sep 1756 in Jackson River, Bath County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: Nov 1749, Caroline County, Virginia, USA; Humphrey Madison witness to deed Stone to Bowler. This record is among several for other Madisons, such as Roger and Thomas, and helps support the notion that Humprey was in their family
Possessions: 3 Aug 1753, Cloverdale, Botetourt County, Virginia, USA; Sold land says on Buffalo Creek in or about Roanoke, VA (present-day Botetourt County, just north Cloverdale, a suburb of Roanoke)
Military: 1756, Bath County, Virginia, USA; Ensign in Dickinson's Rangers of the Virgina Militia
Probate: 15 Dec 1756, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Adam Dickinson gave bound for the adminisration of the estate of Humphrey Madison. Security given by Wallace Estill and Daniel Harrison. [Augusta Co., Va, Will Book 2, page 180]

Notes:

Humphrey Madison's origins are obscure. I know of no contemporaneous documentation of his parents. He is almost always presented as a grandson of President James Madison's great-grandfather, John Madison, Jr (1640-1705). Most online trees and stories list Humphrey as the son of John Madison III and John's first wife Eliza Minor (whose origins appear to be completely undocumented). He is listed as a son of John Madison III's brother Thomas in only a couple of resources that I've found, including the 1903 book Reminisces of Eastern Oregon by Mrs. Elizabeth Lord.

Died:
Died in an attack of Fort Dickinson, where Capt John Dickinson (his brother-in-law) may have been negligent in organizing the defense

Humphrey married Mary Dickinson on 17 Aug 1753 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA. Mary (daughter of Adam Dickinson and Catherine Stephenson) was born in 1725 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died after 1797 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

11.

Mary Dickinson was born in 1725 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA (daughter of Adam Dickinson and Catherine Stephenson); died after 1797 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA.

Other Events and Attributes:

Residence: 29 Mar 1759, Augusta County, Virginia, USA; Actions as administrator of Humphrey Madison's estate

Children:

5. Catherine Madison was born in 1754 in Augusta County, Virginia, USA; died on 18 Jul 1818 in Buffalo, Putnam County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Craig-Douglas Cemetery, Grimms Landing, Mason County, West Virginia, USA.


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