Of the six children left by MR. McCLURG, WILLIAM A., who married a daughter of the late CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER H. LOWRIE, was for many years prominent in business affairs in Pittsburgh, and now lives in Meadville, {Crawford Co.} Pa."
SOURCE (Google Books): "History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania", page 295, 1921, by Thomas Cushing, Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889.
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Notes:
1. His grand-father, Joseph McClurg, was a Scotch Irishman who loved the green sod on which he was born, but loved liberty more. In 1798, after conspicuous participation in the movement of United Irishmen, by which he incurred displeasure of the English government - he came rather precipitately, to the United States.
2. His father (born in Colerain, in the north of Ireland, 1788 - died at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA., 06-Apr-1873). He was very prominent among the early iron manufacturers of that city. He was notably enterprising and progressive - and, until overtaken by the financial crisis of 1837, he had been one of the most successful business men in the United States. Thereafter, he devoted his time and abilities to saving what he could from the wreck of his fortune, and lived the remainder of his life in Pittsburgh.
3. His brother, Alexander Caldwell McClurg (1832-1901), [FAG #71893883], Civil War vet., Lieutenant Colonel, and chief of staff of the corps - participated in the battles of: Perryville, Stone's River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, and the other battles around Atlanta, GA., in Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. He was brevetted Colonel, and then Brigadier General March 13, 1865. After the war, he was a partner in the book publishing firm of S.C. Griggs & Co., 1865-72, which became Jansen-McClurg & Co., in 1872, and A.C. McClurg & Co., in 1886.
SOURCE (Google Books): "Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania", Volume 2, pages 146-148, 1904, by George Irving Reed, Andrew Arnold Lambing, Eli Sheldon Glover.
SOURCE (Google Books): "History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania", page 295, 1921, by Thomas Cushing, Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889.
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Notes:
1. His grand-father, Joseph McClurg, was a Scotch Irishman who loved the green sod on which he was born, but loved liberty more. In 1798, after conspicuous participation in the movement of United Irishmen, by which he incurred displeasure of the English government - he came rather precipitately, to the United States.
2. His father (born in Colerain, in the north of Ireland, 1788 - died at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA., 06-Apr-1873). He was very prominent among the early iron manufacturers of that city. He was notably enterprising and progressive - and, until overtaken by the financial crisis of 1837, he had been one of the most successful business men in the United States. Thereafter, he devoted his time and abilities to saving what he could from the wreck of his fortune, and lived the remainder of his life in Pittsburgh.
3. His brother, Alexander Caldwell McClurg (1832-1901), [FAG #71893883], Civil War vet., Lieutenant Colonel, and chief of staff of the corps - participated in the battles of: Perryville, Stone's River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, and the other battles around Atlanta, GA., in Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. He was brevetted Colonel, and then Brigadier General March 13, 1865. After the war, he was a partner in the book publishing firm of S.C. Griggs & Co., 1865-72, which became Jansen-McClurg & Co., in 1872, and A.C. McClurg & Co., in 1886.
SOURCE (Google Books): "Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania", Volume 2, pages 146-148, 1904, by George Irving Reed, Andrew Arnold Lambing, Eli Sheldon Glover.
Of the six children left by MR. McCLURG, WILLIAM A., who married a daughter of the late CHIEF JUSTICE WALTER H. LOWRIE, was for many years prominent in business affairs in Pittsburgh, and now lives in Meadville, {Crawford Co.} Pa."
SOURCE (Google Books): "History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania", page 295, 1921, by Thomas Cushing, Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889.
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Notes:
1. His grand-father, Joseph McClurg, was a Scotch Irishman who loved the green sod on which he was born, but loved liberty more. In 1798, after conspicuous participation in the movement of United Irishmen, by which he incurred displeasure of the English government - he came rather precipitately, to the United States.
2. His father (born in Colerain, in the north of Ireland, 1788 - died at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA., 06-Apr-1873). He was very prominent among the early iron manufacturers of that city. He was notably enterprising and progressive - and, until overtaken by the financial crisis of 1837, he had been one of the most successful business men in the United States. Thereafter, he devoted his time and abilities to saving what he could from the wreck of his fortune, and lived the remainder of his life in Pittsburgh.
3. His brother, Alexander Caldwell McClurg (1832-1901), [FAG #71893883], Civil War vet., Lieutenant Colonel, and chief of staff of the corps - participated in the battles of: Perryville, Stone's River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, and the other battles around Atlanta, GA., in Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. He was brevetted Colonel, and then Brigadier General March 13, 1865. After the war, he was a partner in the book publishing firm of S.C. Griggs & Co., 1865-72, which became Jansen-McClurg & Co., in 1872, and A.C. McClurg & Co., in 1886.
SOURCE (Google Books): "Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania", Volume 2, pages 146-148, 1904, by George Irving Reed, Andrew Arnold Lambing, Eli Sheldon Glover.
SOURCE (Google Books): "History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania", page 295, 1921, by Thomas Cushing, Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889.
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Notes:
1. His grand-father, Joseph McClurg, was a Scotch Irishman who loved the green sod on which he was born, but loved liberty more. In 1798, after conspicuous participation in the movement of United Irishmen, by which he incurred displeasure of the English government - he came rather precipitately, to the United States.
2. His father (born in Colerain, in the north of Ireland, 1788 - died at Pittsburgh, Allegheny Co., PA., 06-Apr-1873). He was very prominent among the early iron manufacturers of that city. He was notably enterprising and progressive - and, until overtaken by the financial crisis of 1837, he had been one of the most successful business men in the United States. Thereafter, he devoted his time and abilities to saving what he could from the wreck of his fortune, and lived the remainder of his life in Pittsburgh.
3. His brother, Alexander Caldwell McClurg (1832-1901), [FAG #71893883], Civil War vet., Lieutenant Colonel, and chief of staff of the corps - participated in the battles of: Perryville, Stone's River, Liberty Gap, Chickamauga, Chattanooga, Missionary Ridge, Ringgold Gap, Tunnel Hill, Rocky Face Ridge, Resaca, Adairsville, New Hope church, Pine Mountain, Kenesaw Mountain, and the other battles around Atlanta, GA., in Sherman's march to the sea, and through the Carolinas. He was brevetted Colonel, and then Brigadier General March 13, 1865. After the war, he was a partner in the book publishing firm of S.C. Griggs & Co., 1865-72, which became Jansen-McClurg & Co., in 1872, and A.C. McClurg & Co., in 1886.
SOURCE (Google Books): "Century Cyclopedia of History and Biography of Pennsylvania", Volume 2, pages 146-148, 1904, by George Irving Reed, Andrew Arnold Lambing, Eli Sheldon Glover.
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