NameFrancis Marion McClurg
Birthabt Jun 1842, Fleming Co., Kentucky
Death13 Nov 1913, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Marriageabt 1869, prob. Carter Co., Kentucky
SpouseMina “Minnie” M. Corvin
Birth17 Jul 1850, Wythe Co., Virginia
Death17 Dec 1933, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Children
Birth24 Jun 1870, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death12 Jan 1941, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth1871 or 1877, Carter Co., Kentucky
Death2 Aug 1877, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1875, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BirthApr 1877, Carter Co., Kentucky
Birthabt 1879, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death8 Dec 1911, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth28 Feb 1881, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth21 Mar 1883, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Death6 Jan 1930, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Birth10 Jun 1886, Rowan Co., Kentucky
BirthFeb 1890, Rowan Co., Kentucky
Notes for Francis Marion McClurg
I believe his full name was General Francis Marion McClurg, based on the 1900 census, where he was listed as “G F M McClurg”, with a son recorded by the same initials, and the 1910 census, where that son was listed as General. Most official records have his name as Marion, but some refer to him as Frank.
His death certificate records Marion McClurg, age 73 years 5 months, birthdate blank, farmer, married, died 13 Nov 1913 in Pine Grove precinct, Rowan Co., Ky, father Alexander McLurg, mother’s maiden name Elizabeth Johnson, both born in Ky, cause of death what looks like “chronic Leueth”, but is probably meant to be chronic heart disease, informant Tom Clifford, Triplett, Ky, burial in McClurg graveyard.
Notes for Mina “Minnie” M. Corvin
Her death certificate records Miney M. McClurg, age 83 years 5 months, born 17 July 1850 in old Virginia, died 17 Dec 1933 in Rowan Co., Ky, widow of M. McClurg, father J. C. Carvin, mother’s maiden name Malvina Carvin, both born in Virginia, cause of death old age, informant Everett Clifford, Triplett, Ky, burial in McClurg Cem.
The death certificates of her children John, Eva, and Lewis, all give their mother’s maiden name as Corbin.
Census
In 1930 Minnie was listed age age 78, widowed, with her daughter Josie.
Census Notes for Francis Marion & Mina “Minnie” M. (Family)
1870 census of Carter Co., Ky, precinct 3, Grayson P.O., enumerated 4 July, lists on p. 7 as family #42/38:
McClerg, Marion, 28, farmer, b. Ky; Miney, 17 (or 19), b. Va.
(This enumerator makes his 7’s and 9’s almost identical.)
1880 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 1 June, lists on p. 31 as family #223/243:
Mclerg, Marrion, 39, farmer, b. Ky Va Ky; Mine M., wife, 29, b. Va Va Va; John W., son, 9, b. Ky Ky Va; Reuben H., son, 5, b. Ky Ky Va;; Josephene, dau, 3, b. Ky Ky Va;; Nancy E., dau, 1, b. Ky Ky Va; Elizabeth, 74, mother, b. Ky Va Va.
1900 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 7 June, lists on p. 5B as family #815:
McClurg, G. F. M., 59, b. June 1840, Ky Ky Ky, farmer; Minna, wife, 50, b. July 1849, Va Va Va, married 31 years, mother of 14 children, 8/9 living (overwritten, but it is impossible to tell which is the error and which the correction); John W., son, 29, b. June 1871; Josaphine, dau, 23, b. Apr 1877; G. F. M., 19, b. Feb 1881; Lewis J. E., son, 17, b. March 1883; Lenora, dau, 15, b. June 1886; Almira, dau, 10, b. Feb 1890. All children born Ky Ky Va.
The next household is their daughter (Nancy) Eva and her husband C. T. Kelley .
1910 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 12 May, lists on p. 15A as family #258/261:
Mclurg, Marion, 69, b. Ky Ky Ky; Miney, wife, 59, b. Va Va Va, married 40 years, mother of 14 children, 7 living; John, son, 29, single; Kelly, Eva, dau, 31, married 13 years, mother of 4 children, 4 living; Mclurg, General, son, 29; Lewie, son, 27; Myrtle, granddaughter, 5; Virgie, granddaughter, 2; Parker, Annie, granddaughter, 3/12. John through Lewie born Ky Ky Va, the 3 grandchildren born Ky Ky Ky.
Myrtle and Virgie are daughters of Marion’s son Grover Cleveland McClurg and his first wife Nora T. Horner. (Grover was a son of Marion by Sarah Amanda Thomas, and had recently married his third wife, Mollie Pettit, in 1910.) Annie Parker is the daughter of Eva McClurg and Nickell Parker, whom Eva married about one year after this census was taken, in May 1911, and died 6 months later in childbirth with their second child. (I could not find Nickell in the 1910 census.)
1920 census of Rowan Co., Ky, Pine Grove precinct, enumerated 6 Feb, lists on p. 12A as family #207:
McClurge, Miney R., 69, widowed, b. Va Va Va; John W., son, 50, single, b. Ky Ky Va; Genearl F., son, 38, b. Ky Ky Ky; Myrtle E., granddau, 14, b. Ky Ky Ky; Virgie, granddau, 12, b. Ky Ky Ky.