John was a farmer and he served as a Private with Company A, Hounshell's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Partisan Rangers in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. John was nicknamed "John Chokem" because he wore a cravat in the Army.
He was married to Elizabeth C. Anderson on November 20, 1866 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, then to Elizabeth Susan Leach on August 16, 1893 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
John's birthplace was listed as Daviess County, Missouri in his marriage record to Elizabeth Anderson, and it was listed as Missouri in the 1880 and 1900 census records. His parents Mary Hedrick and Charles McClung had moved to Missouri for a while and later returned to West Virginia.
John was a farmer and he served as a Private with Company A, Hounshell's Battalion, Virginia Cavalry, Partisan Rangers in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. John was nicknamed "John Chokem" because he wore a cravat in the Army.
He was married to Elizabeth C. Anderson on November 20, 1866 in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, then to Elizabeth Susan Leach on August 16, 1893 in Monroe County, West Virginia.
John's birthplace was listed as Daviess County, Missouri in his marriage record to Elizabeth Anderson, and it was listed as Missouri in the 1880 and 1900 census records. His parents Mary Hedrick and Charles McClung had moved to Missouri for a while and later returned to West Virginia.
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