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Col. George Clendenin WV910 Print E-mail
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Born 1746 in Ireland; died 1797; wife, Jemima McNeill. Town name sake, he owned land, helped settle and estab. Kanawha Co. Charleston named for Charles, his father. A Va. Militia officer, he fought in Battle of Pt. Pleasant. A county official, he served Greenbrtier Co. 1781-89 & Kanawha, 1791, 93-95 in Va. Legis. A land speculator, he owned some 21,000 acres in region.
American Legion Post 61 – West Virginia Department of Archives and History 2006

At the corner of State Secondary Road 63 and Cardinal Street, Clendenin. Kanawha County West Virginia

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