City: Knoxville
MCCLUNG, Calvin Morgan, merchant; born St. Louis, Mo., May 12, 1855; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Franklin Henry and Eliza Ann (Mills) MCCLUNG; father’s occupation, wholesale dry goods merchant; paternal grandparents, Matthew and Eliza Jane (Morgan) MCCLUNG, maternal grandparents, Adam Lee and Matilda (Holtzman) MILLS; educated in private schools and preparatory department of East Tenn. University; graduated from East Tenn. University (now University of Tenn.) A. B. 1874, M. A. 1877, Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University Ph.B., 1876; commenced business in 1877 in office of his father’s firm, viz: Cowan, McClung & Co., Knoxville, Tenn.; married twice, first Annie MCGHEE March 3, 1881, second, Barbara ADAIR, March 16, 1905; member of Cumberland Club, Knoxville, Tenn.; entered business for himself July 1882; as a member of the firm of McClung, Powell & Co., firm name being changed in 1884 to C. M. McClung & Co., wholesale hardware, which business was incorporated July, 1905, under same name; he has been Pres. Of the corporation since that time; director in East Tenn. National Bank, director in some manufacturing enterprises; trustee of Lawson McGhee Library, Tenn. Deaf and Dumb School; member of the National Geographic Society, American Historical Assn.; has traveled to a considerable extent in Europe, United States and Canada.
