Calvin Clendenin and Mary Bush Herring

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Husband Calvin Clendenin ¹

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            AKA: Squire  Clendenin
           Born: 11 Nov 1843 - Hogestown, Cumberland Co, PA 1
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         Father: Col. John Clendenin (1808-1872) 1
         Mother: Susan Swiler (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 4 Feb 1875 2

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Wife Mary Bush Herring ²

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         Father: Dr. James Bush Herring (      -      ) 2
         Mother: Lizzie Riegle (      -      ) 2

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Children

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1 F Elizabeth Waugh Clendenin ³

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           Born: 24 Dec 1875 3
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         Spouse: A. Carleton Gibson (      -      ) 3

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2 F Susan Riegle Clendenin ³

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           Born: 28 Jul 1877 3
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3 M John Calvin Clendenin ³

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           Born: 8 Feb 1881 3
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4 M James Herring Clendenin ³

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           Born: 31 Dec 1883 3
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5 F Mary Caroline Clendenin ³

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           Born: 4 Dec 1887 3
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General Notes: Husband - Calvin Clendenin

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He received his education in the public schools of his native village and in academies at Fayetteville and Mt. Joy, Pennsylvania. On leaving school he went into his father's tannery and learned the art of leather manufacturing and the details of an old established business. Shortly after entering upon the age of maturity, his father, being in declining health, turned his entire business over to him, and with varied success he continued it for many years. He not only ran the tannery in Hogestown to its full capacity but bought several other plants and engaged in the business extensively and with system. One of the tanning properties he purchased was located at Mechanicsburg, and was probably of larger capacity than any other tannery in Cumberland County.
Like his ancestors for generations before him Mr. Clendenin was a Democrat, and from his boyhood days he took an active interest in politics and always labored assiduously for Democratic success. This zeal and activity attracted public attention to him, and in 1874, when the voters of Silver Spring township wanted a Democratic successor to Col. John Clendenin as justice of the peace, they elected his son Calvin to the place, thus perpetuating the title "Squire Clendenin" into the fourth generation. He was also frequently importuned to become a candidate for county office, but never yielded.
After purchasing a tannery in Mechanicsburg he found it advantageous to live there, and so he left the home of his birth and moved there, where he subsequently centered all his business interests and built himself a beautiful home. A change of residence did not abate Mr. Clendenin's party zeal, and President Cleveland, during his second term, appointed him postmaster of Mechanicsburg, in which office he served the public for over four years. Mr. Clendenin always gave his business close and unremitting attention, but the tanning industry, along with many other branches of trade, was operated against by the trusts and combinations, which hindered the full success of his enterprise. In the course of his career he has also met with more than the average share of the misfortunes that come to a man in lifetime. Several of his tanneries were destroyed by fire, the one in Mechanicsburg twice, and he was driven to consider abandoning the business in which the several generations of his family had engaged for a hundred years.

1 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 761.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 762.

3 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 763.