William Clendenin

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Husband William Clendenin ¹

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         Father: John Clendenin (Abt 1704-Abt 1797) 2
         Mother: Janet Huston (      -Abt 1797) 2

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General Notes: Husband - William Clendenin

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His father and their family lived in that part of the country hostile Indians yet abounded, and at one time the settlers, for their protection, erected a block house on John Dickey's land, the tract adjoining John Clendenin's on the south. This blockhouse is spoken of in the early annals as "Dickey's Fort." It afforded some comfort to the inhabitants, but it neither frightened nor pacified the Indians, and they continued to make their stealthy raids in the settlements. In the woods along the foot of the mountain, not far removed from the Clendenin home, there flowed a spring which the young men of the neighborhood would salt and by that device would attract deer and make their capture easy. Upon one occasion, while they were lying in ambush waiting for the deer to come, they were discovered and fired upon by a roving band of Indians. William Clendenin, the second son of John and Janet (Huston) Clendenin, was one of the young men, and was mortally wounded. The rest of the party tried to get him home, but finding it difficult, and fearing that the Indians would follow and kill all of them, they hid their wounded comrade in a fallen tree top and covered him up with branches and leaves. The next morning, reinforced and armed, they returned for him, but found him cold in death. The exact date of this incident cannot be fixed. [BACC 1905, 759]

1 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 758.

2 —, Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905), Pg 43, 758.