Father: Jephtha Cooper McClendon (1795 - 1867)
Mother: Lucy Head (1793-1855)
10/22/1850 - Farmer, 19th District, Chambers Co., AL (living with parents and sibs - indexed in the 1850 U.S. Census as Joel W. McClendon)
10/19/1855 - Mother, Lucy, died in Meriwether Co., GA
~1856 - Married, Rebecca Jane Wall (1838-1899)
06/18/1860 - Practiced medicine, Southern Division, Talladega Co., AL (lived with wife, R. J., and two children - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. W. McClendon)
08/09/1860 - Practiced medicine, Northern Division, Chambers Co., AL (lived with father and brother, Dr. Erastus McClendon - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as J. W. McClendon)
03/04/1862 - Enlisted as Pvt., Capt. Cross' Company [This company subsequently became Co. B., 46th AL Infantry]
03/06/1862 - Mustered-in, 46th AL Infantry, Brooksville, Coosa Co., AL
03/25/1862-05/25/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Loachapoka, AL
09/10/1862-10/10/1862 - Acting Surgeon, Convalescent Camp, Beans Station, TN
02/01/1863 - Acting Surgeon, 46th AL Infantry, Vicksburg, MS
04/25/1863-07/01/1863 - Served extra duty as a nurse in the regimental hospital of the 46th AL Infantry for 66 days at 25 cents/day (in addition to his salary as a Pvt.)
07/00/1863 - As Pvt., Co. B, 46th AL Infantry, captured by the U.S. Army, Vicksburg, MS
07/09/1863 - Paroled by the U.S. Army, Vicksburg, MS
02/06/1864 - Received pay for his 1863 service as a nurse with the 46th AL Infantry
06/01/1865 - Prisoner of War as a Pvt., Ware's Cavalry Co., Talladega County [AL] Reserves
06/01/1865 - Paroled by U.S. Forces, Talladega, Talladega Co., AL
08/15/1870 - Practiced medicine, Concord, Coosa Co., AL (living with wife, R. J., and five children - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as Joel W. McClendon)
1874 - Practiced medicine, Rockford, Coosa Co., AL
06/02/1880 - Practiced medicine, Texas, Lee Co., Arkansas (living with wife, Rebecca J., three daughters, and three sons - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as Joel W. McClendon
03/00/1889 - Thrown from his buggy near Haynes, Lee Co., AR, and sustained serious injuries. It was reported "that Dr. McClendon would possibly not live until Dr. Cummings reached him" [Source: Daily Arkansas Gazette, Little Rock, AR, 03/12/1889, p. 3, c. 5.]
08/17/1894 - Died, Brinkley, Monroe Co., AR (buried: Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Brinkley, AR)
09/17/1899 - Wife, Rebecca, died (buried: Mount Vernon Cemetery, Forrest City, St. Francis Co., AR)

Note: This is not Dr. Jacob W. McClendon who was born in Oct, 1857, in TN, received his M.D. degree from the Medical Department of the University of Nashville,1882, and practiced medicine in Arkansas after receiving his degree.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
04/30/2016. Unpublished database.