John Edmondson McCluer was the eldest known son of Arthur McCluer (died 1855) and Agnes Nancy Edmondson. He graduated from (now) Washington & Lee University and was a medical doctor and surgeon. On 3 Sep 1823, John Ewing performed the marriage to Martha Hanna Parry in Rockbridge Co., VA. Some say he "served as a surgeon in the CSA" but due to his age it's unusual.

McCluer known children:
Robert Arthur, 28 Jun 1824-13 Jul 1855 (Margaret D. Morrison)
Sarah Ann, 18 May 1826 - 25 May 1843 (Daniel H. Otto), below
Martha Jane Parry, 23 Jan 1831 - 29 Aug 1834, below
Charles Edward, 28 Mar 1836, (Charlotte Ellen Parry), below

I haven't found him on the 1850 to 1870 censuses on Ancestry.

His father Arthur owned land in Rockbridge Co., VA. One of his grant deeds #66, p 378, dated 1 Jul 1817 has 2 acres adjoining land of John McCluer.

The McClure Family, by James Alexander McClure, Petersburg, VA, 1914, p 143, "Dr. John Edmondson McCluer, b. 1798, united with Monmouth Presbyterian church Sept. 23, 1822, and d. at Richmond, Va., Nov. 13, 1873. Alumnus Washington College; surgeon C. S. A. He m. Martha Parry, of Rockbridge. Son: Charles E. McCluer, b. 1836 and died at the home of his son, Chas. P. McCluer, Tarboro, N. C, June 14, 1914. Electrician. For many years an Elder in the Third Presbyterian church, Richmond; Va.; lived later in Norfolk, Virginia.

"Dr. John Edmondson McCluer, son of Arthur and Nancy, was born in Rockbridge Co., VA. He Took his academic course at Washington College, Lexington, Va, gradulated in medicine and surgery, and practiced in Beverly and Lewisburg, Va, and at Indianapolis, Ind. He was a surgeon in the Confederate States army, an intelligent gentleman, and learned in his profession." The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland, and Their Migrations Through England...., by William McClung Paxton, 1903, p 202.

He nephew, son of Robert, Arthur D. McCluer was killed in the CSA.

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