Family
Dr. McClurg married Elizabeth Seldon in 1779. Their daughter, Elizabeth Seldon McClurg, married John Wickham (1763), a celebrated Richmond attorney. Widowed in 1818, Dr. McClurg left his practice to his nephew, Dr. James Drew McCaw. Although a Presbyterian, Dr. McClurg is buried at St. John's Church in Richmond.
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