Reverend Dr. James Woods McLane

1801 - 1864  (62 years)

• Name	James Woods McLane
  Prefix	Reverend Dr.
  Birth	22 May 1801	Charlotte, Mecklenburg, North Carolina
  Gender	Male
  Death	26 Feb 1864
  Person ID	I56488	Scudder
  Last Modified	24 Dec 2014

  
  

  Family ID

  F20179

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  Family	Anne Huntington Richards,   b. 1 Sep 1807, Connecticut d. 24 Jun 1875 (Age 67 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1833
  Children	1. Ann Richards McLane,   b. 1836, New York d. 1933, Blackheath, Kent, England (Age 97 years)   2. James W. McLane,   b. Abt 1840, New York d. Yes, date unknown   3. Mary L. McLane   4. Henry R. McLane   5. William McLane   6. Calvin H. McLane
  Family ID	F20173	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Mar 2024

  
  

• Notes

  James' family moved to Illinois when he was quite young, and after local schooling, he entered Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts. It has been said that he rode horseback for the thousand-mile journey from his home. Following his graduation from Yale College in 1829, he taught school for several years in New London, Connecticut., before returning to Andover to study theology. While at the seminary, from which he graduated in 1835, he served as a tutor. In 1836 James became pastor of the newly organized Madison Street Presbyterian Church, in New York, where he remained until 1844, when he was called to the First Presbyterian Church in Williamsburgh, Long Island, New York. The latter church had recently sufered two splits:-one over abolitionism, when seven members left; and another when twenty-three transferred to the Old School Presbytery. Under his leadership, however, the breach was healed, and within a few years the congregation erected a large new brick church. He served there until 1863, when ill health forced his retirement.