James McClurg

1746–1823 (age 77)

Physician/Politician

Photograph of James McClurg

Biography

James McClurg devoted his career to both medicine and public service, offering care as a physician while also lending his judgment to civic affairs. His thoughtful leadership during delicate moments of the republic’s infancy won him trust in the Commonwealth of Virginia and beyond.

McClurg’s interment at St. John’s Episcopal Churchyard marks the resting place of a healer-statesman whose kindness and steadiness were much needed in his day.

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St. John's Episcopal Churchyard
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