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McCLUNG FAMILY. Hugh and Mary McClung came from Beaver County, Penn., about the year 1840, and settled in Wayne County, near Fairfield, where, after four years,  Hugh died, his wife surviving him until 1858, when she, too, died at the same place.  They had a family of six children when they came to Illinois, one having died in the East,   and one was drowned in Skillet Fork soon after. coming to the county. Three are still living - Catherine; Mary, widow of John Ewing, of Wayne County; and Mrs. Lydia Martin, widow of John A. Martin, and a resident of Flora, Clay County. Ephraim McClung, the youngest of this family; was married to Miss Ann Beauchamp, daughter of William and Mary Beauchamp, who died while she was a child. She was reared by Lewis Organ. To them were born five children, one of whom is deceased, and four are residents of Wayne County - Edward  McClung, editor of the Wayne County Record, Mice, wife of' Joseph Gaston, Carrie M., and Thomas McClung. The father removed to Fairfield about 1860, engaged in merchandising and milling, and died in 1867. Ann,  his wife, died August 8, 1881. It may be truthfully se said, that they tilled an important position in the society in which they moved, and still lite in the memory and hearts of their many friends.