I am eager to find more info on these 3 families. I am descended from Boyd and Mattie McClendon (first cousins) - Boyd being the son of Laura Jane Tucker and Joseph Jasper McClendon (AKA McClelland), and Mattie being the daughter of Dennis and Elizabeth McClendon. A Nancy Fortner, age 42 in 1870, was living with Dennis and Elizabeth, so i wonder if perhaps she was Elizabeth's mother. Any info you can offer would be so greatly appreciated! I am willing to share any and all info i have on these families as well. Good luck in your research, Donna in MT