Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A watan Nuwamba 1842, McClernand ya auri Sarah Dunlap na Jacksonville, Illinois, babban aboki na Mary Todd Lincoln. Sarah 'yar James Dunlap ce, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin mai kula da rundunar soja a rundunar Union a lokacin yakin basasa, daga bisani aka nada shi a matsayin babban janar. Dan John da Sarah, Edward John McClernand, sananne ne a matsayin janar janar na Sojojin Amurka a cikin Yaƙe-yaƙe na Indiya da kuma daga baya a Philippines
Ka yi haƙuri. Bayan mutuwar Sarah, McClernand ya auri 'yar'uwarta, Minerva Dunlap.