Re: McClelland in OHIO
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Re: McClelland in OHIO
6/20/01
Dear Nancy,
I was doing research at the Los Angeles Central Public Library yesterday and I came across a History of Tuscarawas county Ohio.It had a series of biographical sketches including John McClelland:
John McClelland, a well known farmer of this township, residing on the Uhrichsville road, was born in Ireland, November 18, 1818.His parents, Daniel and Jane Hutton McClelland, were also natives of the Emerald Isle, and both died there.Our subject came to the US in 1845, and the same year to Tuscarawas county.He worked on a farm for some time; then on the Sandy & Beaver Canal, and subsequently in a brickyard at St. Louis, Mo.During the Mexican War, he was working on a steamboar that sunk in the Missouri River.He came back to this county, and five or six years later bought eighty-seven acres of his present farm.He subsequently added seventy one acres, but has sold some, and the arm now comprises 138 acres all under cultivation, with the exception of thirty acres.Mr. McClelland is a member of the Plains Methodist Episcopal Church of this township, and was class Leader and Steward for many years.He is a Republican in politics, but never held office.He married Leah Barnhisel, a native of Navarre, Stark County, Ohio.Seven children were given them, five living--Louis C. who married Nancy Skeels, and is a farmer of Carroll County, Ohio; Jane, wife of CharlesF. Grinnell whose sketch appears elsewhere, Olive, John and Maggie.Mary and Ellen are deceased.Mrs. McClelland departed this life March 16, 1878, aged fifty three years.She was a member of the Plains Church, as are also her children.
I hope this helps.I was interested in this piece and noticed that Louis is spelled differently than Lewis.
Karen Harris