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v. Arlene Elizabeth Hutter, living in Aurora, Ill.
vi. Annie Maude Hutter, a student in Mus- kingum College, Ohio.
ii. J. Maude Mitchell.
iii. John P. Mitchell, married Rose Eagle; they have one son; two other children, Donald and Gladys, died in 1918.
iv. Annie Mitchell, married Samuel Gordon. Children:
i. Eugene (8) Gordon.
ii. Kenneth Gordon. iv. Annie May Gordon.
iii. John Gordon. v. Keith Gordon.
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ISAAC (5) KIRKPATRICK, brother of Hezekiah, born February 14, 1818, in Rye township, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania; died at his home in Sandwich, Illinois, January 16, 1898; married in 1837, Sarah Elliott; born in the north of Ireland, September, 1813; died November 17, 1885.
Children:
i. James Elliott (6), born in 1838; married Anna Mary (3) Gilchrist; served throughout the Civil War; they have one child, Corena, who married Dr. Charles Husk.
ii. Robert, born in 1840; married Caroline Goodell. They removed to Kansas soon after their marriage, where he died a few years ago. He was a veteran of the Civil War. His wife lives in Hortonville, Kan. They had four children, Lulu, Sarah, Roy W. and Roberta.
iii. Anna Eliza, born in 1843; married Robert Steven- son. They had four children: Arthur (7), Kirk, Mary and Robert Stevenson.
iv. Easton, born in 1846; married Agnes R. (4) Henry. He lived on the Kirkpatrick homestead, and farmed it until he turned over the management to his son Floyd. He then moved to Sandwich, Ill., where he died in 1925.
Children :
i. Jennie (7), born Mar. 4, 1878; married R. J. McAllister.
ii. Floyd, born Sept. 30, 1881; married March 18, 1913 Pearl, a daughter of David and Mary (Stauffer) Bernard.
Children :
i. David Easton.
ii. Thomas Bernard.
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v. Emma Jane, born in 1848; died unmarried Apr. 30, 1924.
vi. Agnes May, born in 1850; married James Finley. Children:
i. Thomas Finley. vi. Ella Finley.
ii. Isaac Finley. vii. Paul Finley.
iii. James Finley.
viii. Mary Finley.
iv. Emma Finley.
ix. Edwin Finley.
v. Sarah Finley.
vii. Clara M., born in 1853; married George B. (8) French. (See page 122.)
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viii. Sarah Ellen, born in 1855; married William Steven- son and left Somonauk.
ix. Flora M., born in 1858; married John Fullerton. Children :
i. Sara (7) Fullerton.
ii. Keith Fullerton.
Isaac (5) came to Somonauk, De Kalb County, in the spring of 1852, from Perry County, Pennsylvania. He settled on a farm with a small house on it at Squaw Grove and at once united with the Associate Church.
A few years later the small house-or cabin-was burned to the ground, and a better and larger house was built, in which the family grew up, all the members of the family allying themselves with the church and its mission.
Early in the Civil War Isaac Kirkpatrick, though in middle age, enlisted in the 8th Illinois Cavalry, saw several months of service, and was discharged because of physical disability. It is said he was a brave soldier.
Isaac Kirkpatrick outlived his wife, Sarah Elliott, by twelve years; they are both buried in the family lot in Oak Mound Cemetery.
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The McAllister Family
"The Scottish Nation," by William Anderson, reads: "Mac- Allister, the name of a clan that inhabits the south of Knap- dale and the north of Kintyre in Argyleshire, Scotland. They are traced to Alexander, son of Angus Mor of the clan of Donald.
"From their descent from Alexander, eldest son of Angus Mor, Lord of the Isles and Kintyre in 1284, the grandson of Somerled, thane of Argyle, the MacAllisters claim to be the representatives after McDonell of Glengary, of the Ancient Lords of the Isles as heirs male of Donald, grandson of Somerled. After the forfeiture of the Lords of the Isles in 1493, the MacAllisters became so numerous as to form a separate and independent clan. At that period their chieftain was John or Ean-Dubh, whose residence was at Ard Phadrine or Ardpatrick in South Knapdale."
Like many other families, the MacAllisters were presecuted for their religious opinions in those troublous times in Scotland. For this reason some of them took refuge in North Ireland. Some of the descendants of recent years are proud to own that the McAllisters in America are also traceable to the noted Stuarts of Scotland.
JAMES (1) McALLISTER, son of Dexter McAllister, was born in Scotland in 1798; died in Clinton township, De Kalb County, Illinois, July 19, 1867. His wife, Jane Dobbin, was born in Connagher, County Antrim, Ireland, in April, 1804; died in Sandwich, Illinois, December 15, 1881. She was a daughter of William and Margaret (Andrew) Dobbin and granddaughter of John and Mary (Miller) Dobbin and Samuel and Jane (Dobbin) Andrew.
James McAllister and Jane Dobbin were married in Con- nagher, Parish of Ballimoney, County Antrim, Ireland, in
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1823. When their eldest child, Margaret, was three months old, in the spring of 1824, they removed from their home in Ireland to Washington County, New York. During the voyage the baby became so ill with whooping-cough that the captain of the ship told the mother she might as well throw it over- board, as it would not live to cross the ocean. The blunt cap- tain's prediction failed, however, for Margaret lived and brought up a family, and reached the good old age of ninety- three years.
James and his family lived in Washington County until about 1835, when they removed to South Washington, Marion County, Ohio. In 1848 they removed to De Kalb County, Illinois, and settled on a quarter-section of land in Clinton township, south east quarter of section 36. It was raw prairie land. Soon after arriving, the parents and a daughter, Mary, united by certificate with the Associate Church. Their occupa- tion was farming. Mr. McAllister died in 1867 of tetanus, caused by an injury to his hand.
Children:
i. Margaret (2), born Jan. 6, 1824; died Oct. 16, 1916; married John Van Natta.
ii. Mary, born Feb. 7, 1826; died Dec. 1, 1911, at her home in Paw Paw, Ill .; married first, Mar. 20, 1850, John Christie; married second, Moses Bart- lett.
iii. Eliza, born Nov. 12, 1827; died Oct. 17, 1917; married George Smith and lived at Aledo, Ill.
iv. Martha, born Mar. 6, 1830; died Feb. - , 1913; married first, August Breese; married second, William Smith.
v. William J., born Mar. 15, 1832.
vi. James W., born July 1, 1834.
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vii. Sarah, born Feb. 5, 1839; died July 28, 1918; mar- ried James (4) Graham. (See page 138.)
viii. Ellen, born Aug. 3, 1842; married David Elsey. She is still living.
ix. Esther, born Sept. 2, 1844; died Apr. 6, 1926, in Chicago, Ill .; married William McCoy.
x. Anna, born July 8, 1846; married first, Henry Still; they had one son, who was killed in an accident. She married second, Robert Mitchell, and is still living in Wichita, Kan.
xi. Isabel, born Sept. 1, 1848; died unmarried, June 2, 1892.
xii. Samuel, born Dec. 17, 1850; died Apr. 17, 1868, aged eighteen years, from an injury received while trying to stop a team of runaway horses for a com- panion who was working in the same field.
WILLIAM J. (2) McALLISTER was born March 15, 1832; died February 9, 1879; married Addie Favor, of Plano, Illinois. William J. was a soldier of the Civil War, enlisting in the summer of 1862; was in Company H, 105th Illinois Volunteers; discharged at the close of the war, in June, 1865. A year or two later he entered Monmouth College, and grad- uated in the class of 1870. After his theological course he settled as pastor of a church in Iowa. His ministerial career was short but not without its good effects.
JAMES W. (2) McALLISTER was born July 1, 1834; died March 10, 1921; married December 16, 1864, Mary Ann Graham. When about fourteen years of age he came with his parents to De Kalb County, Illinois. They made their home on the southeast quarter of section 36, in Clinton township. From that time on this was James' only home. He lived there seventy-three years.
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Children :
i. Ward (3), born Dec. 4, 1866; married Feb. 10, 1897, Mary Gray. Ward has been a ruling elder of the church for thirty years. Children: James Russell, Ella, Cecil, Ralph Graham, Mary Edna, Reba, Donald.
ii. Helen, born Nov. 9, 1868; died in Sandwich, Ill., Dec. 1, 1908; married Oct. 3, 1894, Albert C. Winter. Children: Ruth, Eva Marie, Wallace, Paul Kenneth, James Everette Winter.
iii. Robert James, born Nov. 4, 1871; married Oct. 12, 1898, Jeannette Beveridge Kirkpatrick, born Mar. 11, 1878. Children: Lois K., Leslie Kirk (died July 23, 1920), Sara Jeannette.
iv. Margaret, born Dec. 25, 1873; died Apr. 2, 1907; married Rev. Elzie R. Mitchell, Jan. 3, 1901. Children: Sara Eloise, Emma Belle, James Rus- sell.
v. Russell, born June 11, 1876; died Jan. 29, 1896, while a student in Monmouth College.
vi. Mary Belle, born Dec. 15, 1878; married Oct. 4, 1905, John Thompson, a farmer. Children: Mary Genevieve, Margaret, Robert, Leroy, Betty Jean. vii. Sarah Jane, born Dec. 24, 1881; died June 6, 1902.
viii. William John, born May 18, 1886; married Jan. 12, 1912, Maida Gowdy. He is a graduate of Monmouth College and is in business in Mon- mouth, Ill.
All of James W. (2) McAllister's children early joined the United Presbyterian Church.
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The McCleery Family
The McCleery family is descended from a Scottish laird of Glasgow, whose name was probably Cleerson or McCleer- son. They had a family crest showing a pelican feeding its young from, as it was then supposed, its own heart's blood, signifying family devotion. The crest has never been in vogue with the American descendants, but the devotion remains un- abated.
JOHN (1) McCLEARY, born November 7, 1771, in Glas- gow, Scotland, the only son of the family; died at Dalton, Ohio, December 14, 1849; married in 1797 Margaret, a daughter of Thomas Cook, of Cambridge, Washington County, New York; born March 10, 1778; died September 11, 1856.
When nearly twenty-one years of age, John McCleary was overpowered in London by the press-gang and forced into the British navy. He determined he would attempt an escape from the injustice at the first opportunity. In the course of events the man-of-war on which he was serving set sail for Quebec. For some reason a younger officer struck McCleary with his sword, whereupon he knocked the officer down. To strike a superior in those days was a capital offense. He was court- martialed and sentenced to be shot, but was pardoned by the commander of the ship.
On reaching Quebec our hero studied the situation and decided that here was a possible opportunity to make his escape; though extremely hazardous, he took it. By some means he crossed to the south shore of the St. Lawrence, probably by rowboat, or possibly by swimming the three-mile river. He was unarmed, save for a club he had secured, which would give him some protection against possible pursuers and the dangerous animals which roamed the dense forests. Being a
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strong man, it is said, he doubtless traveled fifty miles at his highest speed before he halted for food or rest.
In a southerly course he made his way through a mountainous country of unbroken forests for three hundred and fifty miles. By chance he stopped at a cabin of Thomas Cook's, a pioneer in the settlement of Cambridge, Washington County, New York. This was about the year 1793, or possibly a year or two later. McCleary was in an exhausted condition from his extreme physical exertion and mental strain. He was taken into the Cook home and kindly cared for. Food and rest were all that were needed to give him back his strength, which after some days was restored. 2
He remained in the community of Cambridge and went to work. He never again heard from his father's family. Being a deserter in a technical sense, though he never did and would not enlist, he dared not communicate with his parents, for the English government would naturally be guarding that point to get a trace of him. To make his obscurity more impenetrable, he changed his name to McCleery, which spelling has been retained.
Children:
i. Robert (2), born in Argyle, N. Y., June 27, 1801; died Sept. 12, 1801.
ii. James, born June 5, 1803.
iii. Mary Ann, born Aug. 2, 1805, in Greenwich.
iv. Jane, born Sept. 19, 1807, in Greenwich; died July 26, 1826.
v. Thomas, born in Greenwich, N. Y., June 18, 1809; died Dec. 25, 1883, at Creston, Iowa.
vi. Edward Cook, born Mar. 18, 1811.
vii. John, born May 30, 1813.
viii. Margaret, born May 1, 1815, in Greenwich, N. Y .; came to Somonauk; died Dec. 29, 1885, in Wash- ington, Iowa. Unmarried.
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ix. Elizabeth, born Mar. 7, 1817; came to Somonauk; died Feb. 23, 1858, at her home in Clinton town- ship, De Kalb County, Ill .; married Jan. 14, 1845, David (1) Orr. (See page 206.)
x. Catherine, born May 25, 1821; came to Somonauk;
died, unmarried, Oct. 28, 1863, in Detroit, Mich. About 1825 John McCleery and family removed from Washington County, New York, to Canada, near Niagara Falls. They did not take with them their church certificates, intending to send for them after they were settled. Through technicality or misunderstanding it was necessary for James McCleery to make a trip to Philadelphia, to a meeting of the synod, to get the matter straightened out. Considering the facil- ities at that time, it would be equal to a trip from New York City to the western coast seventy years later. Thus we have an example of the value placed on church membership in early days, and also the strict adherence to the church law requiring letters of dismissal.
John McCleery, with his entire family, including the family of James (2), removed from Canada to the neighborhood of Dalton, Ohio, in 1841. Here the father died in 1849. In 1851, with their mother, the brothers and sisters, except John (2) and family, and Mrs. Elizabeth (McCleery) Orr, moved to Somonauk township, Illinois. John (2) and the Orr family followed in 1852.
Mrs. John (1) McCleery died at Somonauk, Illinois, Sep- tember 11, 1856, and was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery. She requested her sons not to place a stone at her grave, so her son John went a long distance and procured an evergreen tree to mark her resting-place.
JAMES (2) McCLEERY, born in Argyle, New York, June 5, 1803, died February 22, 1892, in Washington, Iowa. While living in Canada, James (2) married Jean Thomson
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about January 1, 1833. She was born at Strauraer, Scotland, in 1808; died in Victor township, De Kalb County, Illinois, in 1858, and was buried in Oak Mound Cemetery. She was the daughter of Hugh and Ann (Melvin) Thomson. Ann Melvin was a daughter of James Melvin and Jean Paul. Jean Paul Melvin was a sister of John Paul, better known as John Paul Jones, one of America's great naval heroes in the War of the American Revolution, who was thus Mrs. James McCleery's great uncle.
Children:
i. John (3), born Jan. 22, 1834.
ii. James, born June 18, 1835.
iii. Hugh, born in Canada; lived but a few days.
iv. Robert, born in Canada Nov. 15, 1839; died Mar. 22, 1842, in Ohio.
v. Mary Ann, born in Canada Jan. 22, 1841; died July 31, 1907, in Reinbeck, Iowa; married January, 1865, John C. (3) Beveridge. (See page 99.)
vi. Margaret, born near Dalton, Ohio, Feb. 22, 1843; died Aug. 23, 1916, at her home in Squaw Grove township, De Kalb County, Ill. After her mother's death in 1858 she lived in Detroit, Mich., in the home of Mr. Harshe. On her return she married, in 1862, Alexander (2) Howison. (See page 157.) vii. Elizabeth, born near Dalton, Ohio, Mar. 28, 1845; married Sept. 10, 1873, Thomas Henderson Rob- inson; born July 12, 1849. They bought a farm in Clinton township from David Orr, where they lived many years and brought up their family. Mrs. Robinson died at the home of her daughter, Isabelle (Mrs. Merritt Hoy Beveridge), Sept. 23, 1922, in Somonauk township, De Kalb County, Ill.
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Children:
i. James McCleery (4) Robinson.
ii. Isabelle Robinson, born June 22, 1877; mar- ried Merritt Hoy Beveridge. (See page 93.)
iii. Benjamin Robinson.
iv. John B. Robinson married Margaret Ethyl McCoy, of Indianapolis, Iowa, and lives on the Robinson homestead.
v. Lee Robinson died young.
vi. Margaret Robinson married Wallace J. Black, an attorney in Peoria, Ill.
vii. Jean Elizabeth Robinson married Wendell A. Potter, a physician in Sandwich, Ill.
viii. William Doig, born June 10, 1848.
JOHN (3) McCLEERY, born January 22, 1834, in Can- ada; died in Victor township, De Kalb County, Illinois, Jan- uary 24, 1917; married Ann McCall, born December 30, 1840; died January 14, 1920, on the farm where she had lived all her married life. They were married September 10, 1862, and celebrated their golden wedding September 10, 1912.
Children:
i. Robert (4), died in middle life.
ii. John, married Mrs. Alma Fraser. Child:
i. Wayne (5).
iii. James Andrew, unmarried.
iv. Margaret, a teacher of much ability; died in middle life.
v. Annie, living with her sister Lulu May.
vi. Lulu May, keeping house for her brother James on the farmstead.
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vii. Carlisle, a minister of the gospel; married Jessie Bull. They have three children.
viii. Bessie, married Hoyt Gilbert; she lives in Hinckley, Ill .; her husband died recently. She has three chil- dren.
ix. Benjamin Henderson, married Sept. 3, 1924, Mary Hastings. They have one son.
JAMES (3) McCLEERY was born in Canada June 18, 1835; died May 23, 1903, on his farm in Clinton township, De Kalb County, Illinois; married February 1, 1858, Mar- garet Graham; born June 15, 1837; died August 16, 1926, in Waterman, Illinois.
Children:
i. Sarah Jane (4). vi. Adaline.
ii. John Andrew. vii. Isabel.
iii. Margaret. viii. William Russell.
iv. Mary.
ix. Raymond.
v. Fannie Elizabeth. x. Nettie.
WILLIAM DOIG (3) McCLEERY was born near Dalton, Ohio, June 10, 1848; died at his home in Victor township, De Kalb County, Illinois, April 29, 1903; married first, De- cember 20, 1870, Mary Jeanette (5) Randles; born August 14, 1850, a daughter of Andrew (4) Randles; died Febru- ary 6, 1881.
Children:
i. Howard (4), born Apr. 1, 1873; married Ethel Carouthers, and is farming in Alberta, Canada.
Children:
i. Marian (5). iii. Ruth.
ii. Evelyn.
iv. Marjorie.
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ii. Albert, born May 4, 1875; married Feb. 20, 1902, in De Kalb County, Ill. Mary Ellen (4) Henry, born Oct. 17, 1875, and now living on a farm near Goldfield, Iowa.
Children:
i. Mary Jeanette (5).
ii. Irene Ellen.
iii. Sarah Belle.
William Doig McCleery married second, February 21, 1882, Jennie Elizabeth Maxwell; born in Washington County, New York, November 24, 1858. She is living (1927) in New Concord, Ohio.
Children :
i. Ruth (4), died in infancy.
ii. Harry, married Ethel Graham. They are farming near Butler, Ind.
iii. Archie, married and is living in Indiana.
iv. John, married and is living in New Concord, Ohio. He is a physician and for a few years he was medical missionary in the Soudan district, Africa, but returned because of ill health. He hopes to be able to return to the Soudan, and in the meantime is the College Physician in New Concord, Ohio.
v. Fannie, married Kenneth Ferguson, in Alberta, Canada.
vi. Catherine, born May 22, 1851; died May 25, 1855.
EDWARD COOK (2) McCLEERY, sixth child of John (1), was born March 18, 1811, in Greenwich, Washington County, New York; died May 6, 1889, at Washington, Iowa. At Dalton, Ohio, he married Jane Bell; born at Dalton, Octo- ber 13, 1824; died September 8, 1889, in Washington, Iowa.
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They removed from Dalton, Ohio, to Somonauk, Illinois, in the spring of 1851, bought a farm two miles south of the United Presbyterian Church and lived there while they were in Illinois.
Children :
i. Margaret Ann (3), born May 1, 1844; died Sept. 29, 1902, at Somonauk, Ill .; married Robert Watson.
ii. Isabel Jane, born Aug. 5, 1845; died Feb. 16, 1846, at Dalton, Ohio.
iii. John William, born Dec. 29, 1846; died July 23, 1852, from the bite of a rattlesnake, at Somonauk, Ill.
iv. Eliza Ellen, born Oct. 13, 1848; married Charles Weeks. Is living in Alhambra, Cal.
v. Robert James, born Apr. 30, 1850; died Oct. 13, 1917; married Ida Ball.
vi. Samuel, born Sept. 26, 1852; died Feb. 12, 1918; married Eva Lincoln. He served one term in the Iowa legislature.
vii. Mary, born Oct. 8, 1854; lives in Los Angeles, Cal .; married James A. Walker.
viii. Isabella, died young.
ix. Edward, born Apr. 13, 1860; died Aug. 2, 1887, in Iowa.
x. David, born Mar. 5, 1862; died Jan. 8, 1885, in Iowa.
xi. Catherine Bell, born July 2, 1867; died July 25, 1872.
JOHN (2) McCLEERY, born May 30, 1813; died Decem- ber 5, 1887; married about 1845, Adaline Coleman; born December 28, 1826; died March 9, 1903. They removed from Dalton, Ohio, to Somonauk, Illinois, in 1852, and lived
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on a farm for several years in Clinton township, De Kalb County. Both are buried at Washington, Iowa.
Children:
i. James Martin (3), born July 23, 1847.
ii. Marie, born in 1849; died in 1917, at Washington, Iowa; married James Laughead.
Children:
i. Adelbert (4) Laughead, of Des Moines, Iowa.
ii. William Laughead, of Des Moines, Iowa.
iii. Ethel Laughead, in Laboratory Department of the City Hospital, Aurora, Ill.
iv. Lulu Laughead, married Dr. J. E. Edgington, Washington.
iii. Thomas, M. D., died in 1917 at Exeter, Neb .; had two children.
iv. Edward, living in Los Angeles, Cal.
v. John, died in California in 1924.
vi. Elizabeth, married Rev. Mr. Marshall. While trav- eling with her husband, Mrs. Marshall died in Palestine and was buried in Jerusalem in the Prot- estant burial ground.
vii. Margaret, born May -, 1865; died Sept. 25, 1903. She was the first graduate nurse of Washington County, Iowa. She also graduated from the Illi- nois Training School, Chicago, Ill., at the head of her class. She became a nurse of great ability.
viii. Andrew, died in infancy.
JAMES MARTIN (3) McCLEERY was born July 23, 1847; died at Waterloo, Iowa, in 1917, at the home of his son George. He married Sarah Agnes (8) French, daughter of William and Isabel (Beveridge) French. Sarah French was a granddaughter of George and Ann (Hoy) Beveridge. She died June 10, 1926.
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Children :
i. Hugh (4), married in 1902, Ola Hamilton.
Children:
i. Richard (5), a graduate of Muskingum Col- lege, New Concord, Ohio; now associated with his father in business.
ii. Carolyn, a student at Monmouth College.
After graduating from the Washington (Iowa) Academy, Hugh (4) was city editor of the Wash- ington (Iowa) Journal for about ten years; served in the Spanish-American War on the Florida east coast; has manufactured art calendars for adver- tising purposes for more than twenty years. He was elected ruling elder of the First Washington (Iowa) United Presbyterian Church in 1914 and has been clerk of session since that time. He is at present chairman of the board of trustees of the Washington County Hospital, and was president of the Washington County Chautauqua Association this year, 1926, and also chairman of the Wash- ington Rotary Club.
ii. Marie, married Roy Randles; living in Waterman, Ill .; has three children.
iii. George, in business in Waterloo, Iowa; has two chil- dren.
iv. Harriet, married A. E. Weber; died and buried at Clarion, Iowa.
Children:
i. Nicholas Francis (5).
ii. Isabel.
v. Ada Belle, superintendent of Evanston Hospital, Evanston, Ill.
vi. Agnes, married A. E. Weber, Clarion, Iowa. Mr. Weber is connected with a Clarion bank.
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The Mcclellan Family
ROBERT (1) MCCLELLAN, born in Galloway, Scotland, in 1716; died in Salem, New York, August 24, 1789; married in 1754, Nicholes Gordon, of the family famous in Scottish history; born in Scotland in 1730; died in Cambridge, New York, in 1799. They left their home in Micklemox, Parish of Buttle, Scotland, in June, 1774. After a voyage of three months in the ship Golden Rule they landed in New York City. From there they journeyed by way of Albany to Burley, Ver- mont, being four days in crossing the Green Mountains. No wheeled vehicle had ever crossed at that point. In 1784 they removed to Hebron, Washington County, New York. An in- teresting account of the family will be found in a letter writ -. ten by William, their eldest son.
Children :
i. William (2), born 1755.
ii. John. (See page 188.)
iii. Robert, born 1766. (See page 188.)
iv. Grissey, born 1769. (See page 190.)
v. Mary. (See page 190.)
vi. Nancy. (See page 190.)
WILLIAM (2) MCCLELLAN, born 1755, Parish of But- tle, Scotland; died -; married first, March 2, 1786, Janet, a daughter of James Thompson, of Salem; born May 15, 1766; died October 7, 1808. Married second, January -, 1811, Rachel, a daughter of John Armitage, of Cambridge, New York. There were eight children by the first marriage, four daughters and four sons. We have record of only one of these children.
Child :
i. James (3), born Apr. 4, 1794. (See page 184.)
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The following account of this family is contained in a letter written by William McClellan: "I, William McClellan, for the information of my children, and all it may concern, do, on this 5th day of September, in the year of our Lord, 1829, write the following memorandum:
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