Calhoun County AlArchives Biographies.....McClellen, Elisha D. 1847 - 
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Author: Smith & De Land, publishers

    ELISHA D. McCLELLEN, born near Jacksonville, Ala., October 24, 1847, is a
son of Samuel D. and Deborah (Price) McClellen, natives of East Tennessee. The
senior Mr. McClellen came to Alabama with his parents in 1834, and settled in
Talladega County. In 1844 be removed to Calhoun County, where he was engaged in
farming. He represented the county in the Legislature one term, and assisted in
removing the Indians from the State.

    He died in December, 1887. The McClellens are descendants from Scotland. The
Price family came from Ireland.

    The subject of this sketch was reared on a farm and received an academic
education. He worked on a farm until 1868, when he came to Jacksonville, where
he was engaged in mercantile business with his father. In 1883 he was engaged in
the livery business for a short time, and in January, 1884, came to Cross
Plains, started in the millinery business, and subsequently engaged in general
merchandising. In 1887 he was running a brick business in connection with
farming and merchandising.

    In January, 1874, Mr. McClellen was first married to Dollie Barron, of
Jackson County, and had born to him one child. Mrs. McClellen died in 1878, and
in December, l886, Mr. McClellen was married to Sallie Glover, of Cherokee County.

    Mr. McClellen is a member of the Baptist Church and is also a prominent
Mason. His wife belongs to the Presbyterian Church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

Northern Alabama: Historical and Biographical
Birmingham, Ala.: Smith and De Land
1888

PART III.
HISTORICAL RESUME OF THE VARIOUS COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
MINERAL BELT.

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