Whiteside County IL Archives Biographies.....McClelland, Thomas 
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Author: Portrait/Bio Album, Whiteside County IL 1885

Thomas McClelland, Marshal of the City of Morrison and Constable, was born 
March 20, 1824, in Cumberland Co., Pa. His father and mother, William and 
Margaret (Shannon) McClelland, were natives of the Keystone State. The former 
died in Franklin Co., Pa., in 1842, when about 60 years of age. The demise of 
the latter took place in Cumberland, Alleghany Co., Md., about 1848. Seven of 
their nine children are now living, namely: Mrs. Lydia Heaggy is a widow and 
resides at Mt. Carroll, Ill.; William is a carpenter in Clinton Co., Mo.; 
Jane, widow of William Paxton, lives at Morrison; John is a Methodist 
clergyman in Virginia; Joseph is a mechanic in Washington, D. C. Thomas 
McClelland is next to the youngest of his parents' children in order of birth, 
and was brought up on his father's farm until he was 17 years of age, when he 
entered a shop in Loudon, Franklin Co., Pa., to learn the business of a 
blacksmith, in which vocation he was engaged 35 years, and has passed 21 years 
of his life at Morrison in that pursuit. He opened his shop there in October, 
1855, and operated about five years in company with Solomon Eshleman. After 
that, until he abandoned the business in 1876, he conducted his affairs alone. 
In the spring of 1877 he was elected Constable, and has been successively re-
elected to the same position to the date of this writing in 1885. In 1879 he 
was elected City Marshal, and, with the exception of about one year, he has 
since occupied the same position. Mr. McClelland has been active in other 
official positions in the municipal affairs of Morrison, and was a member of 
the second Board of Trustees. He has also acted in the capacity of School 
Director. He was married in Mercersburg, Franklin Co., Pa., March 5, 1845, to 
Jane Ottenberger. Their seven children were named Martha J., Margaret I., 
Maria K., Thomas J., Susan C, Lydia A. and Ida May. Two of the daughters and 
the only son are deceased; Maria K. is the wife of William Lane, of Morrison; 
Lydia A. married Lewis M. Brown, of the same place. Mrs. McClelland was born 
Oct. 19, 1823, in Franklin Co., Pa., and is the daughter of Jacob Ottenberger.

Additional Comments:
Portrait and Biographical Album of Whiteside County, Illinois, Containing Full-
page Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative 
Citizens of the County. Chicago: Chapman Brothers, 1885.

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