Will County IL Archives Biographies.....McClellan, John  
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Author: Past and Present of Will County, IL; 1907

John McClellan, who died December 12, 1906, in Plainfleld township, was born 
at Colerain, Franklin county, Massachusetts, November 16, 1826, a son of 
Michael and Jane (Patterson) MeClellan, both of whom were natives of the old 
Bay state, and there lived and died. Mr. MeClellan was the last surviving 
member of a family of eight children, and was the only one of the family who 
ever came to Illinois. He was reared and educated in his native state and 
there engaged in farming to the age of twenty-nine years, when he located in 
Will county, arriving there in February, 1856. He first operated rented land 
in Plainfleld township, but two years later, in 1858, having made a selection 
of land, purchased a tract on section 29, Plainfield township. He cultivated 
that farm for a decade, and in 1868 disposed of the property and invested his 
money in a farm situated on sections 22 and 28, the same township, where he 
continued to make his home until his death. The house was built in 1850 and is 
the oldest frame structure ou the Plainfield and Joliet road. Mr. McClellan 
was for many years actively engaged in agricultural pursuits on his farm, and 
his enterprising spirit and untiring efforts brought to him a very desirable 
and gratifying success. For twenty-three years he made his home in the village 
of Plainfield but for several years prior to his death lived retired on his 
farm, the place being operated by his son. It was prior to his removal to the 
west that Mr. McClellan was married, his union being with Miss Arathusa Brown, 
their wedding being celebrated in Massachusetts in 1850. She was born in that 
state and died in Will county, in April, 1905, when she had reached the 
advanced age of seventy-eight years. She was devoted to the interests of her 
family and was a lady of many excellent traits of heart and mind, winning 
friends wherever she went. Mr. McClellan was in early life a supporter of the 
whig party but upon the organization of the new republican party joined its 
ranks. He served for twenty-one years as road commissioner but aside from this 
held no public offices. He was not identified with any church organization but 
was an attendant upon the services of the Congregational church, to which he 
gave his support. The only child of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. McClellan is 
Edward R., who is now operating the homestead farm. He married Miss Carrie 
McAllister, a daughter of Captain Edward McAllister, of Plainfield township. 
Their marriage has been blessed with two daughters and one son, Inez Arathusa, 
Vera Aileen and John Raymond. Mr. McClellan is identified in his fraternal 
relations with the Modern Woodmen of America and the Knights of Pythias, at 
Plainfield. The members of the McClellan household are highly respected 
throughout Plainfield and Will county and deserve prominent mention in a work 
of this character. 

Additional Comments:
PAST AND PRESENT OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS By W. W. Stevens President of the 
Will County Pioneers Association; Chicago: The S. J. Clarke Publishing 
Company, 1907

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