BIOGRAPHIES - McCLELLAND, Robert Miller, Bourbon County, Kentucky From: Bob Francis http://www.shawhan.com Date: 07 Feb 2000 The biographies are taken primarily from William Perrin's "The History of Bourbon, Scott, Harrison and Nicholas Counties, Kentucky" and E. Polk Johnson's "The History of Kentucky and Kentuckians," Vol. III. Many Bourbon County, Kentucky, researchers have pointed out mistakes and they are notated. Name: Robert Miller McCLELLAND _________________________________________ Birth: September 6, 1822 Millersburg Precinct, Bourbon County, Kentucky Father: William McCLELLAND (1800-1864) Spouses _________________________________________ 1: Frances SUGGETT Birth: Scott County, Kentucky Death: June 9, 1859 Missouri Father: Louis SUGGETT Mother: Frances CASON Marriage: May 22, 1849 _________________________________________ 2: Fannie TAYLOR Father: Stark TAYLOR Mother: Elizabeth McCLANE Marriage: November 5, 1861 Children: Fatie (1862-); Claude (1864-); Alice (1866-); Julia (1867-); Elisha (1868-); Fannie (1871-); Robert (1872-1874); Beautie (1875-) ROBERT MILLER McCLELLAND,1 farmer; P. O. Millersburg; proprietor of Silver Spring Farm; was born Sept. 6, 1822. His father was William McClelland, born Jan. 1, 1800; died June 26, 1864; was the eldest son of Robert McClelland, who was a son of William McClelland, one of the original settlers of Millersburg. Robert was brought when a child to Kentucky ; married his cousin, Louisa Miller, daughter of Robert Miller, the eldest child of John Miller, the founder of of Millersburg. Robert Miller, born in 1780, is said to be the first male child born in the State. Mr. McClelland is the eldest of a large family; his father also, the first of a large family, by Robert McClelland. He received a very limited education, being started out by his father at thirteen years of age in the business of trading, which he followed for eighteen years, driving stock of all kinds to South Carolina and Georgia. May 22, 1849, he was married to Miss Frances Suggett, a native of Scott County, and daughter of Louis and Frances (Cason) Suggett, who were from Virginia, but among the earliest and most prominent families of Scott County. By this marriage he had two children, both of whom died in infancy; the mother died June 9, 1859, in Missouri, where he had moved in the fall of 1858. In August after the death of his wife, he returned to Kentucky, and November 5, 1861, was married to Fanny Taylor, daughter of Stark and Elizabeth (McClane) Taylor, the parents of whom were among the early settlers of Fayette County, from Virginia. Mr. McClelland, by this marriage, had nine children, eight of whom are living; they are: Fatie, born Sept. 18, 1862; Claude, Jan. 28, 1864; Alice, Feb. 8, 1866; Julia, Dec. 22, 1867; Elisha, Dec. 20, 1868; Fannie, Feb. 11, 1871; Robert, Sept. 1, 1872, died March 10, 1874; Beautie, June 5, 1875; infant, July 15, 1880. Mr. McClelland is engaged in a general agriculture and stock raising; is a member of the Baptist Church, in which he has hold the office of Church Clerk for twenty years; is a liberal giver of his means to the support of schools and churches, meriting the respect which he has of the people of his community. Sources 1. Perrin, p. 513 ------------------------------ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.