Washoe County NV Archives Obituaries.....McClellan, C. B. October 1883
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Weekly Nevada State Journal October 6, 1883
The funeral of C. B. McClellan will take place at 3 o’clock this afternoon from
the Episcopal Church.  Friends and acquaintances are respectfully invited to
attend.

Laid to Rest
Another Pioneer Passed on to Explore that Mysterious Country Beyond the Grave
The remains of C. B. McClellan, who was found dead in his bed Monday morning,
will be laid to rest this afternoon.  The death of Mr. McClellan leaves one more
vacancy in the ranks of that grand and chivalrous army of Pacific Coast
Pioneers; and like the majority of them, brave, noble, kind hearted and liberal
to a fault, died in poverty, without an enemy living or dead.  Mr. McClellan
came to the Coast via Cape Horn in 1850 in company with ex-Congressman Joseph C.
McKibben, of California, Judge Graham, of Downieville, Ben Smith of Quincy, and
a score of others since prominent in politics and business in California.  His
first years on the Coast were spent in the mines near Downieville, a member of a
community of gentlemen known as the “Pittsburgh Crowd,” quite famous all over
that part of the country for their wisdom, liberality and square dealing.  In
1854 the crowd broke up, the members scattered through different parts of the
State, and McClellan located in Marysville, where for a number of years he
followed his chosen profession, that of a painter.  He subsequently lived in San
Francisco a number of years, and soon after the discovery of the Comstock
drifted over the mountains and located at Virginia City.  About 1872 he moved to
Carson and followed portrait painting until something over a year ago, when he
came to Reno.  His life here was anything but pleasant; his health bad, but
little doing in his line of business and that poorly paid for, and altogether he
found the last few years of his life tough sailing.  Some months ago he was
informed by the physicians that his disease was Bright’s disease of the kidneys,
regarded as incurable.  The immediate cause of death, however, is not known but
is thought to have been near disease.  He was a native of Pennsylvania, aged
about 63 years.  He was a talented man, a brave and noble hearted gentleman, and
respected by all who knew him


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