BIO:  JOHN McCLELLAND, Cumberland County, Pennsylvania
   
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  >From Biographical Annals of Cumberland County, Pennsylvania,
  Chicago: The Genealogical Publishing Co., 1905, pages 749-750
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    JOHN McCLELLAND (deceased) was a lifelong resident of Franklin county, Pa.,
  and for many years before his death one of the industrious and well-to-do
  farmers of Letterkenny township. He was of that sturdy race which is so
  numerously represented among the substantial citizens of Pennsylvania, the
  McClelland family having come from the north of Ireland.

    Thomas McClelland, father of John, was probably born in Chester county,
  Pa., removed thence to Franklin county, and married Miss Jeanette Smith. He
  carried on farming in Lurgan township, and there he and his wife both died.
  Mr. McClelland was a Presbyterian in religious faith. He and his wife had the
  following named children: Jane, Mrs. Hugh Culbertson, who lived in Adams
  county, Pa., and died in Shippensburg; Margaret, Mrs. Irvine, who also died
  in Shippensburg; Anna, Mrs. Cunningham, who died in Lawrence county, Pa.;
  Susan, who married James Bigham, and died near Fayetteville, Franklin county;
  John, mentioned below; and Joseph, who married Mary McClay, and died in
  Lawrence county.

    John McClelland was born in 1805, in Lurgan township, Franklin county, and
  was there reared. In his boyhood he received such advantages as the local
  schools afforded, and a practical training to agriculture on the home farm.
  He married Martha Ann Cummins, who was born in Franklin county, near
  Strasburg, and was of Scotch-Irish descent, being a daughter of William
  Cummins and a granddaughter of Charles Cummins. William Cummins was also a

    750  CUMBERLAND COUNTY.

  native of Franklin county. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. McClelland took
  the old Cummins farm in Letterkenny township, Franklin county, and there
  passed the remainder of their days. He was a prosperous farmer, and made a
  good living for himself and family. He died on the farm in 1859, and his
  widow, who long survived him, passed away in 1883, at an advanced age. They
  were the parents of eight children, namely: Susan S. is the widow of James R.
  Means, of Carlisle. Catherine E., who was the wife of McCord Means, died in
  Shippensburg. Jennie A. is a resident of Chambersburg. William C. is
  principal of the Shippensburg schools; he married Miss Liberty Quigley. M.
  Belle resides in Carlisle. Thomas A. makes his home in Chambersburg. Samuel
  B. married Adella Eldredge, and resides in Boulder, Mont. Joseph U., now of
  Chicago, married Jennie Blinkhorn, of Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. McClelland
  were both earnest members of the Rocky Spring Presbyterian Church, and he was
  an elder in same. His political support was given to the Democratic party.