MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Ferdinand S. McClelland
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FERDINAND S. McCLELLAND may be mentioned as one of the prosperous farmers of
Marshall County, Tenn. He is a son of Col. W. L. and Mary (Chambliss)
McClelland, and was born February 7, 1841, in what is now Marshall County.
His educational advantages were above the average, and he had reached his
senior year in Cumberland University when the war broke
out and he volunteered in Capt. Walker's company. Third Tennessee Infantry.
He served four years and the last year and a half was lieutenant in the
ordnance department. In 1866 he wedded Mary Y. Plattenburg, a native of
Alabama, and to them were born seven children. At the close
of the war he located in Alabama, where he was engaged in the culture of
cotton four years. In 1870 he returned to Marshall County, Tenn., where he
owns 150 acres of fine and well improved land. He is a conservative
Democrat in politics and is a man of recognized ability. During the
agitation of the State debt question he made many public addresses in favor
of its payment in full. For thirty-seven years he has been a resident of
Marshall County, and by his upright conduct and geniality has won the
respect and esteem of all.

Surnames: Chambliss, McClelland, Plattenburg
Source:  " The Goodspeeds History of Tennessee, 1886."