MARSHALL COUNTY, TN- GOODSPEED BIOGRAPHIES - Col. W. L. McClelland
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COL. W. L. McCLELLAND was born in North Carolina in 1815, and when a boy
came with his parents to what is now Marshall County, Tenn. On reaching
manhood he married Mary Chambliss, by whom he had three children. His wife
died in 1854, and he wedded Sarah Chambliss, a sister of his first wife, by
whom he had two children. He and both his wives were members of the
Methodist Episcopal Church South. In early life he was a merchant, and
later he took himself to farming, in which he was more than ordinarily
successful. He twice representedhis county in the State Legislature, and
was chosen delegate to the Charleston and Baltimore Convention in l860.
During his life he was one of the most enterprising and energetic business
men in his section. He died in 1883, leaving a widow and five children to
mourn their loss. John R. is a lawyer of Nashville, Fernando, a farmer of
Marshall County; Mattie, the wife of Capt. A. E. Read, of Louisiana; Ada
lives at home, and Zana is the wife of W. W. Ogilvie, who has an interest
in and charge of the old McClelland homestead. He was born in Maury County
May 15, 1856, and attended Webb's school at Culleoka, and later the
Tennessee University, completing the freshman year. He first opened a
hardware store in Lewisburg, and in connection handled grain. His marriage
with Miss McClelland was consummated in 1881. Mr. Ogilvie belongs to the
Methodist Episcopal Church South, and in polities is a Democrat. In 1885 he
moved to the farm, and is now extensively engaged in stock
raising.

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