Mendocino County Biographies

George W. McClellan

Transcribed by: Pat Howard

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	Son of Benjamin McClellan, born in Cole county, Missouri, 
August 22, 1823. When but a child he, with his father (his mother being dead), 
moved into Fayette county, Kentucky, where they lived on a farm for about 
fourteen years, then moved into Shelby county, Indiana. Here the subject of this 
sketch married and after a residence of about ten years, moved with his family 
to Madison county, Iowa, where he followed farming until 1864, when he moved 
into Des Moines county, where he farmed until 1871, when he came to California, 
and October 8, 1871, settled on his present place, consisting of one hundred and 
fifty acres, located about two miles north from Ukiah, where he is engaged in 
farming. Married, January 9, 1845, Miss Mary J. Bishop, a native of Kentucky. 
They have six children: Valentine, Bradford, William J., Patience B., Marrietta, 
and Helen. They have lost two: Samantha and John R.
 
SOURCE: History of Mendocino County, California - San Francisco, Cal. Alley, 
Bowen & Co., Publishers. 1880 Pp. 657