Washington Evening Journal
September 30, 1912
HUGH M. MCCLELLAN IS DEAD AT RIPE AGE
WAS NEARLY NINETY YEARS OLD – WAS COOPER BY TRADE AND PIONEER CITIZEN
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Hugh M. McClellan, one of the oldest residents of Washington County and one of the pioneer citizens of Washington, died yesterday morning at 8:30 at his home, 501 South Avenue C. His name was originally spelled McClelland, but when his pension papers were made out the final letter was omitted, and he has since gone by the name of McClellan.
The cause of death was simply the wearing out of the physical system. Mr. McClellan had not been seriously ill, but had been on a gradual decline for some months. At the time of his death he was totally blind. For many years one eye had been sightless as a result of a cataract, and an operation on the other eye in 1905 failed to help and he finally lost his whole sense of vision. For several years he had been very hard of hearing.
Mr. McClellan’s exact age is not known, but he was known to be nearly ninety years of age. He was born in Washington County, Pa., and came to the west with his parents when a boy. They traveled by boat down the Ohio on their western emigration trip, stopping first at Cairo, Ill., and later went to Dubuque, Iowa where the father died. The remaining members of the family then came to Oquawka, Ill., where Hugh McClellan was married, he and his wife coming to Washington before the breaking out of the civil war. The wife died before the war, and Mr. McClellan enlisted in the Sixteenth Iowa infantry as a musician, joining the regiment at Burlington. He served for two years, and was discharged at St. Louis because of ill health.
After the war Mr. McClellan was married to a Miss Flora Thompson, who died in 1885. The home has been in this city ever since the war, and for a number of years following the death of his wife, Mr. McClellan lived alone, but since 1900 he has been cared for by his son, Samuel L. McClelland, who came here from this home in Nebraska.
Hugh McClellan was a cooper by trade, and did a thriving business here in the early times, when all the barrel and bucket making was done by hand. His shop was in the old building on Jefferson Street between the Cowger blacksmith shop and the Mrs. Caleb Warren house, and he still owned the property at the time of his death. Of late years he had done some repair work, but the big trade of former years was gone. Mr. McClellan was well known in this city, and was liked and respected by all of his acquaintances. He was a member of the Associate Presbyterian church, and was a faithful attendant at the church’s services until his infirmities prevented.
The living children are Mrs. I. L. Downs of Fullerton, Nebr., Samuel L. McClelland, of Washington, and W. H. Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, who was adopted by a family of that name. So far as known Mr. McClellan had no brothers and sisters living.
The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, conducted by the Rev. D. J. Masson. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
September 30, 1912
HUGH M. MCCLELLAN IS DEAD AT RIPE AGE
WAS NEARLY NINETY YEARS OLD – WAS COOPER BY TRADE AND PIONEER CITIZEN
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Hugh M. McClellan, one of the oldest residents of Washington County and one of the pioneer citizens of Washington, died yesterday morning at 8:30 at his home, 501 South Avenue C. His name was originally spelled McClelland, but when his pension papers were made out the final letter was omitted, and he has since gone by the name of McClellan.
The cause of death was simply the wearing out of the physical system. Mr. McClellan had not been seriously ill, but had been on a gradual decline for some months. At the time of his death he was totally blind. For many years one eye had been sightless as a result of a cataract, and an operation on the other eye in 1905 failed to help and he finally lost his whole sense of vision. For several years he had been very hard of hearing.
Mr. McClellan’s exact age is not known, but he was known to be nearly ninety years of age. He was born in Washington County, Pa., and came to the west with his parents when a boy. They traveled by boat down the Ohio on their western emigration trip, stopping first at Cairo, Ill., and later went to Dubuque, Iowa where the father died. The remaining members of the family then came to Oquawka, Ill., where Hugh McClellan was married, he and his wife coming to Washington before the breaking out of the civil war. The wife died before the war, and Mr. McClellan enlisted in the Sixteenth Iowa infantry as a musician, joining the regiment at Burlington. He served for two years, and was discharged at St. Louis because of ill health.
After the war Mr. McClellan was married to a Miss Flora Thompson, who died in 1885. The home has been in this city ever since the war, and for a number of years following the death of his wife, Mr. McClellan lived alone, but since 1900 he has been cared for by his son, Samuel L. McClelland, who came here from this home in Nebraska.
Hugh McClellan was a cooper by trade, and did a thriving business here in the early times, when all the barrel and bucket making was done by hand. His shop was in the old building on Jefferson Street between the Cowger blacksmith shop and the Mrs. Caleb Warren house, and he still owned the property at the time of his death. Of late years he had done some repair work, but the big trade of former years was gone. Mr. McClellan was well known in this city, and was liked and respected by all of his acquaintances. He was a member of the Associate Presbyterian church, and was a faithful attendant at the church’s services until his infirmities prevented.
The living children are Mrs. I. L. Downs of Fullerton, Nebr., Samuel L. McClelland, of Washington, and W. H. Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, who was adopted by a family of that name. So far as known Mr. McClellan had no brothers and sisters living.
The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, conducted by the Rev. D. J. Masson. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
Washington Evening Journal
September 30, 1912
HUGH M. MCCLELLAN IS DEAD AT RIPE AGE
WAS NEARLY NINETY YEARS OLD – WAS COOPER BY TRADE AND PIONEER CITIZEN
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Hugh M. McClellan, one of the oldest residents of Washington County and one of the pioneer citizens of Washington, died yesterday morning at 8:30 at his home, 501 South Avenue C. His name was originally spelled McClelland, but when his pension papers were made out the final letter was omitted, and he has since gone by the name of McClellan.
The cause of death was simply the wearing out of the physical system. Mr. McClellan had not been seriously ill, but had been on a gradual decline for some months. At the time of his death he was totally blind. For many years one eye had been sightless as a result of a cataract, and an operation on the other eye in 1905 failed to help and he finally lost his whole sense of vision. For several years he had been very hard of hearing.
Mr. McClellan’s exact age is not known, but he was known to be nearly ninety years of age. He was born in Washington County, Pa., and came to the west with his parents when a boy. They traveled by boat down the Ohio on their western emigration trip, stopping first at Cairo, Ill., and later went to Dubuque, Iowa where the father died. The remaining members of the family then came to Oquawka, Ill., where Hugh McClellan was married, he and his wife coming to Washington before the breaking out of the civil war. The wife died before the war, and Mr. McClellan enlisted in the Sixteenth Iowa infantry as a musician, joining the regiment at Burlington. He served for two years, and was discharged at St. Louis because of ill health.
After the war Mr. McClellan was married to a Miss Flora Thompson, who died in 1885. The home has been in this city ever since the war, and for a number of years following the death of his wife, Mr. McClellan lived alone, but since 1900 he has been cared for by his son, Samuel L. McClelland, who came here from this home in Nebraska.
Hugh McClellan was a cooper by trade, and did a thriving business here in the early times, when all the barrel and bucket making was done by hand. His shop was in the old building on Jefferson Street between the Cowger blacksmith shop and the Mrs. Caleb Warren house, and he still owned the property at the time of his death. Of late years he had done some repair work, but the big trade of former years was gone. Mr. McClellan was well known in this city, and was liked and respected by all of his acquaintances. He was a member of the Associate Presbyterian church, and was a faithful attendant at the church’s services until his infirmities prevented.
The living children are Mrs. I. L. Downs of Fullerton, Nebr., Samuel L. McClelland, of Washington, and W. H. Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, who was adopted by a family of that name. So far as known Mr. McClellan had no brothers and sisters living.
The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, conducted by the Rev. D. J. Masson. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
September 30, 1912
HUGH M. MCCLELLAN IS DEAD AT RIPE AGE
WAS NEARLY NINETY YEARS OLD – WAS COOPER BY TRADE AND PIONEER CITIZEN
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Hugh M. McClellan, one of the oldest residents of Washington County and one of the pioneer citizens of Washington, died yesterday morning at 8:30 at his home, 501 South Avenue C. His name was originally spelled McClelland, but when his pension papers were made out the final letter was omitted, and he has since gone by the name of McClellan.
The cause of death was simply the wearing out of the physical system. Mr. McClellan had not been seriously ill, but had been on a gradual decline for some months. At the time of his death he was totally blind. For many years one eye had been sightless as a result of a cataract, and an operation on the other eye in 1905 failed to help and he finally lost his whole sense of vision. For several years he had been very hard of hearing.
Mr. McClellan’s exact age is not known, but he was known to be nearly ninety years of age. He was born in Washington County, Pa., and came to the west with his parents when a boy. They traveled by boat down the Ohio on their western emigration trip, stopping first at Cairo, Ill., and later went to Dubuque, Iowa where the father died. The remaining members of the family then came to Oquawka, Ill., where Hugh McClellan was married, he and his wife coming to Washington before the breaking out of the civil war. The wife died before the war, and Mr. McClellan enlisted in the Sixteenth Iowa infantry as a musician, joining the regiment at Burlington. He served for two years, and was discharged at St. Louis because of ill health.
After the war Mr. McClellan was married to a Miss Flora Thompson, who died in 1885. The home has been in this city ever since the war, and for a number of years following the death of his wife, Mr. McClellan lived alone, but since 1900 he has been cared for by his son, Samuel L. McClelland, who came here from this home in Nebraska.
Hugh McClellan was a cooper by trade, and did a thriving business here in the early times, when all the barrel and bucket making was done by hand. His shop was in the old building on Jefferson Street between the Cowger blacksmith shop and the Mrs. Caleb Warren house, and he still owned the property at the time of his death. Of late years he had done some repair work, but the big trade of former years was gone. Mr. McClellan was well known in this city, and was liked and respected by all of his acquaintances. He was a member of the Associate Presbyterian church, and was a faithful attendant at the church’s services until his infirmities prevented.
The living children are Mrs. I. L. Downs of Fullerton, Nebr., Samuel L. McClelland, of Washington, and W. H. Bishop of Wichita, Kansas, who was adopted by a family of that name. So far as known Mr. McClellan had no brothers and sisters living.
The funeral service will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o’clock at the residence, conducted by the Rev. D. J. Masson. Interment will be in Elm Grove cemetery.
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