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 McCLELLAN

McCLELLAN

Mary Ellen, daughter of Gen. Randolph Barnes Marcy, and their son, George Brinton (q.v.), was a representative in congress from New York city. General McClellan translated from thd French : in the U.S. Army (1852), and is the author of: Government Reports of Pacific Railroad Surveys (ia'54); Operations in the Crimean, and Organiza- tion, Instruction and Equipment of European Armies (1857); Report on the Organization of the Army of the Potomac and its Campaigns in Vir- ginia and Maryland (1864) ; The Peninsula Cam- paign in the Century, May 5, 1885 ; and two articles in *' Battles and Leaders of the Civil War" (Vol. II., 1887). He died in Orange, N.J., Oct. 29, 1885.
 * ♦ Manual of Bayonet Exercises," adopted for use

McCLELLAN, George Brinton, representa- tive, was born in Dresden, Saxony, Nov. 23, 1865 ; son of Gen. George Brinton and Mary Ellen (Marcy) McClellan. He was graduated at the Col- lege of New Jersey, A.B., 1886, A.M., 1889, and began life as a journalist. He was married to a daughter of John G. Heckster, a New York mer- chant. He was reporter and editorial writer on New York dailies, 1886-89, and treasurer of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge company, 1889- 92. He was admitted to the New York bar in 1892, was elected a member of the common coun- cil of the city of New York in 1893, and served as president of the body, 1893 and 1894, and as act- ing mayor of the city when less than thirty years of age. He was a Democratic representative from the twelfth district of New York in the 54th, 65th, 56th, 57th and 58th congresses, 1894-1905.

McCLELLAN, Henry Brainerd, educator, was born in Philadelphia, Pa., Oct. 17, 1840 ; son of Dr. Samuel and Margaret Cars well (Ely) McClel- lan ; grandson of James McClelJan, of Woodstock, Conn., and of the Rev. Dr. Ezra Styles Ely of Philadelphia, Pa.; great-grandson of Gen. Samuel McClellan of the Revolution, and a descendant of William Bradford, governor of Plymouth Colony. He graduated from Williams, A. B., 1858, A. M., 1869 ; and taught school in Cumberland county, Va.. 1858-61. He served in the Confederate army, 1861-65 ; was adjutant of the 3d Vir- ginia cavalry in the Army of Northern Virginia, 1862-63, and major and assistant adjutant-general of the cavalry corps of that army, 1863-65. He served ob the staff of Gen. Rol)ert E. Lee by ap- pointment from May to August. 1864, and was chief of staff of the cavalry corps of Gen. J. E. B. Stuart and of Wade Hampton, 1863-65. After the close of the war he resided in Cumberland county, Va., and in 1870#became principal of the Sayre Female Institute in I>exington, Ky. He was married, Dec. 31, 186^^, to Catherine M. Mat- thews of Cumberland county, Va. He is tlie author of The Life and Campaigns of Major- Oeneral J, E. B. Stuart.

McCLELLAN, Robert, representative, was born in Livingston, N.Y., Oct. 2, 1806 ; son of Dr. John and Sarah (Jones) McClellan ; grandson of Col. Hugh and Jane (Henry) McClellan, and great-grandson of Samuel and Sarah (Wilson) McClellan, who came from Scotland in 1749 and settled in Colerain, Mass. Robert was graduated at Williams college, 1825 ; was admitted to the bar in 1828, and practised in Middleboro, N.Y., 1828-43. He was a Democratic representative in the 25th congress, 1837-39. In congress he ad- vocated the establishment of an independent treasury and favored the claims of the heirs of Fulton to remuneration as the inventor of the steamboat. In 1839 he removed to Hudson, N.Y., where he practised law. He was a repre- sentative in the 27th congress, 1841-43 and in 1858 retired on account of ill health. He died in Greenpoint, N.Y., June 28, 1860.

McCLELLAN, Samuel, soldier, was born in Worcester, Mass., Jan. 4, 1730; son of William and Jeannie (Calhoun) McClellan, and grandson of James McClellan, the Scotch immigrant, who came to America from the north of Ireland. He was an officer in the French and Indian wars, was wounded in the service and in 1773 became captain of a troop of horse in Woodstock, Conn., to where he had removed. In 1776 he marched his company to Dorchester, on receipt of the news of the battle of Lexington. He was at- tached to the 12th regiment of Connecticut in- fantry and served successively under conmiission from Gov. John Trumbull as major, lieutenant- colonel and colonel of the regiment, stationed at New London, Conn., and on the Hudson river, advancing £1000 to pay his men in 1778. On June 10, 1779, he was commissioned by the gov- ernor brigadier-general and commanded the 5th brigade, state militia. General Washington urged him to join the Continental army, offering him promotion above his rank in the state militia, but he declined. He represented Woodstock in the state legislature in 1775. He was married Nov. 16, 1757, to Jemima, daughter of William and Jemima (Bradbury) Chandler. She dietl April 13, 1764, and he married secondly, March 5, 1766, Rachel, daughter of Joshua and Mary (Ripley) Abbe of Windham, Conn., who died Jan. 22, 1795 ; and thirdly, July 3, 1798, Eunice Follansbee of Worcester, Mass., who died Nov. 7, 1839. He died in Woodstock. Conn., Oct. 17, 1807.

McCLELLAN, Thomas Nicholas, jurist, was born in Limestone county, Ala., Feb. 23, 1853 ; son of Tliomas Joyce and Martha Fleming (Beattie) McClellan ; grandson of William and Matilda Caroline (Joyce) McClellan and of John and Joanna (Moore) Beattie ; and of Scotch an- cestors who came to Virginia, removed to North Carolina and thence to Tennessee early in the