McCLELLAN FAMILY

Who are the parents of James Franklin McClellan

and his older brother William H. McClellan? 

Do you have additional information or pictures of these families?

James F. McClellan and his older brother William H. McClellan are found in the 1850 and 1860 federal census records living in the household of James and Rebecca Fagg.

1850 Calumet Township, Pike County, Missouri Census:

FAGG, James, 55 yr old born Virginia.

…Rebecca, 31 yr old female born Kentucky.

…Adaline, 11 yr old female born Indiana.

…James H, 9 yr old male born Indiana.

…William H, 7 yr old male born Illinois. (Born about 1843)

…Joseph, 5 yr old male born about 1845 Illinois.

…James F., 2 yr old male born Illinois. (Born about 1848)

…Infant, 2/12 yr old female born about 1850 Missouri.

SILKWOOD, Sarah, 29 yr old female born Illinois.

...Margaret, 2 yr old female born Illinois.

1860 Deepwater Township, Henry County, Missouri Census:

FAGG, James, 66 yr old male born in Virginia.

…Rebecca, 39 yr old female born in Kentucky.

…James H., 18 yr old male born in Illinois.

…Josiah, 14 yr old male born in Illinois.

…Julia B., 8 yr old female born in Missouri.

…John M., 4 yr old male born in Missouri.

McClellan, William, 15 yr old male born in Illinois.

McClellan, James F., 12 yr old male born in Illinois.

A Lincoln County Missouri marriage record show that James B. Fagg married Rebecca Silkwood on 11 August 1850. The relationship, if any, of the Fagg and Silkwood families to the McClellan family is not known. 

Family story is that the McClellan father died when William and James were very young. Their mother may have also died, but no information can be found regarding her.

James Franklin McClellan’s Missouri death certificate shows that he was 76 years old at his death in 1927, and D.S. McClellan was the informant. His gravestone shows that he was born 26 Jul 1851. However, both the 1850 and 1860 censuses show that his birth year was more likely about 1848, because he was listed as 2 years old in 1850 and 12 years old in 1860.

James Franklin McClellan married Chella Elizabeth “Fannie” Taylor on 13 October 1868 in Henry County, Missouri.

In 1870 James was a farm hand in the Virgil Township, Vernon Co, MO Census. Ten year later, he is still living in Virgil Township and is listed as a farmer. By the 1900 census, James owns a mortgaged farm in Dover Township; and 8 of 12 children born to Elizabeth are living.

In 1910, James McClellan and his wife were living with their youngest son and wife in Dover Township, and James' occupation is that of church clergyman. In 1920, he and his wife were living by themselves in a house which they owned free of mortgage on Main Street in Milo, Drywood Township.  James was the Pastor of the Olive Branch Baptist Church and also in the Ketterman community in Vernon County, Missouri. 

 Left: Unknown   Right:  Rev. James Franklin McClellan

(Click on photos for larger image.)  This picture was taken at Fellers' Art Gallery, Jerico [Springs], Missouri.

Left: Rev. James Franklin McClellan.  Right:  Unknown

James and Fannie McClellan's children were born in Missouri, and many of the children remained in the Nevada and Milo areas of Vernon County:

1.  William Basil 'Willie' McClellan abt 1869-

2.  James Albert McClellan abt 1870-

3.  Ty Romy Chief McClellan 1871-1927 married Mary Susan "Mollie" Sallee 1874-1965 on 25 Dec 1892 in Vernon County, Missouri. They had five children:

• Earl Franklin McClellan 1896-1975 married Ollie B. Caton 1904-1980.

• Leonard Aaron McClellan 1898-1992 married Doris Shaw 1874-1965.

• Ada Blanche McClellan 1900-1988 married Posey Langford.

• Fannie Gladys McClellan 1903-1986 married Harry O. Lewis 1893-1969.

• Cecil T. McClellan 1908-1983 married Myrtle Annetta Saemisch 1915-1998.

Ty Romy Chief McClellan Family

L-R: Leonard, Ty Romy, Earl, Mary "Molllie" with Cecil on her lap, Blanche, and Fannie.

4.  John Franklin 'Frank' McClellan abt 1872-? married Georgietta Sallee.

5.  Alice Belle McClellan 1874-?.

6.  Cornetti Brooks “Nettie” McClellan 1876-1972 married Charley S. Hensley 1880-1967 on 2 Mar 1904.

• Preston C. Hensley 1905-1985 married Beatrice Pauline Tucker 1910-2004.

7.  Rosa Lee McClellan 1878-1957 married first E.W. McCormick and second Eugene Scholl 1876-1954.

8.  George B. McClellan 1884-1942 married first Edna Selsor 1883-1922 and second Charlotte "Lottie" Burnsworth 1905-1989. George McClellan's children include: Martin, Bert, Grover, Tony, Samuel, Clarence, "Mac," George, Larry, Geneva, and Marilyn.

9.  Jennie Mae McClellan 1884-1959 married Samuel Washington Beisly 1873-1955. 

• True Benjamin Beisly 1904-1982 married Beulah Ruth Moore 1908-1981.

• Franklin Orville Beisly 1906-1930 married Lucille J. Liggett.

• Delmer Lee Beisly 1907-2002 married Margaret Loretta Garrett 1910-1992.

• Naomi A. Beisly 1910-1930.

• Donald Samuel Beisly 1922-1981.

• Ethel Louise "Peggie" Beisly 1925-1963 married Dale E. LaGuire 1917-1987.

10. Walter L. McClellan 1888-1941 married Eliza Ethel Carter 1890-1986.

• Ellen Bernice McClellan 1911-1961.

• Lucille Beulah McClellan married Alonzo A. Halley 1914-1992.

• Lorene Lee McClellan 1920-1997 married ? Gerdon.

• Jo Ann McClellan 1935-1997.

11. Doris Sylvester McClellan 1889-1951 married Beulah Ethel Chadd 1892-1954.

Pictures courtesy of C. Kennedy

Fannie Taylor McClellan died in 1923, and James died in 1927.  They are buried in the Olive Branch Cemetery.

Family research shows that William H. McClellan was born 28 April 1844 in Illinois.  He married Melva Bryant on 12 December 1869 in Vernon County. 

In 1880, the William and Melva McClellan family is living in Jasper County, Missouri with three young children: 

Ada Grace McClellan born 18 Oct 1870

Mary E. McClellan born about 1875

Archer Franklin McClellan born 11 May 1878

William H. McClellan died 27 October 1893 and is buried in Click Cemetery at the edge of Nevada. 

 In 1898, the widow Melva McClellan married Henry G. Bollinger.

Please contact the County Coordinator if you can provide additional information or pictures of any of these McClellan’s who were in the Milo, MO area beginning in the late 1860s. 

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