Hon. William McLellan

1785 - 1842  (57 years)

• Name	William McLellan  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Hon.
  Relationship	with Gustave Jean Baptiste Pitard
  Born	15 Sep 1785	Thomaston, Knox Co., Maine
  Gender	Male
  Legal Documents	Subject: HOVEY, EDWIN S. AND OTHERS Link: 61733 Description: Report on the Petition for incorporation of a Bank in Thomaston and William McLellan and others for an increase of the Capital Stock in the Thomaston Bank Year: 1834 Type: GY Access #: 87-37
  Died	8 Oct 1842	Augusta, Kennebec Co., Maine
  died by suicide in an asylum
  Buried	Riverview Cemetery, Warren, Knox Co., Maine   [4]
  http:/​/​www​.findagrave​.com/​cgi-bin/​fg​.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50703464
  Notes	He moved to Warren, Maine in about 1811 and became a successful businessman. A merchant, ship-owner, and one of the first directors of the Thomaston Bank in 1825 and the George Insurance Co. in 1834. Was also a member of the Maine House of Representatives. He appears in the Maine Legislative Indexes for 1831-35. The Civil War divided the allegiances of his children. His oldest child WHP had moved away to New Orleans before the war, and sons George Merrill, Stephen Clough, Thomas, and Edward Cutter also moved to Louisiana, though when isn't clear. James Brackett, a Union supporter, moved to Texas after the Civil War. He ended his days in an asylum in 1842, Eaton says by suicide. He apparently became ill after many of his business ventures had gone awry. Mental illness, however, also seems to have run in the family; his son Thomas died in a mental asylum in New Orleans, his brother Ephraim was "afflicted with insanity," and his grandson George William—via James Brackett—was in an asylum in Arizona in the 1890s. And his father was, according to Eaton, frugal to absurd extremes. [5, 6]
  Person ID	I70	lansdalepitard
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2021

  
  

  Father	Thomas McLellan, Sr.           b. Abt 1749, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine           d. 15 Dec 1818, Warren, Knox Co., Maine  (Age ~ 69 years)
  Mother	Hanna Dyer           b. 1754, Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine           d. 28 Aug 1816  (Age 62 years)
  Married	16 Jun 1774	Cape Elizabeth, Cumberland Co., Maine
  Family ID	F72	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Spouse / Partner	Eliza Lydia St. Barbe Clough           b. 28 Oct 1793, Wiscasset, Lincoln Co., Maine           d. 16 Nov 1854, Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine  (Age 61 years)
  Married	28 Oct 1810  [7]
  Children	+ 1. William Henry Paine McLellan           b. 30 Sep 1811, Warren, Knox Co., Maine           d. 24 Apr 1895, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 83 years) 2. Charles Adams McLellan           b. 29 Apr 1813, Milton, Knox Co., Maine           d. 27 Apr 1860, Shanghai, China  (Age 46 years) + 3. Mary Eliza McLellan           b. 30 Mar 1815, Warren, Knox Co., Maine           d. 29 Nov 1897, Belfast, Waldo Co., Maine  (Age 82 years) 4. Sarah Washburn McLellan           b. 25 Jan 1817, Milton, Knox Co., Maine           d. 8 Aug 1838, Camden, Knox Co., Maine  (Age 21 years)   5. Antoinette C. McLellan           b. 16 Mar 1818           d. 2 Aug 1841, Warren, Knox Co., Maine  (Age 23 years)   6. Thomas McLellan           b. 29 Apr 1821, Maine           d. 23 Sep 1882, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 61 years) 7. Francis Decker McLellan           b. 5 Jun 1823           d. 19 Dec 1894, Washington, D.C.  (Age 71 years)   8. Stephen Clough McLellan           b. 25 Feb 1825           d. 30 Jun 1893, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 68 years) + 9. James Brackett McLellan           b. 13 Mar 1827, Thomaston, Knox Co., Maine           d. 25 Nov 1906, San Marcos, Hays Co., Texas  (Age 79 years)   10. Caroline McLellan           b. 8 Oct 1828           d. 9 Apr 1919, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland  (Age 90 years) + 11. Helen McLellan           b. 23 Sep 1830, Warren, Knox Co., Maine           d. 14 May 1919, Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland  (Age 88 years) 12. George Merrill McLellan           b. 27 Dec 1832, Maine           d. 18 Sep 1915, Richmond, Virginia  (Age 82 years) 13. Edward Cutter McLellan           b. 10 Apr 1837, Maine           d. 3 Jan 1896, New Orleans, Louisiana  (Age 58 years)
  Last Modified	4 Mar 2021
  Family ID	F47	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  		Born - 15 Sep 1785 - Thomaston, Knox Co., Maine  Died - 8 Oct 1842 - Augusta, Kennebec Co., Maine  Buried - - Riverview Cemetery, Warren, Knox Co., Maine   = Link to Google Earth
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• Headstones		William McLellan & Eliza Clough monument It was place in 1860, 6 years after Eliza's death, by Leonora, the wife of their son W.H.P. McLellan.
  		William McLellan & Eliza Clough

  
  

• Reference

  Pitard, Derrick. "Hon. William McLellan". Genealogy at Pitard.net. https://ancestors.pitard.net/getperson.php?personID=I70&tree=1sttree (accessed March 6, 2021).