Georgiana Louise <I>Heckscher</I> McClellan

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Georgiana Louise Heckscher McClellan

Birth
Death
3 Dec 1952 (aged 89)
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Burial
Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Site 3394-NH
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Wife of US Representative & New York City Mayor George B McClellan Jr (married in 1889, no children). Daughter-in-law of Union General & New Jersey Governor George B McClellan. The obit below, courtesy of Jeff Zinsli, is from The Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, Dec 4 1952, pg 13.

Mrs. Georgiana L. McClellan, widow of Col. George B. McClellan, former Mayor of New York, died yesterday at her home in Washington, D.C. She had lived in Washington since 1930 and had been an invalid for the last ten years.

Mrs. McClellan was a daughter of John Gerard Heckscher by his first wife, the former Cornelia Lawrence Whitney. Her father, who was prominent in New York society, served for two years in the Union Army under Gen. George B. McClellan, and the marriage of his daughter to the latter's son, took place in 1889.

Mayor McClellan, who served as the chief executive of New York City from 1903 to 1909, died in 1940.

There are no immediate survivors.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Washington at St. John's Episcopal Church.
Wife of US Representative & New York City Mayor George B McClellan Jr (married in 1889, no children). Daughter-in-law of Union General & New Jersey Governor George B McClellan. The obit below, courtesy of Jeff Zinsli, is from The Brooklyn (New York) Daily Eagle, Dec 4 1952, pg 13.

Mrs. Georgiana L. McClellan, widow of Col. George B. McClellan, former Mayor of New York, died yesterday at her home in Washington, D.C. She had lived in Washington since 1930 and had been an invalid for the last ten years.

Mrs. McClellan was a daughter of John Gerard Heckscher by his first wife, the former Cornelia Lawrence Whitney. Her father, who was prominent in New York society, served for two years in the Union Army under Gen. George B. McClellan, and the marriage of his daughter to the latter's son, took place in 1889.

Mayor McClellan, who served as the chief executive of New York City from 1903 to 1909, died in 1940.

There are no immediate survivors.

Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in Washington at St. John's Episcopal Church.


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