JOHN MC CLELLAN, JR., son of John and Faith (Williams) McClellan, born in Woodstock, Conn., August 31, 1812; died December 19, 1905.
He was graduated from Yale in 1833; studied medicine in Philadelphia, and, as he did not care for the practice of medicine, returned to Woodstock and became a farmer. He was living with his father in 1850.
Married February 16, 1859, OLIVE ANNA CHILD of Brooklyn, Conn., born January 31, 1830; died May 9, 1913.
John is a grandson of Gov. William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Obituary from
The Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts
22 Dec 1905, page 10:
OLD YALE MAN DEAD.
Dr John McClellan of Woodstock, Conn, Was 97 Years Old and Graduated in 1833.
NEW HAVEN, Dec 21 - Dr John McClellan of the class of Yale college '33, one of the oldest graduates of that institution, who died at his home in Woodstock, Conn, Tuesday night, was 97 years old. John Hustis of Husitsford, Wis. a member of the same class, is the oldest living graduate of Yale. He is about a year older than was Dr McClellan.
JOHN MC CLELLAN, JR., son of John and Faith (Williams) McClellan, born in Woodstock, Conn., August 31, 1812; died December 19, 1905.
He was graduated from Yale in 1833; studied medicine in Philadelphia, and, as he did not care for the practice of medicine, returned to Woodstock and became a farmer. He was living with his father in 1850.
Married February 16, 1859, OLIVE ANNA CHILD of Brooklyn, Conn., born January 31, 1830; died May 9, 1913.
John is a grandson of Gov. William Williams, a signer of the Declaration of Independence.
Obituary from
The Boston Daily Globe
Boston, Massachusetts
22 Dec 1905, page 10:
OLD YALE MAN DEAD.
Dr John McClellan of Woodstock, Conn, Was 97 Years Old and Graduated in 1833.
NEW HAVEN, Dec 21 - Dr John McClellan of the class of Yale college '33, one of the oldest graduates of that institution, who died at his home in Woodstock, Conn, Tuesday night, was 97 years old. John Hustis of Husitsford, Wis. a member of the same class, is the oldest living graduate of Yale. He is about a year older than was Dr McClellan.
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