He joined the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846 and volunteered to join the Mormon Battalion.
He married Almeda Day, July 19, 1849 and together had twelve children. William was an officer in the military organization in Utah and took part in the Walker War. He was called with his family to help settle Arizona in 1877. They were in the United Order in Brigham City, AZ.
William married Elsie Jane Richardson in polygamy on April 14, 1873. Almeda went to the Endowment House with them and placed her hand on his. William and Elsie had eight children together.
He ran the saw mill near Mormon Lake, south of Flagstaff. After the Order broke up he went to Pleasanton, Williams Valley, New Mexico, where he resided for a few years. He was Bishop there in Pleasanton.
About 1885 or 1886 he went to Mexico where he helped colonize that country. He was with the Saints when they were driven out in July of 1912. He later returned and passed away there April 28, 1916 at Colonia Juarez.
He joined the exodus from Nauvoo in 1846 and volunteered to join the Mormon Battalion.
He married Almeda Day, July 19, 1849 and together had twelve children. William was an officer in the military organization in Utah and took part in the Walker War. He was called with his family to help settle Arizona in 1877. They were in the United Order in Brigham City, AZ.
William married Elsie Jane Richardson in polygamy on April 14, 1873. Almeda went to the Endowment House with them and placed her hand on his. William and Elsie had eight children together.
He ran the saw mill near Mormon Lake, south of Flagstaff. After the Order broke up he went to Pleasanton, Williams Valley, New Mexico, where he resided for a few years. He was Bishop there in Pleasanton.
About 1885 or 1886 he went to Mexico where he helped colonize that country. He was with the Saints when they were driven out in July of 1912. He later returned and passed away there April 28, 1916 at Colonia Juarez.
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Matilda Elizabeth McClellan Loveless
1829–1909
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Mary Jane McClellan Head
1831–1916
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Samuel Wilburn McClellan
1833–1912
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Hugh Jefferson McClellan
1836–1912
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John Jasper McClellan
1838–1897
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Louisa Ann McClellan Bell
1840–1916
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Sarah Amanda McClellan Manwill
1844–1920
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Cynthia Selena McClellan Brown
1850–1883
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Araminta Zerada McClellan Bunker
1852–1929
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Mary Almeda McClellan Bagley
1850–1889
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William Hugh McClellan Sr
1852–1902
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Maria Matilda McClellan Hatch
1854–1940
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Cynthia Lovesta McClellan Bailey
1856–1956
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James Jasper McClellan
1858–1938
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Sarah Evaline McClellan Bailey
1861–1949
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John Henry McClellan
1863–1872
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David Alvin McClellan Sr
1865–1953
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Samuel Edwin McClellan
1867–1957
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Rhoda Ann McClellan Cardon
1869–1967
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George Alma McClellan
1872–1963
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Laura Catherine McClellan Whipple
1875–1895
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Charles Eli McClellan
1875–1967
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Lorenzo Carroll "Uncle Cal" McClellan
1876–1967
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Wilford McClellan
1879–1970
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Orson Wells McClellan
1881–1968
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Joseph Earl McClellan
1884–1968
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Minerva Jane McClellan Mayer
1887–1966
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Alta McClellan Gummersall
1893–1969
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