Contributed by Charlene Saunders:
WILLIAM S. McCLELLAND, freight agent and telegraph operator at Corwin,
was born in the city of Renfrew, Scotland, October 8, 1819, his father,
ROBERT McCLELLAND, being a native of the same place. He was reared in
his native country, and in 1839 came to America. He spent several years
in traveling after coming to this country, and for seven years was agent
for a produce exporter in Cincinnati, Ohio. He also taught school for
three years.
He came to Tippecanoe County, Indiana, in 1850, and has since been a
resident of the county, and has always taken an active interest in any
enterprise for its development or advancement. He followed farming for
several years after coming here, and in September, 1864, he took charge
of the railroad office at Corwin, which position he has since filled.
For twenty-three years or more he was also express agent. The maiden
name of MRS. McCLELLAND was CASSIE A. WEBB, she being a daughter of
REUBEN T. WEBB, of Corwin. Three children have been born to MR. and
MRS. McCLELLAND, of whom two are living--WILLIAM J. and MARY, who
married RICHARD LITSON, and they have one child named SALLIE M. A
daughter, SALLIE J. died at the age of twenty-two years. She was the
wife of JOHN H. BOWMAN, and left at her death one son named WILLIAM A.
Both MR. and MRS. McCLELLAND are members of the Presbyterian church. He
is a member of the Odd Fellows order.
Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana
pp. 581-582