History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with
Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious,
Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons
and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co.,
Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 447, Astoria Township
Mrs. Priscilla McClelland, relict of Robert McClelland,
was born in Jefferson Co., O., in 1814. In an early day her parents
moved to Ill. her maiden name was Marshall, and she was married June
30, 1836, to Robert McClelland, a native of Ireland, who was born in
1801. But little of his early life is known; his father died when he
had attained his twelfth year, and thus while young he was thrown upon
his own resources. He learned the trade of a weaver, and at 19 crossed
the ocean for America. He went to N. J., but did not long remain there;
he came to Illinois prior to the Black Hawk war, and soon afterward
came to Astoria township and engaged in farming. Mr. McClelland was a
farmer of uncommon energy and set to work making a farm in the timber,
and how well he succeeded in life is well known to the business and
farming community. When his life's labors drew to a close there were
others besides near and dear relations who missed the familiar face.
submitted by Carla Finley
