John McClelland
John McClelland (deceased) was born in Westmoreland County, Penn., in 1830, and died while in the army serving in the defense of the Union during the War of the Rebellion. He was a member of Company B, Sixteenth Ohio Infantry, and was a brave and gallant soldier. Mr. McClelland was married, September 26, 1850, to Rachel Lockhart, who was born May 22, 1828, a descendant of one of the pioneer families of Holmes County. Mrs. McClelland has displayed good executive ability since the death of her husband, and has managed her farm and reared her children with great credit. She owns a good farm of eighty-one acres in Monroe Township, lying in the valley in the most fertile parts of Holmes County. To Mr. and Mrs. McClelland were born three children: Lucy Leora, born October 27, 1851, and married to John Murray, by whom she has one child; Albertine Victoria, born January 1, 1854, is now deceased; Josephine Luella, born May 19, 1860.
From Commemorative Biographical Record of the Counties of Wayne and Holmes, Ohio, J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1889