Person:Robert McClelland (6)

Information on Capt. Robert McClelland

From "History of Greene County, Ohio", by

The late William McClelland, a soldier of the Civil War, former land appraiser, for years an elder in the Second United Presbyterian church at Xenia and for years a member of the board of directors of the Greene County Agricultural Association, was a native of Greene county and all his life was spent here. He was born on a pioneer farm in Sugarcreek township, January 3, 1825, a son of Capt. Robert and Martha (McConnell) McClelland, pioneers of the Sugar Creek neighborhood, about four miles west of Xenia. Capt. Robert McClelland was a son of a soldier of the Revolutionary War and was a native of the state of Pennsylvania, born at the forks of the Yough, In 1802, the year before Greene county was definitely organized as a county, he came to Ohio and settled on a tract of land on Sugar creek, about four miles west of where Xenia, the county seat, later was established. There he established his home and there he spent the rest of his life, his death occuring there in 1847. Captain McClelland was commissioned commander of a company for service under General Harrison during the Black Hawk war and was also in command of a company during the War of 1812, at one time during that period of service being in command of Ft. McArthur. in what is now Hardin county, this state. Upon the completion of that term of service Captain McClelland was ordered to report to St. Mary's, where he was stationed for a time. Captain McClelland was a stern defender of the faith of the Scotch Seceders, the communion which later came to be merged into what for many years has been known as the United Presbyterian church, and for years served as an elder of the pioneer church. He was twice married and was the father of twenty-four children, each of his wives having borne him twelve children.