The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1886-09-25

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Mr Peter McClellrud died after .
painful Illness protract,d yesterday /.
morning lie is survived 10y his F.
WIFE aud hi- on'v sol |
who bears his fathers name.
An official notice OF hi. appointed |
funeral appears in another place
His estate il estimated Mt fiiUUON 7
n is o. der-tood that he disposed ul
10 hy viii which will be shortly di-. |
closed III the manner that would |
naturally -ugRcst itself ~ - father
and "a auckland.
BIOGRAPHY.
Mr. Peter MrCjclland, wa. pre-.
.dcut OF the state Central
bank OF waco; hc was bouI
Voc Arlington, Washington county
Virginia, August 18Th. 1903 llI-I
| mth. o. Peter McClcllAnd, was "a native
~ scotland, and lumigratcd to-
America at an early date, settling nj
! NhuA ,uu, where ltr pursued the ur
! ouwtiou of a farmer until hi- death.
900 l,.G Ia the maternal line, hc ia ALEC
of scotch extraction, his mother be-
ny unr Ut the family of McIuuaiGl
raurIsI than whom there Is none
! more iliu-tI Gus, itthrrc h. ANY thing
u u name when connected with
l,hvnIrie decd aud patriotic devotion
to ones country Mr. McClrlland wa
Ih birth, trimming and education n
\Irwumu, which state being the
mother at states aud of statcmau or.
ipiuWcd aud foot 'cd the truc-t cIy.
] %. D I..
social -ye' III of amy ia ia" MON
lhr common schools were the uulS
iu-uuWrutliuc- afford 4 him lot
obtaining literary culture. Ills par.
cul4 rurlN Taught him habits ot indus
try aud morality, aud required hin
Goo perform duilN labor on the family
, farm. lu l.i', be- went to Illinois M,
located at iUri-, Edgar county, whcr,
hc resided Tor fifteen years, carry iul
uu Wuguu--hup From thence 10
I-i,. hr removed to Osculuo-H, Iowa
whore. At rclA, hc was five year
rmplotrd Zoe selling goods In l-'.
ln lett Iowa aud In December of tmaI
year .Orntci 100 Waco where he hai
since resided. For Two year. after
h.s settlement here, hc carrie,
uu 10 grocery business. AltcrNurd
tor two wears hc travelled iu Missouri
md McNI.o. engaged iu stock traffic
subsequently tor p few YEAR, hu fol
lowed farming aud trading IN stool
o. 100 N,lHuuuu county For uumbcl
oi So. bc was "a builder IN waco
constructing the Masonic Icmpl,
and the McClclAud house OF tla
ritv. I'm lN,G hc WAS elected president
of tAr -n' Central bank, - position
hc Wa yWucurll qualified to illl. II,
WAS .hrrn OF Mclrunan county ID
! .,a, Joy appointment, serving tor tw,
tnr- with great satisfaction To- thu
.,oplc. Mr. MrClclnud wa. oppo-
I.d 40 secession, aud toOh
Iuo part in the riyu war
dI,hclicyiug in the 70 umatc right o
10 state TO Withdraw from the niOt
a- woll ns being OF the opinion that
even IL the RIGHT did exist there wa
mot iu the time sufficient nUu,r there
for AsH private ,iutsn hc exhibited
AN interest In public improvement
and furnished mntcrlM assistance IN
thp construction of the Waco su-pcn'
sion bridge aud in the Northwestern
mllroAt Tie wa. man of integrity
and -uhriots and Wu,uu-ctul and non.
| ,ran,, mcmbrr OF th, community. n,
WA- uuN the architect Of hi- own
fortune Politically, he adhered to
| the republican party lic hat been
twice married.