The Portland daily press., 1895-07-13

which they helped to establish, to
pass the embargo act which caused the fl
nancial ruin of them all.
| Joseph Mcclellan lived where x John
| L1ttle's store now is in house built i'll
100. lie and his sons, Hugh and Ste
phen, were in business where Calderwood
Bros. bakery now i S, towards the close of
the last century, but the father and Hugh
afterwards moved to Union wharf and
Stephen moved to Exchange street, and
with VIM. Browne did large importing
business, all being we'll known merchants.
| Stephen Mcclellan married in 1887 Char
| lotte Ilsley, and in 1903 Hannah Ilsley,
both daughters of Enoch Ilsley, promi-
nent man here during the Revolution
| and afterwards Stephen Mcclellan died
Oct 25th, 1923. aged so years.
The house has been owned since Ste
phen Mcclellan, by Hunt & Bull 1910,
Newell & Watson, 1S1O Joshua Wingate,
Jr., 1921, Geo. Willis, 1927, Benz. Willis,
1927. John M. Wood, 1850, Jos. &C Noyes
and H. N. Jose, 1855 and III. n. Jose
| in 1870 purchased the lower half owned
by Mr.. Noyes.
In 1928 BENZ. Willis employed John
Kimball an architect and builder, to al
| ter the house into two tenements, and in
1870 it was restored to one by Mr.. Jose.
| Among those who have lived in the
house since Stephen Mcclellan, We're
Thomas Merrill, Geo. Willis, Soloman
Nudge Seward W. Porter, Judge Nathan
Clifford, Joseph G. Noyes and H. N. Jose.
| Mr.. Merrill lived in the house but a
short time, then built a house near the
| foot of Danforth street and moved there,
| because this house was too far up town.
This was about 1912. When Gov Chris
topher Gore visited Maine in September,
1909, to attend Commencement at Bow
doin College, he was receievd in Portland
with great ceremony. He came in his
own family coach, drawn by four horses,
accompanied by his wife, and was enter
tanned at this house, spending the Sab
bath there and remaining until Tuesd ay.
The Governor and party were rendered
banquet at Union Hall. Judge Samuel
freeman presided, and the toast given by
the Governor was s.'The town of Port
land among the first to suffer in the
cause of liberty; may she always remain
firm in her defence and rich in her bles-
sings.
There are two other Mcclellan houses
on High street The Capt. Arthur Mcclellan
house on the east corner of Pleasant
street, now known as the Moulton house,
was built by Elihu Deering in 1900. Capt
Arthur Mcclellan was son of Alexander
and nephew of Joseph, therefore a cousin
to Stephen and Hugh Mcclellan.
The Capt. Vim. Mcclellan house on the
east corner of Danforth and High streets,
was built in 1907. He was son of Brice
and brother to Joseph Mcclellan, therefore
an uncle to Stephen and Hugh. The
McLellans were Irish Presbyterians, all
loyal patriots during the Revolution.
/ When Gen. Lafayette was here in 1926
he called at the Mcclellan -Wingate house,
now the home of Hon. L. D. N. Sweat,
and paid his respects to Mrs. Wingate, a
daughter of Gen. Henry Dearborn and
Mrs. Thatcher, daughter of Gen. Knox,
and here party of ladies met him.
The building of these fine houses came
to an end by the death of commerce,
caused by the passage Of the embargo act
on December 81, 1907. Most of the
merchants failed. and the town did not
fully recover from this blow until the
peace of 1876
"Who thinks that Fortune cannot change
her mind,
Prepares a dreadful jest for all man
kind.
N. 6.