Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1906-03-03
DEATH OF WILLIAM
MORRISON MCCLELLAN
This Pioneer Citizen Of AIbu.
ggsrque Passed Away al
frullvaIe, California.
a SHORT GEOGRAPHICAL SKETCH

trussday. Feb. aY.)
word comes iu q private iotucf 90
the business manager ~ The Evening
CiiiSen, from ODkland. Cal, nnnounc.
ing the death OF william Morrison
Mcclellan. which orcurred az the resi-.
denee of Mrs n. W. Woodbridge. IN
I FfuitYaie. near Oakland. On Friday
evening. az 6 o'clock. February 90.
afier en- illncas OF about two years.
I MS remains were crcmaicd at the
Oakland crematory, on Saturday, FEB.
ruary "a
Only a asort time ago this paper
mentioned, in d small personal para.
/ eraph. the departure 81 Mf and Mfs.
Mcclellan Tor California for tho bgnc.
at % the health az the former. which
had been iailing for some time pre-.
vluus. but no alarming aympiOmn had
presented themselves. and IN cnnse.
qncncn. the above announcement ~
bis denih will b. read with surprise
/ By the many friends Of the deceased.
who Tor twenty-five years vas one OF
Albuquerque most esteemed and
honofcd citizens. be- serving as fhc
hfsi representative from the Third
ward in the town council. ana aided
in the incorporation nf AibuquorQua
eg a city, IN whose welfare be always
tnok a denp and abidinB interest III
thosa early days Of thia city. and con-
&Fibutod IN every possible way 70 this
cliy's development and substantial
uphulldlnE.
The deceased was born on AuFuBi
~. 1889. IN Cochfanviiic, Chester
county, Pa. ard was sc years and six
months old, and the writer o. this no
ticc. knowing ol bic illness here, often
stopped hlm and asked show be felt
but although physically the picture 81
health. be- suffered, and never n woru
of complaint came from him-,ho was
patient and uncompisninE. and feW
days before nc leit for the paciac
coast. With bis eood ard faithful wife
prophcaied thar be would soon return
TO Albuquerque. hale and hearty
again. but fate ordained otherwise.
and frlenda are now called upon 20
mourn with Mrs. Mcclellan over bis
death.
Tho deceased traced Bis lineage 10
aiaunch Scotch and German Ancestry.
and II The Citiaon mistakes not. at.
tended the frst Hobble Burns ami.
veraary given In this city. or the sec.
ond. which was held over ZelFer'a.
then as the corner OF Railroad avenue
and flrat street.
When the eark war clouds ~ civil
ttrife ohacured the national horizon,
whom the south aud north we're ar.
rayod against zach other. the deceased
responded 20 President flncolna call
Tor men, and enlisted as q member
% Company a. Sixty.aixth Ohio vol.
unteor Infantry, He participated ia
several important bnlilea, notably.
Winchester, Cross Keys, the second
battle Of Bun Run, anE. years ago. in
rociilnE hiH war experiences 10 the
writer ~ this notice. stated that az
Bull Run he was struck on tno skull
BY i fragment cf q she'll from a John
ng'a caurur. rendered uuc0naciona,
a1d laf Tor dead on the battlefield
We rggnined consciousness and rp
Joined hla regiment az Harpora Fer
ry lie wag also AZ Frodorlchsburs
Hhcro tho gallant Confederate General,
aionCWail IackSon. met his dtaih and
was o.gugnd III acti9o service ~ Get
iyshurg. lie took part ln the battles
90 Chattanooga Lookout Mountain
and Mission Ridge. so graphically por
trayod by Lecturer Mclntyrr. AZ the
Lead Avenue Methodist church on
Waehingtons birthday, and the talse
be told 20 as yeafn ago. when talking
of his trials AZ Louisville, KY. were
thrilling and interesting.
Leaving his honorable war record
alone. the deceased came q Aibuaucl-
cue IN the fall OF 1881. and waa one
~ fhfn affvfa ff1nnf FnffNfftf atrnr.ranfv
citizens, 70 work and say a good word
Tor the then atrngghng burg. 10 az
cumulated some wealth through bis
railroad contracts and frelghting bnnl.
meas, and when death closed his eyes
on the scenes Of this life. his lrugaiiiy
had left something behind for his
wife, who viii resolve the sympathy
% many warm ffiends here and else
where n the southwest. on account
Of her bereavement