Mary Ellen McClellan

Known as Ellen, she was the daughter of Major General Randolph Barnes Marcy & a descendant of Mayflower passenger Deacon John Dunham. She was the wife of Union General & New Jersey Governor George B McClellan & the mother of US Representative & New York City Mayor George B McClellan Jr. For most of her life after her husband's death, she lived in Nice, France."Known as "Ellen," Mary Ellen Marcy was born in Philadelphia in 1830 to Major General Randolph Burns Marcy and Priscilla Dunham Marcy. Her mother was a descendant of Mayflower passenger John Dunham.

After her husband's death, she lived in Nice, France. Her children were Mary McClellan Desprez and George Brinton McClellan. Her son would follow his father into politics, becoming a U. S. Representative and Mayor of New York City.

Ellen McClellan was a strikingly beautiful young woman with numerous suitors, who fell in love with a young Southern officer, A. P. Hill. Her father objected to his daughter's marriage to an army officer, with its lack of financial reward, uncertainty and long separations. Given her father's strenuous objections--“if you do not comply with my wishes in this respect, I cannot tell what my feelings toward you will become. I fear that my ardent affections will turn to hate," Ellen let her relationship with the young lieutenant remain quiet for awhile and continued in the social whirl of her life, receiving and rejecting 9 proposals of marriage by the time she was 25.

It was love at first sight when George McClellan met the 18 year old Ellen Marcy. He proposed and was rejected over the years, telling her mother, “I have not seen a very great deal of the little lady mentioned above, still that little has been sufficient to make me determined to win her if I can.” Finally, Ellen consented to become Mrs. McClellan and they married in 1860.

The McClellans corresponded almost daily during their 25 year marriage, which produced three children. Ellen died in February, 1815 in Nice, France, most likely in company of her daughter and family who were of that region.

Fun Fact:
'Mrs. George B. McClellan attend the opening of the Waldorf in New York City in March 1893 (The New York Times (New York, New York) 15 Mar 1893, Wed Page 2)

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Biography

Mary Ellen "Nelly" Marcy, born about 1835 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, was the daughter of Randolph Marcy and Mary Amelia Mann.[1].

She married George Brinton McClellan on 22 May 1860.[2][3] They had two children, Mary, born in Ohio in 1862, and George B., born in Saxony while the couple was temporarily staying there.[4][5]

The widow of General George Brinton McClellan, she died on 12 February 1915, 37 rue Cotta in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France at 79 years of age.[1]

Mary Ellen (Marcy) McClellan (abt. 1835 - 1915)

Mary Ellen (Ellen) "Nelly" McClellan formerly Marcy

Born about 1835 in Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin, United States

Daughter of Randolph Barnes Marcy and Mary Ametia (Mann) Marcy

Sister of Fanny Marcy

Wife of George Brinton McClellan — married 22 May 1860 in New York, New York, New York, United States

Mother of Mary Marcy McClellan and George Brinton McClellan Jr

Died 13 Feb 1915 at about age 80 in Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, France

Profile last modified 21 Nov 2019 | Created 18 Sep 2011

Sources

↑ 1.0 1.1 Acte de décès: Acte 564, Décès 1915 Nice (1), Archives des Alpes-Maritimes, vue 146, consulté le 22 septembre 2019
↑ "New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24Z1-B9N : 10 February 2018), George B. Mcclellan and Mary E. Macey, 22 May 1860; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,671,673.
↑ "Connecticut Marriages, 1630-1997", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7LK-GXP : 17 March 2018), McClellan and Mary E. Marcy, 1860.
↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8J1-VLT : 14 June 2019), Ellen McClellan, 1870.
↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN8Q-B8T : 29 August 2017), Mary E Mcclellan in entry for George B Mcclellan, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet 277C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0781; FHL microfilm 1,254,781.
Possible birth: "Wisconsin Births and Christenings, 1826-1926," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XRF3-Z4V : 11 February 2018), Mary Ellen Marcy, 06 May 1835; citing Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, reference item 1 p 755; FHL microfilm 1,306,424.
Thompson, Holland. The Photographic History of the Civil War (The Review of Reviews Co., New York, 1911-1912) Vol 10: Armies and Leaders. Page 167

Links

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