Samuel Wilburn McClellan

Samuel was eight years old when his parents joined the Church and moved to Nauvoo. When the saints were driven out, his family went with them as far as Council Bluffs where they stayed until his father returned from the march with the Mormon Battalion.

After they reached the Valley in 1850, the family settled in Payson, Utah. Samuel was 22 when he married Mary. She died seven months later. A year later he married again and they lived in Payson, Utah. With his father and older brother William, Samuel went to meet the Murdock emigration company.

Samuel was a skilled carpenter, built his own home and helped with others. He made some of their furniture still used today. He was involved with much of the building in the community. He was a councilman and helped with the planning of the community. He was noted for his generosity, kindness and fairness. He retired from farming five years before his death.

Conquerors of the West: stalwart Mormon pioneers, Volume 2, by Florence C. Youngberg

The Manti Messenger, Friday, July 19, 1912, Utah State News

DEATH NOTICE: Samuel W. McClellan of Payson, a respected and well known citizen, died of heart failure Friday. He left his house for the purpose of feeding his pigs and dropped dead in the yard. Mr. McClellan was 78 years old.

Parents:

James McClellan (1804 - 1881)

Cynthia Stewart McClellan (1810 - 1862)

Spouse:

Almeda Stewart McClellan (1841 - 1912)

Children:

Samuel Wilburn McClellan (1857 - 1916)

James Franklin McClellan (1859 - 1934)

Jasper Cyrenus McClellan (1860 - 1937)

Harrison Wightman McClellan (1863 - 1929)

Karl Orla McClellan (1866 - 1884)

Myron Oscar McClellan (1866 - 1882)

Paully D McClellan (1874 - 1881)

William Clyde McClellan (1882 - 1956)

Note: Information taken from Payson City Cemetery records

Maintained by: C. Brad Schoening

Originally Created by: Cindy Baldogo

Record added: Nov 23, 2008

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