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JAMES G. McCLELLAN, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Shirley; was born March 28, 1824, on a farm in Mifflin Co., Penn.; remained there till 1851, when he came to McLean Co., Ill., settling on his present farm of 109 acres, which he has obtained by his own efforts; when he was 2 years old, his mother died, and he was left in care of Mr. and Mrs. McNiel. Mr. McClellan was married Dec. 23, 1873, to Mary Croft, born in 1851, in Somerset Co., Penn. After marriage, they began housekeeping on the present farm; when Mr. McClellan settled in Illinois, the country was but little settled; the farm he now lives on is one of fine quality, being intersected by the C. & A. R. R.; he has made good improvements; does his own carpentering and smithing. He was, by marriage with Mary Croft, blessed with three children — James, George B. and Alice May.