When William Alexander McClelland was born on 17 March 1823, in Scott, Virginia, United States, his father, Moses McClelland, was 29 and his mother, Delilah Webb, was 28. He married Rhoda Baker Lawson in 1848, in Scott, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 5 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Virginia, United States in 1870. He died about 1873, in Scott, Virginia, United States, at the age of 51, and was buried in Scott, Virginia, United States.
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“The Virginia Housewife” was published by Mary Randolph. It was the first cookbook published in America.
The Crimes Act was made to provide a clearer punishment of certain crimes against the United States. Part of it includes: Changing the maximum sentence of imprisonment to be increased from seven to ten years and changing the maximum fine from $5,000 to $10,000.
In 1844 when Robert Lumpkin bought land in Virginia, this would be the spot of the Infamous Slave Jail (or Lumpkin’s Jail). The slaves would be brought here during the slave trade until they were sold. Lumpkin had purchased the land for his own slave business.
Irish (northern) and Scottish: variant of McClellan , with excrescent -d due to English speakers' perception of Gaelic palatalized -n as -nd.
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