Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . OBERT McClelland, ®^Ciovernor of Michigan fromJan. I, 1852, to March 8,1853, lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, his ancestors were severaltficers of rank in tlic Revolution-ar)war, and some of his family con-nections were distinguished in thewar of 1812, and that with
Portrait and biographical album of Hillsdale county, Mich., containing full page portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the county, together with portraits and biographies of all the governors of the state, and of the presidents of the United States . OBERT McClelland, ®^Ciovernor of Michigan fromJan. I, 1852, to March 8,1853, lin Co., Penn., Aug. i, his ancestors were severaltficers of rank in tlic Revolution-ar)war, and some of his family con-nections were distinguished in thewar of 1812, and that with father was an eminent physicianand surgeon who studied under Rush, of Philadelphia, andpracticed his profession successfullyuntil six months before his death, atthe age of 84 years. Although family had been in good circum-stances, when he was 17 years old he was thrownuiwn hisown resources, .\fter taking the usual pre-liminary studies, and teaching school to obtain themeans, he entered Dickinson College, at Carlisle,Penn., from which he graduated among the first inhis class, in 1829. He then resumed teaching, andhaving completed the course of study for the legalprofession, was admitted 10 the bar at Chambersburg,Penn., in 1831. Soon afterward he removed to t
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