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Williamson McClelland, a resident of Covington, Tenn., was born in Dickson, Tenn., December 13, 1828, and is one of ten children, four of them living. His parents were Thomas and Jane McClelland. The father was born in Dickson County, in 1803, and was one of the pioneer ministers of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, and did much to establish the church. He came to Tipton County in 1835, and died in 1859. His people were from Pennsylvania; the father came from Ireland and served in the Revolutionary war. Our subject’s mother was born in Montgomery County, Tenn., in 1806. She was a Miss Hamilton, and died in 1859. William McClelland was educated in the district schools of Tipton County. In 1854 he married Mary, daughter of James K. and Keron H. Hamilton. She was born near Covington in 1829, and died in 1859. One daughter by this marriage is living, Mary, wife of Rev. G. A. Henderson, now living at Fayetteville, Ind. About a year after Mrs. McClelland’s death he married her sister, Amanda, who was born in 1838; they had six children: William (died in 1881); Maggie, Horace L. (died September, 1886); Lora E., Joseph and Charles B. Mr. McClelland engaged in farming until 1873, then began merchandising at Tipton Station; he was postmaster and depot agent, and did a good deal of buying and shipping of cotton there. In 1886 he moved to Covington. In 1881, his second wife died and in 1882 he married Mrs. Jennie Buckhart, widow of the late Rev. S. A. Buckhart. She was a native of Ohio, and has one daughter, Birdie Buckhart. He held the office of magistrate while a resident of the Seventh District. He is an active, enterprising business man, widely known in the county and highly esteemed; is a Democrat, and is a prominent member of the Masonic lodge. Mr. and Mrs. McClelland are members of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.