US Con McLean, Samuel - U.S. Delegate, MT

Samuel McLean
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Born: August 7, 1826

Birthplace: Summit Hill, Pennsylvania

Father: Alexander McLean 1801 – 1868

(Buried: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes–Barre, Pennsylvania)​

Mother: Elizabeth Swan 1806 – 1860

(Buried: Hollenback Cemetery, Wilkes–Barre, Pennsylvania)​

Wife: Jane Gray Wilson 1825 – 1922

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Burkeville, Virginia)​

Children:

Helen Stuart MacLean Agnew 1856 – 1919​

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Burkeville, Virginia)​

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Samuel S. McLean 1858 – 1885​

(Buried: Presbyterian Cemetery, Burkeville, Virginia)​

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Jean Mclean Blair 1868 – 1948​

(Buried: Sunset Hill Cemetery, Burkeville, Virginia)​

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Montgomery McLean 1870 – 1883​

(Buried: Presbyterian Churchyard, Burkeville, Virginia)​

Political Party: Democratic Party

Education:

Attended Lafayette College​

Occupation before War:

1849 – 1855: Attorney in Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania​

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1855 – 1860: Carbon County, Pennsylvania, Prosecuting Attorney​

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1860: Attorney General of Provisional Territory of Jefferson​

Civil War Career:

1862 – 1870: Lived in Bannock, Montana Territory​

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1865 – 1867: Montana Delegate to United States Congress​

Occupation after War:

1866: Choose not to be a candidate for reelection as Delegate​

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1870: President of McLean Silver Mining Company​

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1870 – 1877: Plantation owner near Burkeville, Virginia​

Died: July 16, 1877

Place of Death: Burkeville, Virginia

Age at time of Death: 50 years old

Burial Place: Presbyterian Churchyard, Burkeville, Virginia