Wilmer McLean
Born: May 3, 1814
Birthplace: Manassas, Virginia
Father: David McClean 1770 – 1823
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Mother: Lucretia Hodkingson 1775 – 1821
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Wife: Virginia Beverley Hooe 1818 – 1893
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Children:
John Wilmer McLean 1854 – 1920
(Buried: Saint John’s Episcopal Church, Centreville, Virginia)
Lucretia Virginia “Lula” McLean Blackwell 1857 – 1886
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Nannie Maury McLean Spilman 1863 – 1923
(Buried: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia)
Virginia Beverley McLean Tyler 1865 – 1943
(Buried: Prospect Hill Park Cemetery, Towson, Maryland)
Occupation before War:
Wholesale Grocer in Manassas, Virginia
Major in the Virginia State Militia
Civil War Role:
Owner of Yorkshire Plantation in Manassas, Virginia
His House and Farm was where First Bull Run Took Place
Beauregard used his house the McLean House as his headquarters
Sugar Broker who supplied the Confederate States Army during War
1863: Moved to Appomattox County, Virginia
1863 – 1867: Owner of McLean House in Appomattox, Virginia
1865: His home in Appomattox is where Lee’s Surrender took place
Life after the War:
1867: Unable to make mortgage payments he sold his Appomattox home
Lived at his home in Manassas, Virginia
Resident of Alexandria, Virginia
1873 – 1876: Worked for United States Internal Revenue Service
Died: June 5, 1882
Place of Death: Alexandria, Virginia
Age at time of Death: 68 years old
Burial Place: Saint Paul’s Cemetery, Alexandria, Virginia
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