Biographical Details
Date of Birth: January 1, 1800
Birth Location: County Derry, IRELAND
Major Study: Law
Graduation Year(s): 1846
Degree(s) Earned: Bachelor of Laws
Date of Death: September 8, 1876
Death Location: Bloomington, IN, USA
Alexander McCelland
Life Experience
Alexander McClelland was born in Ireland on the first day of the nineteenth century. He was educated in Ireland, but he emigrated to the U.S. He lived in Spencer, Indiana, and graduated from IU in 1846. Immediately after graduation, he served in the commissary department during the Mexican War. He worked as a merchant and a bookkeeper. He returned to Bloomington, where he was an attorney. He served the Democratic Party at various conventions as a candidate and a county delegate. However, he was never actually elected to public office. He died in Bloomington in 1876.
References
- Wylie
- Findagrave.com
- Indiana State Sentinel 01/09/1845
- Indiana State Sentinel 01/16/1845
- Indiana State Sentinel 01/23/1845
- The Indiana State Sentinel 10/15/1846
- Indiana State Sentinel 09/11/1847
- Indiana State Sentinel 12/30/1848
- Indiana State Sentinel 05/05/1849
- Indiana State Guard 07/26/1860
- “Courts of Greene County” in Bowen (1908)
- The Daily Banner (Greencastle, IN) 10/18/1940