323:
McClellan died at his
Chester County farm in 1834 at the age of 88. A five-foot-tall monument, comprising two blocks of Brandywine granite surmounted with a polished granite ball featuring an inscription, was dedicated to honor his service during the Revolutionary War on September 11, 1895. The
290:
Becoming a local dignitary after the war ended, McClellan was elected
Chester County commissioner in 1784 and lieutenant of the county militia with the brevet rank of colonel in 1790. He served as county sheriff from 1792 from 1795. He was captain of dragoons and major of a regiment mustered to
286:
in the summer of 1781, resigning his commission and returning home to recuperate. Lafayette, now his commanding general, later wrote to McClellan praising the "strict military discipline and wonderful marksmanship" of the company he had commanded.
524:
519:
489:
228:
75:
232:
372:
242:
When the
American Revolutionary War erupted in 1775, McClellan was commissioned lieutenant of a musket company on July 15, 1776. He commanded a company in
529:
499:
263:
315:(1814–1816 and again 1817–1819). He emerged from retirement to chair a committee to welcome Lafayette on a tour of Chester County in 1824–1825.
514:
494:
282:. Now commanding the York Rifle Company of light infantry, Captain McClellan was wounded in a skirmish with British troops during the
504:
325:
304:
509:
236:
92:
364:
300:
208:
152:
484:
296:
275:
271:
251:
216:
36:
279:
312:
247:
157:
479:
474:
267:
162:
336:
167:
292:
283:
243:
212:
176:
172:
308:
255:
204:
115:
311:. He was elected burgess of West Chester in 1814 and served as the first president of the
199:(April 28, 1746 – October 13, 1834) was an American soldier, farmer, and politician from
331:
McClellan married Keziah Parke in 1786. His granddaughter, Keziah Ann
Hemphill, married
332:
454:
First
Hundred Years of the National Bank of Chester County, West Chester, Pennsylvania
468:
435:
259:
400:
History of
Chester County, Pennsylvania, with genealogical and biographical sketches
200:
398:
452:
415:
231:, Delaware County, Pennsylvania. When he was 13 years old, the family moved to
365:"Pennsylvania State Senate Historical Biographies: Joseph McClellan"
440:. Chicago: The Union History Company. pp. 258–268, 720.
369:
215:
and invalidated out of the army, he later served in the
525:
Military personnel from
Chester County, Pennsylvania
417:
History of the York Rifle
Company: From 1775 to 1908
274:through March 22, 1781, before transferring to the
145:
137:
129:
121:
111:
106:
98:
82:
62:
57:
34:
23:
76:Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
520:Politicians from Chester County, Pennsylvania
295:in 1794. From 1797 to 1800, he served in the
8:
490:Continental Army officers from Pennsylvania
18:American soldier and politician (1746–1834)
397:Futhey, John Smith; Cope, Gilbert (1881).
20:
227:McClellan was born on April 28, 1746, in
177:
347:
375:from the original on December 13, 2022
219:and became brevet colonel of militia.
270:in 1777. McClellan deployed with the
7:
429:
427:
392:
390:
359:
357:
355:
353:
351:
262:'s brigade, fighting alongside the
420:. Gazette Company. pp. 21–23.
246:'s battalion, which fought in the
14:
530:18th-century American politicians
500:Mayors of places in Pennsylvania
457:. Innes & Sons. p. 42.
326:Birmingham Friends Meetinghouse
335:, and their children included
1:
437:Chester County and Its People
403:. Philadelphia: L. H. Everts.
93:Chester County, Pennsylvania
515:Pennsylvania state senators
324:memorial is located at the
102:Soldier, farmer, politician
546:
209:American Revolutionary War
153:American Revolutionary War
495:Farmers from Pennsylvania
414:Loucks, Augustus (1908).
297:Pennsylvania State Senate
276:2nd Pennsylvania Regiment
272:9th Pennsylvania Regiment
252:Battle of Fort Washington
217:Pennsylvania State Senate
190:
53:
42:
37:Pennsylvania State Senate
30:
505:Pennsylvania Federalists
451:Burnham, Smith (1914).
434:Thomson, W. W. (1898).
313:Bank of Chester County
510:Pennsylvania sheriffs
248:Battle of Long Island
211:. Wounded during the
158:Battle of Long Island
122:Years of service
268:Battle of Brandywine
264:Marquis de Lafayette
163:Battle of Brandywine
229:Middletown Township
207:captain during the
337:Thomas S. Bell Jr.
168:Battle of Monmouth
141:York Rifle Company
293:Whiskey Rebellion
284:Yorktown campaign
244:Samuel John Atlee
233:Sadsbury Township
213:Yorktown campaign
194:
193:
173:Yorktown Campaign
537:
485:American bankers
459:
458:
448:
442:
441:
431:
422:
421:
411:
405:
404:
394:
385:
384:
382:
380:
361:
319:Death and legacy
258:as a captain in
256:Continental Army
254:. He joined the
205:Continental Army
203:who served as a
197:Joseph McClellan
179:
116:Continental Army
107:Military service
89:
86:October 13, 1834
72:
70:
58:Personal details
47:
25:Joseph McClellan
21:
545:
544:
540:
539:
538:
536:
535:
534:
465:
464:
463:
462:
450:
449:
445:
433:
432:
425:
413:
412:
408:
396:
395:
388:
378:
376:
363:
362:
349:
344:
321:
303:, Chester, and
299:, representing
225:
186:
91:
87:
74:
68:
66:
48:
43:
26:
19:
12:
11:
5:
543:
541:
533:
532:
527:
522:
517:
512:
507:
502:
497:
492:
487:
482:
477:
467:
466:
461:
460:
443:
423:
406:
386:
346:
345:
343:
340:
333:Thomas S. Bell
320:
317:
307:counties as a
280:Walter Stewart
237:Chester County
224:
221:
192:
191:
188:
187:
185:
184:
183:
182:
170:
165:
160:
149:
147:
143:
142:
139:
135:
134:
131:
127:
126:
123:
119:
118:
113:
112:Branch/service
109:
108:
104:
103:
100:
96:
95:
90:(aged 88)
84:
80:
79:
73:April 28, 1746
64:
60:
59:
55:
54:
51:
50:
40:
39:
35:Member of the
32:
31:
28:
27:
24:
17:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
542:
531:
528:
526:
523:
521:
518:
516:
513:
511:
508:
506:
503:
501:
498:
496:
493:
491:
488:
486:
483:
481:
478:
476:
473:
472:
470:
456:
455:
447:
444:
439:
438:
430:
428:
424:
419:
418:
410:
407:
402:
401:
393:
391:
387:
374:
370:
366:
360:
358:
356:
354:
352:
348:
341:
339:
338:
334:
329:
327:
318:
316:
314:
310:
306:
302:
298:
294:
291:suppress the
288:
285:
281:
277:
273:
269:
265:
261:
260:Anthony Wayne
257:
253:
249:
245:
240:
238:
234:
230:
222:
220:
218:
214:
210:
206:
202:
198:
189:
180:
174:
171:
169:
166:
164:
161:
159:
156:
155:
154:
151:
150:
148:
144:
140:
136:
132:
128:
124:
120:
117:
114:
110:
105:
101:
97:
94:
85:
81:
77:
65:
61:
56:
52:
46:
41:
38:
33:
29:
22:
16:
453:
446:
436:
416:
409:
399:
379:December 13,
377:. Retrieved
368:
330:
322:
289:
241:
226:
201:Pennsylvania
196:
195:
146:Battles/wars
88:(1834-10-13)
44:
15:
480:1834 deaths
475:1746 births
469:Categories
342:References
309:Federalist
305:Montgomery
99:Occupation
69:1746-04-28
223:Biography
125:1776–1781
49:1797–1800
45:In office
373:Archived
250:and the
266:at the
175: (
133:Captain
278:under
301:Bucks
381:2022
138:Unit
130:Rank
83:Died
78:, US
63:Born
239:.
235:in
178:WIA
471::
426:^
389:^
371:.
367:.
350:^
328:.
383:.
181:)
71:)
67:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.