Agnes Rosamond McClelland

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• Arrival: 1892, Montréal, Québec, Canada

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Plattsburgh Sentinel, Sept 16, 1892
Marriages
At Saranac Lake, Sept. 11, 1892, by Rev. M.A. Woodruff HERBERT HAZELWOOD of England, and Miss AGNES R. McCLELLAND, or Saranac Lake. Mr. and Mrs. Hazelwood boarded the afternoon train for Montreal, where they will for the present reside

Agnes married Herbert Edward Hazelwood on 11 Sep 1892 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA. Herbert (son of John Hazelwood and Martha Foster) was born on 9 Feb 1870 in Matching, Essex, England, United Kingdom; died on 9 Nov 1955 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. John James McClelland Hazelwood was born on 22 Feb 1899 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 19 Mar 1983 in North Bay, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
2. Percy Norman Hazelwood was born on 28 Apr 1901 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 3 Jul 1985 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
3. Herbert Spencer Hazelwood was born on 18 Jan 1903 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 23 Nov 1989 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Clayton United Cemetery, Clayton, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.
4. William Leonard Hazelwood was born on 11 Aug 1904 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 18 Dec 1956 in Procter, British Columbia, Canada; was buried in Nelson Memorial Park, Nelson, Regional District of Central Kootenay, British Columbia, Canada.
5. Eleanor Agnes Hazelwood was born on 2 Sep 1906 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 25 Jul 2006 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
6. Charles Frederick Hazelwood was born on 23 Dec 1909 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 26 May 1991 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
7. Baby Boy Hazelwood was born on 15 Feb 1911 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 15 Feb 1911 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada.
8. Lillian Barbara Hazelwood was born on 30 Mar 1913 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 2 Jul 2000 in Temiskaming Shores, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Harley Township Cemetery, Haileybury, Timiskaming District, Ontario, Canada.
9. David George Foster Hazelwood was born on 3 Oct 1915 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; died on 1 Dec 1996 in Mattawa, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Pinehill Union Cemetery, Mattawa, Nipissing District, Ontario, Canada.
10. Eric Sydney Wise Hazelwood was born on 1 Dec 1916 in Papineau-Cameron Township, Ontario, Canada; died on 10 Feb 1989 in Powassan, Ontario, Canada; was buried in Powassan Union Cemetery, Powassan, District of Parry Sound, Ontario, Canada.

Notes:

Apparently the McClelland family moved from Ireland to Canada while James was an infant. James' sister Agnes McClelland immigrated to the United States in 1840 at the age of 16; presumably James came at the same time at the age of 9. According to census records, their father was born in Scotland; their mother was born in Ireland.


Birth:
Armagh, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

James married Mary Elizabeth Wise in 1851. Mary (daughter of Roswell Wise and Mary De Mon) was born on 13 Sep 1836 in Elizabethtown, New York, USA; died on 30 Aug 1918 in Saranac Lake, New York, USA; was buried in Pine Ridge Cemetery, Saranac Lake, Essex County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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The Malone Farmer, Adirondacks, New York
Wednesday September 11, 1918

Mrs. Mary E. McClelland, who died at her home in Saranac Lake last week was a noble woman who, for more than 60 years was an influential factor in all phases of community uplift and benefit in that village. When she settled there it was little more than a logging camp and contained but seven families. She was the second teacher in the schools of the place and laid the groundwork for splendid citizenship in her pupils. In the Methodist church and W.C.T.U. she was among the foremost acting as president of the latter for many years. Before Saranac Lake had newspapers of it’s own she acted as a special correspondent from time to time for other papers entering the community and was for some time on the Farmer’s staff of correspondents. The farm left by her husband who died 21 years ago extended over what is now a large part of the thrifty Adirondack village. Her five surviving children are widely scattered, only one, Miss Lena McClelland, being left at Saranac Lake.


August 30, 1918

Community Loses Pioneer Resident
Mrs. Mary E. McClelland passes away at age of 81
Here over 60 Years
Only seven houses in Village When She Took Up Her Residence 66 Years Ago
Was Able to Teach School Where Others Had Failed
Wrote Interesting Articles Before Newspapers Were Established Here and
During Her Long Life Was A Factor in All Phases of Community Uplift.

In the death of Mrs. Mary E. McClelland, aged 81, which occurred at her home No. 172 Broadway, Friday night, at 7:30 o’clock, Saranac Lake lost another of its pioneer citizens and a resident who for more than sixty years was a powerful factor in all phases of community uplift and betterment.
Mrs. McClelland was born at Elizabethtown, Sept. 13, 1836, the daughter of the late Roswell and Mary Demon Wise. At the age of 15 she was married to James McClelland, who died here 21 years ago. Shortly after her marriage, Mrs. McClelland came to Saranac Lake, and with the exception of four or five years during which she resided in Canada, she had lived here until her death.
When Mrs. McClelland came to Saranac Lake the village was then a very small hamlet. It was little more than a logging camp. Seven families comprised its entire population. The inhabitants led the rough woods life. Mrs. McClelland, who was the second teacher in the community, brought with her a kindliness and a keen insight into human nature that won the respect and the friendship of the youths and she was able to teach the rudiments of education and to lay the groundwork for the fine community spirit that quickly developed. Many of her pupils became prominent citizens and accumulated considerable wealth. She taught two years in the red schoolhouse on Lake Street. She was successful because of her remarkable patience and her unfailing good nature which characterized her through life and won for her the endearment of hundreds of friends. This kindliness of spirit which made her a loving wife and mother, was omnipresent and through it was wielded a powerful influence for good in religious and community movements.
Mrs. McClelland was naturally of a literary turn of mind and during her life she contributed many interesting articles to the press. When she came here there were no newspapers, but papers from other parts of the Northern New York circulated here and Mrs. McClelland was the local correspondent. She wasn’t a correspondent in the sense of writing day to day news but devoted most of her time to articles of splendid literary merit and carrying always an inspiring note. During the Civil War she wrote many poems and clippings of what she had written were voluminous. These were destroyed in a fire a few years ago. Mrs. McClelland retained a remarkable grasp of her mental faculties until her death and was able to recite from memory 90 poems.
Mrs. McClelland was active in church circles, being deeply religious but without fanaticism. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church and was always at the forefront in Sunday School activities and the organization of other church societies. She was for many years the president of W.T.C.U. attended in a drinking fountain erected near the St. Regis Hotel on Bloomingdale avenue, but it is said the fountain was destroyed by saloonkeepers whom she opposed.
Mrs. McClelland’s property extended over a large part of the village.
There were 13 children in the family, of whom the following survive; Mrs. Frank S. Barton and Mrs. George W. Walton of Salem, Oregon, Fred S. McClelland of Whitinsville, Mass., Mrs. Herbert Hazelwood of Mattawa, Ontario and Miss Lena C. McClelland of Saranac Lake, besides one brother, George W. Wise of Saranac Lake.
The funeral was held from the Methodist Episcopal Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o’clock. Rev. Alexander McKinley, pastor of the church officiating. There was a profusion of beautiful flowers. Members of the Women’s Relief Corp attended in a body. A special program of music was given, two hymns, “Beautiful Isle of Somewhere” and “Abide With Me” being beautifully sung by a mixed quartet. The pall bearers were her grandsons, Thomas, Charles, and Gaylord McClelland, Paul Walton, Frank Washburn and George Quick. Burial was in Pine Ridge Cemetery.

—Transcribed by Michele Tucker of the William Chapman White Room, Saranac Lake Free Library, 4/11/2006, from Alfred L. Donaldson's Scrapbook 8.

Notes:

Sent to relatives in County Armagh, Northern Ireland as a young boy after his parents died in Scotland around 1800. It seems he was called "Dark" because he was of Scots birth and was a unionist.

Dark married Islaye ?. Islaye was born in in Éire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Roswell married Mary De Mon in 1835. Mary (daughter of Brouwer De Mon and Delnaya ?) was born in 1814; died on 6 Jan 1849; was buried in Simonds Hill Cemetery, Elizabethtown, Essex County, New York, United States. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Birth:
Down, Kingdom of Ireland

Andrew married Sarah Gordon. Sarah (daughter of Robert Gordon and Mary Chalmers) was born on 21 Oct 1798 in Scotland, United Kingdom; was christened on 4 Nov 1798 in Ayr, South Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom; died on 9 Jun 1869 in Ontario, Canada; was buried in Centreville Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Daniel married Mahalla Fuller on 19 Aug 1802 in Grafton, Vermont, USA. Mahalla (daughter of Thomas Fuller and Hopestill Lethbridge) was born on 15 Apr 1774 in Wrentham, Massachusetts, USA; died in 1834. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Brouwer married Delnaya ?. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]