MRS. DELIA J. McLELLAN
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SURNAMES: HALL, EDWARDS, ALDRICH
of San Jose Township, is a native of Lincoln County,
Missouri. She was reared in Lincoln County, and there was married to Andrew
Hall, a native of Kentucky. He crossed the plains in 1850 and went into the
mines of this State, but died in 1852, before his family arrived. By this
marriage there were two children: William Henry, and Alice, the wife of H. W.
Edwards. Both reside in this county. In 1854 our subject came out to California,
with her parents. In 1856 she was married to James McLellan, a native of
Danville County, Maine. He was reared in that State, and came from there to
California, by water, in an early day. He died in this county in 1872. He was a
Republican, politically, and took an active part in public affairs. Mrs.
McLellan has by her second marriage one son, Edward F., who resides near his
mother's home. He married Louisa Aldrich, and they have two children: Harry and
Ralph.
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J. G. McMILLAN
J. G. McMillan, civil engineer, residence Mayfield, is a native of Rhode Island, born at Bristol, July 11, 1851, his parents being W. W. and Sarah (McCaughey) McMillan. His father, who was a native of Scotland, emigrated to America, and in 1852 came to California by the Isthmus of Panama. He engaged in the mines of Butte County, and in 1856, having decided to locate permanently in the State, his family came out by the Isthmus route, and joined him in Butte County. J. G. McMillan spent his boyhood days in Butte County, and received his education there and at San Jose. At the age of sixteen years he commenced teaching school, improving his time during the summer by studying civil engineering. He was made County Surveyor of Sutter County in 1877, and held the office continuously until 1882. In the latter year his services were engaged by the Central Pacific Railroad Company, on locating work. In 1884 he went to Central America in the capacity of civil engineer on the construction of the Guatemala Central Railroad, which engaged his attention for about a year. Returning to California, he spent the following year in Fresno County, laying out and superintending the construction of large canals for mining purposes. In 1886 he came to Mayfield to take charge of the engineering work connected with the building and grounds of the great Leland Stanford, Jr., University. This now employs a great portion of his time, though he does a large amount of surveying and other engineering work for outside parties.
He was married in this county, in 1887, to Miss Lizzie D. Weisshaar, a native of San Francisco, and daughter of the Postmaster of Mayfield. Mr. McMillan is a member of the I. O. O. F. and F. A. M. In politics he is a Republican.
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Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated.
- Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
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Proofread by Betty Vickroy
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