Alney McLean
Alney McLean | |
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William P. Duval | |
Succeeded by | Anthony New |
Member of the Kentucky House of Representatives | |
In office 1812–1813 | |
Personal details | |
Born | Burke County, North Carolina | June 10, 1779
Died | December 30, 1841 Greenville, Kentucky | (aged 62)
Resting place | Old Caney Station Cemetery |
Political party | Democratic-Republican |
Spouse | Tabitha Russell Campbell |
Occupation | Surveyor |
Profession | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Years of service | 1812–1815 |
Rank | Captain |
Battles/wars | War of 1812 |
Alney McLean (June 10, 1779 – December 30, 1841) was a
Early life
Alney McLean was born to Ephraim and Elizabeth "Betsey" (Davidson) McLean in
Alney McLean's mother, Elizabeth Davidson, was the first cousin of
McLean pursued preparatory studies,
At age twenty McLean relocated to Kentucky[8] where he was appointed surveyor of Muhlenberg County, Kentucky.[1] In this capacity, he laid out Greenville, Kentucky, the county seat, and was elected a trustee of that city when it was formed in 1799.[1]
On November 16, 1805, McLean married Tabitha Russell Campbell, daughter of
Alney McLean's brother in law,
Other close relatives were Linn Boyd, 24th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives; Rev. Finis Ewing, one of the founders of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church; and Illinois' fifth Governor William Lee D. Ewing.
Political and military career
McLean studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1805 and commenced practice in Greenville.[1] He showed little interest in politics until at least 1808.[12] He was first elected to office in 1812, representing Muhlenberg County in the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1812 to 1813.[1]
At the outset of the
McLean, along with Kentucky Senator John Adair and others, later took offense to General Andrew Jackson's charge that Kentuckians "ingloriously fled" from fighting at New Orleans; he remained a political opponent of Jackson's for the remainder of his career.[13]
McLean was elected as a Republican to the
Later life
Around 1820, McLean and his son William discovered coal on the family farm near the now-defunct town of Paradise. However, at the time, wood was more plentiful and convenient, and the discovery was largely overlooked. In 1830, the McLeans mined some of the coal and sent it to Russellville, Kentucky, on ox wagons and via barges down the Green River to Owensboro, Kentucky, and Evansville, Indiana. The McLean mine was one of the first commercial mines in Muhlenberg County and was later valued above other mines in the county because of its transportation facilities.[15]
McLean died of pneumonia near Greenville, Kentucky, in 1841 and was buried in Old Caney Station Cemetery, near Greenville, Kentucky.[6][8] McLean County, Kentucky, was formed from Muhlenberg and other counties in 1854 and named in honor of Alney McLean.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g Kleber, p. 599
- ^ "The North Carolina Patriots – Capt. Ephraim McLean".
- ^ Jack Masters. "The First Southwest, Vol. III".
- ^ Connor, p. 586.
- ^ Ewing, p. 88.
- ^ a b c d e Congressional Biography
- ^ Board of Trustees, p. 3
- ^ a b c Rothert, p. 72
- ^ Biographical Encyclopedia of Kentucky
- ^ a b Smith, p. 179.
- ^ a b Ely, p. 369.
- ^ Rothert, p. 71
- ^ a b c d Rothert, p. 70
- ^ Biographical sketch of the Hon. Lazarus W. Powell
- ^ Rothert, pp. 389–390
This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
- United States Congress. "Alney McLean (id: M000544)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
- Biographical sketch of the Hon. Lazarus W. Powell, (of Henderson, Ky.) : governor of the state of Kentucky from 1851-1855 and a senator in Congress from 1859-1865. published by direction of the General Assembly of Kentucky. Frankfort, Kentucky: Kentucky Yeoman Office. 1868. p. 13. Archived from the original on 2005-03-08. Retrieved 2008-06-17.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - The Biographical Encyclopaedia of Kentucky. Cincinnati, Ohio: J. M. Armstrong & Company. 1878. Retrieved 2008-09-22.
- Laws of North Carolina and Tennessee Relating Thereto: List of Trustees, History. Ordered by the Board of Trustees of the University of Nashville. Nashville, Tennessee: Marshall and Bruce, Stationers and Printers. 1892.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - Connor, R.D.W., Secretary of the North Carolina Historical Commission (1913). A Manual of North Carolina. Raleigh, North Carolina: E.M. Uzzell and Company State Printers.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Ely, James W. Jr. and Theodore Brown Jr., editors (1987). Legal Papers of ISBN 0-87049-355-8.)
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has generic name (help)CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - Ewing, Presley Kittredge and Mary Ellen Williams Ewing (1919). The Ewing Genealogy with Cognate Branches: A Survey of the Ewings and Their Kin in America. Hurcules Printing & Book Company. ISBN 978-1103732838.
- Kleber, John E. (1992). Kleber, John E. (ed.). The Kentucky Encyclopedia. Associate editors: ISBN 0-8131-1772-0.
- Rothert, Otto Arthur (1913). A History of Muhlenberg County. Louisville, Kentucky: J.P. Morton. Retrieved 2008-06-14.
- Smith, Zachariah Frederick (1904). The Battle of New Orleans: Including the Previous Engagements Between the Americans and the British, the Indians, and the Spanish which Led to the Final Conflict on the 8th of January, 1815. J. P. Morton. pp. 179–.