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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Benjamin G. McClelland ~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Benjamin G. McClelland
LAST NAME: McClelland FIRST NAME: Benjamin MIDDLE NAME: G. NICKNAME: 
MAIDEN NAME:  AKA 1:  AKA 2:  AKA 3: 
TITLE: Mr. GENDER: M MILITARY: US Army - Medical Corps
BORN: 28 May 1895 DIED: 12 Apr 1918 BURIED: Apr 1918
ETHNICITY:   OCCUPATION:  Soldier
BIRTH PLACE:  Indiana
DEATH PLACE: Douglass, Arizona
NOTES: 
1900 CENSUS - Benjamin McClelland, age 5, b. May 1895 in Indiana, is enumerated with father James, age 56, b. Nov 1843 in Ireland, occupation landlord, year of immigration 1850, and Sarah K., age 44, b. Feb 1856 in Ohio, the mother of 4 children, along with Katherine, age 9, b. Nov 1890 in Indiana, James, age 6, b. Jun 1893 in Indiana, and Charles R., age 5 months, b. Dec 1900 in Indiana. Also enumerated with the family is Amelia Lambrack, identified as servant, age 18, b. Indiana.
1910 CENSUS - Ben G. McClelland, age 14, b. Indiana, is enumerated with father James, age 65, b. New York [sic?[], and Sarah K., age 54, b. Ohio, along with Katherine J., age 19, James, age 6, and Charles R., age 10, all born in Indiana.
DEATH CERTIFICATE: 
OBITUARY: 
ANOTHER SALEM SOLDIER DEAD. 
Benjamin McClelland, Son of Salem Alderman, Succumbs to Disease. 
Benjamin McClelland, a Salem soldier encamped at Camp Harry Jones at Douglas, Ariz., died there Friday night at 8:35 o’clock, according to information received by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James McClelland, 205 North Twenty-first street. His father is a member of the Salem city council. 
The next soldier would have been 23 years old next month. He had been ill for only a short time, death being due to lobar pneumonia. He was a member of the medical corps of the United States army. He served with Company M at the Mexican border in the summer of 1916. Benjamin McClelland was well known here. He was graduated from the Salem high school with the class of 1915. A brother, James McClelland, jr. is also in the army, in the aviation department of Berkeley, Cal. 
Besides his parents and the brother mentioned he leaves another brother, Charles McClelland, and a sister, Mrs. D.K. Genunder, both of whom live in Salem. It is expected that the body will arrive in Salem either Wednesday or Thursday. The funeral will be held from the Rigdon chapel. Further announcements will be made later. 
Oregon Statesman 18 Apr 1918 4:1 

Soldier's Body Arives. 
Accompanied by a mililtary escort, the body of Private Benjamin McClelland arrived last night on the 8 o'clock Soluther Pacific train. It will lie in state at the Rigdon undertaking parlors. The funeral will take place Friday at 3 o'clock from the First Methodist church. 
Oregon Statesman 19 Apr 1918 4:1 

Funeral Notice. Members of the Woman’s Relief Corps will meet at the First Methodist church today at 2:30 o’clock to attend the funeral of Benjamin G. McClelland. Friends may view the remains at the church from 1 to 2:30 o’clock. 
Oregon Statesman 19 April 1918 4:3 

YOUNG SOLDIER LAID TO REST 
Impressive Funeral Services Are Held for Benjamin McClelland. 
Flags and flowers were mingled as tributes at the funeral of the 22 year old soldier, Benjamin McClelland, which was held yesterday afternoon at the First Methodist church. Private McClelland died last week at a cantonment at Douglas, Ariz. The members of the city council, of which the soldier's father, James McClelland, is a member, the members of the Women's Relief corps, bearing patriotic insignias, and the Soldiers' and Sailors' Parents' club marched to the church in a body. 
The casket was opened for friends to view the remains at the parlors of the Rigdon company, where it lay in state in the morning and at the church before the services. Rev. Richard N. Avison preached an impressive sermon. Many people attended the services. A large American flag covered the casket and there was a profusion of flowers in red, white, and blue shades. 
The pall bearers were fellow soldiers of Benjamin McClelland when he served at the Mexican boarder. The were Max Gehlhar, John H. Carson, Grove Hemsley, L. R. M. Pierce, A. T. Woopert and A. A. Hall. Burial was in Odd Fellows cemetery. 
Oregon Statesman 20 Apr 1918 4:6-7
INSCRIPTION: 
Ben G. 
McClelland 
Arizona 
Pvt. 1 Cl Med. Dept. 
April 12, 1918 
SOURCES: 
LR 
LD 
Rigdon Vol 8 #125 
Saucy
1900 IN CENSUS (Lawrence Co., Bedford, ED 77, sheet 28B 
1910 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., Salem, ED 226, sheet 10B) 
OS 18 Apr 1918 4:1 
OS 19 Apr 1918 4:1 
OS 19 April 1918 4:3 
OS 20 Apr 1918 4:6-7
CONTACTS: 
LOT: 699 SPACE: 2 SW S½ LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.207' LATITUDE: W 123° 02.929'
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