Wade, McClellan, Holland, Steuart & Marsh Genealogy Tree

02/17/2026

12/13/2025

New information about the Wade and McClellan family upcoming. Currently working on a new webpage that will include the Wade family and many other different objectives and historical importance on the "Gettysburg Chronicles" webpage.

11/21/2025

Re-enactors have been a large part of living history presentations and battles at or near Antietam since the Centennial in 1962. At many of the annual Illuminations some have camped on the fields amongst the luminaries. Judi Quelland took this image north of the Dunker Church. Judi will make some comments below and give some backstory on the image. There will be 2 re-enactor groups on the field this year...one Blue and one Gray.

10/18/2025

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Halloween Season Holidays Around Town / BD Here in Gettysburg, the paranormal and ghost walking tours are a normal appearance around town throughout the year. However, on one special night around town, in October, a parade occurs for all the werewolves, witches, wizards, and princesses to show their...

10/15/2025

The new Gettysburg movie is the first time that fighting in the streets of town has been recreated accurately in a film. It's even more meaningful that it was done on the exact ground where this brutal action took place.

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10/10/2025

October 10th, 2025 -- Looking down the street from the Jennie Wade Museum at Georgianna's house, there's a movie set being installed for the upcoming movie: Gettysburg 1863, directed by Bo Brinkman. Baltimore Pike, the main street through down- is closed down between Leever Street and Breckenridge Street. You can't see the street, says visitors, where did it go? It's covered for horses and carriages for this weekend's filming.

Forecast - Rain and clouds and temperatures in the 60s. Sunday evening, filming with a 80' rain tower. Should be amazing to see!

For more, look at the video shot by "Addressing Gettysburg Podcast" ---->

Join me and Bo Brinkman as we walk around the set of the upcoming film “Gettysburg, 1863”

08/10/2025

History of the entire tree has been completed of what I could find.
Started January 8, 2025 --- ended on August 10, 2025.

Who do we have to thank for this lovely lesson of learning about the entire Wade and McClellan family tree?

Let's dive into the life of: Georgianna Wade McClellan

This would include the following last names:

Wade
McClellan
McClellan Heffelfinger
McClellan Heffelfinger Furst
McClellan DeWolf Seemann Cook
McClellan Schwarzenbach
McClellan Schwarzenbach West
McClellan Steuart
McClellan Holland

The Jennie Wade House
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State Historical Society of Iowa
Wade and Mcclellan Genealogy Page
Wade & McClellan Family Genealogy
Soul Seekers SuperNatural
Main Street Gettysburg
Gettysburg Discussion Group
Michael Waricher's Gettysburg Perspectives





L to R...Jim Britton McClellan (3rd child of Georgia)
John Harry McClellan (6th child of Georgia)
Georgia(Wade) McClellan (Mother)
Lewis/Louis Kenneth McClellan (1st son of Georgia)

[ Courtesy of the picture from "Willie" on "Find a Grave" ]

08/10/2025

William Richard "Boots" McClellan, Sr. was born in 1902. His parents married in 1891. William was born in Denison, Iowa, and died in Idaho, but buried in Sumpter, Oregon.

What a tale he must have had during his lifetime to travel westward with the railroad.

One of the reasons why I left William for last is the following:
-- He married three times....and had children with each.

His 1st wife was Ella Mae Jones. They married in 1927.
His 2nd wife was Cleopha Paulina Bueche. They married in 1942.
His 3rd wife was Alice Ilene Reasy. They married in 1951.

Ella (1st) was born in 1905 and died in 1985.
Cleopha (2nd) was born in 1905 and died in 1973.
Alice (3rd) was born in 1927 and died in 2014.

Like previous posts about the children that may be living, little is known about them and hard to get information about. However, here are some pictures instead:

1st Wife Ella with the children: Sailor uniform with hat on.
They were married December 1927.

2nd wife Cleopha with their only child.

3rd wife, Alice, had two daughters with William. (no picture found)

All pictures courtesy of "Find a Grave" and added by "Willie".

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Main Street Gettysburg
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08/10/2025

During a stop at The American Civil War Museum — Appomattox back in April, it was amazing to once again see this officer's coat that belonged to the Irish immigrant and General Patrick Cleburne. It had been exposed to various elements in its private care after the war and the Museum in Richmond originally accepted it even though it was in poor condition with numerous moth holes. For that, it was stored away.

Most any museum would shy away from showing something in this condition but a transition in thought determined that the coat makes for an incredible physical link to a thought provoking and important figure from the war. It should be noted that this was not the coat he was wearing when he was killed at Franklin, Tennessee on November 30, 1864.

08/09/2025

A revival in town this week in August 2025: The railroad arrives once more. Scenic train starts in September 2025.

Now the cool portions of the pictures -

LTEX 1863 -- Battle of Gettysburg --- July 1863
GETR 1786 -- Gettysburg becomes a town --- 1786

The view last week from a visitor seeing the scenic train go north near the McLean Farm at the foot of Oak Hill.

08/04/2025

The last child of Jim Britton McClellan and Ala Mary Kenny that we haven't talked about is the ninth child that they had. The reason to skip around to him at the last is that there was research to be done.

William Richard "Boots" McClellan, Sr. was born in 1902. His parents married in 1891. William was born in Denison, Iowa, and died in Idaho, but buried in Sumpter, Oregon. What a tale he must have had during his lifetime to travel westward with the railroad.

One of the reasons why I left William for last is the following:
-- He married three times....and had children with each.

The Jennie Wade House
The Gettysburg Museum Of History
State Historical Society of Iowa
Gettysburg Discussion Group
Wade & McClellan Family Genealogy
Wade and Mcclellan Genealogy Page