Townships of Jefferson County Illinois

   McClellan township lies south of Shiloh. It is both prairie and woodland, soil much the same as the others, watered by branch of the Big Muddy.
   A son of Thomas Hicks was born here in 1817 supposed to be the first white child born in what is now Jefferson county. John Lee, Isreal Lanier, John Stillwell, James Dickens, Jonathan Wells, and the Bodines, the Osborns, the Hayes, the Quinns came in and completed the settlement. Among the first improvements were roads and mills. Jonathan Wells put up the first mill capacity, two bushels per day.
   Education and religious matters were next to recieve attention. The first teacher was Judge D. Baugh, who taught in a log house on John Lee's farm. This log house was used for a church also. Later the Christians built a nice church at Wolf Prairie and there the Methodists, Baptists and Universalist all worshiped along with the Christians a very good way to show that they are Christians.
   McClellan township now has two railroads the Mount Vernon & Chester and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy running through it, with good stopping places on both lines but no town of any importance. It is thourally agricultural and Democratic to the core. Its first Supervisor was W. A. Davis, Agriculturally speaking, McClellan is hard to beat. It is the home of the Davises, Lords, McLaughlins, Grays, Howes, Laceys, and other prominent families.