Dorsey "Doss" William McClelland

Notes:

His Texas Death certificate reported that he was a farmer, own farm. He had not served in the armed forces, and was married. The Informant was Richard McClelland.

Name Dosey William Mcclelland
Event Type Death
Event Date 24 May 1955
Event Place Bronson, Sabine, Texas, United States
Gender Male
Marital Status Married
Birth Date 15 Aug 1880
Birthplace , Texas
Father's Name Jim Mcclelland
Mother's Name Unie Strickland
Certificate Number 25372
GS Film number 2114390
Digital Folder Number 005145314
Image Number 02085

Citing this Record:
"Texas, Deaths, 1890-1976," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K37D-H6J : accessed 21 Feb 2014), Dosey William Mcclelland, 24 May 1955; citing certificate number 25372, State Registrar Office, Austin; FHL microfilm 2114390.

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Census Listings:

1910 Census
Texas, Sabine County, JP 1
Enumerated 29 Apr 1910
SD 2 ED 131 Sheet 10B
Hemphill and Homer Road
171-173
McClelland, Owen J Head M W 34 M1 15 Tx Miss La Farmer
McClelland, Cornelia E Wf F W 35 M1 4/3 Tx Fl Ga
McClelland, William D Son M W 14 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
McClelland, Frank M Son M W 9 S Tx Tx Tx Laborer Home Farm
McClelland, Nettie E Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx Tx
172-174
McClelland, William D Head M W 31 M1 8 Tx Miss La Laborer Tram Road
McClelland, Harriet Wf F W 26 M1 8 3/3 La La Ga
McClelland, Aary Dtr F W 5 S Tx Tx La
McClelland, Posey Son M W 3 S Tx Tx La
McClelland, Richard Son M W 8/12 S Tx Tx La

Dorsey married Harriett Elizabeth Woodard about 1902. Harriett was born about 1887 in Louisiana; died on 23 Jul 1966; was buried in Brookeland Cemetery, Brookeland, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In the 1994 obituary of her brother Richard McClelland, she was listed a survivor....sister, Arie Frazier, Kountze...

Notes:

His Texas Death certificate showed that he was married, and worked as a contractor in the construction industry. The names of his parents were listed as "Not Available." Informant was his wife, Mrs. P. V. McClelland. His death certificate also shows he was buried at the San Jacinto Memorial Park, Houston, Harris County, Texas, however, FindAGrave shows instead he was buried, with his spouse, at the Lott Cemetery in Sabine County, Texas. A photo of their double gravemarker can be found on FindAGrave.

Family/Spouse: Mildred Salter. Mildred was born on 21 Nov 1911; died on 28 Sep 1999; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Richard McClelland

Funeral services for Richard Tommy McClelland, 85, of Bronson were held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, 1994, at the Strickland Chapel Church of God in FM 2024 at Strickland Crossing, Sabine County, with Bro. Clarence G. Campell, Bro. Lonnie B. Harley, and Bro. Charles Herrington officiating. Interment followed at Lott Cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Starr Funeral Home Inc. in Hemphill.

He died at 7:20 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 29, 1994, at Memorial Medical Center of East Texas in Lufkin.

Born March 28, 1909, as a son of the last Doss and Harriet Woodard McClelland, McClelland was a lifelong resident of Sabine County. He was a retired self-employed contractor and a member of Strickland Chapel Church of God.

Survivors: wife, Pharby Jane McClelland, Broson; sons, Billy Richard McClelleand and Bobby Ray McClelland, both of Bronson, sister, Arie Frazier, Kountze; brothers, Delbert McClelland, San Antonio, and Harmon McClelland, Del City, Okla; five grandchildren, Tammie Covington, Arlene Allen, Ricky McClelland, Mike Hammock, and Brenda Crow; nine great-granchildren; and five great-great granchildren.

Published in The Sabine County Reporter, January 11, 1995, page 10

Family/Spouse: Pharby Jane McClelland. Pharby (daughter of Noah Daniel McClelland and Hester Ann Elizabeth Smith) was born on 11 Jan 1911 in Sabine County, Texas; died on 26 Aug 2001; was buried in Lott Cemetery, Sabine County, Texas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]