Samuel McLean (U.S. Consul)

Samuel McLean (September 12, 1797 – March 19, 1881), was a United States Consul for Trinidad de Cuba from 1849 through 1855.[1][2] He was appointed at Missouri.[3][4]

Samuel McLean
Born
Samuel McLean

(1797-09-12)September 12, 1797
Died(1881-03-19)March 19, 1881
OccupationConsul
EmployerU. S. Department of State
Known forUS Consul of Trinidad de Cuba

Family

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He married Susan Wilson Smoot of the prominent Smoot Family of Alexandria. After she died he married a Mrs Johnson of Louisiana and removed after the American Civil War to Philadelphia.

Samuel had several children, including Alice Lawrason McLean, Lucretia Hodgkinson McLean, Alexander Kerr McLean and Virginia McLean with his first wife; and Lillie McLean, Eliza McLean and Archie McLean, with his second wife.

Death

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He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 19, 1881. He was buried in Alexandria.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Official Register of the USA, 1849, "Register of Officers and Agents, Civil, Military and Naval, in the Service of the United States of America on the Thirteenth September of 1849." Page 6, Gideons & Co. Printers, 1849.
  2. ^ "Official Register of the USA," Washington, D.C., Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853 & 1855.
  3. ^ Petroski, Catherine (1997). A Bride's Passage: Susan Hathorn's Year Under Sail. UPNE. ISBN 9781555532970.
  4. ^ May, Robert E. (2004). Manifest Destiny's Underworld: Filibustering in Antebellum America. Univ of North Carolina Press. ISBN 9780807855812.