McLean, Douglas Jr.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Family: Never married
• Tombstone Photo: Yes
• Census: 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Military: Between 06 Jul 1861 and 18 Jul 1865
• Census: 12 Jul 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; Locomotive fireman

Notes:

Douglas enlisted July 6, 1861 in the Union Army at the age of 27. He was discharged July 18, 1865. Four years, 12 days. He was a Seargent, Company E 28th Regiment of the Penna volunteers, Infantry. He was wounded at the battle of Gettysburg on July 3, 1864. During the fighting at the battle he ran into his older brother Issac on the second day of fighting. It was during a retreat from the confederacy that they met. Issac was angry that his dad let his younger brother enlist. After the war Douglas was a police officer in Mauch Chunk. At age 59 he was single with no children and living with his sister.

From Find A Grave memorial
Douglas served as a Sergeant of the 28th Regiment (Goldstream Regiment), Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, Company E (Civil War). He was promoted to Sergeant on September 18, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg on July 3, 1863; commissioned 1st Lieutenant on June 1, 1865.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact 1: 1860; Immigrated from Ireland

Douglas married Brewster, Sarah Jane about 1839. Sarah (daughter of Brewster, Samuel and McClusky, Sarah Jane) was born about 1820 in Northern Ireland; died on 16 Jun 1895 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA; was buried on 18 Jun 1895 in Jim Thorpe, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Census: 1860, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA
• Census: 1870, Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA

Notes:

Birthplace is listed as "America" on the death certificate of son Isaac McLean

DEATH OF SARAH JANE BRYSON

Mrs. Sarah Jane Bryson died at her home in the Second Ward Sunday morning at 10 minutes before 10 o’clock, after a prolonged illness of bronchitis and general debility at the age of 75 years.

Mrs. Bryson, formerly Miss Brewster, was born in the northern part of Ireland. Her parents moved to this country when she was a little girl. She resided for a few years in Summit Hill and the remainder of her life in Mauch Chunk.

She was married three times, her last husband having died 25 years ago. She leaves one brother, six sons, three daughters, and 36 grandchildren, eight others having died. The names of her children are Douglas and Isaac McLean, Daniel, George and Samuel Bryson, all living in Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Hiller, East Mauch Chunk; Mrs. John Little of Easton, and the widow of John Rauchenberger, of the Second Ward. Her brother is Isaac Brewster, of the Second Ward. She was always a faithful consistent member of the Presbyterian Church, a kind mother and a good neighbor. She was of a retiring, peaceful disposition.

The funeral took place Tuesday afternoon at 2 o’clock, Rev. D. M. Buchanan officiating. The interment was in the Upper Mauch Chunk Cemetery.

SOURCE: Mauch Chunk Coal Gazette of 6/21/1895

(From original poster on Ancestry board) NOTE: Sarah was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah Brewster. She married Douglas McLean about 1839, and that marriage ended when he left for the gold rush of 1849. She married again to John Bryson, 5/11/1850. He died in 1870. It is possible she was married between 1845 and 1850 to someone else, but most likely she was only married twice.

Buried:
Mauch Chunk Cemetery

Daniel married Douglas, Elizabeth. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Samuel married McClusky, Sarah Jane. Sarah was born about 1841 in County Derry, Northern Ireland; died on 5 Jul 1911 in Mauch Chunk, Carbon Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]