Samuel McLean (U.S. Consul)

Infobox Person
name = Samuel McLean


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birth_name = Samuel McLean
birth_date = birth date|1797|09|12
birth_place = Alexandria, Virginia
death_date = death date|1881|03|19
death_place = Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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residence = Alexandria, Virginia
nationality = USA
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known_for = US Consul of Trinidad de Cuba
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employer = U. S. Department of State
occupation = Consul
religion = Protestant Episcopal Church

Samuel McLean (born September 12, 1797, Alexandria, Virginia - died March 19, 1881, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), was a United States Consul for Trinidad de Cuba during several Years during 1849 through 1855. [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.] ["Official Register of the USA," Washington, DC, Robert Armstrong, Public Printer, 1853 & 1855.] He was appointed at Missouri.
He married Susan Wilson Smoot of the prominent Smoot Family of Alexandria, VA. After she died he married a Mrs Johnson of Louisiana and removed after the Civil War to Philadelphia, where he died. He was buried in Alexandria, VA.

Samuel had several children, including; Alice Lawranson McLean, Lucretia Hodgekinson McLean, Alexander Kerr McLean and Virginia McLean all with his first wife; and also Lillie McLean, Eliza McLean and Archie McLean, with his second wife.

ee also

*Daniel McLean
*Wilmer McLean

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