Samuel McLean (U.S. Consul)
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Samuel McLean was a United States Consul for Trinidad de Cuba
Trinidad, Cuba
-External links:* , Online travel guide to Trinidad* , Selected photos of Trinidad* , Photos of Trinidad...

 during several Years during 1849 through 1855. He was appointed at Missouri
Missouri
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He married Susan Wilson Smoot of the prominent Smoot Family of Alexandria, VA. After she died he married a Mrs Johnson of Louisiana
Louisiana
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 and removed after the American Civil War
American Civil War
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 to Philadelphia, where he died. He was buried in Alexandria, VA
Alexandria, Virginia
Alexandria is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of 2009, the city had a total population of 139,966. Located along the Western bank of the Potomac River, Alexandria is approximately six miles south of downtown Washington, D.C.Like the rest of northern Virginia, as well as...

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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.

See also

  • Daniel McLean
    Daniel McLean (MacLean)
    Daniel McLean was a successful businessman in banking trade who owned one of the earliest sugar refineries in Alexandria, Virginia. He was also a chief benefactor of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Alexandria, Virginia...

    , Samuel's father
  • Wilmer McLean
    Wilmer McLean
    Wilmer McLean was a wholesale grocer from Virginia. It is said that the American Civil War started in his front yard and ended in his front parlor....

    , Samuel's brother
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