Fanny Salters McLean Weary of Life, Ends It

“There was great excitement in the First Ward of this city, last Thursday morning, as the intelligence circulated that a young lady at the McLean House had committed suicide. The story was too true. Fanny Salters McLean, the second eldest daughter of the late W.E.S. McLean, whose widow keeps an Continue Reading

Death of a Pioneer Furnaceman

“Mr. W.E.S. McLean, proprietor of the McLean House, corner of Second and Jefferson streets, died yesterday morning at a quarter to one o’clock.” “Mr. McLean was the son of a sister of the late Judge Salters, and was born in Unionville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, September 16th, 1811. He came to Continue Reading