Juanita T. McClellan was born in Marshall, Searcy County, Arkansas on December 7, 1922.
While working for the Farm Service Co-op in Fayetteville, she met her husband, Charles Getty McClellan. After getting married, McClellan bought a store in Lincoln, where she sold and repaired shoes. She worked for numerous businesses, including the Washington County Assessor's office and the Fayetteville Lumber Yard. For several years McClellan worked for the Farm Bureau, where she interacted with farmers from all over the area. She also prepared paperwork for Dr. John Baggett's medical practice when Medicare was first introduced. McClellan later joined Dr. Johnny Adkins's medical practice, spending ten years with him in Prairie Grove and thirteen years in Fayetteville. She also raised cattle on her 129-acre farm in Cane Hill, the town where her husband's family lived.
As a result of her community involvement and work experience, McClellan possessed an impressive knowledge of Cane Hill's Civil War history as well as general Northwest Arkansas history.
McClellan passed away on July 15, 2019.
#1: Composite image of still frame from Pryor Center video interview and early photo of Juanita McClellan
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#2: Main Street in Cane Hill, Arkansas, ca. 1940
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#3: The Cane Hill fountain in downtown Cane Hill, Arkansas; now located at the Cane Hill College Building, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places
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#4: Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 1941
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#5: Juanita McClellan's father, Homer Treat
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#6: Juanita McClellan's mother, Eula Treece Treat, ca. 1942
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#7: Juanita McClellan's handwritten genealogy
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#8: Juanita Treat (McClellan), high school portrait
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#9: Juanita McClellan's brother, Willard Treat
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#10: Juanita McClellan's paternal cousins, Marion, Victor, Jimmie, and Charles Treat, sons of Troy Treat, as the band the Western Playboys
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#11: Juanita McClellan's paternal cousins, Victor, Jimmie, Wenoka, Marion, Charles, and Wenona Treat, children of Troy Treat
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#12: Charles and Mary Irwin, maternal grandparents of Charles Getty McClellan, Juanita McClellan's husband
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#13: Jim Irwin, maternal uncle of Charles Getty McClellan, Juanita McClellan's husband
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#14: Juanita McClellan's home for sixteen years, known as the White House, with eight fireplaces, built by Evan White McClellan; Cane Hill, Arkansas
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#15: Relatives of Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan: (from left) Bess McClellan, Carol Lee Matthews, Victoria Foreman Kennedy, Marion Lee Kennedy Matthews, Harry McClellan, Henry McClellan, Getty McClellan
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#16: Relatives of Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan: Getty McClellan; his niece, Victoria Foreman Kennedy; Victoria's daughter, Marion Lee Kennedy Matthews; and Marion's daughter, Carol Lee Matthews
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#17: Juanita McClellan with family; written on back: "A typical Sunday at the big house"; Cane Hill, Arkansas
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#18: Relatives of Charles Getty McClellan, Juanita McClellan's husband: Charles McClellan, paternal uncle of Charles Getty McClellan; Beulah Brewster McClellan, wife of Charles McClellan; Henry Irwin McClellan, mother of Charles Getty McClellan; and Harry McClellan, father of Charles Getty McClellan
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#19: Juanita McClellan, ca. 1942
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#20: Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan, in US Army uniform during World War II
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#21: Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan, in US Army uniform during World War II
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#22: Juanita McClellan's husband (right), Charles Getty McClellan, with fellow US Army soldier, Ray Chod; written on back of photo: "Ray Chod, shortest man in the Army. Yours truly, tallest man - December 28, 1941"
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#23: Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan, with his nephew, Gary
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#24: Juanita McClellan and her daughter, Jeannie Sue, at about 3 months old, 1947
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#25: Wanda Irwin, Danny Irwin, Juanita McClellan, and Charles Getty McClellan at Wanda and Danny's wedding
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#26: Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan; written on back of photo: "Charles G. McClellan and 27-year-old mule that can open any gate on the place"; September 1955
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#27: Juanita McClellan's husband, Charles Getty McClellan, with home-cured and smoked hams
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#28: Pork sausage label from the Shade Tree Packing Company run by Juanita and Charles Getty McClellan in Cane Hill, Arkansas
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#29: Juanita and Charles Getty McClellan (center) with their children, Jeannie Sue and Johnny McClellan
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#30: Juanita McClellan (right) with her mother, Eula Treat (left), her daughter, Jeannie Kisner (center), and Jeannie's daughter, Shannon Kisner, January 1972
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#31: Juanita McClellan's mother, Eula Treat
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#32: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#33: Behind-the-scenes photo from Pryor Center interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#34: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#35: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#36: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#37: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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#38: Still frame from Pryor Center video interview with Juanita McClellan at the Cane Hill Presbyterian Church; Cane Hill, Arkansas, 2011
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