Biography
Born in Simsbury, the son of Dudley B. McLean and Mary (Payne) McLean, McLean attended the common schools and after his 1877 graduation, he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1881. He began his practice in Hartford. He married Leah Demarest in 1873 and they had four children. After her death in 1918, he married Mrs. Isabella (Bishop) McClintock.
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