English: Idlewild was build by William Blount McClellan in 1843. He was born on January 22, 1798 in Knox County, TN and died on October 11, 1881 in Talladega County, Alabama. William McClellan married Martha Thompson Roby (b. November 18, 1809, Georgia, d. January 30, 1858, Talladega County, Alabama) on June 30, 1825 and together they had 16 children. After settling with his family in Talladega County, he established the plantation of Idlewild and built a beautiful brick home that stands today. William B. McClellan was a graduate of West Point, a brigadier-general of local Alabama militia, and later a colonel in the C. S. Army.
It is now the home of Mary Elizabeth Jones McGehee.
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