Kane, Illinois. He was admitted to the bar in 1893, but preferring newspaper work is now editor of The Carlinville Democrat. He has held many positions of trust in the State. Two daughters:
- (a). Harriett McClure, born Nov. 9th, 1900.
- (b). Dorothy McClure, born Sept. ———
e. Edmonia Blackburn McClure, born March 21st, 1870. Married August 8th, 1894, Jesse Peebles, son of Judge L. P. and Sarah Odell Peebles, of Carlinville, Illinois. A distinguished lawyer. They have three children:
- (a). Martha Allen Peebles, b. June 3rd, 1898.
- (b). Don McClure Peebles, b. Sept. 7th, 1900.
- (c). Pauline Peebles, b. Feb. 3rd, 1904.
(8). Amelia McClure, b. ———, died July 19th, 1851, of cholera. Married Alexander McKim Dubois, Oct. 31st, 1844, at Carlinville, Ill. Their children were:
a. Nicholas Dubois, born April 7th, 1846, married Orlena Eliza Daws, of Carlinville, Ill., November 16, 1871, and now lives in Springfield, Illinois. Their son, Alexander Daws Dubois, was born in Springfield, Illinois, Dec., 1875. He married ———, and has a daughter, Charlotte Amelia Dubois, born Springfield, Ill., August 3, 1897.
b. Catharine McKim Dubois, born May 7, 1849, and married Ethan Allen Snively at Carlinville, Ill., Feb. 23, 1876. Mr. Snively has held many prominent political positions in Illinois. They now live in Springfield, Illinois.
c. James McClure Dubois, born June 15, 1851, died July 17, 1851.
(9 and 10). Felix and Paul McClure, twins. Felix died Nov. 20, 1847, in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was in a medical school.
Paul died in Carlinville of cholera.
(11). Martha McClure, born 1822, died Nov., 1887, Married Dr. Levi Woods, of Carlinville, Illinois, on March 15, 1844, by F. A. Ramsay. Two children were born of this marriage:
a. Frances Woods, b. Feb, 9, 1848, married Judge Whit-
