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McCLURES IN VIRGINIA.
2. Cochran McClure, b. 1744 and died Jan. 5, 1820.
Cotton planters and shippers they added to the large estate inherited from their father. Being loyalists they removed to London on the outbreak of the Revolutionary War, returning at its close. During the war of 1812 they returned permanently to London where they died. The family vault may be seen in Bunhill Fields.
Cochran McClure left three children, James, John, and William who was born June 29, 1790, and died of yellow fever in the West Indies 16th May, 1832. He m. his cousin, Janet McClure, 23rd May, 1823. Two children:
- (1). Janet Morland McClure.
- (2). William Bainbridge McClure, b. in London 1824; educated at the Royal Naval School, Eng.; resigned and went to the West Indies. Recovered from yellow fever and settled in Alexandria, Va., where he m. 5th Oct. 1848, Ann Auld. He died at St. Paul, Minn., 15th March, 1904. He was a great traveler, having several times circumnavigated the globe. Three sons:
- a. Charles McClure, of Sidney, Australia.
- b. George Cochran Auld McClure, Arco, Va.
- c. John McClure, married. Children, Janet Morland, John, Merrill and others.
