James T. McClure, pastor of the First U. P. Church, Wheeling, W. Va., for forty-nine years.
Charles, Richard, Margaret, Jean, Eunice and Catherine. The above may be the Margaret McClure of Big Spring Presbyterian Church, Cumberland County, who signed, 1786, the call for Rev. Samuel Wilson.
The Richmond, Va., Standard, vol. III, p. 7, gives the following:
Margaret McClure, m., April 4, 1776, John Parker, of Cumberland County, b. 1740.
Chas. McClure, b. Carlisle, Pa., 1739, m., first, Emelia who died Feb. 1, 1793, aged 28 years. Two children:
- 1. John McClure, m. Jane Blair and left four children, viz: Catherine, Aurelia, Mary, and John, who d. s.
- 2. Mary McClure, who m. Joseph Knox.
He m., second, Mrs. Rebecca Parker, widow of Maj. Alexander Parker. She died at Carlisle April 13, 1826, aged sixty-three years. Four children.
- 3. Charlotte.
- 4. Charles, married Margaretta Gibson. Son, Major Charles McClure of the U. S. army. Sons, George and William McClure.
- 5. Judge Wm. B. McClure, Pittsburg, Pa.
- 6. Rebecca, m. Rev. F. T. Brown.
Miss Emma McClure, of Elk Lick, Somerset County, belongs to this line.
John McClure, with Andrew Blair and others, was ordained an Elder in the Second Presbyterian Church, Carlisle, 1833; had been an Elder in the First Church.
Joseph McClure, from Carlisle, 1767. Signed the call to Rev. John Steel.
James McClure, who settled, 1780 in Newport, Ky., is supposed to belong to the Cumberland family. Died in Newport, 1830.
He m. Jane Miles, who was drowned at Vevay, Ind., March 8, 1818. Six children:
- 1. Sarah, m. David Perry; Died about 1815.
