McCLURES IN PHILADELPHIA.
Samuel McClure, b. in Belfast, Ireland, 1736, d. in Phila. 1790. Revolutionary Soldier. Mar. Jenet Graham. Son,
I. David McClure; m. Ann Russell. Son,
- 1. Dr. David McClure, m. Eliza Shute Stewart.
- (1). Dau. Elise, b. in Phila., m. Henry Payson Gregory; parents of Elise Gregory, b. Oakland, Cal., m. Lloyd Bowman. A number of the name are now living in and near Phila.
Rev. Robert E. McClure, D. D., of Blairsville, Pa., gave us the following information:
His great grandfather, with three brothers, came to Phila. from the north of Ireland.
One of them left. four sons, viz: Andrew. John, who died in West Middletown, Pa., and whose children all died single. Richard. Dr. Robert McClure, b. in Phila. and died in Washington County, Pa. Left a son, Robert Brown McClure, the builder of the first threshing machine in the United States, He m. Letitia Templeton and left nine children, viz: Aaron T. McClure, living in Washington County, Pa.; Rev. Wm. S. McClure, D. D., pastor Second U. P. church, Xenia, Ohio. Dr. James A. McClure, Columbus, Ohio; Mrs. Emma K. MacDill, Middletown, Ohio; Mrs. Alice E. Snodgrass, Pittsburg, Pa.; Miss Etta M. McClure, teacher, Pittsburg, Pa.; Miss Anna L. McClure, West Middletown, Pa.; Mrs. Jas. E. Ralston, West Middletown, Pa.; Rev. Robert E. McClure, D. D., pastor U. P. church, Blairsville, Pa.
The following appeared in the New York Times, Dec. 21, 1913:
A Bible carried under his left arm saved the life of the Rev. Dr. R. E. McClure, pastor of the United Presbyterian Church here and President of the Indiana County Anti-Saloon League, last night, when an assassin's bullet struck the Bible, perforating it and Dr. McClure's clothing.
On his way home from a sick call Dr. McClure was pass-
