McClure, James Nelson

Notes:

JAMES N. McCLURE. - In the person of the gentleman of whom who now write, we have one of those men, who have passed almost their entire life in this county, and hence are familiar with its resources and advantages in every department. James N. McClure was born on January 2, 1858 , in Eugene, Marion county, Oregon, whence six years later he came with his parents, Charles M. and Laura V. (Pierce) McClure, to this county and here he has received his education and grown to his present prominent position in the county, having manifested, in the long years in which he has moved in the business and social circles of this realm, an uprightness, born of sound principles, and integrity and worth coupled with sagacity, that have given him a very enviable prestige throughout the county and stamped him as one of its most substantial and worthy citizens.
When he came to this county he made his home with his parents until 1887 and then launched out into the world in independent action. In 1886, he purchased his present home of one hundred and sixty acres,which is situated eight miles south from Lagrande. The farm is well improved and every where hears testimony to thrift and industry. He has one of the finest orchards in the county and is skillful in the production of the fruits of the soil, and in raising stock.

On January 2, 1887, the marriage of Mr. McClure and Miss Helen D.,daughter of Mary A. Earl , was solemnized. They have been blessed with the advent of the following children. Harley E. , Lucy, and Neal N. Mr. McClure is a member of the Modern Woodmen of American and is popular in these relations as well as in his associations generally. Mr. McClure is one of the oldest and best known citizens of the county as well as one of its progressive and substantial up builders whose efforts have been in the line of advancement constantly and whose wisdom and faithfulness commend him to every upright and honorable man who desires the advancement and welfare of all.

Illustrated History of Union and Wallowa Counties
Page 260,261
Copyright 1902

Union County Biographies Mc
Copyright 1999, 2000
Janine M. Bork
borks@aracnet.com

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GRAND RONDE PIONEER IS CALLED BY DEATH

James N. McClure, a member of one of Grande Ronde Valley's oldest pioneer families, died at Hot Lake, last Wednesday at about 6:45o'clock, following a stroke of paralysis several hours previous. He was born Jan. 2, 1858 and was 69 years, six months and 24 days old at death. Practically all of his life was spent in Union county, on afarm in the Ladd Canyon community .

He leaves to mourn his loss his widow, Mrs. Helen McClure; one daughter, Mrs. Ed Johnson and two sons, Harley and Neal, all of Pendleton; one sister, Mrs. Hattie Furgason, of Pendleton ; and three brothers, Frank and Charles of La Grand, and William of Clayton, Ida.

North Powder News
Saturday, June 18, 1927

James married Earls, Helen D. on 02 Jan 1887 in , , Oregon. Helen was born on 28 Jun 1868 in Astoria, Clatsop, Oregon; died on 15 Dec 1927 in , Union, Oregon; was buried on 18 Dec 1927 in Hillcrest Cemetery, , Union, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Photo owned by Brenda Webb

There is a Carl Hill McClure b. 2 23 1922 d. 9 12 1945 and a Lillie E.McClure d. 1 23 191 0 I am not sure who these two belong to.

Some information provided by Jessie Johnson of Pendleton, OR gggranddaughter of Charles Wesley

17 333 335 McClure C. W. 34 M W farmer50 0 MO18 333 335 McClure L. V . 33 F W keepinghouse OH
19 333 335 McClure Jas. 13 M W at hom eORX
20 333 335 McClure M. M. 11 F W at hom eOR
21 333 335 McClure Wm. 10 M W at hom eOR
22 333 335 McClure F. 02 M W at hom eOR
23 333 335 McClure C. 01 M W at hom eOR

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CHAS. M. McCLURE. - Mr. McClure has taken as active a part as anyone in establishing our state, and was one of the veterans who, as lieutenant, saw the whole war in Southern Oregon.
Born in Missouri in 1832, he went to Mexico in 1850, and in 1851 crossed the plains to Oregon , settling near Brownsville on the Calapooia. He soon undertook the toilsome and exciting life of a miner in Northern California and Southern Oregon, and in 1853 assisted the settlers of Rogue river valley in protecting themselves form the Indians, being one of the relief party from Table Rock to help the reconnoitering party who were surrounded on Evans creek. he was also in the hot fight on the same creek in which General Lane was wounded.

In 1855 he was on the way with a pack-train from Yreka to Frazer River, when the news of the great outbreak reached him at Salem. Turning about at once, he joined the company of Bailey as second lieutenant, to avenge the death of the captain's brother, and to save the rest of the Whites. This was the band of Linn and Lane volunteers, and the first to reach the scene , making the trip by forces marches. The details of that campaign are given elsewhere. McClure, however, was in the whole of it. At the place where Captain Bailey was murdered, the oxen and hogs still lay as they had been killed, and the chickens had escaped from their coops and were pecking morsels from among the dead bodies of the animals and men.

He was in the fight at Grave creek and on Hungry hill, where the boys were twenty-four hours without food, and were fighting all the time. He participated in all the movements of the volunteers, including the Big Bend adventures in the autumn. The winter was passed by him with his company at Little Camas; and he assisted in the defense of the Looking Glass, where Bailey's company alone drove out the Indians. When this company disbanded, McClure joined Latsha w's and afterwards Waldron's company as second lieutenant. This company took part in the decisive fight at the Big Bend; and McClure was later in command of a detachment in the running fight on Cow creek. After his own relief,he went to the reinforcement of Captain Smith on the Rogue river. Hewas also of the party fired upon after dark when spending a social hour at their camp, losing four of their number.

After leaving the service in which he so well performed his part, he engaged in packing and stage business in Western Oregon, and in 1861 extended his operations to the mines of Idaho. In 1870 he made a home in the Grande Ronde, near La Grande, Oregon, and has invested largely in farm lands and in stock, now owning five thousand acres, with six thousand sheep and sixty horses.

He has a family of a wife and six children.

Page 452, 453
History of Pacific Northwest -
Oregon and Washington
Volume II
Copyright 1889

Charles married Pearce, Laura Victore on 28 Mar 1857. Laura was born on 13 May 1837 in , , Ohio; died on 06 Mar 1919 in , Union, Oregon; was buried on 09 Mar 1919 in Hillcrest Cemetery, , Union, Oregon. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Father: Greenberry Pearce and mother: Margaret Miller

Buried:
Henry Funeral Chapel

Other Events:

• OCCU: Tanner

Notes:

Mrs. C. L. Vestal
1014 Courtland Ave.
Park Ridge, Illinois
Dear Mrs. Vestal


In reply to your letter of Jan. 24, 1945 - I, the great-great-granddaughter of James McClure , will tell you what I learned about him from the family Bible, a book "History of Central Oregon" and from my father.

James McClure participated in the War of 1812, his captain being James Bennett, and he drew a pension until his death, which occurred at the home of his son, William Carroll, on Dec . 31, 1878, he being aged 82yrs., 3 mon., 16 days. (Hist. of Cent. Oreg.)

This place where my father, James McClure's great grandson, now lives is the old homestead where his great-grandfather James, his grandfather and grandmother McClure, his father and his mother, his Uncle Thomas J. McClure all lived and died. Six generations have lived in this house and it is still livable but unoccupied at the present.

James McClure lived about 3 1/2 miles east of Mosier, Oregon with his son, William Carroll McClure. While chopping wood a chip flew in his eye and he was blind the last couple of years of his life. While sitting by the fire place a spark caught his clothing on fire and it caused his death from shock. He is buried high on a hill on the place joining this one. There is no tombstone. We do not own the land where he is buried.

You asked if we'd heard the story that William Mc, the Revolutionary ancestor had a daughter who was captured by the Indians. I asked my father about it and he told me he'd heard the following story many times.

James McClure's parents were butchering and they sent the oldest son, himself, for salt to cure the meat. While he was gone the Indians attacked their home, killing his father and mother and beating out his younger brother's brain on a stump. His two sisters were captured and taken away by the Indians. They traveled all day and when night fell they camped, staking the horses near the camp. The girls were tied but they wriggled themselves loose during the night. They attempted to take one of the horses but they snorted and awoke the Indians. The Indians came so close to them as they tried to find them that they could have reached out their hand and touched them. When they came to a stream they turned up their skirts and put rocks in them so they could keep their feet as they waded across.

This letter was written by Mrs. Wm. McClure of The Dalles, Oregon, in response to a letter written by Mrs. Vestal for her aged friend, Mrs. C. S. Throckmorton formerly Caroline Susan (known as Aunt Cad)McClure of 1101 Pearl Ave., Park Ridge, Illinois.

A note to the letter was added by Mrs. Throckmorton saying that Wm. C. McClure of the Dalles , Ore. was a son of James McClure and a brother of Thomas J. McClure of McClure, Ill. Alexander County. James McClure, the father emigrated from Kentucky and Virginia to Boon, Mo.with the 7 sons and families and went into the business of a tanner there until they all started to California in the gold rush and that's the way that William Carrol McClure located at the Dalles,Oregon. Matthew McClure that was a brother of James located in the hills back of McClure, Ill. and he was the uncle of Thomas J. McClure who afterward located where the town of McClure now is built.

James McClure b. Sept. 15, 1800* d. Dec. 31, 1878 m. Elizabeth Farris May 1, 1816. Children:

1. William Carroll McClure b. Aug. 25, 1817 d. May 21, 1895; m. Amelia Hunt Sullivan May 26 , 1841.

2. John B. McClure b. Sept. 4, 1820 m. Martha Goodhew (???) 1841

3. Elmira McClure b. Oct. 1, 1822 m. Benjamin Keith March 14, 1841

4. Thomas J. McClure b. Nov. 8, 1824.

5. Linsey B. McClure b. Feb. 17, 1826 m. Sarah Jane Davidson Feb. 24,1855

6. James S. McClure b. Jan. 25, 1829

7. Elizabeth J. McClure b. Feb. 6, 1830

8. Alice McClure b. March 15, 1832

9. Chas. McClure b. Feb. 20, 1835

Born to William C. and Amelia McClure:

Mary C. McClure b. July 25, 1845

Thomas J. McClure b. Nov. 20, 1846 d. Nov. 1929

William T. McClure b. April 18, 1850 d. Mar. 18, 1915

Amanda A. McClure b. May 25, 1855 d. June 21, 1937

Wm. T. McClure married Josephine Marsh, May 7, 1878, who died Sept.28, 1880. He married Emma Blakeney June 22, 1882.

Born to William T. and Emma McClure:

Josephine J. McClure William T. McClure
Jessie A. McClure Mary McClure
Amelia N. McClure Pearl McClure
Amanda A. McClure married Andrew J. Marsh, Nov. 5, 1878. Born to Amanda and Andrew Marsh.

William Marsh b. March 13, 1884. (I'm his daughter)

This is the data as near as I can figure it out from the records. I hope it is what you were looking for.

BESSIE A.MARSH
Note by Mrs. Throckmorton: Bessie was the granddaughter of Wm. T.McClure, grandson of Jame s McClure who moved to Rt 4 from Kentucky to Boon, Mo. and then went to California in the gold rush and then with Wm. Carroll McClure went to Oregon and settled there.

Rt 4 - TheDalles, Oreg.
July 24, 1945
Dear Mrs. Vestal:
Please excuse my delay in answering your letter but I have been hospitalized and doctoring hence the delay. In the first letter I told you practically everything I know or could find out . Since that time I have questioned Mrs. Emma McClure but she knew nothing that I hadn't already written. However, she told me that a cousin of my father's had been interested in the family history and has gathered as much data as she can. May I suggest that you contact her? You may get much more information from her than we have been able to give you. Her name is

Mrs. Hilda Williams
P. O. Box 246
La Grande, Oregon
The only additional information I have is that James McClure spoke (my father says) of St. Join Missouri and he thinks he lived there at one time.

I don't know where the "Carroll" part of William Carroll McClure's name came from. I believe the Bible originally belonged to John McClure as his name is in the front of it. The name and date of James McClure's birth are quite distinct. It is written like this:


James McClure was Born Sept. 15(???)1800
Under Marriage it says clearly James McClure and Elizabeth Farris
were Married May 1, (???) 1816
The first page of the Bible says:
The
Holy Bible
Containing the
Old and New Testaments;
Translated out of
The Original Tongues,
and with
The Former translations Diligently compared
and Revised



New York:
American Bible Society
Instituted in the year 1816
(Small Pica 8 Vo.) 1846
The second page says 10th edition.
Now about Thomas James McClure. It is not clear in which month he was born but it clearly shows 1824. It looks thusly: Thomas J. McClure was born Sep (that's rather blurred over) No 8 (? ??) 1824. Now whether that is Sept. or Nov. I don't know. The handwriting of those days was not like ours of today. However the child before him was born Oct 1, 1822 and if his birthday was Sept. 8, 1823--well, I guess that's how they did it in those days.

To go back to James McClure - where his death is recorded in another Bible it states he died Dec. 31, 1878 at the age of 82 yrs. 3 mo. 16 da. Wouldn't this establish the 1796 date as probably correct?

I hope I'm not just confusing you as well as myself. This is about all I can do to help you . Hope Mrs. Williams has more data on the subject.

Sincerely yours,
BESSIE A. MARSH
(Mrs. Wm. McClure)


P.S. I wish to thank you for sending me my ancestry. I guess that's the only, or as near as I 'll ever have a family tree. I've worked up quite an interest in this myself through your letters and exchange of information. Thank you again.

Ruth and Frank McClure of Bruceville, Indiana found the following data in the cemetery in McClure, Ill.:

Thomas J. McClure B. Sept. 1, 1823 d. Aug. 23, 1882

Caroline V. (wife) b. April 29, 1833 d. Aug. 14, 1918

J. T. McClure (son) b. Nov. 8, 1863 d. July 14, 1946

Marie H. (wife of J. T.) b. Mar. 13, d. June 28, 1925

They also found that J. T. and Marie had a daughter, Virginia who married a Omerhunter. Her daughter, Virginia married a Ford and they lived in Kennett, Mo.

J. T. McClure's sister, Caroline Susan, married a Dr. C. S. Throckmorton. After living 40 years in St. Louis they went to livewith their daughter, Naomi, Mrs. Walter Rohe, at Park Ridge ,Illinois. The Rohe's have 2 sons. Mrs. Throckmorton is now 91 and is commonly called Aunt Cad.


From Crawford, Clark County, Illinois, History

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Elizabeth Farris McClure, Jame's wife, is supposed to have passed away
around 1835, after Charles Wesley McClure was born. Supposedly, Jame's
married again and had 4 more children. There are names of 4 people in the
bible that are not identified as children of James, nor a wife's name.
Names;
1. Andrew J.
2. Liza A
3. Isabell
4. Mary T.

James & Lorina immigrated to Oregon in 1852

Box Jane TO Box Casewell ON June 2, 1850
Boyd Lucretia TO Thompson John D. ON November 28,1839
Boyd Sarah Ann TO Winton John D. ON November 12,1840
Boyd Rebecca Jane TO Ayres Mahlon B. ON October 21,1841
Boyd Lorina S. TO McClure James H. ON November 10,1846
Boyd Mrs. TO Abbot John ON August 12, 1847
Bradley Elizabeth TO RossMitchell ON February 10, 1848
Bradley Hannah TO Richey A.C. ON December 6, 1849

McClure Elmyria TO Looney William ON July 23, 1838
McClure Louisa TO Arington Marcus D. ON July 15, 1842
McClure Elizabeth C. TO Tucker James J. ON November 2,1842

Polk Co., Missouri marriages

James married Farris, Elizabeth on 01 May 1816 in , , Tennessee. Elizabeth was born on 05 Mar 1803; died about 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

I wonder is Elizabeth is a niece to James Farris that marries AnnBurke

Notes:

Endnotes for John's family.

1. Missouri Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.
2. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Page 0019.
3. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume B, Page 585,License # 1165.
4. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume B, Page 134.
5. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume B, Page 529,License # 1050.
6. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume B, Page 547,Certificate # 1087.
7. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume A, Page 20.
8. Missouri Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.
9. IGI Records, LDS Web Site.
10. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, 1929, Certificate # 177.
11. Missouri Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.
12. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume 2, Page0154.
13. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume 002, Page0193, License #221.
14. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume E, Page 63.
15. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate # 102.
16. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate # 286.
17. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate # 131.
18. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate 177.
19. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
20. Missouri Marriages to 1850, Ancestry.com.
21. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate # 1097.
22. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, Certificate # 6591.
23. Oregon Death Index, 1903-70, 1937, Certificate # 62.
24. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900, Volume D, Page409, License # 837.
25. Social Security Death Index.
26. California Death Record.
27. lllinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900.
28. Social Security Death Index.
29. California Death Record.
30. California Birth Record.
31. California Death Record.
32. California Birth Record.
33. California Death Record.
34. California Birth Record.

John married Elizabeth. Elizabeth was born on 08 Mar 1767 in , , Virginia; died on 18 Jan 1855 in , Moniteau, Missouri; was buried in Jan 1855 in Enon Cemetery, Missouri on the farm of Roy Amos, Cole, Missouri . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Tombstone photo owned by: Tanya Maggs
Description: Enon Cemetery, Cole Co., Missouri on the farm of Roy Amos

ELIZABETH
WIFE OF
JOHN McCLURE
Born In
VIRGINIA
Mar 8 1767
DIED
Jan 18 1855

MARCH, 1783 (A).
Catherine Parke, late North, vs. John Redmon.--Writ, 22d October,1782.
Was Edward Parks dead?
James Page vs. John Armstrong and Phebe, his wife.--Writ, 21stNovember, 1778.
John Scott and Jane, his wife, vs. Elizabeth Carroll.--Writ, 17thJune,1778.