McClure, Claude Wilburn^[1]

1870 - 1947  (77 years)

• Name	McClure, Claude Wilburn
  Born	05 Oct 1870	McClure, Alexander, Illinois
  Gender	Male
  Buried	Oct 1947	McClure Cemetery, McClure, Alexander, Illinois
  Died	08 Oct 1947	Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau, Missouri
  Person ID	I15667	McClure-Harris
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2004

  
  

  Father	McClure, Thomas James,   b. 08 Sep 1824, Boonville, Cooper, Missouri ,   d. 23 Aug 1882, Wheatland, Alexander, Illinois  (Age 57 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Overby, Caroline Virginia,   b. 29 Apr 1833, , Mecklenburg, Virginia ,   d. 14 Aug 1918  (Age 85 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Married	24 Feb 1853
  Family ID	F4311	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Dillon, Lenora Agnes,   b. 1873, St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri ,   d. Apr 1967, Great Neck, Nassau, New York  (Age 94 years)
  Married	St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri
  Family ID	F5462	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Lillian F.
  Family ID	F5463	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  5 Feb. 1871 I had as birth 8 Feb. death Alexander Co., Illinois History & Families 977.3999 H2ac, state he was born and died in Oct . So I have made that change. Claude W. McClure was born in October, 1870 in McClure, IL. He was the youngest child of Thomas J. McClure and Caroline Overbey McClure. He attended St. Francis Catholic School in Cape Girardeau. later he studied at Bunker Hill Military Academy in Bunker Hill, IL. Around 1894 , he went to St. Louis, MO. There he became a member of the Merchant Exchange, trading in corn, wheat, and other grains. In St.Louis he met and married Lenora Agnes Dillon, who was born there in 1873. Later they returned to McClure. Claude farmed and engaged inbuilding stores in the town. He built the large general store, which he operated, selling groceries, produce, and household goods. He also built a grain elevator, which later burned. A devastating flood of 1903-04 ruined crops in McClure and vicinity, causing losses to Claude McClure. He and his family moved to St. Louis. There he engaged in the real estate business. Two daughters were born to this marriage.Gladys C. McClure was born in 1897 in St. Louis, MO. Dorothy V .McClure was born in 1898 in McClure, IL. They lived in New York City,NY. Both were fashion designers in the wearing apparel industry in New York City. Lenora A. McClure died in April , 1967, in Great Neck, NY. Dorothy V. McClure died in September, 1981, in New York City, NY .They are buried in the beautiful Flushing Cemetery in Flushing, NY.Claude W. McClure died in Cape Girardeau, MO, in October, 1947. He is buried in the McClure Cemetery. He was a Mason, member of Rose Hill Lodge No. 550 A. F. & A. M. (MO), St. Louis, MO. Alexander County, Illinois - Volume 1 - 1989 History and Families: Page 219

  
  

• Sources

  [S186] GEDCOM file imported on 14 Aug 2002., Shane Symes.