Joseph McClure and Nancy Clark

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Husband Joseph McClure ^{1 2}

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           Born: Apr 1810 - Parish of Convoy, County Donegal, Ireland 2 3
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           Died: 29 Mar 1899 4
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         Father: Nathaniel McClure (      -      ) 2 3
         Mother: Catharine Noble (      -Bef 1888) 2 3

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       Marriage:  - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA

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Wife Nancy Clark ^{2 5}

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           Born: 6 Sep 1813 - Mercer Co, PA 5
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           Died: 17 Apr 1890 6
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         Father: Samuel Clark, Sr. (1770-1860) 7
         Mother: Mary Custer (1771-1863) 5

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Children

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1 M Samuel McClure ^{2 8 9}

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           Born: 3 Jan 1839 - Little Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 2 10
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           Died: 25 Mar 1922 - Sharon, Mercer Co, PA 11
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         Spouse: Augusta R. Dickson (      -1921) 10
           Marr: 1 Jul 1863 10

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2 F Catharine McClure ^{3 4}

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           Died: 22 Jul 1883 4
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3 M Joseph N. McClure ^{4 8}

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           Born: 1 Jan 1843 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 10
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           Died: May 1898 4
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         Spouse: Minerva R. Madge (      -      ) 12
           Marr: 12 Dec 1865 12

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4 M Thomas McClure ³

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5 F Mary McClure ³

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6 F Nancy McClure ³

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7 F Sarah McClure ³

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8 M John McClure ^{4 13}

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           Born: 22 Apr 1852 - Clarksville, Delaware Twp, Mercer Co, PA 12
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           Died: 8 Mar 1892 4
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         Spouse: Emma Runser (      -1881) 12
           Marr: 27 Dec 1880 12

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9 M Nathaniel McClure ³

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10 F Rebecca McClure ³

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph McClure

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During the construction of the Beaver & Erie Canal he began working on that project in Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and while engaged at his labors on the canal learned the stone-cutting trade. He continued working and contracting on the same public improvement till arriv­ing at Clarksville, Mercer County. There he met and married his wife. He soon re­turned to the old home in Beaver County, where he remained till 1840, when he sold the farm and removed to Clarksville, where he engaged in merchan­dising, while also conducting stores at other points in Mercer County. In 1846 he and his brother John formed a part­nership with B. B. Vincent and David Himrod, and under the firm name of Vincent, Himrod & Co. erected the first blast furnace in Sharpsville, and Joseph located at that point. After a trial of several years, this venture proving unsuccessful, he returned to Clarksville and resumed the mercantile business in connection with farming and contracting. About 1859 he gave up the mercantile trade, but continued farming and contracting until he retired from active business about 1888. He was a Whig until 1854, when the growth of Know-nothingism made him a Democrat, which he remained until the breaking out of the war. He then voted with the Republicans until 1863, when he again became a Democrat, and thereafter sup­ported the principles of that party. He was a member of the United Presbyte­rian Church, and was connected with the growth and development of the Shenango Valley for nearly half a century. [HMC 1888, 909]

1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905, 909.

2 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 594.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 909.

4 —, Encyclopedia of Genealogy and Biography of the State of Pennsylvania (New York, Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1904), Pg 598.

5 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 905.

6 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 365.

7 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 904.

8 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 740, 909.

9 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 364.

10 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 740.

11 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (NW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 33.

12 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 741.

13 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 741, 909.