Joseph M. McClure and Alice A. Hammersly

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Husband Joseph M. McClure ^{1 2}

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           Born: 28 Dec 1838 - Perry Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: James McClure (1802-1865/1866) 1 3
         Mother: Rachel Oliver Patterson (      -      ) 1 3

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       Marriage: 27 Nov 1867 - Philadelphia, PA 4

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Wife Alice A. Hammersly ²

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            AKA: Alice Hamersly 4
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         Father: George W. Hamersly (      -      ) 4
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1 F Mary L. McClure ⁴

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2 F Margaretta D. McClure ⁴

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3 M Robert McClure ⁴

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4 M Kenneth McClure ⁴

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5 M Donald McClure ⁴

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General Notes: Husband - Joseph M. McClure

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In his boyhood he had but limited educational advantages, attending in the winter the district schools. He served an apprenticeship at the tanner's trade, and after mastering the main details served two years in the currier and roller department. Although his time was so much taken up, his thirst for knowledge induced him to study in all his spare moments, and when he was twenty years old he accepted a position to teach, and successfully taught the higher department of a graded school. The next year he entered Tuscarora Academy, where he prepared for college, and in the autumn of 1862 he was able to enter the freshman class at Yale College, where he graduated in 1866 in a class of ninety-six. He then took up the study of law at Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, completing his course in Chambersburg with the Hon. John Stewart, who later became president judge of Franklin County. He was admitted to the bar in Franklin County in 1867, and in 1868 moved to Harrisburg. In 1869 he was appointed assistant State librarian, and in the fall of 1869 was appointed deputy attorney-general of the State. In 1873 he went to Doylestown, Bucks County, where he edited and managed English and German weekly newspapers. In 1875 he again resumed the practice of his profession at Allentown, and in 1879 removed to Bradford. He was admitted to the supreme court in 1869, and also to the United States Court. In politics he was a Democrat. He took an active interest in the cause of education, and served as a member of the Bradford school board, of which for a time he was president. [HMEF, 373]

1 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 373.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1371.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., A History of the Juniata Valley and Its People (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1913), Pg 1369.

4 Editor, History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 374.