Francis McClure (1807 - 1861)

Born 7 Feb 1807 in Elizabeth Township, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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From History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania:

In 1862 he (Alexander Calhoun) married Sarah, daughter of Francis McClure, of Elizabeth township, located on the old family homestead and engaged in farming.

From Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania:

Mr. Calhoun married, January 2, 1862, Sarah, born in Lincoln township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, January 27, 1841, daughter of Francis and Martha (Curry) McClure. Francis was a son of Alexander and Sarah (McClure) McClure, Alexander a son of Richard McClure, who came to western Pennsylvania from the eastern part of the state, settling on the present site of Glassport.

Francis, son of Alexander and Sarah (McClure) McClure, was born in Elizabeth township, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania, February 7, 1807, died May 30, 1861. After his marriage he lived on a one hundred and twenty-two acre farm in the present township of Lincoln, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Both he and his wife, Martha (Curry) McClure, were members of the United Presbyterian Church. She was born in Coal Valley, Pennsylvania, April 1, 1812, died April 15, 1888, daughter of Robert and Mary (Barnes) Curry. Her grandfather was a soldier in the American army in the Revolutionary War, her parents born near Havre de Grace, Maryland, where they were married, moving first to West Virginia and afterward to Coal Valley, Allegheny county, Pennsylvania. Children of Francis and Martha (Curry) McClure: 1. Sarah, of previous mention, married Alexander Calhoun. She was educated in the schools of McKeesport and the Remington Academy. Since the death of her husband she has continued the family home. 2. Alexander, a farmer, died on the homestead in Allegheny county. 3. Nancy Belle, married Joseph Finney and resides in Lincoln township, Allegheny county. Mr. and Mrs. McClure had three other children, who died in infancy.

Sources

• Cushing, Thomas. History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania (A. Warner & Co., Chicago, 1889, p. 410)
• Jordan, John W. Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania, Vol. 2 (Lewis Historical Pub. Co., New York, 1915, p. 1016-1018)