Ancestors of Margery Pearson

ROBERT and MARGERY (PEARSON) McCLURE
and Their Descendants


Compiled by
SILAS McCLURE
510 Groveland Ave.
MINNEAPLIS, MINNESOTA
1948

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Title






Ancestors of Margery Pearson



__________________________________________

ROBERT and MARGERY (PEARSON) McCLURE

and their Descendants
__________________________________________



Compiled by
SILAS McCLURE
510 Groveland Ave.
MINNEAPLIS, MINNESOTA






1948






PRIVATELY PRINTED AT MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA






Preface i







P r e f a c e





    After the death of my father, George McClure,
I came into possessions of a series of five letters
addressed to him by Sam. B. Sweet, a second
cousin, in which he made inquiry concerning
ancestors and contemporary relatives common
to both himself and my father. He also included
much information that he had acquired from
other sources.
    It was not until ten or twelve years ago that
I decided to follow up the leads provide by
Sweet's letters and see what additional infor-
mation I could obtain to complete a genealogy
of my ancestors. At that time the sources of
information for historical purposes had pretty
well dried up through the deaths of the older
members of the family I had known so I began
a search through the genealogical sections of
the Minneapolis Public Library and the Library
of the Minnesota Historical Society, These lead
to considerable correspondence and to refer-
ences to records that confirmed much of the
substance of Sweet's letters. I also received a






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recommendation from a correspondent to see
a history by Geo. M. Pearson, 1316 Pacific
Street, Santa Monica, California, entitled
BENJAMIN AND ESTHER (FURNAS)
PEARSON; THEIR ANCESTORS AND
DESCENDANTS, a 538 page book hand-
somely printed and bound. I am embebted to
Mr. Pearson for the privilege of using infor-
mation from this history both for extending
and confirm what I have from other sources.
    Whatever value my booklet may have con-
sists mainly in the enumeration of the descend-
ants of my great-grandfather, Robert McClure.
Possibly it may also serve as a point to start
from for building a history of future genera-
ations of branches of the families by some of
their members.
    I will be glad to receive corrections of errors
and omissions and if enough to warrant are
received this year, I will mail a correction sheet
to each to whom this pamphlet is sent.

                                Silas McClure
                                510 Groveland Avenue
                                Minneapolis 4,
                                Minnesta






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LAKE ERIE & WESTERN
RAILROAD CO.,
Indianapolis, In.

Sam B. Sweet
Gen. Frt. Agent                               Sept. 19, 1898

George McClure, Esq.,
131 College Avenue,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dear Sir:

      I expect you have forgotten that there is such
a person as me but to make a long story short,
I am the son of your cousin, Abby Sweet.
Some months ago I came across a book called
the Annals of Newberry, S.C., wirtten by John
A. Chapman of Newberry, South Carolina. In
This book it tells of the families who emigrated
from South Caroline to Miami Co., Ohio. It
Tells of the Pearsons, Jenkins, Jays, Coppakcs,
Jones, Nealls, etc., but says nothing about the
McClures or Buffingtons who were our imme-
diate relatives. I opned up a correspondence
with Mr. Chapman and learned that his infor-
mation regarding the old Quaker families was

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derived from Judge John Belton O'Neall, long 
since death— and that personally Mr. Chapman
did not have any information on the subject.
I made up my mind that I would like to know
something of these old people. When your
father moved to Iowa in 1853 or 1854, he gave
me an old book (it was the Quaker discipline),
in this book is written "Robt. McClure born
1753" also "This book is the property of the
Bush River Society of Friends under the care
of Isaac Cook"

again — "Robert McClure is permitted to keep
                this book as his own. 1789."

    This Robert McClure I think was your grand-
father. Can you give me any information as to
when the McClures and Buffingtons went to
South Carolina — at what place they lived and
the year they came to Ohio? I have always
understood that your mother, Abby Buffing-
ton, was a twin sister of my grandmother,
Nancy Buffington, and that their father was
Peter Buffington who was something of a
character during and after the Revolutionary
War. This is all that I now remember, Possi-

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bly you may be able to five me more informa-
tion on the subject. I remember my mother
saying that your mother and her mother, when
little girls, made an agreement that their first
daughters should be named after each other.
Hence, my mother was named Abby after your
mother and your sister Nancy Pearson was
named after my grandmother. Do you know
anything about my Grandfather Hammond's
people? I only know and think that was all my
mother knew that he formerly lived in Edge-
field District, S. C. and when my mother was
three years old (in 1813) returned to his old
home in Virginia and enlisted in a Virginia
Regiment in the War of 1812 and was never
heard of after. I don't know where you will
be interested in these old time people or not,
but I find the subject intensely interesting to
me and if you like, would like to correspond
with you on the subject as there are many more
questions I would like to ask.
    In what year did you father, John McClure,
come to Indiana and did he formerly live in
Miami County, Ohio before coming to In-
diana? Also can you tell me who has your

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father's old family Bible? I presume it has the
records of the births, etc., of all your family.
Also what was Aunt Polly's, your stepmother's,
name before she married your father? My recol-
lection is that she was a widow and that Mary
Savage was your step sister. I guess I have
asked questions enough for one time so will
quite for this time.
                                Yours Truly
                                        Sam. B. Sweet


LAKE ERIE & WESTERN
RAILROAD CO.,
Indianapolis, In.

Sam B. Sweet
Gen. Frt. Agent                           October 2, 1898

George McClure, Esq.,
131 College Avenue,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dear Cousin:

        I am in receipt of your letter of the 30th ult.
and thank you very much for the information
it conveys. Until you mentioned it, I had for-
got all about your brother Silas, I recalled

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Elisha, Eli, Adeline, Abby, Angeline — and
knew of a Mark, whose tombstone is in the
old McClure graveyard in Lake Township. Un-
til now, I thought that you and Nancy Pearson
were the only children of Aunt Abby. I have
written Elisha at Weatherby, Mo., asking him
to give me your family record from the old
Bible if he has it. Wish you would give me my
uncle Benson Pearson's postoffice address, and
I will write him. Also can you give me Mary
Savage's address and your sister Abby's ad-
dress? Did you stepmother's folks come from
South Carolina? In the Book on Newberry the
Richardson, Manigan and Savage families are
mentioned. Also can you tell me to what fam-
ily of Pearson's — Sampson — belonged who
married your sister Nancy? What was his father-
er's name, etc. I believe I heard that both
Sampson and Nancy are dead. What has be-
come of all their children> Ellen married Amos
Taylor and lived somewhere in Mo. the last I
heard from the. The boys as I now recall
them were Silas, Young and Henry. I met
Young on the battlefield at Fort Donelson
Feb. 16, 1862. I was a soldier in the 44th Regi-

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ment Ind. and he was in the 2nd Iowa. I never
heard whether he got out of the army safe or
not. I you can give me any information about
him, would like to have it. Henry was about
my age, Silas and Young were older. I think
there were some younger children but I have
forgotten their names.  In my research about
the old South Carolina Quaker families, I have
secured the genealogy of one branch of the
Pearson family that I think you are interested
in and may not have had the information here-
tofore. It was furnished me by Dr. A. Pearson
of New Weston, Darke Co., Ohio, who is a
descendant of this line of Pearsons. The Pear-
son family came to Philadelphia with the Wm.
Penn Colony — four brothers moved form
Pennsylvania to South Carolina somewhere be-
tween 1753 and 1760. Their names were Sam-
uel, Benjamin, William and Thomas. It seems
that the first three died in South Carolina. It
was their children and grandchildren that emi-
grated to Ohio. One of the original brothers,
Thomas (who was born in Philadelphia in
1728), moved to Miami Co., Ohio and died
there in 1821 — age 93 years. The original Pear-

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son however that we are interested in was the
above named Benjamin.  He was born in 1726
and was married 1752 to Agatha Brooks.  She
died in 1761 and Benjamin married for his sec-
ond wife, Margaret Evans. The children by the
first marriage were as follows:
Ist:    Roseanna—born June 1, 1753—married
          Samuel Russell. She came to Ohio in
          1806 a widow with one son names Sam-
          uel Russell and he was the ancestor of
          the Russell family of Miami Co., Ohio.
                                        ____________

2nd:   Margery—2nd daughter of Benjamin
          and Agatha Pearson, was born October
          18, 1754 — was married first to General
          Buffington who was killed in the Revo-
          lutionary War.  The record does not show
          whether there were any children by this
          marriage or not but Dr. Pearson thinks
          there was a son who came to Clinton Co.,
          Ohio. If so, he was probably the Buffing-
          ton that married your Aunt Polly.
                                        ____________

          Margery's 2nd marriage was to Robt.
          McClure who I take it was your grand-

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          father — making this Benjamin Pearson
          (the father of Margery) your great-grand-
          father.
          Dr. Pearson says that Robt. McClure was
          a saddler and Harness make by trade,
          and about the time of his marriage, I
          presume, made and presented to his step
          mother-in-law (Margaret Evans Pearson)
          a leather comb which is now the proper
          ty of Dr. Pearson's brother, Lemuel Pear-
          son now living at Fairmount, Ind. Dr.
          Pearson says some of the McClures
          moved to Wabash or Miami Co., Ind.
          and that he visited them with his father
          and mother in 1846 or 1847.

3rd children of Benjamin and Agatha Pearson was
          Jacob, born October 9, 1756. He was
          taken prisoner by the British and died
          during the Revolution.

4th was Thomas, born July 22, 1758. Died in
          early youth.

5th was Enoch, born August 4, 1760 and died
          in Miami Co., Ohio in April 1850.

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          Enoch's sons were Peter, Jacob, Moses
          and Enoch. The Jacob mentioned was
          undoubtedly my step grandfather and
          Benson's father. This closes the record of
          Benjamin and Agatha Pearson.
   Benjamin by his 2nd marriage with Margaret
Evans had children as follows:
1st:    Betty, who died in early childhood.
2nd:   William, born May 29, 1765 — married
          Hannah Powell, Sons were James Powell
          and Robert.
3rd:   Abel, born July 24, 1767; had two sons
          — James (little Jim) and Charles, Both
          raised large families.
4th:   Samuel, born August 22, 1769, married
          Abigail Powell, was reported to have
          been drowned in the Wabash River in
          Indiana.
5th:   Robert, born August 15, 1771, died
          March 2, 1850. He married Kesrah Hol-
          lingswroth. His children were Sarah,
          Benjamin, Susanna, Isaac, Rhoda, Rob-
          ert Kesrah, John and Henry. The Dr.
          Person heretofore mentioned is a son
          of Isaac

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6th:   Joseph, born January 30, 1774, married
          Margaret Cammack. His sons were Abel,
          William and Cammack. The William
          mentioned was called Preacher Billy. I
          remember of his visiting my father and
          mother in Lake Township many times.

7th:   John, born August 19, 1776, married
          Ruth Hollingsworth. His sons were
          Isaac, Benjamin and John.

    The records show that your great-grand-
father, Benjamin Pearson, died in 1788, the
exact date not given.
    What do you know about the General Buf-
fington who it seems was your grandmother's
first husband? I don't recall as I ever heard of
him before. I have written to South Carolina
to see if I can get any information and if he
was connected with our Ancestor, Old Peter.
      Well this I think will tire you out so will
quit by wishing you good night.
                                Yours Truly
                                        Sam. B. Sweet



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LAKE ERIE & WESTERN
RAILROAD CO.,
Indianpaolis, In.

Sam B. Sweet
Gen. Frt. Agent                         October 10, 1898

George McClure, Esq.,
131 College Avenue,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dear Cousin:

      Your letter of 7th inst. at hand. Am obliged
for the information it contains. It helps me to
clear up several points about which I was in
doubt. As for Sampson Pearson's ancestry —
think it is now clear. As I wrote you in former
letter — there were four brothers of the original
Pearson who went to Philadelphia to South
Carolina, viz. Samuel, Benjamin, William and
Thomas. I gave you the record of the Benjamin
family who was your great-grandfather. Sam-
uel was the older of the four and is supposed
to have been born in Philadelphia in 1724 and
died in South Carolina in 1790. He was mar-
ried four times — once in Pennsylvania, twice
in Frederick County, Virginia, and the last

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time in South Carolina. The marriages and
dates are as follows:
          1st in 1749 to Martha Worthington
          2nd in 1767 to Christina Potts
          3rd in 1762 to Mary Rogers
          4th in 1772 to Mary Steddom (a widow)
      The children of these marriages were as fol-
lows.

1st: Mary, born Feb. 26, 1750, died 1836, mar-
   ried 1st: Wm. Taylor; 2nd: John Mills
2nd: Enoch, born Jan. 14, 1752; married Phoe-
   ba Demans
3rd: William, born Apr. 1, 1754, died 1811,
   married Anna Steddom
4th: Martha, born Jan. 15, 1759, died 1842,
   married Henry Steddom
5th: Benjamin, born Feb. 26, 1763, died 1844,
   married Esther Furnas
6th: Hannah, born mar. 23, 1765, died 1849,
   married Saml. Kelley
7th: Samuel, born Nov. 3, 1767, died 1847,
   married Mary Coates
8th: Eunice, born Mar. 5, 1776, died ——, Mar-
   married Alx. Mills.

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9th: Sarah, born Aug. 23, 1773, died —, married
    Joseph Furnas
    I take it that this Samuel's 7th child of the
original Samuel was Sampson's father ins-
much as you say Sampson's mother was a
Coats.
    The above information was furnished me by
Mr. Eli Jan — Whose wife is a granddaughter of
Benjamin shown above. Mr. Jay now lives in
Richmond, Indiana and is a son of old Denny
Jan — of whom I have heard our people talk
when I was a child. This Mr. Jay is a crank on
genealogy, and wants me to furnish him with
the record of my step grandfather's and Samp-
son's family. I have written my Uncle Benson
and Ellen Taylor for any information they many
have. Since I have been looking up these old
matter have got into quite a correspondence
— with a great many people and as fast as I
get any information regarding our ancestors,
will advise you. I don't know how well you
have kept posted as to my father and mother's
family so will tell you about them up to date.
My oldest sister, Elmira, died in 1877. Nancy
Grayless, my 2nd sister, lives at or near AR-

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cola, Allen Co., Ind. Lewis, my oldest brother,
lost a leg in the Army 1865, died 1883, Stephen
who was in and with the South during the
War died in 1895. His home was in Macon,
Georgia. Joshua now lives near Albion, Noble
Co., Ind. Malinda Upp died in Edgerton, Ohio
in 1885. Rhoda Sunderland lives 7 miles north
of Fort Wayne on the Goshen Road — as for
myself, I enlisted in the Army in 1861 when
but little past 16 and served four years. Was
wounded at Shiloh, Stone River and Chicka-
amuga, returned home from the Army in Sep-
tember 1865, just one month after my mother's
death. I entered the Railway service in 1866
with the Wabash Ry. at Fort Wayne, was made
agent at Fort Wayne in 1874 — in 1884, I was
promoted to Division Freight Agent with of-
fice at Peru, Ind. In 1887, I took service with
the L.E. & W.RR. as Assistant General Freight
Agent and in 1896 was made General Freight
Agent, and now have almost one thousand
miles of Road over which I have supervision.
I was married in 1867 to Amanda Pratt, daugh-
ter of Allen Pratt, an old settler living north
of Fort Wayne on the Goshen Road. I have

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two children, one son, Frank — now 30 years
old and one daughter, Jessie, 26 years old.
Broth are unmarried and live at home. How
many children have you and where do they
live, etc.?
                                Yours fraternally
                                        Sam. B. Sweet

P.S. Do you belong to the Masonic Fraternity?
Did Grandfather Pearson have any sisters? The
records only shows the sons of Enoch.
__________

LAKE ERIE & WESTERN
RAILROAD CO.,
Indianapolis, In.

Sam B. Sweet
Gen. Frt. Agent                         November 10, 1898

George McClure, Esq.,
131 College Avenue,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dear Cousin:

      Your welcome letter of 21st inst. at hand
and am much obliged for the information it

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contains. I have written Elisha at Weatherby,
Mo. tow letter asking for copy of family rec-
ord from your father's Bible but have so far
not received a reply. I will enclose you here-
with the record of the McClure family so far
as I have been able to make it up from informa-
tion received. But I find my record of your
brothers and sister is very imperfect. So I will
ask you to give me any further information
you may have that will make it more com-
plete. I have put your father's family down
from memory — don't think I have got them
in the order of their births as I had no dates
to go by. You can probably put me right on
the order of birth if you can't five all the dates.
I know that your grandfather, Robt. McClure
was born 1753 from an old book your father
gave me when he moved to Iowa. On the fly-
left is written "Robt. McClure's book. He was born in 1753".
    I have left the name of his first wife blank
as you didn't give it — also of his daughter by
first wife who married Azariah Julien. Wish
you could think them up. If you find any errors

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.in my record or can make any additions, please advise.
                                Yours truly
                                        Sam. B. Sweet

P.S. If I finally succeed in getting copy of rec- ord from Elisha, it will help clear matters up considerably.
.
__________

LAKE ERIE & WESTERN
RAILROAD CO.,
Indianapolis, In.

Sam B. Sweet
Gen. Frt. Agent                         January 4, 1899

George McClure, Esq.,
131 College Avenue,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.

Dear Cousin George:

      Your letter of December 15, 1898 at ahnd.
I have finally got a copy of your father's fam-
ily record through your sister, Abby Crabill.
She Says that Elisha is so poorly that he can't

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write. Abby's health is very bad also, being
crippled with the rheumatism. As you haven't
the full information regarding your father's
family. I send you herewith a copy of rec-
ord as made up from information furnished
by Abby. I notice that your mother had two
more children than you mention or that I ever
heard of, viz. Robert and John who both died
young. Also your stepmother had two, John
and Ishmael of whom I had no record who
died in infancy. The only thing I now lack is
to get the name of Silas' wife and the dates of the
the marriage of Eli, Silas, Elisha, Abby, Ade-
line and Angeline which would make my rec-
ord complete. Can you give me the names and
post office address of any of Eli or Silas' child-
ren? if so, I will write them for the additional
information wanted.
  ˆ Abby says that the name of your aunt who
married Azariah Julien was Sally. You will re-
member that you didn't recall it. Did I under0
stand you to say that your cousin, Samuel Mc-
Clue, lived at Marion, Ind. and had written
a sketch of the McClure family? If he is still
alive, I think I will open up a correspondence

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with him. Maybe I can get some valuable in-
formation from him about the old S.C. fam-
ilies.
   Wishing you health and happiness for the
coming year, I am

                                Yours truly


                                        Sam. B. Sweet










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ANCESTORS OF MARGERY PEARSON

    In the History of BENJAMIN AND ES-
THERE (FURNAS) PEARSON; THEIR AN-
CESTORS AND DESCENDANTS by Geo.
M. Pearson, there is recorded four generations
of ancestors of Margery (Pearson) McClure,
second wife of Robert McClure, as follows:
LAWRENCE (died 1673: and ELIZABETH
(died 1662) PEIRSON lived and died in Pow-
nall Fee, a village in Cheshire, England near
Chester where they were buried. They had five
children. Lawrence was a mason by trade. He
was one of the early members of the Religious
Society of Friends in England, and suffered
with others persecution and imprisonment in
consequence. His three sons, John, Thomas
and Edward came to Philadelphia and owned
land in Chester county, Pennsylvania, near
Philadelphia. They all spelled their names
PEARSON.

THOMAS PEARSON, the second son of Law-
rence and Elizabeth Peirson, married MAR-
GERY SMITH 2/18-1683 at Pownall Fee,
Cheshire. They came to American the same year

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 ANCESTORS OF MARGERY PEARSON

arriving at Philadelphia 7/29-1683. He bought
several tracts of land in the years following to
a total of 900 acres. Included in the total was
a tract of 250 acres which his brother John
bought from William Penn in 1681. Thomas
died in 1734. There were ten children born to
Thomas and Margery, six sons and four daugh-
ters. The second daughter, Sarah Pearson, born
1697 was married to John West. They were
parents of Benjamin West, the celebrated artist
and painter, who was born at Springfield, Pa.
10/10-1738 and died at London, England 3/11-
1820.

ENOCH PEARSON, son of Thomas and Mar
gery (Smith) Pearson, was born 3/12/1690,
died in Frederick County, Virginia in 1749,
married 1719 to MARY SMITH, dau. of Wil-
liam and Mary Smith. This marriage was not
according to the order of Friends and Enoch's
apology, which follows, shows that he was not
disowned from meeting. Whether Mary be-
longed to the Society of Friends is not known.
Their children did not have birthright member-
ships in the Society. they were all born in
Pennsylvania.

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 ANCESTORS OF MARGERY PEARSON

   "To Chester Monthly Meeting of Friends.
   I have according to your desire made ac-
   knowledgement to my parents and to wives
   father for my offense in marrying Contrary
   to the good order Established amongst
   Friends, for I gave way too much to my own
   will Contrary to the leadings of the Good
   Spirit of God, tho which is in my mind to
   confess unto you, and also that I am sorry
   for my outgoing and Desire a Reconcilia-
   tion with you hoping my future Conduct
   may be more honorable. I also desire your
   Prayers that my faith fail not.
                               (Signed) Enoch Pearson"
It is probably that Mary (Smith) Pearson moved
with her son, Samuel, to the Bush River Settle-
ment in South Carolina in 1771. Of the eleven
children born to Enoch and Mary Smith Pear-
son, four are named by Sam. B. Sweet in this
Order:
     Samuel b 1724, Benjamin b 1726, William,
Thomas b, 1728. Geo. M. Pearson gives the
order and dates as follows:
     William (b 1722 d 1780), Samuel (b 1724 d
1790), Thomas (b 1728 d 1820), Benjamin (b

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  ANCESTORS OF MARGERY PEARSON

1730 d 1788).  These seem so well authenti-
cated there is every reason for accepting them.
Benjamin, the fourth in the list was the father
of Margery Pearson Buffington McClure.
BENJAMIN PEARSON, fifth son of Enoch
and Mary (Smith) Pearson, was born in Penn-
sylvania in 1730 and died in Bush River Settle-
ment in 1788. He married (first) AGATHA
BROOKS about 1752; (second) MARGA-
RET EVANS about 1762.  He moved from
Pennsylvania to Bush River Settlement in
South Carolina in 1768 or 1769.  He did not
belong to the Society of Friends although sev-
eral of his children joined the church in South
Carolina.  The children of Benjamin and Aga-
tha (Brooks) Pearson were:
ROSANNA PEARSON (b 1753 d 1831) mar-
ried SAMUEL RUSSELL.  She came to Ohio in
1806 a widow with one son, Samuel Russell,
who was the ancestor of the Russell family of
Miami County, Ohio.
MARGERY PEARSON (b 1754 d 1840) mar-
ried (first) GENERAL BUFFINGTON, a Rev-
olutionary officer who was killed during the
war.  It is said there was a son by him who came

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to Clinton County, Ohio. Margery's second
husband was ROBERT McCLURE.
JACOB PEARSON, born 1756, died while a
prisoner of war in the American Revolution.
THOMAS PEARSON, born in 1758, died
young.
ENOCH PEARSON, born in 1760; married
HANNAH (BUFFINGTON) EVANS—had
sons Peter, Jacob, Moses, Enoch.
                       __________

DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT McCLURE

ROBERT McCLURE was born in Virginia in
1753. His father emigrated from Scotland early
in the eighteenth century and settled in Vir-
ginia. Robert moved in 1770 to Bush River
Settlement in Newberry County, South Caro-
lina. He followed the trade of saddler and har-
ness maker. Lemuel Pearson of Fairmount, In-
diana, still had, near the end of the nineteenth
century a leather comb which Robert made
about 1785 and presented to his stepmother-
in-law, Margaret Evans Pearson. The name of
his first wife was not appeared in the records
available but through Sam. B. Sweet's letter
and enclosure (Nov. 25, 1898) there appears

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to have been born to this union three children.
The following are of the FIRST GENERA-
TION of descendants of Robert McClure:
1st:   WILLIAM McCLURE, who married in
          South Caroline, Moved to Ohio. Had
          one son that returned to South Carolina.
2nd:   SAMUEL McCLURE, who married
          MARY STEWART. Moved to Indiana
          in 1827, and died in Wabash, Ind. in
          1838.
3rd:   SALLY McCLURE, who married AZ-
          ARIAH JULIEN.  After her death,
          Azariah Julien married Judith Sweet.
     (Excerpt from the Marion Real Estate Jour-
nal, Marion, Grant County, Indiana. January
1888. Vol. 1, No. II follows)

SAMUEL McCLURE, JR.
     Of the small number of hardy pioneers who
first settled in Grant County very few are now
living, and of these Samuel McClure is perhaps
the oldest resident. Of Scotch-English and
Irish Descent, he was born November 16, 1807,
and is therefore over eighty years of age. His
great grandfather emigrated from Scotland ear-
ly in the eighteenth century to Virginia. There

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his grandfather was born, and who in 1770
emigrated to South Carolina, in which state
his father, SAMUEL McCLURE, SR. was born in
South Carolina in January 1777. Her father was
of Irish descent and her mother of English. In
1804 Samuel McClure, Sr., and Mary Stewart
were married, and shortly after moved to Day-
ton, Ohio. Remaining there a few years they
moved to Shelby County, Ohio, where Samuel,
Jr., the subject of this sketch, was born. In
1827 the family moved to Indiana, settling on
the site where Wabash is now located. In a
sort time they moved to this county, and en-
tered land. In 1827 Samuel McClure, Sr., built
the first mill known on the Mississinewa River,
after which he returned to Wabash, where he
died in September, 1838. His wife, Mary, died
in the following May. The family consisted of
ten children, nine of whom were living at the
time of the parents' death. Only three are now
living, Samuel McClure, Jr., William McClure
and Ruth Waldron. . . January 10, 1833, SAM-
UEL McCLURE was married to SUSANNAH
FURROW, daughter of Jas. G. Furrow, of

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

Fort Laramie, Ohio. In 1834 the newly married
couple moved to Marion, where they have
since resided . . . His union with Susannah Fur-
row was blessed with six children, three of
whom, ELIZA J. COOK, of Toledo, Ohio,
ROSETTA JONES and ERASTUS P. Mc
CLURE, of Marion, are now living.
                       __________

      DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

ROBERT McCLURE married (second) MAR-
GERY (PEARSON) BUFFINGTON, a wid-
dow, second daughter of Benjamin and Aga-
that (Brooks) Pearson. By this union, six
Children were born.
4th    JOHN McCLURE, born in South Caro-
          line 9/6-1786, died in Missouri 10/27-
          1871, married (first) ABIGAIL BUF-
          FINGTON in South Carolina, married
          (second) POLLY (RICHARDSON)
          MANIGAN — a widow with daughter,
          Mary.
5th    ROBERT McCLURE married HETTIE
          JARED. Both died in Ohio.

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

6th    Margaret McClure, married — — — — —
          Speer. Had two children, Jesse Speer and
          Mary Speer Moore.
7th    MARY McCLURE married BARTLEY
          BENBOW. Lived near Richmond, Ind.
8th:   MARGERY McCLURE, married
          STEPHEN JULIEN. Died in Shelby
          County, Ohio.
9th    ROSANNA married ENOCH PEAR-
          SON. The History of Miami County,
          Ohio, 1880 page 663 relates that she mar-
          ried in 1815; that she was born in South
          Carolina in 1797; that her father, Robert
          McClure was a Captain in the Revolu-
          tionary War, that the family moved to
          Ohio in 1806 and lived first in Shelby
          County. The record of the Mill Creek
          Monthly Meeting shows Rosanna
          (McClure) Pearson condemned her mar-
          riage out of unity 12/27-1817. Same
          records Rosanna Pearson, wife of Enoch,
          died 8/28-1886 and was buried in Old
          Concord graveyard.
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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

family of Robert and Margery (Pearson)
McClure, Quaker Monthly Meetings
record the following: Bush Creek
Monthly Meeting, South Carolina rec-
ords:
8/3-1800 Robert McClure received on
request.
6/27-1801 Margery and children, John,
Margaret, Mary, Margery, Robert and
Jacob received on request (Jacob not
heretofore named as a child of this fam-
ily. SMcC).
7/26-1806 Robert and family granted
certificate to Little Miami Monthly
Meeting, Ohio.
1/8-1807, Little Miami Monthly Meet-
ing records the family was received there
this date.
9/9-1809, Little Miami Monthly Meet-
ing records the family was received there
this date.
9/9-1809, Little Miami Monthly Meet-
ing disowned Mary for marrying out of
unity.
4/24-1811 Margery condemned her own
married out of unity.
The next record of this family was in the

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

          Mill Creek Monthly Meeting in Miami
          County, Ohio, to wit;
          Robert McClure died 9/11-1830. Buried
          on Mississinewa.
   The Exodus of Quaker families from South
Carolina to Ohio at the beginning of the nine-
teenth Century occasioned considerable atten-
tion. George M. Pearson quotes Eli Jay's con-
clusion regarding the cause which is here
reproduced in part:
    "Judge O'Neall's account is that 'Between
1800 and 1804 a celebrated Quaker preacher,
Zachary Dicks, passed through South Caro-
lina. He was through to have also the gift of
prophecy.  The massacres of San Domingo
were then fresh.  He warned Friends to come
out of slavery.  He told them if they did not,
their fate would be that of the islanders.  This
produced in a short time a panic, and removals
to Ohio commended, and by 1807, the Quaker
settlement had, in a great degree, changed its
population.' . . . I know it is common to at-
tribute this migration to the preaching of
Zachary Dicks.  But if we would have an intelli-

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

gent understanding of this exodus, we need
carefully consider the real, and no the appar-
ent, cause of it.  Friends at first, in common
with others, held slaves to some extent.  But
there was all the time a protest against the
practice as inconsistent with their Christian
profession. In the fifty years before 1800, they
had taken a very advanced position on the
subject.  This change had been gradual.   One
by one it was laid upon their heart and con-
science that it was wrong to hold their fello-
men in bondage, and they freed their slaves.
This conviction spread, and soon became the
concern of the whole Society,  By loving,
though persistent, persuasion, pressing the
truth, as it was apprehended, upon the con-
science and judgment of the membership, the
Society of Friends became united in forbidding
the practice of holding slaves by the members.
A query required to be answered at that time
was: 'Are Friends clear of purchasing, dispos-
ing of, or holding mankind as slaves?'  It was
remarkable how readily and generally this
course was approved and observed. The few

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

that declined were testified against as mem-
bers.  And thus the Friends cleared themselves
of slave-holding; and this position became
their accepted doctrine and practice, believing
slavery to be un-Christian and a menace to
good society and civil institutions.

JOHN McCLURE, son of Robert and Margery
(Pearson) McClure, married (first) ABIGAIL
BUFFINGTON (b 1791 in South Carolina,
d 10/18-1822 in Ohio). She was a daughter of
PETER BUFFINGTON, whom Sam. B. Sweet
described as something of a character both
during and after the Revolutionary War. (Both
Robert McClure and Peter Buffington are
listed as heads of families in the 96th District,
Newberry County, South Carolina, in the
census of 1790.)  There were born to John and
Abigail six children. These children are of the
SECOND GENERATION of descendants of
Robert McClure.

1st     Nancy McCLURE (b 12/29-1811 d
          3/12/-1885 married SAMPSON PEAR-
          SON (b 12/27-1810 d 1/5-1898).

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

2nd:   ROBERT McCLURE (b 9/26-1813 d
          8/10-1826.
3rd:   Eli McClure (b 9/27/1815) married
          MARTHA GRAYLESS.
4th:    SILAS McCLURE (b 8/19-1817 d 8/29-
          1898) married (1st) MARY ANN
          BLACKENSTAFF in 1841, married (2nd)
          JULIA ANN AMBER in 1851.
5th:   GEORGE McCLURE (b 6/15/1819 d
          8/20-1904) married ELIZABETH VAL-
          ENTINE 1/7-1847; m. DELILA FRY
          5/25/1856: m. IRENA FRY 9/8-1860.
6th:    JOHN McCLURE (b. 11/21-1821 d
          2/16/-1823),

JOHN McCLURE married (second) POLLY
(RICHARDSON) MANIGAN, (b 7/13/1796
d 12/12-1866). She was a widow with a
daughter, Mary, who alter married ——
Savage. There were seven children born to John
and Polly. They were of the SECOND GEN-
ERATION of the descendants of Robert
McCLURE.

7th:     Elisha McClure (b 10/6/-1823 d

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

          10/10/1915) married 1847 MALINDA
          GRAYLESS, (b 1831 d 1911)
  8th:  MARK McCLURE (b 1/25-1825 d
          1/18-1849)
  9th:  ABIGAIL McCLURE (b 4/15/-1827 d
          9/15-1902) married JACOB CRABILL
10th:  ADELINE McCLURE (b 8/9-1829 d
          12/9-1858; married WILLIAM SHAW
11th:  JOHN McCLURE               }
                (b 1831)                           }   Both died
12th:  ISHMAEL McCLURE        }    in infancy.
                (b 1832)                           }
13th:  ANGELINE McCLURE (b 4/29-1834
          d May 1873) married 10/27-1853
          NATHAN JOHNSON

NANCY McCLURE, dua. of John and Abigail
(Buffington) McClure, married 10/18-1832
SAMPSON PEARSON, whose great-grand-
father, Samuel Pearson, was a brother of Ben-
jamin Pearson, a great-grandfather of Nancy.
To this union eleven children were born. Her
children are of the THIRD GENERATION
of Robert McClure.

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE


1st:   MARINDA PEARSON (b 1/6-1833
          d 10/27-1840)
2nd:   NANCY ELLEN PEARSON (b 10/16-
          1835 d ____) married AMOS TAY-
          LOR; raised a family of several chidlren.
3rd:   ELI NELSON PEARSON (b 11/26-
          1837 d 6/7-1839)
4th:   SILAS PEARSON (b 2/11-1840 d ____
          Raised a family of several children.
          Wife's family name PERLEE.
5th:   YOUNG SAMUEL PEARSON (b ____
          1842 d 8/6-1903). Sam. B. Sweet's
          letter 10/2-1898 says: á "I met Young
          on the battlefield of Fort Donelson
          2/16-1862. I was a soldier in the 44th
          Regiment, Ind., and he was in the 2nd
          Iowa." HAd two children.
6th:   HENRY COATES PEARSON (b 3/9-
          1844 d 5/4-1910)
7th:   RACHAEL ANN PEARSON (b 2/15-
          1846 d 6/_ 1924)
8th:   JOHN McCLURE PEARSON (b 8.8-
          1848 d 9/19-1909)

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

  9th:  SARAH EDNA PEARSON (b 5/26-
          1851 d 5/26-1997)
10th:  GEORGE PEARSON (b 9/18-1853
          d 9/12-1854)
11th:  ANNIE PEARSON (b 10/6-1856
          d 2/21/-1901)
ELI McCLURE (b 9/27-1815) son of John and
Abigail (Buffington) McClure married MAR-
THA GRAYLESS. He died in Lefayette
County, MO. Herewith is but a partial list of
the names of their children. His children are of the
the THIRD GENERATION of descendants
of Robert McClure.
    MARINDA McCLURE—had a daugher
Marinda who married _____
    BAXTER. Lived in Phoeniz, Arizona.
    AUGUSTA McCLURE—no other informa-
tion.
    ADALINE McCLURE—no other informa-
tion.
    GEORGE McCLURE—reported killed—
no other information.
    ETTA McCLURE—no other information.
There were other sons who moved West.

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

SILAS McCLURE, son of John and Abigail
(Buffington) McClure married (first) MARY
ANN BLACKENSTAFF 1841. To this union
one children was born. His children are of the
THIRD GENERATION of descendants of
Robert McClure:

1st:   ELI McCLURE (b 12/1-1847 d 4/9-1891)
SILAS McCLURE married (second) JULIA
ANN AMBER, 1851. To this union eight
children were born.

2nd:   SARAH ELIZABETH McCLURE (b
          3/19-1852 Wabash, Ind. d 2/8-1938)
          married (first) CALEB G> SMITH 6/30-
          1867; married (second) ALEX YEARS-
          LEY.

3rd:   JOHN McCLURE (b 9.8-1853 Wabash,
          Ind. d 8/4-1926) married MARY E.
          GRIDLEY 1/9-1879.

4th:   ANDREW McCLURE (b 10/4-1855
          Hayward, Calif. d 5/31-1911) married
          LUCY HOWES January 1887.

5th:   ALFRED McCLURE (b 5/11-1857 Hay-
          ward, Calif. d 1/9-1933) married SARAH
          EPLEY 5/11-1886.

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

6th:  MARTHA McCLURE (b 6/13-1859
          California __) married WM> ALLEN
          PACKARD 1/9-1879.
7th:  ANGELINE McCLURE (b 5/27-1862
          d 8/_ 1926) married FRANK L. GUNN
          5/22-1884.
8th:  EMMA McCLURE (b 11/1-1864 San
          Leandro, Calif. d 5/3/-1947) married
          T. L. McWHORTER 11/12-1891.
9th:  GEORGE McCLURE (b 11/2-1867 ——)
          San Leandro, California.

GEORGE McCLURE, son of John and Abi-
gail Buffington Mc Clure, married three times;
first 11/7-1847 to ELIZABETH VALENTINE
(b 12/1-1822 d 9/22-1853) second 5/25-1856
to Delila FRY (b 3/18-1835 d 5/21/-1860)
third 9/8=1860 to IRENA FRY (b 11/9-1936
d 3/4-1904). His children are of the THIRD
GENERATION of the descendants of Robert
McClure. Children of First Marriage:

1st:  NELSON McCLURE (b 8/8-1848 d
          2/14/-1894) married KATE IREY 1885.
          Born in Indiana, married in Andrews
          Indiana, died in Andrews, Ind.

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       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

2nd:  MARK McCLURE (b 10/8-1850 d 9/23-
          1851) born in Indiana.

3rd:   NAOMI McCLURE (b 2/1-1852 d
          1/8-1923) unmarried. Born in Indaina,
          died in Long Beach, California.

Children of Second Marriage: (Are also of the
SECOND GENERATION of descendants of
JOHN and MARY FRY)

4th:   IVA McCLURE (b 6/27/1857 d 1/6-
          1943) amrried 1889 ROBERT E. CART-
          ER, in Kansas. Born in California, died
          in Long BEACH, California.

5th:   IDA McCLURE (b 11/8-1858 d 8/21-
          1860) born in California, died in Iowa.

Children of Third Marriage: (Are also fo the
SECOND GENERATION of descendants of
JOHN and MARY FRY)

 6th:  ORPHA McCLURE (b 6/19-1861 in
          Iowa, near Birmingham, d 9/28-1939
          in Long Beach, Calif.) unmarried.

*7th:  SILAS McCLURE (b 2/17/1865) in
          Jefferson County, Iowa m. 1/1-1898 to
*Identified by the frontispiece portait.

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          JOHN AND MARY BUCKLEW FRY

          KATHERINE ESGEN in Oskaloosa,
          Iowa. She died in Minneapolis, Minn.
          11/5/1943

 8th:  MARTHA McCLURE (b 6/22-1868
          In Talleyrand, Keokuk County, Iowa,
          married SAMUEL SHEETS, reside in
          Madison, Kansas.

 9th MARY McCLURE (b 6/22-1868) in
          Talleyrand, Keokuk County, Iowa
          married 10/30-1890 to DAN CAVES
          Fremont, Iowa. Dan died 2/1-1936, in
          Altus, Oklahoma where Mary still re-
          sides.

10th: EVA McCLURE (b 10/16/-1872) in
          Oskaloosa, Iowa.  Resides in Long
          Beach, California. Unmarried.
                         _______________

          JOHN AND MARY BUCKLEW FRY

Family of JOHN FRY, born 4/28-1810 in
Westmoreland County, Tenn. died 1/31/1864
in Allen County, Indiana.  He was married
9/27-1831 by Steven Norris in Holmes County,
Ohio to MARY BUCKLEW, born 8/27-1810
in Coshochton County, Ohio, died 1/17-1890

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in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. To this union eleven
children were born. These children were the
FIRST GENERATION of descendants of
John and Mary Fry.

 1st:  JACOB FRY born 6/27-1833 in Holmes
          C., Ohio married Mary Hardon 1/28-
          1858 Hancock Co., Ill.

 2nd:  DELILA FRY born 3/18-1835 in
          Holmes Co., Ohio married GEORGE
          McCLURE May 26, 1856 by Nathan
          Johnson in Allen Co., Ind. died May
          21, 1860 in Birmingham, Iowa.  (See
          children born to this marriage page 38)

 3rd:  IRENA FRY, born Nov. 9, 1836 in
          Holmes Co., Ohio, married GEORGE
          McCLURE Sept. 8, 1860 in Birming-
          ham, Iowa.  Died March  4, 1904 in
          Fremont, Iowa. (See children born to
          this marriage page 38)

 4th:  ELIZABETH FRY, born Sept. 9, 1838
          in Holmes Co., Ohio.  Married Oct.
          18, 1864 by Elder Bingham to Amos
          Sine in Ft. Wayne, Ind. Died 1916 in
          Ft. Wayne, Ind.

 5th:  JAMES FRY born 11/4-1840 in Holmes

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          Co., Ohio, died 1930 in Indiana (un-
          married)

 6th:  Henry Fry born 1/10-1842 in Miami
          Co., Ind. married Ellen Deturk (b 1842
          d 1930) died 1901 in St. Louis, Mo.

 7th:  Oscar Fry born 1/17-1844 in Whitley
          Co., Ind. First married Lizzie Kaufman
          3/20-1872 by Rev. B. Machlin in
          Whitley Co., Ind. Second married Ella
          Karr (b 4/23-1859 d 9/30-1938). Oscar
          died 1898.

 8th:  Rayburn Fry, born 8/14/1846 in Allen
          Co., Ind. Died through accident in
          Oakland, Calif. 8/14-1877 (unmarried)

 9th:  Loretta Fry, born 11/4-1848 in Allen
          Co., Ind. married Spencer Snodgrass
          2/20-1872 by Elder Johnson in Keokuk
          Co., Iowa, died May 15, 1904 at Corn-
          in, Kansas.

10th: William Merit Frey, born 7/28-1851 in
          Allen Co., Indiana. Died 1926 in St.
          Louis, Mo.

11th: Mary Robenia Fry, born 10/3/1856 in
          Allen Co., Ind. married Francis Marion

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SECOND GENERATION OF THE DESCENDANTS
       OF JOHN AND MARY BUCKLEW FRY

             Mauk (b 12/12-1845 d 3/15-1901)
             Mary Robenia died July 1934.
                   _______________

     SECOND GENERATION OF THE
       DESCENDANTS OF JOHN AND
               MARY BUCKLEW FRY

Daughters of Amos and Elizabeth Sine:
   Allie May Sin (b12/28-1864 d 2/20-1868)
   Mary Rosena Sine Lange (b 1865 d 10/10-
          1939)
Children of Henry and Ellen Fry:
   Elsie Fry James
   Walter Fry
Charles Fry, son of Oscar and Lizzie (Kaufman)
Fry
Daughters of Oscar and Ella Karr Fry"
   Alnora Fry (b 8/8-1882) married Wm.
          Ackerly, reside Salisbury, Md.
Myrtle Fry (b 5/6-1887( married Alva A.
          Price, reside Ligonier, Ind.
   Marguerite Fry (b 1895 d 10/1-1919)
Daughters of Spencer and Loretta Fry Snod-
grass:

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FOURTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
                     ROBERT McCLURE AND
               MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

   Edith Lucinda Snodgrass (b 4/18-1875 d
          4/19/-1941) at Corning, Kansas

   Bertha Louis Snodgrass (b 3/28-1883) resdies
          at Corning, Kansas

Ralph Herschel Mauk, son of Francis Marion
and Mary Robenia Mauk, born 5/3/-1882 in
Fort Wayne, Ind. married Miss Kione. Reside
315 Pine St., Maywood, Ill. where he is super-
intendent of Baptist Home and Hospital.

The children of Delila Fry McClure and Irena
Fry McClure (see p. 39) are also of the
SECOND GENERATION of the descendants
of John and Mary Fry.
                       _______________

           FOURTH GENERATION OF
DESCENDANTS OF  ROBERT McCLURE
   AND MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

William McClure, born 7/1-1889 in
   Andrews, Ind. Died 4/20-1942 in Compton
   California, son of Nelson and Kate Irey
   McClure.

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FOURTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
                     ROBERT McCLURE AND
               MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

*GEORGE ESGEN McCLURE, born 9/19-
       1900 in St. Louis, Mo.  Resides in Long
       Beach, California, son of Silas and Kath-
       erine Esgen McClure, Married KATH0
       LEEN SHEEHAN in Santa Ana, Calif.

Children of Martha McClure Sheets and Samuel
Sheets.

*Dora IRIS SHEETS, born 2/15-1889, mar-
       ried W. B. Simon, reside Wichita,
       Kansas.

*Nellie Irene Sheets, born 8/14-1891,
       married ______ KLINGMAN Reside Val-
       eda, Kansas.

*MARY MARJORY SHEETS, born 1/22-
       1905, married E. L. Mickle, reside
       Augusta, Kansas.

*THELMA LUCILLE SHEETS, born 5/14-
       1907 married H. E. WOODHOUSE, re-
       reside Texas City, Texas.

*All are the THIRD GENERATION of
       descendants of JOHN and MARY FRY.

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FOURTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
                     ROBERT McCLURE AND
               MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

*EDDYTH LAMBERT SHEETS, born 5/13-
       1910, married ROY MILLER, reside Ken-
       sington, Md.

Children of Mary (McClure) Caves and Dan
Caves:

*DELMAR GEORGE CAVES born 7/17-
       1892, died May 1894.

*FRED EDWARD CAVES born 12/2-1893,
       married GRACE MORRIS 2/10-1921, re-
       side Altus, Oklahoma.

*JOHN McCLURE CAVES, born 9/30-1895
       died in service 11/19-1918.

*FLORENCE ORPHA CAVES, born 7/19-
       1897, married TEAGUE S. FISHER, who
       died 6/10-1937.  Resides Cordell, Okla-
       homa.



*All are of the THIRD GENERATION OF
Descendants of JOHN and MARY FRY

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               FIFTH GENERATION OF
DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT McCLURE
 AND MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

JOHN SILAS McCLURE, born 2/22-1925 re-
   sides Los Angeles, California.
   Son of George Esgen and Kathleen (Shee-
   han) McClure

Children of Fred and Grace Caves:

   RUTH ELIZABETH CAVES, born 2/16-
          1922 married CHAUNCY BARRETT

   MORRIS WILLIAM CAVES, born 11/21-
          1923 married MARY BUDRESS 11/9-
          1946 reside Oklahoma City, Okla.

   MARY FERNE CAVES, born 9/17-1925
          married CHARLES BARRETT reside
          Oklahoma.

   FRANCIS GRACE CAVES, born 5/3-1927
          resides Altus, Oklahoma.

Children of Florence (Caves) Fisher and
Teague Risher:

   MARY TEAGUE FISHER, born 5/4-1926
          resides Cordell, Okla.

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FIFTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
                   ROBERT McCLURE AND
             MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

   DAN EDWARD FISHER, born 2/21-1929
          resides Cordell, Okla.

   JOHN STEVENSON FISHER, born 7/8-
          1930 resides Cordell, Okla.

Children of Iris (Sheets) Simon and W. B.
Simon:

   LEONA IRENE SIMON born 6/27-1916
   FLO ELLEN SIMON born 11/15-1919
   WILDA IRIS SIMON born 6/19-1921

Children of Nellie Irene (Sheets) Klingman
and __________ Klingman:

   CHARLES RUSSELL KLINGMAN born
          9/14-1914
   CRESTON SAMUEL KLINGMAN born
          12/7-1915
   MIRIAM JOYCE KLINGMAN born 5/19-
          1932

BARBARA LEE MICKLE< dau . of Mary
Marjory (Sheets) Mickel and E. L. Mickle,
born 12/28-1919 resides August, Kansas.
Children of Thelma Lucille (Sheets) Wood-
house and H. E. Woodhouse:

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          DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
           MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

   DOROTHEY JEAN WOODHOUSE, born
          9/4-1930 resides Texas City, Texas.

   DORA JUNE WOODHOUSE< born 7/25-
          1932 resides Texas City, Texas.

All are of the FOURTH GENERATION of
the descendants of JOHN and MARY FRY.
                       _______________

          DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
           MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

Family of Elisha McClure (b 10/6-1823 d
10/30-1915) son of John and Polly (Manigan)
McClure, married 9/30-1847 Malinda Gray-
less (b 3/30-1831 d 4/8-1911). To this union,
nine children were born. His children are of
the THIRD GENERATION of descendants
of Robert McClure:

1st:   RHUANNA McCLURE (b 6/4-180
          d 9/7-1895) married SAMUEL LONG.

2nd:   ALICE McCLURE (b 7/24-1852 d 8/1-
          1932) married CASSIUS ROLOSON

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          DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
           MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

3rd:   JOHN McCLURE (b 11/30-1854 d
          11/9-1940) married MARY LEE

4th:   ELI McCLURE (b 11/24-1856 d 12/27-
          1938) married MARY SCHAMMER-
          HORN

5th:   FINLEY McCLURE (b 9/24-1858) re-
          sides in Maysville, Mo. married AHT-
          TIE RIGGS (d 1942)

6th:   OLIVE McCLUE (b 11/18-1860 d
          11-8-1943) married 1894 WILLIAM
          CALDWELL

7th:   LINCOLN McCLURE (b 8/16-1864 d
          3/19-1945) married LORA MAY
          SMITH 5/27-1891

8th:   CHARLE McCLUE (b 4/16-1867)
          resdies Yukon, Okla. Married (1st)
          META HUNTER; married (2nd)
          BUENA VISTA AUTLE

9th:   WILLARD McCLURE (b 2/9-1869 d
          1/31-1944) amrried ADDIE THOMP-
          son 10/16-1889

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          FOURTH GENERATION OF
   DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
       MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

Children of Rhuanna McClure Long and
Samuel Long:
   IDA LONG MATHIS (——d 12/30-1947)
          and FRNAK MATHIS
   FRANK MATHIS, living in Riverside,
          Calif. 3/8/-1949
   EVA MATHIS, living in Phoenix, Arizona
          3/8-1948
   ROY MATHIS, deceased
Children of John and Mary Lee McClure:
   ELVA McCLURE< Dt. Joseph, Mo.
   GEORGE McCLURE, St. Joseph, Mo.
   WOODIE McCLURE, Salt Lake City, Utah
   LAWRENCE McCLURE, California (son
          of John McClure by 2nd marriade)
Children of Alice McClure Roloson and
Cassius Roloson:
   ERNIE CORNELL ROLOSON resided ST.
          Joseph, Mo.

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FOURTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
ROBERT AND MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

   MAUDE RIGGS ROLOSON.

Children of Eli and Mary Schammerhorn
McClure
   HUGH McCLURE
   ELTA McCLURE
   Ora McCLURE
   ELISHA McCLURE (deceased)
   SADA McCLURE, lives in Yukon, Okla-
          homa
   MYRTLE McCLURE, lives in Yukon,
          Oklahoma

Children of Finley and Hattie Riggs (d 1942)
McClure married January 1883:
  CLYDE McCLUE married NINA SHEL-
          MAN
   ETHEL McCLURE unmarried
   CLUADE McCLURE married (first) ADDA
          COOK, married (second) SYBEL HOLT,
          reside in Kansas City, Kansas
   FRANK McCLURE married MARTHA
          JOHNSON, live in Wyoming
   JOHN McCLURE married (first) VIR-
          GILIA BIRT, married (second)

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FOURTH GENERATION OF DESCENDANTS OF
ROBERT AND MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

   MARRIAN JENNINGS, resdie in St.
          Joseph, Mo.
Family of Lincoln and Lora May Smith
McClure
   COY McCLURE married WILLIAM ROB-
          ERTS resdie Buena Vita, Colo.
Family of Charles and Meta Hunter McClure
          — first marriage MINNIE LEE McCLURE
Charles and Buena Vista Autle McClure —
   second marriage, live in Yukon, Oklahoma.
Family of Willard and Addie Thompson
McClure
   ZELMA McCLURE married JOSIAH
          BRAY
   HAROLD MCCLURE lives in Weatherby,
          Mo.
   HERBERT McCLURE lives in Wyoming
          married FANNY JOHNSON
   ALICE McCLURE married JOHN NEW,
          Denver, Colorado
   ERNEST McCLURE, Major, lives in San
          Antonio, Texas
Family of Coy McClure Roberts and William
Roberts. Her children are of the FIFTH

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DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

GENERATION of descendants of Robert
McClure
   LORA MARIE ROBERTS married RAY-
          MOND ENTZ, Monte Vista, Colo.
   BERT ROBERTS married JEAN KEELER,
          Fort Collins, Colo.
                               _______________

DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

Family of Abigail McClure Crabill and Jacob
Crabill, eldest dau. of John and Polly (Mani-
gan) McClure. Of this union, nine children
were born. Her children are of the THIRD
GENERATION of descendants of Rorbert
McClure
    JOHNSON CRABILL (b 1/8-1852 d _____)
    MARTIN CRABILL (b 9/3-1854 d _____)
    ADALINE CRABILL (b 2/28-1860 d _____)
    ROSE ELLA CRABILL (b 3/27-1861 living
          3/8-48) married _____ FISHER
    George FAYETTE CRABILL (b 10/21-
          1862 d _____)
    ULYSSES CRABILL (b 3/4-1864 d ____)

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DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

    HENRY AMOS CRABILL (b 6/9-1865
          living 3/8/48) in Texas

    MARY AZELA CRABILL (b 1/18-1868
          living 3/8/1848) married _____ GUFFY,

    EVA IRENA CRABILL (b 4/8-1871 living
          married _____ KERNS

Family of Adaline McClure Shaw, dau. of
John and Polly Manigan McClure, and her
husband, John Show. Of this union, two
children are known by name, others of which
no information obtained. Her chldren are of
the THIRD GENERATION of descendants
of Robert McClure.
   
    ELIZABETH SHAW — known to be living
          in 1940
    JOHN SHAW — no information obtained.

Family of Angeline McClure Johnson, young-
est daugher of John and Plly Manigan
McClure, and her husband Nathan Johnson.
Of this union four children were born. Her
children are of the THIRD GENERATION
of descendants of Robert McClure.

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DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT AND
MARGERY PEARSON McCLURE

    EMMA JOHNSON (b 9/27-1857 d 8/27-
          1876) unmarried
    GEORGE JOHNSON (d about 1863 d
          11/10-1868)
    CHARLES JOHNSON (b 12/1-1865 d
          8/28-1946) married FRANCEA BAKER
          12/5-1886
    NELLIE JOHNSON died in infancy 8/12-
          1870
Children of Charels Johnson and Frances
(Baker) Johnson. His children are of the
FOURTH GENERATION of descendants of
Robert McClure:
    RALPH F. JOHNSON (b 3/5-1888)
    NELLIE FAY JOHNSON (b 12/27-1889)
          married EARLE ROBERTS
    MILDRED MAY JOHNSON (b 11/5-
          1892) married FRED WARY






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