Bios: ROBERT C. McCLURE : Lawrence County, Pennsylvania

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  Biographical Sketches of Leading Citizens
  Lawrence County Pennsylvania
  Biographical Publishing Company, Buffalo, N.Y., 1897
  
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    ROBERT C. McCLURE,
    
    [p. 611] deceased, an ex-sheriff of Mercer County, this State, was born in
  Perry township, Lawrence County, March 22, 1839. He was a son of John and
  Ruth (Axtle) McClure, the former a native of Perry, Pa., and the latter a
  native of Lake township.
    
    John McClure was born in Ireland and came over from the "ould sod" with his
  mother when a young man, and settled in the vicinity of Sandy Lake; he was the
  oldest of the children, and, as his father was dead, he was to all intents and
  purposes the head of the family. He turned his attention to agricultural
  pursuits and was thus engaged all the active period of his life. In his
  political affiliations he was a stanch Republican but never held office of
  any description. His wife, Ruth, bore him the seven following children: Mary,
  who married John Hadley of Perry township; Zenas, who married Elizabeth
  McQuestan; Loretta, who married Josiah Long of Perry township; Robert C., our
  subject; Hannah, who married David Pattison of Perry township; Ufame, who
  married James A. DeFrance of Sandy Lake; and Emily, who became the wife of
  Lafayette Riggs of Hubbard, Ohio. They were Presbyterians in their religious
  belief. The father died in 1863, aged seventy years, and the mother was taken
  to the heavenly home in 1882, aged seventy-two years. Robert C. McClure, upon
  the completion of an education, acquired in the district schools of his
  native place, worked on a farm until he was twenty-two years of age, when he
  enlisted in Co. G, 145th Reg. Pa. Vol. Inf., Second Corps, under Capt. W. W.
  Wood; he served two years, received the commission of lieutenant for
  meritorious conduct and superior abilities, and was discharged because of
  disabilities received in the service. He then carried on farming at home
  until 1872, when in the November election of that year he was chosen sheriff
  of Mercer County, a position he filled with dignity and vigor, giving
  complete satisfaction to all law-abiding citizens, but dealing relentlessly
  with the members of the criminal classes. His energy and perseverance made
  him a valuable member of the community, and he was always ready to be
  interested in any movement intended for the public good. Socially he was an
  Odd Fellow, and also a member of the G. A. R. Post of Greenville, Pa. His
  life was spent in great part in Mercer County, and there his death took place
  in 1890; it was only after the latter sad occurrence that his widow became a
  resident of New Castle.
    
    In 1860 our subject married Isabell Pattison of Hadley, Pa., and to them
  were born five children: David, the eldest, married Emily Luce of Hubbard,
  Ohio, and has two children, Robert and Adelia; Margaret; Alexander P., who
  married Nora Douglass of Pittsburg, Pa., and has had two children, Margaret,
  deceased, and Helen; Ruth F.; and Robert, who died aged one year. The family
  are faithful in their adherence to the principles and dogmas of the
  Presbyterian Church.