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Samuel McClure

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Samuel McClure

Birth
Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Death
7 Jul 1888 (aged 67–68)
Grayson County, Kentucky, USA
Burial
Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky, USA Add to Map
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Samuel McClure was the fourth of the six known children of John Ashcraft McClure and Susannah Haycraft, an early pioneer family of Grayson County, Kentucky. He was born there in 1820. Early Grayson census records show the family name as McLure. Samuel married Frances J. Cravens, the daughter of John and Mary (Haskiel) Cravens, about 1841 or 1842. After the death of Frances' father, John Cravens, her mother married an unknown Raglin and an unknown Lile by whom she had other children. Lile apparently adopted her Cravens and Raglin children.

Samuel McClure and Frances Cravens were the parents of:
Theodore Augustine - b. 14 Nov 1843
-- m. America Virginia Beville
Annie Elizabeth - b. 4 Jan 1846
-- m. Absolom Marion Kerr
Mary Ellen - b. ca 1849
-- m. Abner Cave
Matilda J. - b. 1851
-- m. John Samuels
Sarah E. - b. ca 1852
Mark L. - b. ca 1854
John J. "Jack" - b. 5 May 1857
George W. - b. 15 Dec 1859
-- m. Cora
Robert Green - b. 01 Apr 1862
-- m. Mollie Landis
S. Alice - b. ca 1864
Thomas S. - b. 1867 - 1948
-- m. Amy Patterson
Sophia B. - b. ca 1868
Ida B. - b. ca 1871

Samuel McClure died on July 7, 1888 and was buried in the McClure Cemetery south of Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. His wife Frances, who died October 14, 1899, and many of his children and grandchildren and their spouses are also buried in this cemetery off Highway # 259.
Samuel McClure was the fourth of the six known children of John Ashcraft McClure and Susannah Haycraft, an early pioneer family of Grayson County, Kentucky. He was born there in 1820. Early Grayson census records show the family name as McLure. Samuel married Frances J. Cravens, the daughter of John and Mary (Haskiel) Cravens, about 1841 or 1842. After the death of Frances' father, John Cravens, her mother married an unknown Raglin and an unknown Lile by whom she had other children. Lile apparently adopted her Cravens and Raglin children.

Samuel McClure and Frances Cravens were the parents of:
Theodore Augustine - b. 14 Nov 1843
-- m. America Virginia Beville
Annie Elizabeth - b. 4 Jan 1846
-- m. Absolom Marion Kerr
Mary Ellen - b. ca 1849
-- m. Abner Cave
Matilda J. - b. 1851
-- m. John Samuels
Sarah E. - b. ca 1852
Mark L. - b. ca 1854
John J. "Jack" - b. 5 May 1857
George W. - b. 15 Dec 1859
-- m. Cora
Robert Green - b. 01 Apr 1862
-- m. Mollie Landis
S. Alice - b. ca 1864
Thomas S. - b. 1867 - 1948
-- m. Amy Patterson
Sophia B. - b. ca 1868
Ida B. - b. ca 1871

Samuel McClure died on July 7, 1888 and was buried in the McClure Cemetery south of Leitchfield, Grayson County, Kentucky. His wife Frances, who died October 14, 1899, and many of his children and grandchildren and their spouses are also buried in this cemetery off Highway # 259.


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