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John N McClure

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John N McClure

Birth
Fayette County, Indiana, USA
Death
29 Apr 1919 (aged 78)
Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Forest Grove, Washington County, Oregon, USA
Plot
Lot 122, Grave 6
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John N. McClure registered for Civil War draft in July, 1863, when unmarried and a farmer in Noble township, Wabash, Indiana. He enlisted in the Union Army on 28 Dec 1863 and before leaving with his unit, he married Rebecca Jane Coble on 31 Dec 1863. According to 1870 and 1880 Census, he was a farmer in Noble, Wabash, Indiana. His Civil War pension record shows him as an invalid on 7 March 1877. The 1900 Census shows John N. McClure in Little Traverse, Michigan, as a tenant farmer. In 1910, he was a railroad engineer living in Little Traverse, Michigan. According to the obituary, John N. McClure moved to Forest Grove, Oregon in 1911, where he died of influenza in 1919.
- Contributor: M Wood (47749921)

John N McClure, aged veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this city Tuesday morning from the flu.

Born July 12, 1840 in Fayette County, Indiana and afterward moved to Wabash, Indiana where he enlisted in service December 28, 1863, Co A 89 Ind Vol Inf, and was transferred at Mobile, Alabama July 1, 1865 to Co E 26th Ind Inf Vol. He mustered out January 15, 1866 at Indianapolis, Indiana.

He was a member of James Mathews Post, No. 6, GAR.

Mr. McClure leaves a wife and one daughter; a son who enlisted in the Nave some years ago has never been heard from.

Funeral was Friday at the undertaking parlor, Rev. Ebert officiated.

[Washington County News Tims, 1 May 1919]
John N. McClure registered for Civil War draft in July, 1863, when unmarried and a farmer in Noble township, Wabash, Indiana. He enlisted in the Union Army on 28 Dec 1863 and before leaving with his unit, he married Rebecca Jane Coble on 31 Dec 1863. According to 1870 and 1880 Census, he was a farmer in Noble, Wabash, Indiana. His Civil War pension record shows him as an invalid on 7 March 1877. The 1900 Census shows John N. McClure in Little Traverse, Michigan, as a tenant farmer. In 1910, he was a railroad engineer living in Little Traverse, Michigan. According to the obituary, John N. McClure moved to Forest Grove, Oregon in 1911, where he died of influenza in 1919.
- Contributor: M Wood (47749921)

John N McClure, aged veteran of the Civil War, died at his home in this city Tuesday morning from the flu.

Born July 12, 1840 in Fayette County, Indiana and afterward moved to Wabash, Indiana where he enlisted in service December 28, 1863, Co A 89 Ind Vol Inf, and was transferred at Mobile, Alabama July 1, 1865 to Co E 26th Ind Inf Vol. He mustered out January 15, 1866 at Indianapolis, Indiana.

He was a member of James Mathews Post, No. 6, GAR.

Mr. McClure leaves a wife and one daughter; a son who enlisted in the Nave some years ago has never been heard from.

Funeral was Friday at the undertaking parlor, Rev. Ebert officiated.

[Washington County News Tims, 1 May 1919]

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