John McClure and Martha Townsend married 10 October 1866 in Towns County, Georgia. Together they raised ten known children.
He served in the Civil War as a private in 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, filing for pension in 1890. He was a farmer and loved to hunt. Family members remember he led many an unsuspecting hunter over the mountains with his realistic turkey gobble hence a nickname of "Gobbling John".
His immense love of playing the fiddle also sparked the nickname "Fiddling John".
John McClure and Martha Townsend married 10 October 1866 in Towns County, Georgia. Together they raised ten known children.
He served in the Civil War as a private in 5th Tennessee Mounted Infantry, filing for pension in 1890. He was a farmer and loved to hunt. Family members remember he led many an unsuspecting hunter over the mountains with his realistic turkey gobble hence a nickname of "Gobbling John".
His immense love of playing the fiddle also sparked the nickname "Fiddling John".
Family Members
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Henry Alexander McClure
1867–1952
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Sarah Caroline McClure Nichols
1870–1963
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Margaret Eliza Jane McClure
1876–1917
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John Elisha McClure
1877–1957
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George Washington McClure
1881–1959
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Mary Elizabeth McClure Nichols
1883–1959
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Amanda Paulina ""Mandy"" McClure Howell
1886–1975
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Thomas Calvin "Gold Tooth Tom" McClure
1889–1945
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Alice Etta McClure Stephens
1891–1960
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James Taylor "Jim" McClure
1895–1961
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