Mrs. Mary McCLURE, pioneer resident of Beaver County, Okla., and Lipscomb County, died Saturday afternoon, January 4 at her apartment in the Higgins Hotel in Higgins, having been confined to her bed for a week suffering from a broken hip. Funeral services and burial were held at Higgins, January 5.
Grandma McCLURE, as she was so well known, was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1842, and was 98 years, nine months and six days of age when she died. In 1864, when she was 22 years old, she united in marriage with Mr.Tip W. McCLURE, who was a Union soldier and who served throughout the Civil War, being twice wounded.
At the close of the war, he came to claim his bride and they decided to go west in search of a home and their fortune. They settled at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, 1866, where they lived until Mr. McCLURE's death in 1879. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
After Mr. McCLURE's death at Medicine Lodge, Grandma McCLURE and her children came to Beaver County, Oklahoma or "No Man's Land," as it was better known at that time, and located on Coon Creek near old Sod Town. They lived there until 1887 when Lipscomb County was organized. In Lipscomb County she became the first school teacher in the county. She taught until 1891, after which she moved to Beaver County to teach. After retiring from teaching, she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Black, with whom she was living at the time of her death.
Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX)-January 16, 1941.
Grandma McCLURE, as she was so well known, was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1842, and was 98 years, nine months and six days of age when she died. In 1864, when she was 22 years old, she united in marriage with Mr.Tip W. McCLURE, who was a Union soldier and who served throughout the Civil War, being twice wounded.
At the close of the war, he came to claim his bride and they decided to go west in search of a home and their fortune. They settled at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, 1866, where they lived until Mr. McCLURE's death in 1879. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
After Mr. McCLURE's death at Medicine Lodge, Grandma McCLURE and her children came to Beaver County, Oklahoma or "No Man's Land," as it was better known at that time, and located on Coon Creek near old Sod Town. They lived there until 1887 when Lipscomb County was organized. In Lipscomb County she became the first school teacher in the county. She taught until 1891, after which she moved to Beaver County to teach. After retiring from teaching, she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Black, with whom she was living at the time of her death.
Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX)-January 16, 1941.
Mrs. Mary McCLURE, pioneer resident of Beaver County, Okla., and Lipscomb County, died Saturday afternoon, January 4 at her apartment in the Higgins Hotel in Higgins, having been confined to her bed for a week suffering from a broken hip. Funeral services and burial were held at Higgins, January 5.
Grandma McCLURE, as she was so well known, was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1842, and was 98 years, nine months and six days of age when she died. In 1864, when she was 22 years old, she united in marriage with Mr.Tip W. McCLURE, who was a Union soldier and who served throughout the Civil War, being twice wounded.
At the close of the war, he came to claim his bride and they decided to go west in search of a home and their fortune. They settled at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, 1866, where they lived until Mr. McCLURE's death in 1879. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
After Mr. McCLURE's death at Medicine Lodge, Grandma McCLURE and her children came to Beaver County, Oklahoma or "No Man's Land," as it was better known at that time, and located on Coon Creek near old Sod Town. They lived there until 1887 when Lipscomb County was organized. In Lipscomb County she became the first school teacher in the county. She taught until 1891, after which she moved to Beaver County to teach. After retiring from teaching, she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Black, with whom she was living at the time of her death.
Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX)-January 16, 1941.
Grandma McCLURE, as she was so well known, was born at Crawfordsville, Indiana, March 27, 1842, and was 98 years, nine months and six days of age when she died. In 1864, when she was 22 years old, she united in marriage with Mr.Tip W. McCLURE, who was a Union soldier and who served throughout the Civil War, being twice wounded.
At the close of the war, he came to claim his bride and they decided to go west in search of a home and their fortune. They settled at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, 1866, where they lived until Mr. McCLURE's death in 1879. To this union six children were born, two of whom died in infancy.
After Mr. McCLURE's death at Medicine Lodge, Grandma McCLURE and her children came to Beaver County, Oklahoma or "No Man's Land," as it was better known at that time, and located on Coon Creek near old Sod Town. They lived there until 1887 when Lipscomb County was organized. In Lipscomb County she became the first school teacher in the county. She taught until 1891, after which she moved to Beaver County to teach. After retiring from teaching, she made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Jim Black, with whom she was living at the time of her death.
Ochiltree County Herald (Perryton, TX)-January 16, 1941.
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