McCLURE, GEORGE T.

MCCLURE, MCLENAHAN

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Date: 10/4/2001 at 09:04:38

From the book "The History of Clinton County Iowa" by L. P. Allen (1879) Pages 669-697
Biographical Sketches of Clinton Residents

GEORGE T. McCLURE, foreman of Lamb & Sons saw-mill, Riverside; was born in Terre Haute, Ind., in 1831; he was brought up there, and came to Iowa in November, 1855, to Charlotte, Clinton Co.; in 1859, he came to Clinton and entered the employ of C. Lamb, and, with the exception of one year, he has been with Mr. Lamb and Lamb & Sons since then, and is one of the oldest employes in the mills. He married Mary S. McLenahan, from Ohio, in 1872; they have one son -- George F.; he has five children by a former wife -- John D.C., William W., Franklin J., Ella and Maria B.