Re: McClure, Frank 1848-1930's
MCCLURE, KNOX, BARNETT, HURST, HOAG, HAMMOND
Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email) In Response To: McClure, Frank 1848-1930's (Dennis)
Date: 9/26/2010 at 17:51:50
Dennis, I am not sure if you ever solved this puzzle since it has been some time since your initial posting. I am not related but since you had posted your query to every county in Iowa, you seemed to really want to find your great great uncle. Francis definitely was in Washington state and not Iowa.
Sarah -- Wright County, Iowa
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My research in Washington state records located the following:Francis F. McClure was born on June 24, 1847 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and died on 3 March 1935 at the Veteran’s Hospital in American Lake, Pierce County, Washington at 9:00 am. His parents are listed as James McClure and Annie Knox McClure. He had previously been a resident of the Orting Soldiers Home in Orting, Washington (file #4271); The military record file indicates that he enlisted from Patoka, Indiana on 31 January 1865 as a Private from Indiana in Company G, Indiana 143rd Infantry Regiment; He was mustered out on 17 Oct 1865 at Nashville, TN. The file further states that he had complete dementia at the time of his death; His next of kin were: Mary Elizabeth McClure Barnett, Martha Ann McClure of Strathmore, Alberta, Canada and Jennie McClure Hurst of 606 N. 7th, Garden City, Kansas. When he first applied for entrance to the Orting Soldier’s Home, he listed that he had millwright tools and a small piece of land in Huntington, British Columbia, Canada, and that he had been in Washington state since 1926. Francis McClure is buried at the Mountain View Memorial Park Cemetery, 4100 Steilacoom Blvd SW, Lakewood, WA 98499. Washington State Death Certificate # 2023294.
Here is the link to his military file:
http://www.digitalarchives.wa.gov/ViewRecord.aspx?RID=89EE9A619BBE4437CD9DE8CA705C1EB2*****************************************
An obituary for his brother, Richard McClure:
Richard McClure Passes Away As Result of InjurySUMAS, WA May 14,--Richard McClure died Saturday at his home two miles East of Sumas as the result of an injury suffered several days previously while he was plowing on his ranch. The plow caught on a root, it is believed, and caused one of the tugs of the horses' harness to break. Mr. McClure was pulled over the plow and his head was injured. Mr. McClure was a pioneer of the county, having come to Bellingham Bay in 1889. Wishing to visit Mr. Hoag, his brother-in-law, who at that time lived near the present community of Clearbrook, Mr. McClure started through the wilderness and became lost. Half famished he finally reached a ranch south of Sumas on which Mr. and Mrs. William Rich resided. He was housed and fed by Mr. Rich, who later assisted him in finding the home of Mr. Hoag. This was the beginning of a friendship between Mr. Rich and Mr. McClure that continued until the latter's death. Mrs. McClure was fatally stricken several years ago while untying her horse to return to her home after having done some shopping at Sumas. Later Mr. McClure was married to Mrs. McClure's sister, Ruby Alice Hammond and together they have carried on the work at their pretty country place of which the pioneer home was a part. Mr. McClure was 72 years of age at the time of his death. He leaves a brother who lives in British Columbia, just across the boundary line. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at the J.C. Gillies mortuary by Rev. Karl R. Gilmer, of Bellingham, former pastor of the Sumas Methodist Episcopal church. Interment was made at the I.O.O.F. cemetery.
The Bellingham Herald, Bellingham, WA May 14, 1924
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IOOF Cemetery records, Sumas, Whatcom County, Washington
McClure M. Avis A. 1856 -- 1916
McClure Richard Mar. 31 1852 -- May 10 1924Richard McClure: March 31, 1852 – May 10, 1924 (parents James McClure and Ann Knox) (wife Ruby Alice Hammond) – Washington State Death Certificate # 2022225
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