John McClure, Jefferson Co., PA resident by 1860
Looking over census records I find that John McClure who appears in the census records for Washington Township of Jefferson County, PA in 1860 and 1870 is the father of Mary McClure who married John Atwell Smith and resided in Washington Township, Jefferson County. (She shows up as head of the Smith household in the 1900 census after John died in a mining accident, though one online transcription lists them as Schell; the images available from Ancestry.com are clear though. 1890 is famously missing, of course.) This would made John McClure my ggg grandfather.
It appears John McClure was born in Ireland (presumably Northern Ireland) in about 1823. He emigrated some time before1853, since his son John (Jr.) was born in Pennsylvania 6 years prior to the census conducted in June 1860.
John (Sr.) married Mary Ann Hutchison, probably bef. 1853 in Pennsylvania. This is slightly less certain, but I think she was born in about 1828, probably to Samuel or John Hutchison,both natives or Ireland as well. It appears Mary Anne's mother was not living by the time of the 1850 census (Mary was 23), but may have been an Orr, likely the sister of a Christiana Orr. These Hutchisons may have lived in New York state for a time prior to 1850.
Back to John McClure, he doesn't seem to be in the same area at the time of the 1850 census. A search finds many possible candidates, including a couple in Alleghany County, Pa. But there are John McClures all over the map in the U.S. for this time period, and for all I know he may still have been in Ireland at that time.
Does anyone have any additional information that could help narrow down this search?
-- Frank Taylor, Concord, N.C.
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Patricia Taylor 8/18/09
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