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History of Allegheny county, Pennsylvania : including its early settlement
Chicago : A. Warner Co., 1889
Cushing, Thomas, 1821
Pg. 279
ABDIEL McCLURE, ESQ., deceased, was among the prominent citizens of Allegheny Co. He was descended from that hardy Scotch-Irish Presbyterian stock so prominent in the history of Pa. The McCLURE family first settled east of the mountains, JOHN McCLURE, SR., grandfather of our subject, was one of the early settlers of Allegheny Co., and he located on and purchased the land where Homestead now stands, which tract of land was called “Amity,” and consisted of 329 1/2 acres. The original patents, granted to him May 19, 1786, are still in the possession of his descendants, and it is a fact worthy of mention that this land has continued in their uninterrupted possession for four generations, covering a period of more than a century. JOHN McCLURE, SR. was fond of the chase, and kept a pack of hounds. He traveled over Western Pa., but found no land that suited him so well as his “Homestead.” He married MARTHA DENNY. His son, JOHN McCLURE, lived a life resembling that of his father. He took great interest in politics and was a prominent whig. He married AGNES TOPPING, a native of Westmoreland Co., Pa. They were members of the Lebanon Presbyterian Church, and reared a family of ten children: JOHN, ROBERT, JAMES, MATTHEW, WILLIAM, ABDIEL, MRS. MARTHA McCREA, MRS. JANE WHITAKER, MRS. NANCY D. RISHER and POLLY McCLURE. Of these, ABDIEL married ANNE W., a daughter of DANIEL and SARAH C. (CREADY) RISHER. MRS. McCLURE was born in this county, Dec. 14, 1818, and is the mother of 8 children, five now living, viz.: SARAH R., wife of C. W. TAYLOR, of Taylor & Bullock, Liberty St., Pittsburgh; MATTHEW L; MISS MARTHA D., residing at Homestead with her mother; DANIEL R. and J. HENRY.
ABDIEL McCLURE was a republican, and held the office of county recorder from 1863 to 1866...After his term of office as recorder expired, he farmed the “Homestead,” and became interested in a wholesale business in Pittsburgh. When he sold 113 acres of land to the Homestead Bank & Life Insurance Co., of which he was a member, he very wisely set apart building lots for churches and schools. He was a contractor and builder, and established the Homestead planing-mill, which he conducted until his death. He was a ruling elder in the Presbyterian Church.
MATTHEW L. McCLURE was born in Homestead, Dec. 24, 1841, where he received his education and learned the trade of carpenter. In September 1862, he enlisted in Co. H. 14th P. C., and served with his regiment under Gens. Hunter, Averill and Sheridan in the Army of Western Virginia. At the close of the war he returned home, and was clerk for his father in the county recorder’s office; then engaged in the lumber business in Pittsburgh some three years; then worked at his trade in Erie Co. until 1874, when he returned to Pittsburgh and kept books for a wholesale grocery until 1879, and since then has been engaged at his trade, and in the planing-mill at Homestead. He was married Sept. 13, 1866, to MISS HANNAH S., a daughter of REV. JAMES F. READ, of Union City, Erie Co., Pa. MR. and MRS. McCLURE are members of the First Presbyterian Church, Homestead, and have two children, ABDIEL R. and FLORENCE L. MR. McCLURE is one of the administrators of his father’s estate, and has been councilman and assessor of Homestead.
DANIEL R. McCLURE was born at Homestead, Oct. 17, 1846; is a graduate of Duff’s College. He also attended the Penn Institute. He was deputy county recorder two years. After traveling for his health he accepted the position of bookkeeper for the old Fort Pitt Bank. He ranks among the leading business men of Homestead, and has been councilman four years. MR. McCLURE is a director of the First National Bank, and president of the Homestead Building & Loan association. He was also appointed one of the administrators of his father’s estate. He was married to MISS MARY E. GLEADALL, Feb. 22, 1876, and this union has been blessed with three children: DANIEL R., MARY G. and ROBERT M. MR. and MRS. McCLURE are members of the Presbyterian Church.
Pg. 280
J. H. McCLURE, bookkeeper, Homestead, was born Jan. 26, 1852, on the old homestead, a son of SQUIRE ABDIEL McCLURE. He was reared in Homestead, and educated in his native county. He clerked for his father in Pittsburgh for a number of years, and has been more or less identified with his father’s business. He has been twice married; first to JENNIE, daughter of JOSEPH RAMSEY, and granddaughter of MAJ. N. PATTERSON. She died leaving 3 children: J. HARRY, ANNA R. and JOSEPH R. His present wife is MARY H., daughter of AARON M. WORK, and they have one child, MARY ADA. MR. and MRS. McCLURE are members of the Presbyterian Church. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and A. O. U. W., and is a republican.
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