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IRA McCLURE, miller; P. O. German. The subject of this memoir is a native of this county, born in Washington Township in 1845; he is the son of Geo. McClure, a native of Pennsylvania, who emigrated to this county in 1836 and located in Washington Township, near Nashville, a place then of considerable note; here he engaged in milling, which he continued eight or ten years; he then disposed of his mill property and purchased what was known as the John Clapp farm, near the same place, and engaged in farming; after controlling this for four years, he sold out and bought the Chenoweth farm, in the same township, joining the Indiana line, five miles south of Union City; here he continued till his death, which occurred in 1871 ; his wife survived him till 1879, when death’s messenger summoned her to join him. Our subject was raised upon a farm, the summers of his early life being spent in its duties, and his winter months devoted to the acquisition of knowledge in the common schools; he remained at home till the year 1869, when he purchased the flouring-mill at Palestine, which he has since been successfully managing; he has in the meantime bought and sold grain to some extent; has never been a political aspirant, but in 1878 he was elected to the office of Justice of the Peace, the duties of which he still continues to discharge with commendable zeal, and satisfaction to his constituents. He has been married twice; his first marriage he celebrated with Miss Sarah Skidmore, a native of this county, in 1869; one child, now deceased, was born; his second marriage was consummated in 1872, with Miss Rebecca Musselman, a native of this county; three children are the fruits of this second union—Benjamin F., Capitola, Henry Edmund. Mr. and Mrs. McClure are both consistent members of the Disciples Church of Palestine.