Biography of  James A. McClure, page 690.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

James A. McClure is among the prominent citizens of Keyser Township, and no 
one is more worthy of extended notice in the history of the township than 
he.  He is a native of Indiana, born near Fort Wayne, Allen County, Dec. 18, 
1838, the only son of William and Eve (Moody) McClure, of Ohio and 
Pennsylvania birth, respectively.  His mother died when he was three months 
old and he was adopted into the family of his Grandfather Moody, of De Kalb 
County, Ind.  He remained with his grandfather during his minority and 
attended the common schools, subsequently taking a thorough course of study 
at Fitch’s Seminary, in Allen county, Ind.  After leaving school he worked a 
year for $80, which he applied as part payment for fifty-five acres of land, 
for which he was to pay $575.  Energetic and of unlimited perseverance, with 
a bright and hopeful disposition, obstacles were overcome and hardships 
endured.  Adverse circumstances which would have discouraged many, were 
endured by him with a cheerfulness and a more determined will to succeed, 
and from poverty he has reached a life of affluence and a position of 
usefulness and prominence in the county.  His farm, which contains 135 
acres, is one of the best in the township.  He has served in different 
official relations, among them Assessor four years.  Politically he is an 
uncompromising Democrat.  Mr. McClure was married Aug. 30, 1865, to Sarah 
J. Swihart, daughter of Samuel and Harriet Swihart.  They have three 
children---Clara A., William Warren and Samuel E.

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