Roy Thomas McClure
The true measure of individual success is determined by what one has accomplished. An enumeration of those men who have succeeded in their special vocations in Fayette county and at the same time have impressed their personalities on the commimity where they resided would not be complete without the mention of Roy Thomas McClure, the cashier of the People's and Drovers' Bank, of Washington C. H. Graduating from the Ohio University, at the age of twenty, his first practical experience in banking was gained in the People's Bank at Bloomingburg, and a short time later he started to work for the Peoples and Drovers' Bank, of Washington C. H. Such was his ability and so well did he impress the directors of this excellent financial institution that within three years, at the age of twenty-three, he was made cashier of the bank, a position wdiich he is filling with entire credit to himself and satisfaction to the directors of the bank. The success which has come to him has been the direct result of his ability and close attention to business.
Roy Thomas McClure, the only son of Joseph M. and Anna (Davis) McClure, was born October 6, 1884, in Rarden, Scioto county, Ohio. His father was a native of Highland county, this state, and lived there until his marriage, when he located in Rarden, where he engaged in the mercantile business for several years. He is now engaged in the same business in Bloomingburg, where he has been for many years. He is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons, while both he and his wife are loyal and consistent members of the Presbyterian church. They have two children, Roy T . and Eva. who is still living with her parents.
Joseph M. McClure is the son of Thomas and Martha (McCague) McClure, natives of Ohio. Thomas McClure was an undertaker at Sinking Springs, in Highland county, this state, where he and his wife died several years ago. They were the parents of four children, George, Robert, Margaret and Joseph M., the father of Roy T. McClure. The parents of Joseph McClure's wife were Thomas and Elizabeth (Ralston) Davis, natives of this state, who lived in Scioto county, and were farmers there all of their days, dying in that county at an advanced age. Thomas Davis and wife were the parents of seven children, Steele, James. Ellis. Sarah, Ross. Mattie, and Anna, the wife of Joseph M. McClure.
Roy T. McClure was reared in Bloomingburg from the time he was four years of age. He attended the common and high schools of that place and then entered Ohio University, from which institution he graduated in 1904, being one of the youngest graduates who ever completed the course in that institution. While in college he became a member of the Ohio Gamma chapter of P'hi Delta Theta. His first practical experience in banking was obtained in the People's Bank at Bloomingburg; he later accepted a position in the People's and Drovers' Bank at Washington C. H. This bank is the oldest in the city, having been organized in 1864, and is now the largest bank in the city. Mr. McClure began at the bottom in this bank and within three years attained the position of cashier, and for the past six years has been filling this position in a most satisfactory manner.
Mr. McClure was married October 2, 1907, to Eva Lucile Feurt, the daughter of William A. and Lydia (Brown) Feurt, and to this union has been born one daughter, Enid Lynette, and one son, Joseph Feurt. Mrs. McClure was born in Maryville, Missouri, and her parents are now residents of Chicago. Mrs. McClure has one brother, Fred, living.
Politically. Mr. McClure is a member of the Republican party, but has never been active in political affairs. The nature of his profession is such as to prevent him from being active in the councils of his party, and office holding has never held out any attractions for him. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church. Mr. McClure is a member of the Free and Accepted Masons.
From History of Fayette County Ohio - Her People, Industries and Institutions by Frank M. Allen (1914, R. F. Bowen & Company, Inc.)