John F. McClure
John F. McClure, a native of Greene County, Ohio, was born on the 15th day of July, 1827. He is a son of Andrew and Jane McClure, deceased, who came from Greene County, Ohio, to Shelby County in 1834, and settled on a farm in Turtle Creek Township, where John F. McClure, subject of this sketch, passed his boyhood days working on the farm. He is a carpenter by trade, which he followed six years, and at the expiration of that time he again turned his attention to farming. June 26, 1860, he married Miss Eliza, daughter of James and Mary A. Doyle. Miss Doyle was born in Sidney, Shelby County, Ohio, May 15, 1836. Mr. and Mrs. John F. McClure settled on the farm on which they now reside. They have a family of five children, viz., Cashius M., Elmer E., Andrew R., John F., and Olive J.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883