McDonough County IL Archives Obituaries.....McClure, Elizabeth October 19, 1903
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Macomb Daily Journal, October 20, 1903
Mrs. Samuel L. McClure died at the home of her son, Hugh McClure, in Chalmers 
township yesterday afternoon about 2 o’clock, aged 89 years, 7 months and 27 
days.  Funeral services will be held at Ebenezer church Wednesday morning at 11 
o’clock, interment in Camp Creek cemetery.

Elizabeth Taylor was born in Christian county, Kentucky, Feb. 22, 1814, and 
came to this state when but 2 years of age, locating in Sangamon county.  Here 
she lived until her marriage with Samuel Lewis McClure in 1835, when they moved 
to this county, locating on the farm in Chalmers township where she died.  She 
was the mother of nine children, these surviving her – James, Ness City, Kan.; 
Mrs. Nancy Norton, Cherokee, Kan.; Edward, Lyndon, Kan.; Hugh, Chalmers 
township; Lorenzo, Cherokee, Kan.; Mrs. Eleanor P. Walker, this city.

In the death of Mrs. McClure McDonough county loses another of her pioneer 
citizens, who saw this county grow from a prairie to a well settled, busy 
county.  She united with the Methodist church when a young girl and lived 
according to the doctrines of her church and the teachings of her Bible.  She 
was a kind and loving mother and admired by all who knew her.

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