Nowata Co., Oklahoma - Bio for Charles O. McClure
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MUSKOGEE AND NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA:
Including the counties of Muskogee, McIntosh, Wagoner, Cherokee,
Sequoyah, Adair, Delaware, Mayes, Rogers, Washington, Nowata, Craig,
and Ottawa. Vol. II.

by John D. Benedict

1922
The S.J. Clarke Publishing Co., Chicago 
Page 371

CHARLES O. MCCLURE 

Charles O. McClure, who is engaged in general farming and stock raising
one mile west of Delaware, was born on the 17th of September, 1870, in
Illinois, a son of George and Mattie (Powers) McClure. Both parents
were born in Illinois and the father farmed there until 1879, when he
removed to Kansas, locating near Liberty. He was active in agricultural
pursuits there until a few days previous to his death, which occurred
in 1908. Mrs. McClure died when Charles O. was but an infant. In the
family were eight sons: Harvey G., Edward A., Bert, John, Mead, Clyde,
Claude and Charles O. Harvey met his death in a passenger elevator
accident in Denver, Colorado, on the 7th of March, 1896. 

In the acquirement of an education, Charles O. McClure attended the
public schools of Liberty, Kansas, and came to Indian Territory in
September, 1883. Locating in Nowata county, he engaged in farming for
others until 1889, when he homesteaded his present place of one
hundred and twenty acres one mile west of Delaware. He has since
farmed here and raises stock, specializing in spotted Poland China
hogs, which he finds very profitable. He likewise has some milk cows
and a few head of horses. Mr. McClure has made all of the improvements
on his farm and it is one of the show places of the county with its
modern home and outbuildings. 

On the 25th of November, 1894, was celebrated the marriage of Mr.
McClure and Miss Mary V. Zane, a native of Nowata county, and a
daughter of Jefferson and Matilda (Secondine) Zane. Her mother is a
sister of Mrs. Mary Bezion and Fillmore Secondine, both prominent in
the early history of Indian Territory. To the union of Mr. and Mrs.
McClure three children have been born: Bertha Florence; O.J., who is
twenty-four years of age and a veteran of the World war; and Edward,
who was born on the 31st of July, 1899, and died on the 24th of
November, 1905. The daughter married James A. Walton, a native of
Indian Territory, who was killed on the 15th of October, 1921, by the
explosion of a gasoline engine at Burkburnett, Texas, where he was
employed by the Title Western Gasoline Company as chief engineer. He
was a prominent member of the Masonic lodge at Nowata. Mrs. Walton is
now making her home with her father. She has one child, Charles Orion,
five years of age. She is an active member of the Eastern Star Lodge
at Delaware and takes an interest in club and social activities. 

Politically, Mr. McClure gives his allegiance to the democratic party
and the principles for which it stands and his religious faith is
that of the Baptist church. He is one of the public-spirited citizens
of Nowata county, and his aid may be counted upon in the furtherance
of any movement for the betterment of the general welfare. 

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