in appearance, she was a fitting helpmeet to her strong and pioneering husband.
Her father, Richard Montgomery, a Revolutionary soldier, lived near Meadow View, Va., where he was an Elder in the Rock Spring church. Her mother was Elizabeth McCall.
James and Susan (Montgomery) McClure had ten children.
(1). Mary Anne and Eliza Jane, twins, born July 27, 1817, and died Jan. 1, 1826, and Dec. 16, 1817, respectively.
(3). Elizabeth, b. Apr. 21, 1819, d. May 12, 1877.
She m. about 1844, Alexander Mason Doak, born at Tusculum, Tenn., March 26, 1819, and died August 22, 1903. He was a son of Rev. Samuel W. Doak, founder of Tusculum College, and Sarah Houston McEwen, and grandson of Rev. Samuel Doak, D. D., founder of Washington College, Tenn., and Hester Montgomery, both originally of Augusta Co.
In the McClure burying ground near Rogersville, Tenn., there is a stone bearing the following inscription:
"In memory of our father and mother
Rev. A. M. Doak,
Aged 84 years.
Elizabeth McClure,
Aged 58 years.
"They died as they lived, Christians."
Eight children, viz:
- a. James M., b. Apr. 14, 1845, and died in the Confederate Army 1863.
- b. Sarah A.
The following obituary gives the outline of her life:
"Mrs. W. A. Kite, of Johnson City, Tenn., died on August 14, 1912, at the home of her brother-in-law, Mr. W. C. Wells, of Marvin, Tenn., and her body lies buried in the cemetery of that village.
She was born October 2, 1846, married Captain W. A. Kite, who survives her, at St, Clair, Tenn., November 2,
