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McCLURES IN VIRGINIA.
He m. on Dec. 26, 1843, Beersheba Cobb Kyle, of a prominent Hawkins Co., family. Eleven children.
- a. Sara Alice, b. June 1, 1845, living in Knoxville, Tenn.
- b. Jos. K., b. April 22, 1847. Lives near Whitesburg, Tenn. A good farmer, a loyal Presbyterian and a staunch Democrat. He married, Oct. 13, 1870, at the bride's home near St. Clair, Tenn., Hilah Morrisett, Rev. John W. Bachman, D. D., now of Chattanooga, Tenn., officiating. His only daughter, Beersheba Alice, who lives with him, was b. Aug. 12, 1877. His son, Richard Hugh, was born Aug. 26, 1879, and died May 19, 1895.
- c. Beersheba Ann, b. April 7, 1849, d. Aug. 16, 1849.
- d. James A., b. Dec. 29, 1851, d. Nov. 10, 1855.
- e. Absolom K., b. July 16, 1854, now of Pennington Gap, Va,, Farmer. He married, Oct. 13, 1887, at her mother's home in Hickory Flats, Va., Mattie W. Carnes, her brother, Rev. J. W. Carnes, officiating. They have no children.
- f. John B., b. Aug. 21, 1856, and d. Jan. 18, 1903. His widow lives in Memphis, Tenn.
- g. Mary A., b. Dec. 11, 1860, m. the late———Sevier, who d. in Knoxville, Tenn., 1905.
- h. William K., b. Nov. 9, 1863, m. June 18, 1889, in the Church Street M. E. Church, South, Knoxville, Tenn., Rev. J. W. Bachman, D. D., officiating, Eliza Parsons Lewis. She was b. Jan. 18, 1870. Her father S. Duff J. Lewis, son of a Methodist minister, was a soldier in the Confederate Army, and later connected with a wholesale house in Knoxville. Her mother, Helen Wallace Arthur, of Covington. Ky., was of a prominent and wealthy family, tracing her ancestry through her paternal grandmother to the Scotch nobility. Her brother was for a number of years a member of Congress.
