P. S. They were taken prisoners in the fight of the 25 of March."
He married, April, 1853, Rebecca Hemphreys, (May 19, 1832-September 3, 1896) d. of Samuel Humphreys, and sister of Caroline, wife of Robert Tate Wallace, Rev. James Humphreys, Dr. William Humphreys, Captain John Humphreys, and Mrs. Jane Donald. Two children:
a. John Howard McClure, b. June 30, 1854, now living near Brookewood, Augusta Co. where he is extensively engaged in farming and stock raising.
He married Mary Stuart, daughter of Andrew Wellington McClure, Sr., and Mary Bumgardner. Four children.
(a). Hugh, b. March 12, 1889, student Virginia Military Institute. Bank Clerk, Staunton, Va.
(b). Edward Donald, b. May 3, 1891, student Washington and Lee University. Merchant, Spottswood, Va.
(c). Reba Bell, b. May 17, 1893.
(d). Mary Alice, born Jan. 14, 1901.
b. Samuel Finley McClure, b. Feb. 10, 1858.
He lives at Spottswood, Va., of the firm of Spencer & McClure, where he owns a large farm, and is one of the most honorable and successful business men of his section of the county.
He was while quite young made a deacon in Mt. Carmel congregation, and at present is one of their most efficient Ruling Elders.
He married, first, Anna McChesney, who died leaving no children.
He married, second, April 29, 1908, Mayme Smith, d. of Edward Lewis Smith and Clara Weir, both of Rockbridge County. Two children.
- (a.) Samuel Finley, Jr., b. June 24, 1909.
- (b.) Jean Weir, b. January 3, 1914.
Edward Lewis Smith was born in Rappahannock County, the son of Oliver Perry Smith and Margaret Massie.
Clara Weir was the daughter of John Weir and Margaretta Brooks, the latter a daughter of Eleanor Mayberry, of Philadelphia.
