Joel Nelson McClure

Joel Nelson McClure was born on 23 March 1839, in Annapolis, Penn Township, Parke, Indiana, his father, Mordecai McClure, was 44 and his mother, Mary Ann Vickers, was 34. He married Almyra Vinetta Mason on 28 March 1878, in Paris, Edgar, Illinois. They were the parents of at least two sons and one daughter. He lived in Edgar, Illinois, in 1850 and  Vermilion, Illinois, in 1880. He died on 11 December 1907, in Dana, Vermillion, Indiana, at the age of 68, and was buried in Friends Chapel Cemetery,  Edgar, Illinois. He was a Sargent in the 5th Missouri State Calvary Militia. He was my Great great grandfather on my grandmother's paternal side. When my grandmother was 3 years old, her mother passed away and her father (Joel's son) left the 5 kids in the care of their maternal grandmother. My grandmother had little contact with her paternal side from then on. Because of that, I grew up with little knowledge or information from my grandmother about that side of the family. I have great pride in my ancestor serving his country in the Civil War and extremely grateful he returned home safely. --Luanne Kane