When Abbie Ann McClure was born on 11 July 1859, in Groton, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States, her father, Andrew Jackson McClure, was 23 and her mother, Abby Caroline Heath, was 21. She married Josiah Wheet on 13 May 1880, in West Rumney, Rumney, Grafton, New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 1 daughter. She died on 27 December 1927, in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Barnstead, Belknap, New Hampshire, United States.
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