When Elijah J. McClure was born on 12 July 1848, in Boone, West Virginia, United States, his father, Elijah McClure, was 48 and his mother, Rhoda Pauley, was 36. He married Susan Elizabeth Clark on 21 October 1868, in Kanawha, West Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 7 sons and 4 daughters. He lived in Kanawha, Virginia, United States in 1860 and Washington District, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States for about 30 years. He died on 29 March 1917, in Logan, West Virginia, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in McClure Cemetery, Lincoln, West Virginia, United States.
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