When Joel Nelson McClure was born on 23 March 1839, in Annapolis, Penn Township, Parke, Indiana, United States, 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, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 1 daughter. He lived in Edgar, Edgar, Illinois, United States in 1850 and Elwood Township, Vermilion, Illinois, United States in 1880. He died on 11 December 1907, in Dana, Helt Township, Vermillion, Indiana, United States, at the age of 68, and was buried in Friends Chapel Cemetery, Scottland, Edgar, Illinois, United States.
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The State of Indiana was near bankruptcy in 1841 due to the inability to repay interest incurred for the Massive Internal Improvement Act. The state liquidated much of its public works. Many of the projects were handed over to the state’s creditors as a way to reduce debt. Only two of the eight proposed infrastructure projects were completed by the creditors.
Historical Boundaries 1854: Parke, Indiana, United States
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Scottish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Gille Uidhir ‘son of Gille Odhar’, the ‘swarthy lad’. Compare Irish Mac Giolla Uidhir regularly Anglicized McAleer .
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