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Centennial History of Grant county, Indiana 1812-1912, Vol. II
Compiled from the Records of the Grant county Historical Society,
Archives of the county, Data of Personal Interviews, and
Other Authentic Sources of Local Information
pub. Lewis Publishing Company, Chicago and New York - 1914


      Pg. 695-696

      ERASTUS P. McCLURE

      Belonging to the well known McCLURE family of Marion and Grant county,
      Indiana. ERASTUS P. McCLURE has ably upheld the traditions of that family
      for integrity and fair dealing. He was born and has always lived in the
      city of Marion and no man has been more active in every movement pertain-
      ing to the welfare of his home city than has MR. McCLURE. He has been for
      many years one of the prominent business men of the town and has taken an
      active part in political and civic affairs, giving willingly of both time
      and money.

      ERASTUS P. McCLURE was born on the 17th of February, 1845, in the old
      McCLURE homestead, on the corner of Adams and Branson streets, now located
      in the principal retail business district. He is the son of SAMUEL and
      SUSANNAH (FURROW) McCLURE, who are mentioned at greater length elsewhere
      in this volume. His father was one of the earliest and most prominent
      residents of this section and his death in 1889 was a great loss to the
      community.

      The Marion public schools furnished ERASTUS McCLURE with his elementary
      education, and after he had completed the high school courses he entered
      the Indiana State University, only remaining there one term. He was eager
      to enter the business world and considered the training of a business
      college of more value to him at this time than that of the university. He
      therefore matriculated at Toledo Commercial College, where he remained for
      one term. he then returned to Marion and went into business. He conducted
      the store in partnership with his father, becoming a successful merchant,
      and was also engaged in farming. For the past twenty years he has been
      engaged in the handling and shipping of live stock, and is the owner of
      the farm which his father owned and operated, lying just east of the city
      of Marion. In all of his business relations he has been exceedingly
      careful to maintain the honorable name which his father left him and no
      man in the city is more highly respected than is E. P. McCLURE.

      His activity in civic matters has kept him much in the public eye. He was
      one of the first park commissioners of the city of Marion and helped to
      plan and lay out Matter Park. He was president of the Commercial Club in
      Marion for many years and was a member of the building committee that had
      in charge the erection of the Commercial Club building. In politics MR.
      McCLURE is a member of the Republican party and has always taken great
      interest in politics, formerly being very active, although he confined his
      activities to working for his friends, caring nothing for political honors
      for himself. He was made delegate at large to the Republican National
      convention in 1904.

      MR. McCLURE was married in November, 1867, to CELIA CAREY, a daughter of
      SIMON CAREY, who was a former jeweler of Marion. MRS. McCLURE died in 1906
      on the 10th of December, having become the mother of three children, two
      boys who died in childhood and one daughter, who is now MRS. HARRY
      CROSLAN, of Marion.

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