Clarke courier. [volume] (Berryville, Va.) 1869-1997, 1903-01-28
Visits and SaddenS Homes in
Town and County.
OLD AND RESPECTED CITIZENS GONE
DR.. ]. n. G. MCGUIRE Dr.. R. K. Meade
Mr.. Hilary Burch Mrs. Daniel knight.
DR.. ]. NJ. G. MCGUIRE

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died very suddenly. He had been
in feeble health for some months.
but his death came n great
shock to the host of people with
whom he was acquainted.
Shortly after one o'clock. the
members of his family left him i'm
his room. resting on a couch. read
ing newspaper. \ few minutes
later DIR. j. Edward Harris. who
was staying nj the same house.
went to the room to speak 10 him.
and found that the end had come
swiftleSslv and painlessly.
DR.. James Mercer Garnctt Nc
CURE. ~on of Rev. John Peyton
Mcclure and Maria Mercer Gar
nett. was born At the home of his
grandfather. Hon. James Mercer
Garnet, "Elmwood." in Essex
county. Va. April 20. lS33.
He grew up at The Parsonage. -
in Essex county. leaving there i'm
1852. when his father became the
Rector of the Episcopal High
School. near Alexandria. Va. He
was educated AT tire University of
Virginia, aftcrward studying med
icinc with his kinSman. DR.. Hugh
Holmes Mcclure. of Winchester.
and completing hiS medical educa-
ton at the jefferson Medical Col
lege in Philadelphia.
He married first. February 26.
1864, his cousin. Miss Betty Holmes
Mcclure, daughter of DR.. VIM. ID.
Mcclure. of Norwood" Clarke
county. Va. Mrs. Mcclure died
May t. 1874. leaving seven child
rem. of whom two-MrS. VIM. r.
Lewis, of Berryville, and Charles
Z. Nj. Mcclure. of Hoboken. y.
J.-are still living.
He practiced his profession with
great success in and around Alex
andria until the war. He then
entered the army aS First Lieu
tenant of the Alexandria Artillery
Company. but very soon. 10y the
advice of his friends and believing
that he could in that way render
more valuable service 10 his State.
he became Surgeon and served
in the Stonewall Brigade until the
close of the war.
He was with his command from
Manassas to AppomattoX. except
for several months spent in a
Northern prison awaiting an ex-
change. and took part in the con-
Sultation over General jackson
when he was wounded.
After the war he taught school
in Richmond for several years with
his brother, Mr.. John =. Mcclure.
and then removed To this county.
where he farmed and practiced his
profession until his sudden death
from heart disease last Saturday.
DIR. Mcclure married second
time April 30, 1884, Mrs. Elizabeth
Key Ware Britton, daughter of
Col. Josiah Ware, of Clarke
county, who survives him.
he leaves. in addition to his wife
and children. one brother. Mr..
John p. Mcclure. of Richmond.
and three sisters, Mrs. John Johns.
of Baltimore. Mrs. Kinloch Nelson.
of Elicott City, Md. and Mrs.
Philip W. Nelson, of Albemarle
county, Va.
He was respected and beloved
by all who knew him. and was a
gentleman of courtly and polished
manners.
The funeral took place yesterday
at II O'Clock, from Grace EpiSco-
pal Church, and the interment was
made in the church cemetery.
\ large concourSe of friends and
relatives of the deceased gathered
from all parts of the county. a.
well aS from points i'm Virginia
and Maryland, and listened with
bowed heads and aching hearts
while the Rector, Rev. Edward
Wall. spoke the few simple woxdS
over their loved one.
The pallbearcrS were:
Active-R. Powell Page. Chas.
Nj. Broun, j. =. Ware. Louis
Welton, j. w. Bell. and Frank
Galloway.
Honorary Conrad Kownshr
Marshall Mccormick, Province
Mccormick. =. X. Harris. ,Judge