Semi-weekly herald., 1912-08-22
McCLUER LAID
TO REST YESTERDAY

III hEST 1ESIEkDA ].
Yesterday afternoon at l o'clock
more than 200 people assembled at
the Baptist church on the Florida
mesa to attend the last services in
honor of the late Timothy j. Mcclure,
who passed away in Guaymus, Mex
leo, about ten days ago. Rev. Mr..
Gunby of the M. E. church, south, of
this city, delivered comforting and
appropriate address using as his text
the first two verses of the fourteenth
chapter of st. John.
At the Hood cemetery on the Flo
rida where interrment took place the
Masons conducted impressive servies
according to their ritual. 1t seemed
especially fitting that his final rest
ing place should be in the community
where the best years of his life were
spent.
Mr.. McCluer was southerner by
Firth. His family were numbered
smong the prominent people of Ala
lama and Maryland. At an early age
he moved with his parents and elj-
er brother to Missouri. Soon his
father died and he was thrown
practically upon his own resources.
His brother made frequent trips to
the Pacific coast in the wake Of the
49-ers to sell them the necessities
of life. Timothy McCluer although
still early in the teens, usually made
the journey with him and did mans
work.
When the war broke out in '61 he
left the vicinity of Denver, which
was then his headquarters, and enl.st-
ed in the confederate army. The
brother at the same time Unlisted
with the Federal army and rose to
the rank of colonel On one occas-
sion he captured a company of men
in which his brother was numbered.
Shortly after the close of the war the
subject of this sketch returned to
Colorado, this time to the section of
the country around Pueblo. It was
here he met and wooed and won Miss
Nellie Gallagoes, the little lady who
proved such a good wife and mother.
Early in the '70's Mr.. McCluer and
his bride settled on a fersi!e tract OF
land on the lower Florida. Here their
children were born aud grew to ma
turity. Their eldest son Holbert was
the first white child born in La Pia
Ia county and when the other child
rem followed, the offspring of the H.
dians were far more numerous than
those of the whites.
In addition to his agricultural in
terests Mr.. McCluer engaged in stock
raising and soon became an important
factor in the commercial life of this
section.
The McCluer home was one where
unbounded hospitality was extended
Everybody was given a cordial well
come and no accommodation was toe
much trouble for the man who was
such a splendid citizen as well as
neighbor to extend.
Mr. McCluer ably represented La
Plata county in the legislature when
this county included Mon.ezuma in its
borders.
The restless, aggressive spirit OF
the pioneer made him anxious to ex-
plore new fields and meet new prob
lens so few years ago he Journey
ed to Old Mexico where he invested
heavily in real estate. 1t was while
down there giving his property per-
sonal supervision that the end of his
life came, and that without warning.
He had lived beyond the allotted
three score years and ten, and few
have been privileged to enjoy fully
life than his. Few will be more great
ly missed in their own family circle
Today the loved ones, those bowed
down with sorrow by his loss, are
in addition to his wife, four sons, Hol-
bert, Joe, Tim,jr., and Dave and three
daughters, Mrs. Merrick, Mrs. Apper-
son and Mrs. Bohlick Three children
have preceded him to the great be-
yopd. 1t is beside these and his aged
mother he was placed to rest.