HISTORY OF KENTUCKY AND KENTUCKIANS, E. Polk Johnson, three volumes,
Lewis Publishing Co., New York & Chicago, 1912.  Common version, Vol. III,
p. 1149. [Franklin Co.]

RICHARD KNOTT McCLURE--One of the most prominent representatives of the
mercantile life of Frankfort is Richard Knott McClure, who not only holds a
secure position as a business man, but represents one of the leading
families of this part of the state.  He was born at Owenton, Owen county,
Kentucky, on September 16, 1847, his parents being John D. and Agnes (Todd)
McClure.
     He is of Scotch-Irish descent, his father having been born in the
North of Ireland.  The parents of John D. McClure recognized the
opportunities presented by the new world and crossed the Atlantic to claim
their share of them when he was but eight years of age.  They located in
Chillicothe, Ohio, and there John D. McClure remained until he was eighteen
years of age, when he came to Kentucky and engaged in mercantile pursuits
in Owenton.  He married Miss Agnes Todd, of Frankfort, Kentucky, a member
of the old and highly respected family of the Blue Grass state.  Her father
was a Virginian and of Scotch lineage and her mother was a Montague.  John
McClure continued in the mercantile business until his demise, which
occurred at the age of fifty years.  He reared a large family of children,
nine of whom lived to maturity.
     Richard Knott McClure was one of the younger children and at the time
of his father's death was a lad only about ten years of age.  The mother
removed with her family to Frankfort and it was in this city that Mr.
McClure received his public school education.  Very early in life he found
it expedient to enlist himself among the wage earners and he followed in
the footsteps of his lamented father by choosing a mercantile career.  He
began in the capacity of a clerk and in 1870 he and his brother, Albert H.
McClure, engaged in the boot and shoe business, this association lasting
about fifteen years.  The firm was subsequently changed to that of R. K.
McClure & Sons, and in the meantime the line of merchandise had changed and
become of a general character.  Mr. McClure has encountered the most
thorough success.  The R. K. McClure establishment is the most popular and
substantial department store in Frankfort.  It occupies quarters in the
seven-story office building known as the McClure building, a handsome
edifice completed in 1908, the same having been built by Mr. McClure and
his son, Albert H., the son being the prime mover of the enterprise.
Albert H. McClure has indeed inherited the commercial sagacity of his
father and grandfather, and a great measure of the success and prestige
attending the McClure department store is no doubt due to his initiative.
     In 1870, at Frankfort, Mr. McClure was united in marriage to Miss
Sallie Hudson, a native of Franklin county, Kentucky, and to them have been
born four children, namely: William H., Albert H., Harriet and Richard K.
     For more than thirty years Mr. McClure has been a ruling elder in the
Presbyterian church, and he has given cheerful and effective furtherance
to many good causes.  Although he takes an interest in public affairs,
particularly in those questions effecting the general welfare, he has
never been active in politics.

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Owenton-Owen-KY OH VA Ireland

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