Source:  Goodspeed’s History of Lawrence, Wayne, Perry, Hickman, and Lewis Counties Tennessee, published 1886

H.D. McClure, M.D., a prominent physician and citizen of Wayland Springs, Tenn., was born in Alabama in 1853, son of Harvey B. and Rebecca (Herbert) McClure, who were born in Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. The father was a farmer by occupation, a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church South and a Democrat in politics. He died in Alabama in 1869. Our subject’s early days were spent on a farm, and in attending the country schools. He was salesman in a family grocery store for two years, after which he resided on a farm until 1873. He then began studying medicine under Dr. S. B. Herbert and remained with him for three years. He then practiced with the Doctor for three years, when they dissolved partnership, and Dr. McClure has since practiced his profession alone, meeting with merited success. In 1878 he wedded Emma Alford, who was born in Tennessee in 1861, and is the mother of three children: Maudie R., Fannie S., and Claudie A. Mrs. McClure’s parents were James M. and Fannie (Childress) Alford. Dr. McClure is a member of the Masonic fraternity and a Democrat, casting his first presidential vote for S. J. Tilden.

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