Mary Brown McClure

Notes:

Obituary:
JANUARY 31, 1914 MARY BROWN McCLURE WHEELER

Grandmother of Lawrence Wheeler died Saturday Morning

Mrs. Mary Brown Wheeler, one of Princeton's old and highly
respected women, died at her home,
West Broadway, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock after a short
illness at the age of 78 years.

Funeral services will take place Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock from her late residence, Rev. C. C. Edwards
officiating, and the remains will be taken to the Odd
Fellows cemetery for interment.

The deceased had been a resident of Princeton for many
years. She was the daughter of Joseph P.
and Catherine Devin McClure. She was married to Henry G.
Wheeler in 1860, and to this union were
born 2 children, Alma and Lawrence, both now dead. The only
relative of the family is a grandson,
Lawrence Wheeler of this city, a young man in the high
school. The other members of the family are 2
sisters, Mrs. Wesley Key, of Patoka and Mrs. Nancy Hudelson
of Princeton; 5 brothers, Robert of
Kansas, William, George and Prentice of Princeton and David
of Evansville.

The many friends of the relatives will extend to them their
sympathies in this hour of bereavement.


Name, DOB, POD from Hist. of Gibson Co IN p 452; FHC
#0934905

Census:
1850 Gibson Co IN p 34A w/parents

!MARRIAGE: Gibson Co IN FHC #1434696

Mary married Henry Gibson Wheeler 18 Apr 1860, Gibson County, Indiana U.S.A.. Henry was born 20 Apr 1839, Sangamon County, Illinois; died 14 Feb 1895, Princeton, Indiana. [Group Sheet]