From "HISTORY OF THE UPPER OHIO VALLEY,"  Vol. I, page 335.
Brant & Fuller, 1890.


HARRY W. McLURE

Harry W. McLure, one of the proprietors of the McClure House, the 
leading hotel of West Virginia, was born about three miles from 
Wheeling, in Pleasant Valley, December 9, 1855.  He is a son of Capt. 
John McClure, one of Wheeling's most prominent citizens.  Mr. McClure 
was reared in Wheeling, and attended the common schools of the city, 
after completing which he entered the State university of West 
Virginia and pursued his studies at that institution about four 
years.  On his return to Wheeling he became connected with the 
Peabody Insurance company, with which he remained about three years, 
then taking a position in the office of the Pittsburgh, Wheeling & 
Kentucky railroad company.  He was in the service of that corporation 
three years and then engaged in the retail hat business in the McLure 
block.  This business he subsequently sold, and he the spent several 
months at St. Paul, Minn.  In 1886 he formed a partnership with 
Grant, Scott & Co., and the firm thus formed leased the McLure House 
for the term of six years.  Mr. Grant soon retired and was followed 
by Mr. Scott, and Mr. Frank H. Stamm then became a member of the 
firm.  Mr. McLure is also a stockholder in the Wheeling Ice & Storage 
company, and is one of the enterprising young men of the city.  He 
was married November 9, 1881, to Miss Addie Ferrel, of Wheeling, and 
to their union one daughter has been born, Sarah.

 
(Linda Fluharty)