DARKE COUNTY OHIO ************************************************************* File contributed to the Montgomery County, Ohio Biographies Project by: Billy J. Baker billybak@erols.com April 24, 2000 ************************************************************** William G. Cutler's History of the State of Nebraska First published in 1882 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL. Johnson County -- THOMAS McCLURE, farmer and stock raiser, Section 23, Elk Creek P. O., was born and reared in Darke County, Ohio, and came to Nebraska in 1860 and has been actively identified with the agricultural and stock industries of this locality since. In 1860 he was married in Iowa to Miss Ellen Ball, who was born in Ohio. They have a family of one son and five daughters, Hannah F., Hester E., Ira T., Mina, Idella and Daisy E. Mr. McClure has been actively identified with the growth and development of the social life of his locality.