Whereas
ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is
even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
James 4:14
As he purchased that Ticket that Sabbath afternoon how was he to know that an hour later he would be gasping his last breath on the train?
"THOMAS W McCLURE
Death of Lieut. McClure.
WABASH, Ind., Nov. 13.—News was received here today of the sudden death Saturday evening of Lieut. Thomas W. McClure, long a resident of Wabash but who lately has been making his home. In Chicago.
Death of Lieut. McClure.
WABASH, Ind., Nov. 13.—News was received here today of the sudden death Saturday evening of Lieut. Thomas W. McClure, long a resident of Wabash but who lately has been making his home. In Chicago.
--He had
been In Arkansas on a business trip and at Rogersburg, Mo., Saturday
afternoon bought a ticket to Chicago and boarded a chair car.
--An hour
later he was discovered prostrated in his seat, and had barely
strength to gasp that he had written his name on a piece of paper in
his pocket, and then fell back dead.
--His body was taken from the
train, placed in a casket and sent to his wife.
Mr. McClure was for
many years a prominent resident of Wabash and served two terms as
councilman from the Second ward. He was born Oct. 4. 1833. in Fountain
county, Ohio.
He moved to Wabash in 1858; and at the opening of the
war joined the Fourteenth Indiana Battery. Later he became second
lieutenant of the First Alabama Heavy Artillery, composed of Negroes.
He was with these soldiers' at the massacre at Fort Pillow, April
21,1864, and heard the order by General Forrest to spare neither
whites nor blacks. The subordinate officers did not obey the
instruction, however, and Lieutenant McClure was one of the five, of
the nineteen officers, who escaped the sword.
Mr. McCIure has lived
several years in Chicago. Death, it is presumed, was due to heart
disease.
Date: 1899-11-15; Paper: Indiana State Journal"
Date: 1899-11-15; Paper: Indiana State Journal"