Background
Mcclure, Alexander Wilson was born on May 8, 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Mcclure.
Mcclure, Alexander Wilson was born on May 8, 1808 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Thomas and Mary (Wilson) Mcclure.
Graduate Amherst College, 1827, Andover Seminary, 1830.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, 1832. Pastor 1st Congregational Church, Malden, Massachusetts, 1830-1843, 48-51, Dutch Reformed Church, Jersey City, New Jersey, 1851-1865. Editor Christian Observatory, Boston, 1847-1850.
Secretary American and Foreign Christian Union, 1855-1857, pastor of Rome chapel maintained by organization, 1855. Editor Christian World, 1855-1857. Author: The Life Boat.
An Allegory; Lives of the Chief Fathers of New England, 2 vols., 1846.
Married Mary Gould, 8 children.