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About Matthew McClearn
- Matthew McClearn (April 8, 1802 – January 18, 1865) was a merchant, ship owner and politician in Nova Scotia.
- He represented Liverpool township in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1855 to 1859. He was born in Port Mouton, Nova Scotia, the son of Robert McClearn and Sarah West.
- McClearn captained ships in the trade with the West Indies for his uncle Joseph Freeman.
- In 1830, he married Sophia Darrow.
- He acquired his own schooner in 1843 and used it to transport goods between Liverpool, Nova Scotia and Halifax.
- He died of yellow fever in Tobago.
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