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Note: N142 1870 census shows name as “Clarisa”. Nickname perhaps, as all other records show name as “Clara”.
1880-Living with parents in Prescott, working as dressmaker? (single, age 23)
1888 - Sept 8; St. Paul Daily Globe: “Mrs. J. W. Howe of St. Hilliar, Dak. is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Carlos McCray.”
1900 Census - ( 4 June) Jos W(44) and Clara(43) are living in Prescott WI with Lucinda Howes, (88), Joseph’s mother. Joseph is a hardware salesman.
1900 Census - Clara(42) and Joseph (43) are living in Duluth Ward 4, Saint Louis, MN. They have been married 18 years. Clara had no children. Joseph is in manufacturing and lives in a mortgaged house, not a farm.
1905 Wisconsin State Census - Joseph W Howe (49), Clara (48), and Alice McCray (35) are living in Prescott, Pierce, WI. Joseph is a farmer, Alice a school teacher.
1910 Census - Joseph (54) and Clara (53) are living in Prescott, Pierce Co., WI. Joseph is a farmer.
1920 Census - Joseph (64) and Clara (62) are living in Prescott, Pierce Co., WI. Lucile Howes (17), their grandniece, is also in the home. Joseph is a farmer.
1930 Census - Clara Howe (72) widowed, living in Prescott, Pierce, WI. Birth year given as 1858.
1940 Census - Clara M Howes (83) and Ellen McCray (79) are living together in Prescott, Pierce, WI. Ellen is a housemaid; both completed 4 years of college. They were in the same house (rented) in 1935. Clara is “unable to work”
Taught school for a time in North Dakota (Fargo?)
“The Independent Order of Good Templars, Lodge No. 319, was organized September 25th,
1876, with eighteen charter members. The first officers were: J. S. White, W. C. T.;
Miss J. D. Newell, W. V. T.; George N. Ross, W. C.; Clara McCray, W. S. E. C.; Dr. E. S. Akers,
W. F. S.; Ada Covell, W. T. R.; Frank A. Ross, W. M.; Lottie Newell, W. D. M.; Ida Rubey,
W. I. G.; J. W. Howes, W. O. G.; Gertie Ives, W. R. H. S.; Hattie V. Newell, W. H. S.; A.
Gray, P. W. C. T. This lodge has been in a prosperous condition since its organization.
They have at this time over one hundred members.”
From History of Washington County and the St. Croix Valley, Including the Explorers and
Pioneers of Minnesota by Rev. Edward D. Neill and Outlines of the History of Minnesota
by J. Fletcher Williams Minneapolis: North Star Publishing Company, 1881.
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CLARA McCRAY HOWES
Birth:
1857
Death:
1949
Family links:
Spouse:
Joseph Wilder Howes (1855 - 1929)*
*Calculated relationship
Burial:
Pine Glen Cemetery
Prescott
Pierce County
Wisconsin, USA
Plot: Block K
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Created by: MCarlson
Record added: Aug 09, 2014
Find A Grave Memorial# 134099136
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