Person:Clara Clifton (2)

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Clara Ellen Clifton
m. 15 Jun 1885
  1. Elmer Nelson CLIFFTON1886 - 1887
  2. Clarence Everest CLIFFTON1889 - 1896
  3. Frank Elvin CLIFFTON1890 - 1939
  4. Verlinda CLIFFTON1892 - 1892
  5. Clara Ellen Clifton1894 - 1986
  6. John Lawrence Clifton1897 - 1966
  7. Charles C. CLIFTON1899 - 1900
  8. Walter Stewart CLIFFTON1905 - 1971
m. 8 Feb 1912
  1. Ralph Alvin Woods1912 - 2005
  2. Esther Mae or May Woods1914 - 1993
  3. Lowell Cliffton Woods1916 - 1916
  4. Arthur James Woods1917 - 1997
  5. Kenneth LeRoy Woods1920 - 1942
  6. Stewart Alan Woods1922 - 2006
  7. Norma Doris Woods1923 - 1997
  8. Wilfred Embree Woods1926 - 1951
  9. Halbert Harold Woods1928 - 1994
  10. Ina Woods1934 - 2020
  11. Alice Lucille Woods1935 - 1982
Facts and Events
Name Clara Ellen Clifton
Gender Female
Birth[1][2][3][4][5][6] 21 Nov 1894 Atwood, Rawlins, Kansas, United States
Marriage 8 Feb 1912 Clay Center, Clay, Nebraskato Embree Cyril Woods
Death? 19 Dec 1986 Lebanon, Linn, Oregon, United States
Burial[7] I.O.O.F. Cemetery, Lebanaon, Linn, Oregon

Source: Florence O. Cliffton, wife of John L. Cliffton has birth 1893. Married Mr. WOODS. Jennifer Reed has birthdate November 1892. 1900 Census says age 7 born Nov 1892. Went by Ellen. Lorin Wainwood, 141 Donald Ave, Newbury Park, CA 91320 (805)499- 7994) has done a lot of her ancetry: birth date 1894. Burial Row 76, Lot 1271 I.O.O. F Cemetery 1900 Census of Spring Ranch, Clay, Nebraska Enum Dist 81 Sheet 4 Lists Clara E. daughter of Geo. M., age 7 single, born in Kansas, Father born in Illinois, mother born in Sweden

1900 moved by wagon Spring Ranch to Stratton, NE. Abt. 1911 moved back to Spring Ranch. Feb 1908 married and moved back to Stratton. Methodist. SS# 542-32-5395 Cause of death: Pneumonia & heart failure. Heart failure after 2 weeks of respiratory failure after a period of viral bronchitis. John B. Lomax jblomax@aol.com on ancestry.com has birthdate 1894.

Clara E. Woods

Funeral services were held Tuesday, December 23, at Huston Funeral Home for Clara E. Woods, 92, who died December 19 at Villa Cascade Care Center. Glenn Clifford officiated and burial followed at the Lebanon IOOF Cemetery. Born Clara Clifton on November 21, 1894, at Atwood, Kansas she was raised in Kansas. She married Embree C. Woods on February 8, 1912, in Clay Center, Nebraska. They lived there until coming to Lebanon in 1942. Mr. Woods died January 2, 1971, at Lebanon. She was a member of the United Methodist Church in Lebanon and the Gold Star Mothers of the American Legion Auxiliary. Surviving are four sons, Ralph Woods, Beaverton, Arthur Woods, Portland, and Stewart and Halbert Woods, both of Salem; four daughters, Esther Williamson of Stratton, Nebraska, Naomi Herman of Coffeen, Illinois, and Norma Hust and Ina Prince, both of Lebanon; 28 grandchildren, 55 great-grandchildren, and 5 great-great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by a daughter, Lucille Spencer, and three sons, Lowell, Kenneth and Wilfred.

References
  1. Letter from Florence O. Cliffton, daughter of George M. Cliffton (photocopy)
    "Clara E".
  2. 1900 Census, Spring Ranch Township, Clay, Nebraska
    Clara Clifton, born Nov 1892, age 7, born Kansas.
  3. 1910 Census, Freedom, Hitchcock, Nebraska
    Clara E. Clifton, age 16 Single, born Kansas.
  4. 1920 Census, Spring Ranch, Clay, Nebraska
    Clara E. Woods, age 26, born Kansas, father b. Kansas, mother b. Sweden.
  5. 1930 Census, Stratton, Hitchcock, Nebraska
    Clara E. Woods, age 36, first marriage at 18, born Kansas, father born Illinois, mother born Sweden.
  6. Oregon Death Index 1903-98 Record
    Clara E. Woods, birth 21 Nov 1894, death 19 Dec 1986, Linn Oregon.
  7. Lorin Wainwood. Family Group Sheet of Embree Cyril Woods
    Row 76, lot 1271.
  8.   George Sweeney, 6633 Shenandoah Court, Lincoln, Nebraska.