Person:Clarissa White (6)

One source claims Clarissa married Bicknell Cole. However, I find no evidence other than the one secondary source listed below. On the other hand, see Federal Census records on this page. Clarissa was only 23 years old when she married Ammi Alford in October 1831. Seems unlikely she married and raised 4 children in Indiana before her marriage to Ammi!

Here is the record with Cole as husband:
“CLARISSA ... b. in Leicester, Vt., Oct. 30, m. as second wife, Bicknell Cole of Noblesville, Ind. (Check history of this town. It did not exist until 1818. This was all Indian territory in 1800.) Children: Henry Cole, Warren Cole, Helen Cole, Sophronia Cole.”
Book Title: Genealogy of the Descendants of John White of Wenham and Lancaster, Massachusetts : 1638-1900 : in two volumes, page 550

There is no doubt that Clarissa White is the name of Ammi Alford’s 2nd wife. She made a formal claim for Ammi’s War of 1812 pension, and her maiden name is included in the scan of the document in government archives--Clarissa White: FamilySearch -- [5]. It also looks certain that Clarissa White Alford was living in the household of her daughter Phoebe Alford Dutton in the 1871 and 1881 Canada census. See those census records below. In addition it looks certain that Phoebe Alford is a daughter of Ammi Alford and Clarissa White. See Phoebe's birth record: FamilySearch [6] The same is true given the original birth records we have with several of their other children: Alonzo, Ammi Jr, Reuben, and Clara.

Birth
Name: Clarissa
Event Date: 30 Oct 1808
Event Place: Leicester, Vermont, United States
Father's Name: Peter White
Mother's Name: Eunice
"Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," FamilySearch [7]

1850 Census:
Name: Clarissa Alfred [Clarissa Alford]
Age: 43
Birth Year: abt 1807
Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1850: St Albans, Franklin, Vermont
Household Members:
Annie Alfred [Ammi] 60
Clarissa Alfred 43
Phebe Alfred 18
Adial Alfred 15
Alonzo Alfred 13
Byron S Alfred 10
Nelson E Alfred 8
Albert Alfred 3
Wallace A Alfred 0
"United States Census, 1850," FamilySearch [8]

1860 Census:
Name: Clanis Alfred
Age in 1860: 53
Birth Year: abt 1807 Birthplace: Vermont
Home in 1860: Waterville, Lamoille, Vermont
Household Members:
Ami Alfred 70
Clanis Alfred 53
Reuben Alfred 10
Nelson Alfred 18
"United States Census, 1860", FamilySearch [9]

1871 Census of Canada (Quebec):
Name: Alford, Clarisa
Sex: Female
Age: 64
Place of Birth: United States
Religion: Wesleyan Methodist
Marital Status: Widowed
Province: Quebec
District Name: Brome
Others in household:
Charles Dutton (Birth Place: Quebec, Origin: French, 40 years old, farmer)
Phoebe Dutton (Birth Place: US, Origin: Scotch [?], 38 years old) = Clarissa's daughter
Source: [10] Also: [11]

1881 Census:
Name: Clarisa Alferd [Alford]
Age: 74
Birth Year: 1807
Birthplace: USA
Marital Status: Widowed
Ethnicity: English
Religion: Methodist
Head of Household Name: Charles Dutton
Event Place: Sutton, Brome, Quebec, Canada
Household
Charles Dutton 56 born in Quebec
Phebe Dutton 48 daughter, born in USA
Clarisa Alferd 74 born in USA
Clarisa Dutton 9 granddaughter, born in Quebec

Burial: Clarissa originally appeared to have two burial sites. One is where she died and where her daughter Phoebe is buried in Canada, and the other where her husband is buried in Vermont. But the Find a Grave address of the Canada site seems to have been removed. Was it an error?

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 1871 Canada Census.

   pdf of original record: [1]
   
   [2]
   District Number: 126
   Sub-District Name: Sutton
   Sub-district Number: c
   Page: 10
   Line Number: 8
   Microfilm: C-10072
   Reference: RG31 - Statistics Canada

2.   1881 Canada Census.

   FamilySearch [3]

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Find A Grave.

   Tombstone shown: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/158334841

4.   United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files.

   Pension Claim
   Name Clarisa White
   Other information in the record of Ammi Alford from United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files
   Name: Ammi Alford
   Event Type: Pension
   Military Unit Note: Pvt, Capt Samuel Jack's Co, N Y Mil
   Spouse's Name Clarisa White
   Citing this Record: "United States War of 1812 Index to Pension Application Files, 1812-1910," FamilySearch [4]

5.   See: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KHVH-TXD