Clara Luella Briggs (1862 - 1942)

Born 25 Sep 1862 in Delhi, Jersey County, Illinois, United States of America

Ancestors

Wife of Marcus D. (Dodgson) Dodson — married 12 Nov 1879 in Jersey County, Illinois, United States of America

Descendants

Died 5 Jun 1942 at age 79 in Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, United States of America

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Biography

Clara Luella Briggs, the oldest child of George Briggs and Margaret Harris, was born 25 September 1862 in Dehli, Jersey County, Illinois.^[1]

On 12 November 1879, Clara married Marcus Dodson.^[2] They were the parents of three sons:

1. Forrest Leroy
2. Clarence Young
3. Bert Ernest

In the mid-1880s, Clara and Marcus moved to Cowley County, Kansas as homesteaders. The venture only lasted a few years.

They moved farm and family to Fulton County, Illinois by 1900, settling in Deerfield Township.^[3][4][5]

Clara became a widow when Marcus passed in 1925. In 1930, census records show her residing at 222 West Vine Street in Canton, Illinois with a young boarder, Othel Burt, who would later become the spouse of her granddaughter, Mary Dodson.^[6]

Clara died on 5 June 1942 in Canton, Illinois.^[1] She is buried in Greenwood Cemetery (also known as Canton Cemetery) in Canton.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947", FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2010), [Original source: Public Board of Health (Illinois), "Death certificates for the state of Illinois, 1916-1945, excluding Chicago with the exception of stillbirths; index, 1916-1938; internet index, 1916-1950", microfilm 1851522, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1988-1992)]
2. ↑ "Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900", Illinois State Archives (Online: cyberdriveillinois.com, 2000)
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSW9-F4M : 25 January 2022), Clarra S Dodson in entry for Marcus Dodson, 1900.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MKD3-XD8 : accessed 5 February 2022), Clara Dodson in household of Mark Dodson, Deerfield, Fulton, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 5A, family 88, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 288; FHL microfilm 1,374,301.
5. ↑ "1920 United States Federal Census (Populations Schedule)", Deerfield Township, Fulton County, Illinois, USA, Dwelling 9, Family 11, Marcus Dodson household, digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2021), [Original Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA microfilm publication T625, (Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), p.1A]
6. ↑ "1930 United States Federal Census (Populations Schedule)", 2nd Ward, Canton, Fulton County, Illinois, USA, Line 31, House number 222, Dwelling 128, Family 138, Clara Dodson household, digital image, FamilySearch (Online: Intellectual Reserve, Inc., 2022), [Original Source: National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), NARA microfilm publication T626 Roll 514, (Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), p. 5A]