Laura Bell (Nance) Clark (1873 - 1945)

Born 8 Jan 1873 in Dallas, Iowa, United States

Ancestors

Wife of Lewis Clark — married 3 Oct 1899 in Woodward, Dallas, Iowa, United States [uncertain]

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Biography

When Laura Bell NANCE was born on January 8, 1873, in Peoples, Iowa, her father, Lewis, was 45, and her mother, Harriet, was 40. She married Louis CLARK on October 3, 1899, in Dallas, Iowa. Married 2nd Hans M. Weishaar on 12 Aug 1919. She died on March 17, 1945, in Des Moines, Iowa, at the age of 72.

Marriages

Name Lewis E. Clark Sex Male Age 30 Birth Year (Estimated) 1869 Birthplace Joliet, Ill. Marital Status S Race W
Father's Name R. D.
Mother's Name Emma Van ...
Spouse's Name Lau... B. Nance Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 27 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1872 Spouse's Birthplace Boone Co., Ia. Spouse's Marital Status S Spouse's Race W
Spouse's Father's Name L. M. Nance
Spouse's Mother's Name Harriet Hombuckler
Event Type Marriage Event Date 03 Oct 1899 Event Place Woodward, Dallas, Iowa, United States Event Place (Original) Woodward, Dallas, Iowa, United States Source Details it 2, p 244^[1]

Name Hans M. Weishaar Sex Male Age 49 Birth Year (Estimated) 1870
Father's Name Johann B. Weishaar
Mother's Name Bernardina Zoller
Spouse's Name Laura B. Clark Spouse's Sex Female Spouse's Age 46 Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1873
Spouse's Father's Name Louis Melville Nance
Spouse's Mother's Name Harriet M. Hornbuckle
Event Type Marriage Event Date 12 Aug 1919 Event Place Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States Event Place (Original) Des Moines, Polk, Iowa, United States
Record Type marriage Source Details refer to image 569^[2]

NOTE: By 1925 Laura went back to using her other married name CLARK

Obit

March 15, 1945. Woodward Enterprise (Woodward, Dallas County, Iowa) "Mrs. Lewis Clark dies in Des Moines." Mrs. Lewis Clark, 72, died at Des Moines Tuesday morning at Broadlawns Hospital. She had been ill for some time. She was formerly Laura Nance and the sister of the late Mrs. Dora Thomas and Mrs. Minerva Storm. She is survived by one son, Randall, of Des Moines. Funeral services are being held at 3 o'clock this afternoon at Lily's funeral home in Des Moines. Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cooper, Tom and Joe and Dorothy Thomas are attending the service.

Sources

1. ↑ * "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XJZH-LDB : Wed Dec 06 20:07:02 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis E. Clark and R. D., 03 Oct 1899.
2. ↑ "Iowa, County Marriages, 1838-1934", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KC4R-V7F : Thu Dec 07 00:09:12 UTC 2023), Entry for Hans M. Weishaar and Johann B. Weishaar, 12 Aug 1919.

• "United States Census, 1880", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDKR-L3Z : Wed Oct 04 17:30:22 UTC 2023), Entry for M.l. Nance and Hariet Nance, 1880.

• "Iowa State Census, 1885", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:HHCW-FW2 : Fri Oct 06 03:55:38 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis M Nance and Harriet M Nance, 1885.

• "United States Census, 1900", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9KH-59M : Fri Oct 06 23:06:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Louis Clark and Laura Clark, 1900.

• "United States Census, 1910", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MG93-NF5 : Thu Oct 05 05:19:54 UTC 2023), Entry for L E Clark and L B Clark, 1910.

• "United States Census, 1920", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDM4-QYN : Thu Dec 21 14:31:34 UTC 2023), Entry for Hans Weishaar and Laura Weishaar, 1920.

• "Iowa State Census, 1925", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QKQQ-156L : Thu Nov 09 19:24:43 UTC 2023), Entry for Laura Clarke and Lewis R Clarke, 1925.

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XMVV-S5S : Wed Oct 04 08:21:28 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis R Clark and Zealda J Clark, 1930.

• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMBD-5J8 : Tue Nov 28 10:14:23 UTC 2023), Entry for Lewis Clark and Zerelda Clark, 1940.

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Fred Goodell for creating WikiTree profile Nance-336 through the import of 12Jun13 Elizabeth Ann Nance.ged on Jun 12, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Fred and others.