Clare was born in 1880 in Coleman, Isabella County, to Josiah Willis Smith and Caroline E. Redner. Later in 1880 they lived in Carson City, Montcalm County. In 1901 he married Susan Longcore in Gaylord. In 1910 they were in Emmet County. From at least 1910 to 1934 they lived in Escanaba, Delta County. They had a daughter. Clare died in Escanaba in 1934.
Places named are in Michigan, USA.
On his birth record and in the 1880 census Clare Newton Smith appears as Clare W. Smith. His father appears as Josiah W., J.W., and Willis J. Smith.
Michigan, Births, 1867-1902, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NQVB-KMK
U.S. Census, Michigan, Montcalm County, Carson City, 1880, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MW39-97M
Michigan, Marriages, 1868-1925, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N38X-LWJ
U.S. Census, Michigan, Emmet County, 1910--Ancestry.com [not accessed]
United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K6XP-CTF
U.S. Census, Michigan, Escanaba, Delta County, 1920--Ancestry.com
U.S. Census, Michigan, Delta County, 1930--Ancestry.com [not accessed]
Michigan, Death Certificates, 1921-1952, https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/KFHD-K5S
Spaulding Family Tree, http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/61239049/person/48068455203
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