Clara Edna (Wiseman) Shepard (1883 - 1961)

Born 4 Dec 1883 in Spearville, Ford County, Kansas, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James Henry Shepard — married 15 Feb 1900 in Burns, Harney, Oregon, USA

Descendants

Died 23 Dec 1961 at age 78 in Lovelock, Nevada, USA

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Biography

Clara was born in Spearville, Kansas, in 1883, the daughter of Lee and Carrie (Oberman) Wiseman. Clara's mother died when Clara was only four years old and her little brother, Frank, was two. The following year, her father married Margaret Shepard, who became Clara's step-mother.

In 1900, Clara married her step-mother's younger brother, Jim Shepard, in Burns Oregon. Since she was only 16 years old, her father had to sign for her to get the marriage license.

In the 1900's, Clara and Jim were homesteading in Harney County, Oregon. By 1920, the couple had 4 children: Lee, Esther, and twins Wallace and Wesley. In 1930, Clara was living in Harney County, Oregon, with just her four children. Jim had died in 1923. In 1940, only Wesley was still living at home with his mother.

She was visiting her son Lee & wife Flora Shepard at time of death by coronary thrombosis in 1961. She was buried at Burns Cemetery, Burns, Harney, Oregon, USA.

Sources

• "United States Census, 1920," Clara E Shepard in household of James H Shepard, Burns, Harney, Oregon.
• Clara Shepard on Find A Grave
• "United States Census, 1930," Clara A Shepard, Burns, Harney, Oregon,.
• "United States Census, 1940," Clara E Shepard, Burns Election Precinct 3, Harney, Oregon.