Clara Levicy (Beckwith) Smith (1834 - 1921)

Born 26 Oct 1834 in Belleville, St. Clair, Illinois, United States

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Died 24 Jun 1921 at age 86 in Topeka Township, Shawnee, Kansas, United States

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Biography

Clara was born in 1834. She was the daughter of Royce Beckwith and Sarah Adams.

She was living with her husband and three children (Herbert, Clara and Daisey, all under ten years of age), in Iowa in 1870. ^[1] She and her family remained in that location in 1880. ^[2] Clara is still in Mahaska County, Iowa in 1900, but her only companion is her son Louis E. ^[3] In 1910, ^[4] Clara is living in her son Louie's household with his wife Martha L and his sister Clara. They are still in Mahaska County.

Clara was enumerated in the household of her daughter, Daisy Greenwood, in Topeka, Kansas in 1920. ^[5]

Clara passed away in 1921 in Kansas and was buried in Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa. ^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTVS-P8P?cc=1438024&wc=92KM-6Y4%3A518655701%2C519696901%2C519707601 : 11 June 2019), Iowa > Mahaska > Oskaloosa, ward 3 > image 7 of 24; citing NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDL9-4QW : 11 August 2017), Clara Smith in household of T K Smith, Oskaloosa, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district ED 174, sheet 336B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,353.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M925-G2Q : accessed 7 December 2019), Louis E Smith in household of Clara Smith, Oskaloosa city Ward 3, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 67, sheet 7B, family 154, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,446.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MGMK-L52 : accessed 7 December 2019), Clara L Smith in household of Louie E Smith, Oskaloosa Ward 3, Mahaska, Iowa, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 75, sheet 12A, family 301, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 412; FHL microfilm 1,374,425.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFXK-1B4 : accessed 13 October 2020), Clara B Smith in household of Daisy S Greenwood, Topeka Ward 3, Shawnee, Kansas, United States; citing ED 169, sheet 9A, line 20, family 231, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 551; FHL microfilm 1,820,551.
6. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 05 December 2019), memorial page for Clara B. Smith (1834–1921),Find A Grave: Memorial #14092708, citing Forest Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa, USA ; Maintained by Shelli Steedman (contributor 46805729) .