Frances L. (Cave) Clark (abt.1883-abt.1941)

Frances L. "Lucy" Clark formerly Cave aka Worden

Born about Jun 1883 in Adel Twp., Dallas County, Iowa

Ancestors

Daughter of Edgar Edward Cave and Terressa Florence (Harper) Cave

[sibling(s) unknown]

Wife of William Arthur Worden — married 24 Dec 1902 in Decatur County, Iowa

Wife of William Arthur Clark — married about 1912 in Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa

Mother of Georgia Florence (Worden) Johnson

Died about 1941 at about age 57 in Denver, Denver County, Colorado

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Biography

Source 1: Lucy F Cave United States Census, 1900 Event Place: Decatur Township Ducatur town, Decatur, Iowa

Household Role Sex Age Birthplace Edgar Cave Head Male 36 Iowa Florence T Cave Wife Female 40 Iowa Lucy F Cave Daughter Female 17 Iowa Pearl Edwin Cave Son Male 14 Iowa Albert R Cave Son Male 19 Iowa Florence G Cave Daughter Female 8 Iowa Forest A Cave Son Male 5 Iowa

Source 2: Decatur Co., Iowa Marriage Records (Volumes 1 - 14) BY BRIDE

Bride: CAVE, Frances Lucy age 19 Groom: WORDEN, Arthur age 21 Volume Number: v08 Page Number: p154 Licence Number: 4330 Marriage Date: 12/24/1902

Source 3: William Arthur Worden: Arthur signed a birth certificate in 1914. William "Art" Worden was born on August 28, 1881 in Lincoln County, Kansas. He married Faye Marie McBroom (1892-1976). She spent her life in Leroy, Iowa. Art died on December 2, 1956 in Weldon, Iowa. They had 2 children, Helen Inez Worden (b1912) and Dorothy May Worden (b1914). Art and Faye divorced. By 1927, Faye had remarried Karl Otto Gelhaar and had 4 more children- Dean, Max, Carl, and Pauline Gelhaar. Art Worden married Lucy Cave, they had a daughter named Georgia.

Source 4:

Frances L “Lucy” Cave Worden Clark

BIRTH: Jun 1883 Adel Township, Dallas County, Iowa

DEATH: 1941 (aged 57–58) Denver, Denver County, Colorado

BURIAL: Burial Details Unknown. Specifically: Believed died in Denver Colorado, searching for burial info

MEMORIAL ID: 228849112 · View Source

Lucy Cave was born in 1883, and lived in Dallas County Iowa until age 12, when the Edgar & Teressa Cave family moved to Decatur county IA. She married W Art Worden there in 1902, and had daughter Georgie in 1906. By 1911 Lucy filed for divorce from Worden due to 'cruel and inhuman treatment'. She then married William Arthur Clarke in Des Moines 1912. They lived with her daughter Georgie and Arthur's 4 children of first wife Christy Anna Seaman . Lucy then had a son Harold Ray Clarke in 1919. The family lived in Polk County until 1930, when they relocated to Denver, Co. Lucy and Arthur show in the Denver census until 1940, where she drops out of sight. William then returns to Des Moines alone, where he's killed by a car in 1945.

Family Members:

Parents:

Edgar Edward Cave 1864 – unknown

Terressa Florence Harper Cave 1859–1934

Spouses:

William Arthur Worden 1881–1956 (m. 1902)

William Arthur Clark 1872–1945 (m. 1912)

Siblings:

Edwin Pearl Cave 1886–1902

Albert Ray Cave 1888–1908

Della May Cave 1894–1894

Forest Arthur Cave 1895–1932