Caroline Clarissa (Clawson) Messerly (abt. 1845 - 1933)

Born about 1845 in Henry Co, Indiana

Ancestors

Wife of Granville Ewell Messerly — married 23 Dec 1869 (to before 1900) in Henry, Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 1933 at about age 88 in Henry, Indiana, United States

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Biography

married Granville Ewell Messerly a blacksmith in Mt Summit, IN; buried Mount Summit Cemetery, Mt. Summit, Henry Co, IN. they had two children. 1900 census show she is divorced. She passed away in 1933.

daughter of James S. Clawson and Mary Ann "Ice"

Sources

• Mellet and Hickman Families of Henry co., Indiana
• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJJ-RSM : 12 April 2016), Clarissa C Clawson in household of James Clawson, Prairie, Henry, Indiana, United States; citing family 201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4FY-YZ2 : 13 December 2017), Clarissa Clawson in entry for James Clawson, 1860.
• "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XXNV-B2J : 10 December 2017), Granville E Messerley and Caroline Clawson, 23 Dec 1869; citing Henry, Indiana, United States, various county clerk offices, Indiana; FHL microfilm 1,887,509.
• "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:2:1TB9-DXW : 30 November 2021), Household of Clarissia C Messerly, 1900.
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/99196811