Born in Quebeck, White, Tennessee, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas Winfield Denton
and Ola Mae (Mason) Sparkman
Sister of
Alma L (Denton) Davis
Wife of
Murphy Clarence Hodges
— married
29 Aug 1959 in Cannon, Tennessee, United States
[children unknown]
Died
at age 81
in Cummingsville, Van Buren, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 11 Jun 2021
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Biography
Clara Denton was born on January 08, 1931 in Quebeck, White, Tennessee, United States. Her parents were Thomas Denton and Ola Mason.
She married Murphy Hodges on August 29, 1959
She died on June 30, 2012 in Cummingsville, Van Buren, Tennessee, United States Children not listed due to privacy issues
Sources
Citation "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K4HK-Y1Q : 11 January 2021), Clara B Denton in household of Ola M Mason, Civil District 4, White, Tennessee, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 93-6, sheet 7A, line 22, family 117, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3948.
Citation "Tennessee State Marriage Index, 1780-2002," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VNW1-T6F : 4 December 2014), Murphy C Hodges and Clara Denton, 29 Aug 1959; from "Tennessee State Marriages, 1780-2002," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2008); citing p. 472, Cannon, Tennessee, United States, Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clara by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clara:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Clara by comparing test results with other carriers of her ancestors' mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Clara:
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~3.12%
~6.25%
Janine Isleman 
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23andMe
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AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WZ5445887 [compare], yourDNAportal JAN12b13785, Ancestry member janineleigh1960
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MyHeritage DNA
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Amber (Pinegar) King :
23andMe, GEDmatch YJ6984983 [compare], yourDNAportal AMB25e92b24
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~1.56%
~3.12%
Shasta Pinegar :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch WP7087583 [compare], Ancestry member sjpinegar1983
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MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch WP7087583 [compare], Ancestry member sjpinegar1983
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~1.56%
~6.25%
Braxton Goodson :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RJ7844750 [compare], Ancestry member hbgoodson1988
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MyHeritage DNA
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~0.78%
~3.12%
Tyler Denton :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YV1348799 [compare], Ancestry member erty7789248422
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