Mary Ann (Maupin) Clare (1828 - 1911)

Born 29 Oct 1828 in Gasconade, Missouri, United States

Ancestors

Wife of William Fox Clare — married 17 Nov 1854 in Pacific Ocean, At Sea

Descendants

Died 26 Jun 1911 at age 82 in Prairie Township, Montgomery, Missouri, United States

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Biography

Mary Ann (Maupin) Clare is the descendant of a Huguenot emigrant.

Mary Ann was born on 29 Oct 1828 in Gasconade County, Missouri, the daughter of Thomas Maupin and Anna Miller.

The 1850 Census^[1] shows her at age 18 in the home of her brother, "Irvin", next to the farm where her parents are in Franklin County, Missouri.

She went with her family to Oregon in 1853, only to return in 1854. They took the Oregon trail across the county to get there, but traveled by ship to return. They sailed down the Pacific to the Isthmus of Panama, which was then crossed by burro, and then sailed to St. Louis.

She married William Fox Clare on 17 Nov 1854 while at sea on the Pacific Ocean, en-route back to Missouri. - (If any family member knows more details to this story, please add it here!)
They had the following children:

1. Rebecca Ann "Becky" (Clare) Ball (1856–abt.1931), married Norman Ball
2. Nancy Jane Clare (1857–1934), married George Cox
3. Flaveous Josephus Clare (1858–1954), married Eliza Jane Hendricks
4. Jacob " Jake" Daniel Clare (1860–1917), married Harriet Jane Henderson
5. Frances Ellen Clare (1862–1880) (twin of Thomas)
6. Thomas Horatio Clare (1862–1937), married Flora May Porter
7. Timothy Fountain Clare (1864–1945), married 1st Arnold, 2nd Fannie McCoyd
8. Margaret Susan Clare (1865–1961), married Charles W. Hendricks

The 1860 Census^[2] shows her at age 33 with her husband and three young children in Prairie Township, Montgomery County, Missouri.

The 1870 Census^[3] shows her at age 43 with her husband and eight children in Prairie Township, Montgomery County, Missouri.

William passed away in 1875, and the 1880 Census shows Mary at age 50, as a widowed head-of-household, with eight children ranging from 13 to 22 years old.^[4]

The 1900 Census^[5] shows her at age 71, widowed, in the home of her daughter and son-in-law, Charles Hendricks, in Prairie Township, Montgomery County, Missouri. This census states that she is the mother of 8 children with 7 still living.

The 1910 Census shows her living with Charles and Susan Hendricks, her daughter and son-in-law.^[6] This census also states that she is the mother of 8 children with 7 still living.

She died on 26 Jun 1911 in Prairie Township, Montgomery County, Missouri,^[7] and is buried at the Union Chapel Cemetery in Montgomery County, Missouri. ^[8]

Research Notes

Regarding her birth date:

• 1827 is calculated from her age given on the 1860 and 1870 Censuses.^{[2] [3]}
• 1828 is calculated from her age given on the 1910 Census.^[6]
• 29 Oct 1828 is seen on her Missouri death certificate.^[7]
• 29 Oct 1829 is seen on the grave marker pictured on Find A Grave^[8]
• Oct 1829 is seen on the 1900 Census, which asks for month and year of birth.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MDZ4-5KG : 4 April 2020), Mary A Maupin in household of Irvin Maupin, Franklin county, Franklin, Missouri, United States; citing family 1201, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHZT-MJC : 11 November 2020), Mary A Clare in entry for Wm F Clare, 1860.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M46T-XC6 : 12 June 2019), Mary Clare in entry for William Clare, 1870.
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6XY-HBV : 7 September 2017), Mary E Clare, Prairie, Montgomery, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district ED 113, sheet 150C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,705.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} "United States Census, 1900"
   citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 83; Digital film/folder number: 004118804; FHL microfilm: 1240876; Image number: 600; Sheet number: 75; Sheet letter: B; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00738-6
   FamilySearch Record: M3ZT-5JZ (accessed 3 February 2024)
   FamilySearch Image: S3HT-6869-HRP
   Mary A Clare (71), widowed mother-in-law, in household of Chas W Hendricks (34) in Prairie Township, Montgomery, Missouri, United States. Born in Missouri.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2BD-ZNF : accessed 12 January 2020), Mary A Clare in household of Charles W Hendricks, Prairie, Montgomery, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 110, sheet 1B, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 800; FHL microfilm 1,374,813.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} State of Missouri Certificate of Death for Mrs. Mary Ann Clare (1828–1911) Montgomery County
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Find A Grave: Memorial #104887387 page for Mary Ann Maupin Clare (29 Oct 1829–26 Jun 1911), citing Union Chapel Cemetery, Montgomery County, Missouri, USA; accessed 28 November 2020; Maintained by R G Odom (contributor 47919792).

• Maupin, Socrates, Eugene Maupin, and Dorothy Maupin Shaffett. The Story of Gabriel and Marie Maupin: Huguenot Refugees to Virginia In 1700. Baltimore: Gateway Press, 1994, page 372.

• Family Search profile for Mary Ann Maupin, (1828–1911), accessed 28 Nov 2020.