Daughter of William M Phillips and Mary Ellen Manuel.
Wife of Isaac Ernest Bennett.
No documents of divorcement have been found, yet Clara and Ike were living in separate households from at least 1935.
Cause of death : Pneumonia (48 hours) due to arteriosclerotic heart disease (1 year) due to arteriosclerosis (5 years). Albert E Wyn, M.D., attending physician.
Sources
"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3GP-7NK : accessed 6 April 2021), Clara M Phillips in household of W M Phillips, Justice Precinct 1 (south part excl. Athens town), Henderson, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 54, sheet 6B, family 43, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,644.
"Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XL6N-7QB : 22 December 2016), I E Bennett and Clara Phillips, 26 Jun 1904; citing Denton, Texas, United States, county courthouses, Texas; FHL microfilm 1,302,339.
"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK1X-747 : accessed 6 April 2021), Clara M Bennett in household of Isaac E Bennett, Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 79, sheet 21B, family 415, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1546; FHL microfilm 1,375,559.
"United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWJT-26R : 10 January 2021), Clara Bennett, Justice Precinct 1, Denton, Texas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 61-11, sheet B, line 57, family 40, 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 4020.
"Texas Death Index, 1964-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JVCG-JPN : 5 December 2014), Clara Mae Bennett, Denton, Texas, United States; citing Department of State Health Services, Austin.
Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 05 April 2021), memorial page for Clara Mae Phillips Bennett (8 Jul 1888–4 Mar 1979), Find A Grave: Memorial #14945663, citing Swisher Cemetery, Lake Dallas, Denton County, Texas, USA ; Maintained by Joe D. Deaver (contributor 46490151).
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