Clara Ward Carver1,2

F, #22939, b. circa 1863, d. 26 January 1949
Relationship2nd great-granddaughter of Terisha Turner
FatherReuben Homer Carver1 b. 22 Sep 1830, d. 30 Oct 1917
MotherMary C. Robnett1 b. 1 Nov 1834, d. 10 Jun 1905
ChartsDescendant Chart (Box)

Family

Franklin M. Shell b. Jun 1860, d. 26 Apr 1926
Last Edited8 Apr 2017
     Clara Ward Carver was born circa 1863, daughter of Reuben Homer Carver and Mary C. Robnett, in Missouri.1,3

     Clara Ward Carver married Franklin M. Shell, 23, on 20 December 1883 in Pike County, Missouri.4

     Clara Ward Shell died on 26 January 1949 in El Dorado Springs, Cedar County, Missouri,2 and was buried in Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.2

Census and Occupation

DateEnumeration and OccupationLocation
18707 years of ageCalumet Township, Pike County, Missouri1
188016 years of agePrairieville, Pike County, Missouri5
190037 years of age, married sixteen years and having borne two children both of whom are livingKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri6
191043 years of age, married twenty-five years and having borne three children of whom two are livingKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri7
192050 years of ageKansas City, Jackson County, Missouri8

Citations

  1. [S5500] "United States Census, 1870," index and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4X9-M3C ), entry for Reuben H Carver, Calumet, Pike, Missouri, United States; citing p. 56, family 362, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 552,297, accessed 10 Jul 2016.
  2. [S2702] Find A Grave. Database and images; accessed 8 Apr 2017, memorial page for Clara Ward Carver Shell (1873-1949) at memorial page..., photograph of grave by Deberie, maintained by Virginia Brown; citing Mount Moriah Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri.
  3. [S2702] Find A Grave. Memorial page for Clara Ward Carver Shell (1873-1949) at memorial page.... Someone "fudged" on her date of birth by ten years, her tombstone shows her born in 1873 which is difficult given she was enumerated in the 1870 census as 7.
  4. [S3854] "Missouri, Marriages, 1750-1920," index, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V281-RWG, entry for F. M. Shell and Clara W. Carver, 20 Dec 1883; citing Pike,Missouri; FHL microfilm 974,636, accessed 7 Apr 2017).
  5. [S5497] "United States 1880 Federal Census," index and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M6FQ-SFN ), entry for Rubin Carver, 1880, Prairieville, Pike, Missouri, United States; citing eumeration district ED 141, sheet 670B, family 155, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 0709; FHL microfilm 1,254,709, accessed 7 Apr 2017.
  6. [S5503] "United States Census, 1900," index and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch ( https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3ZQ-MVC ): accessed 7 Apr 2017), Frank M Shell, 1900, Precinct 11 Kansas City Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 118, sheet 5B, family 109, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,864.
  7. [S5516] "United States Federal Census, 1910," index and images, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (FamilySearch: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M2YX-BJ1 ), entry for Frank M Shell, 1910, Kansas Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 141, sheet 10B, family 265, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 788; FHL microfilm 1,374,801, accessed 8 Apr 2017.
  8. [S5479] "Fourteenth Census of the United States: 1920," digitized microfilm, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, National Archives (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8HN-J6F: accessed 8 Apr 2017), Frank M Shell, 1920, Kansas City Ward 10, Jackson, Missouri, United States; citing ED 155, sheet 3B, line 88, family 90, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 926; FHL microfilm 1,820,926.