Clara Mildred McQueen (1893 - 1972)

Born 17 Nov 1893 in Blanket, Brown, Texas, USA

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Died 8 Nov 1972 at age 78 in El Campo, Wharton, Texas, USA

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Biography

Clara Mildred McQueen was born November 17, 1893,^[1] in Blanket, Brown County, Texas, to father, John William McQueen (1847-1894), and to mother, Annie Elizabeth (Polsgrove) McQueen (1856-1937).^[2]

Her parents traveled from Kentucky to Texas in a horse-drawn wagon. They settled north west of Blanket, Brown County, Texas, on the Knudson farm. Clara had nine siblings with her mother and father, three of which passed away at an early age: (1) Clarence - twin of John Carl, (2) James and (3) Nathan. She also had a half-sister after her father died. Her name was Violet Alene Haynes.^[3]

On June 8, 1910, Clara married Collis Prentis Haynes, in Beaumont, Jefferson, Texas.^[4] By 1920, Clara and Collis were living in Port Arthur Ward 3, Jefferson, Texas.^[5] Together, they had a daughter named Joyce B. Haynes and son, Collis Prentice Haynes, Jr.

In 1930, Clara was living in back in her the area of her hometown, Brownwood, Brown County, Texas. At this point she was a widow.^[6] Clara then remarried to Joseph Wills in Brownwood, Brown, Texas, on September 23, 1936.^[7]

After marrying her husband, Joseph Wills, Clara moved to Central Point North, Jackson,Oregon in 1940, and continued to live there for at least another another decade .^[8][9]

Clara died from a heart attack, in Garden Villa Rest Home in El Campo, Texas, on November 8, 1972.^[10] She was buried in the Holy Cross Memorial Park in El Campo, Wharton County, Texas.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Social Security Death Index, 1935-2014 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2014. Original data: Social Security Administration. Social Security Death Index, Master File. Social Security Administration. Social Security Administration; Washington D.C., USA; Social Security Death Index, Master File. Ancestry Sharing Link
2. ↑ United States Census, 1900. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M3LM-QYG : Wed Mar 06 00:34:09 UTC 2024), Entry for Annie McQueen and Fred McQueen, 1900.
3. ↑ Personal Recollection. Cornelia Dabney Laskowskie (daughter of Mabel Clair (McQueen Dabney). Personal recollection, December 25, 1998, as told to William S. McDonough via letter.
4. ↑ Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VXG6-T54 : Sun Mar 10 16:42:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Collis P Haynes and Miss Clara M McQueen, 08 Jun 1910.
5. ↑ 1920 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data: Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. (NARA microfilm publication T625, 2076 rolls). Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. For details on the contents of the film numbers, visit the following NARA web page: NARA. Note: Enumeration Districts 819-839 are on roll 323 (Chicago City). Year: 1920; Census Place: Port Arthur Ward 3, Jefferson, Texas; Roll: T625_1822; Page: 6A; Enumeration District: 109. Ancestry Sharing Link
6. ↑ United States Census, 1930. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:CQN3-CN2 : Sat Mar 09 06:17:15 UTC 2024), Entry for Clara Haynes and Joyce Haynes, 1930.
7. ↑ Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK85-YBFT : Sat Mar 09 16:55:51 UTC 2024), Entry for Joe Wills and Mrs Clara M Haynes, 1936.
8. ↑ United States Census, 1940. FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRR5-DQD : Sat Mar 09 04:09:00 UTC 2024), Entry for Joseph Wills and Clara M Wills, 1940.
9. ↑ 1950 United States Federal Census [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2022. Original data: Department of Commerce. Bureau of the Census. 1913-1/1/1972. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC. Population Schedules for the 1950 Census, 1950 - 1950. NAID: 43290879. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, Record Group 29. National Archives at Washington, DC., Washington, DC. National Archives at Washington, DC; Washington, D.C.; Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950; Year: 1950; Census Place: Jackson, Oregon; Roll: 359; Page: 5; Enumeration District: 15-78. Ancestry Sharing Link
10. ↑ Texas, U.S., Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line]. Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: Texas Department of State Health Services. Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Austin, Texas, USA. Texas Department of State Health Services; Austin Texas, USA; Texas Death Certificates, 1903–1982. Ancestry Sharing Link
11. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/205128530/clara_m-wills: accessed March 16, 2024), memorial page for Clara M. Wills (17 Nov 1893–8 Nov 1972), Find A Grave: Memorial #205128530, citing Holy Cross Memorial Park, El Campo, Wharton County, Texas, USA; Maintained by Trey Morales (contributor 48697513).

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