Cora “Dixie” Anne Clarke was born in 1862 in Arkansas to Malvina Deluren Doak, age 36, and George Washington Clark, age 50. She had four brothers and one sister. Cora married Richard V Legrand in 1884 in Texas. They had nine children in 18 years. She died on June 20, 1928, in California at the age of 66 and was buried in Inglewood, California.
Sources
1900 United States Federal Census: Year: 1900; Census Place: Ardmore, Chickasaw Nation, Indian Territory; Roll: 1848; Page: 13; Enumeration District: 0142 Ancestry Record 7602 #74928193
1910 United States Federal Census: Year: 1910; Census Place: Pasadena Ward 1, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T624_86; Page: 1b; Enumeration District: 0368; FHL microfilm: 1374099 Ancestry Record 7884 #190126560
1920 United States Federal Census: Year: 1920; Census Place: Los Angeles Assembly District 75, Los Angeles, California; Roll: T625_115; Page: 8B; Enumeration District: 443 Ancestry Record 6061 #700337
Oklahoma and Indian Territory, U.S., Dawes Census Cards for Five Civilized Tribes, 1898-1914: The National Archives At Fort Worth; Fort Worth, Texas; Enrollment Cards, 1898-1914; NAI Number: 251747; Record Group Title: Records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs; Record Group Number: 75 Ancestry Record 60543 #50509
California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939: Ancestry.com. California, U.S., Death Index, 1905-1939 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2013. Original data: California Department of Health and Welfare. California Vital Records-Vitalsearch (www.vitalsearch-worldwide.com). The Vitalsearch Company Worldwide, Inc., Pleasanton, California. Ancestry Record 5187 #404794
Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965: Ancestry.com. Texas, U.S., Select County Marriage Index, 1837-1965 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Texas, County Marriage Index, 1837-1977. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013. Ancestry Record 60183 #2499482
U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970: Volume: 189 Ancestry Record 2204 #456429
Burial: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/193110365/dixie-c-legrand: accessed 23 May 2023), memorial page for Dixie C. LeGrand (1861–1928), Find A Grave: Memorial #193110365, citing Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, Los Angeles County, California, USA; Maintained by BJW (contributor 47094611).
Is Cora your ancestor? Please don't go away! Login to collaborate or comment, or contact
the profile manager, or ask our community of genealogists a question.