Born about in Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Daughter of Thomas McClain
and Martha (Futrell) McClain
Sister of
Beady Ann (McClain) Downs and Emily Angeline (McClean) Allen
Wife of
David Downs
— married
13 Oct 1847 in Stewart, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Mother of
George W. Downs, Harriet (Downs) Cook, Martha Elizabeth (Downs) Knight, David Theron Downs and Andrew Jackson Downs
Died
at about age 86
in Trigg County, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 28 Oct 2018
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Biography
Clarissa McClain was born in about 1830 in Kentucky to Thomas McClain and Martha Futrell.[1]
Clarissa married David Downs in 1848 according to the 1900 census.[1]
According to the 1900 census, Clarissa lived with David and their children, Ann, David, Ora, Ollie, and Luther, in Trigg County, Kentucky.[1]
Clarissa died on May 26, 1916 according to Find a Grave. Find a Grave does not provide a source. She is allegedly buried in the Hicks Cemetery in Stewart County, Tennessee.[2]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "United States Census, 1900," database with images, (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M9CS-VLK : accessed 28 October 2018), Clara Downs in household of A David Downs, Magisterial District 1, Trigg, Kentucky, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 78, sheet 19A, family 364, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,552.
- ↑ Find a Grave; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19109609
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McClain-3655 and McClain-3087 appear to represent the same person because: Spouse in process of merge too.
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