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Clara Friend GIBSON

Clara Friend GIBSON

Female 1898 - 1948  (49 years)

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  • Name Clara Friend GIBSON 
    Born 22 Oct 1898  Beaver Falls, Beaver Co, PA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Female 
    Census 1930, 1940  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Residence FORMERLY  Parkersburg, Wood Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Died 14 Aug 1948  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Buried Elkview Masonic Cemetery, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I34849  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 31 Jan 2018 

    Father Francis Sprigg GIBSON,   b. 5 Jul 1872, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1933  (Age 60 years) 
    Mother Sevilla Shaffner FRIEND,   b. 13 Jun 1873, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1909  (Age 36 years) 
    Family ID F14412  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frank Jarvis MAXWELL,   b. 11 Nov 1897, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Dec 1964, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 67 years)  [3, 5
    Married 12 Oct 1920  Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 2 1930 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 32, b. WVa, no occupation, value of home $11,000, served in World War; wife Clara G, 31, b. Pa; son Frank Jr, 8y 8m, b. WVa; son William B, 4y 10m, b. WVa; servant Anna Sargent, 42, white female, b. WVa (both parents b. WVa), single, child's nurse for private family; servant Jessie Armstrong, 29, Negro female, b. Ohio (both parents b. Ohio), married, servant for private family.

      1940 Census, Harrison Co, WV (City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 12 1940 at 355 Buckhannon Avenue:
      Frank J. Maxwell, 42, postmaster at post office, value of home $14,000; wife Clara G, 41; son Frank J. Jr, 18; son Wm. Brent III, 14.
      The next enumerated household, at address 355-1/2 Buckhannon Ave, was that of Jessie Armstrong, 45, Negro female, b. Ohio, maid in private home.
    Children 
    +1. Frank Jarvis MAXWELL, Jr.,   b. 13 Jul 1921, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Dec 2017, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 96 years)
     2. William Brent MAXWELL, III,   b. 2 Jun 1925, Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Nov 2018, Charleston, Kanawha Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years)
    Documents
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    34848_FrankJarvisMaxwell_ClaraFriendGibson_MarriageRec_12Oct1920.jpg
    Family ID F13720  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
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    34849_MAXWELL_ClaraGibson_1898-1948.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1853] Death Certificate, WV State Dept of Health, Div of Vital Statistics, (http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_dcsearch.aspx).

    2. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR, p. 203.

    3. [S1854] West Virginians of 1934-1935, (The Wheeling Intelligencer, Wheeling, WV (1936)), p. 103.

    4. [S2269] Cemeteries of Clark District, Harrison County, WV, (Harrison County Genealogical Society, Clarksburg, WV).

    5. [S1567] Marriage record of son.