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Clella Margaret HAUGHT

Clella Margaret HAUGHT

Female 1904 - 1977  (72 years)

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  • Name Clella Margaret HAUGHT 
    Born 15 Nov 1904  Nay (Oxford), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4] 
    Gender Female 
    Census 1920  Wabash (West Union), Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1927  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1930  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Occupation 1930  [5] 
    stenographer at law office 
    Residence 1935  Niagara Falls, Niagara Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Census 1940, 1950  Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence FORMERLY  Stone Mountain, Dekalb Co, GA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Residence 1962  Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Residence SINCE Abt 1971  Irving, Dallas Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 8] 
    Died 24 Mar 1977  Irving, Dallas Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4, 9] 
    Cause: complications of multiple sclerosis 
    Buried (ASHES)  Lakewood Park Cemetery, Rocky River, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [10] 
    Person ID I5383  Doddridge County Roots
    Last Modified 28 Nov 2023 

    Mother Nancy Lou "Babe" HAUGHT,   b. 19 Jan 1884, Oxford, Doddridge Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 Sep 1977, Coshocton, Coshocton Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 93 years) 
    Family ID F32958  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lawrence Kirchner INGRAM,   b. 23 Mar 1901, Salem, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Mar 1991, Hendersonville, Henderson Co, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 24 Dec 1927  Clarksburg, Harrison Co, WV Find all individuals with events at this location  [11] 
    Divorced 3 Jul 1962  Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 
    Notes 
    • 1930 Census, Harrison Co, WV (Clark District, City of Clarksburg), enumerated on Apr 7 1930 at 406 Duncan Ave:
      Lawrence Ingram, 29, b. WVa, bookkeeper at explosives company, age 22 at first marriage; wife Clella Ingram, 25, stenographer at law office, age 18 at first marriage; dau Martha Ingram, 6; sister-in-law Juanita Brown, 18, no occupation.
      NOTE: Waneta Brown was the half-sister of Clella Haught Ingram.

      1940 Census, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio (City of Lakewood), enumerated on Apr 8 1940 at 1666 Roosevelt Ave:
      Clella Ingram, 35, b. WVa, married, no occupation, resided 1935 in Niagara Falls NY; dau Shirley, 5, b. New York; son Lawrence, 2, b. Ohio.

      In the 1940 Census, husband Lawrence Ingram appears to have been enumerated twice:
      (1) 1940 Census, Niagara Falls, New York, listed as Lawrence Ingram, 39, b. WVa, married, 4 yrs high school, occupation production control clerk for carbon manufacturing company, resided 1935 in Niagara Falls. He was one of many guests registered at the Hotel Niagara.
      (2) 1940 Census, Cuyahoga Co, Ohio (City of Cleveland), enumerated on Apr 2 1940 at 10513 Fidelity Ave:
      Laurence Ingram, 39, b. WVa, production manager in factory, 4 yrs college, resided 1935 in Cleveland; wife Ann, 28, b. Pennsylvania; dau Martha, 16, b. WVa; son Norris, 8, b. Ohio.

      1950 Census, Cuyahoga County, Ohio (City of Lakewood), enumerated on Apr 11 1950 at 1666 Roosevelt Ave:
      Clella H. Ingram, 45, b. WVa, married, no occupation; dau Shirley A, 15, b. New York; son Lawrence K, 12, b. Ohio.
      Note: In the 1950 Census, husband Lawrence Ingram had remarried as was residing in Cleveland with his new wife Ann.
    Children 
    +1. Shirley Ann INGRAM,   b. 13 Oct 1934, Niagara Falls, Niagara Co, NY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Dec 2013  (Age 79 years)
    +2. Lawrence Kirchner INGRAM, Jr.,   b. 28 Mar 1938, Lakewood, Cuyahoga Co, OH Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 26 Sep 2023  (Age 85 years)
    Documents
    5544_LawrenceKirshnerINGRAM_ClellaMHAUGHT_MarriageRecord_24Dec1927.jpg    		5544_LawrenceKirshnerINGRAM_ClellaMHAUGHT_MarriageRecord_24Dec1927.jpg
    Family ID F1908  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Photos
    Clella Haught Ingram, 24 Aug 1969    		Clella Haught Ingram, 24 Aug 1969
    5383_INGRAM_Clella-M-Haught_1904-1977_LakewoodParkCem_RockyRiver_CuyahogaCoOH.JPG    		5383_INGRAM_Clella-M-Haught_1904-1977_LakewoodParkCem_RockyRiver_CuyahogaCoOH.JPG

    Documents
    5544_INGRAM_Lawrence_1930Census_HarrisonCo_Clarksburg_7Apr1930.jpg    		5544_INGRAM_Lawrence_1930Census_HarrisonCo_Clarksburg_7Apr1930.jpg
    5383_INGRAM_Clella-Margaret-Haught_1904_1977_DeathCertificate.jpg    		5383_INGRAM_Clella-Margaret-Haught_1904_1977_DeathCertificate.jpg

  • Sources 
    1. [S1553] Doddridge County Birth Records, West Union, WV, BR p. 167, Line 1716 : http://www.wvculture.org/vrr/va_view.aspx?Id=2618192&Type=Birth.
      Child identified as (first name blank) Prunty, white female, b. Nov 15 1904 at Nay, mother's first child. Father identified as Felix Prunty, farmer & school teacher. Mother identified as Nancy Haught Prunty, maiden name Nancy Haught, resident of Nay. Informant for birth record: Dr. E. R. Martin.
      NOTE: This birth record contains several inaccuracies, not the least of which is the child's name. Clella Margaret Haught was born out of wedlock to Nancy "Babe" Haught. Nancy was never married to Felix Prunty and never went by the Prunty name. Similarly, Clella was known from birth until her marriage only as Clella Haught. The source of the error was apparently the attending physician, who was informed of the child's paternity and, making logical but incorrect assumptions, provided the County Clerk with the above information.
      Clella was raised fatherless by Nancy Haught until Nancy's 1910 marriage to Addison A. Brown. Other than having a different last name, Clella was just another one of the family when Nancy and Addison's children came along in the ensuing years.
      Not being aware of this birth record, family members many years later repeated family tradition which misidentified Clella's biological father as Sylvester Orval Prunty (1878-1956), son of Marshall Neal Prunty and Flora Odell Lawson. However, Clella's marriage record identifies her as Clella M. Haught, daughter of "F. O. Prunty and A. A. (Haught) Brown." It was long thought that "F. O." was an error that should have been "S. O." But information provided in 2010 by a Prunty family member revealed the existence of old family letters clearly showing that Clella's father was not Sylvester O. Prunty, but rather his brother Felix O. Prunty (1883-1967), as indicated in Clella's birth record. Apparently out of shame when he learned of Nancy's pregnancy, Felix had left the Doddridge/Ritchie area in 1904 shortly before Clella's birth, returned in 1907 long enough to marry Ada Knight, then moved permanently to Oklahoma. There is no evidence that Felix had any further relationship with Nancy or with Clella.
      This account of Clella's paternity and Haught surname was written by her nephew. Aunt Clella was a wonderful woman who endured many hardships in her life and, as a single mother, raised two equally wonderful and accomplished children. She deserves that her story be told accurately.

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

    3. [S15] Social Security Death Index.

    4. [S638] Headstone (year only).

    5. [S2039] 1930 Census, Harrison County, WV.

    6. [S127] 1940 Census.

    7. [S2476] Ohio Divorce Index, 1962-1963, 1967-1971, 1973-2007 (online), (Ancestry.com and Ohio Dept of Health, Office of Vital Statistics).

    8. [S14] Obituary.

    9. [S69] Texas Death Certificates, 1903-1982 [database on-line], (Ancestry.com and Texas Dept of State Health Svcs).

    10. [S934] Findagrave.com.

    11. [S1654] Harrison County Marriage Records, Clarksburg, WV, MR p. 337.
      Identified as Lawrence K. Ingram, widowed, 26, b. Mar 23 1901 at Salem, son of Michael Ingram & Anna Kirchner, residing at 397 College St in Clarksburg; and Clella M. Haught, single, 23, b. Nov 15 1904 at West Union, dau of F. O. Prunty & A. A. (Haught) Brown, residing at Washington Apts in Clarksburg. Married Dec 24 1927 in Clarkburg by Charles G. Staler (?), Minister of the M. E. Church. (Note: No record of a previous marriage for Lawrence K. Ingram has been found. For clarification, it is known from immediate family and other research that the parents of Clella Haught were Felix O. Prunty and Nancy "Babe" Haught, who were not married. Nancy Haught married Addison Avery Brown in 1910.)