Other Events:

• Education: Mountain State Business College in Parkersburg
• Occupation: postmaster at Morgansville (56 yrs, retired 1962)
• Residence: Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1900, Central District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Military: From 31 May 1918 to 19 Jul 1919; US Navy, World War I (member of Robinson Post 25, American Legion, West Union)
• Census: 1920, 1930, Grant District, Doddridge Co, WV
• Census: 1940, Morgansville, Doddridge Co, WV

Notes:

Birth:
Age at death given in obituary as 103, with birth date Dec 20 1881. But SSDI shows birth date as Dec 20 1891, all census records conform to 1891, and date on headstone is also 1891. Her military records, however, indicate Dec 20 1892.

Military:
Most women in the US Navy during World War I were Yeoman(F) who performed clerical duties. There were 137 women from West Virginia who enlisted in this program.
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq48-3b.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeoman_(F)

Census:
Listed as Clara Douglass in household with her widowed mother, her sister Lucy, and Lucy's family. Clara's marital status was also indicated as widowed, a likely error.

Census:
In household of sister and brother-in-law Lotus and William Sample. Listed as Clara B. Douglass, 48, single, postmaster at post office.