Clara Edith Daisy LARUE

Clara Edith Daisy LARUE

Female 1865 - 1949  (84 years)

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  • Birth 7 Jul 1865  Bloomington, McLean, IL Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3, 4
    Census 12 May 1910  Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 1910 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara E. Kennon, 44, widow, 5 children born / 4 living, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY; children b. IA: Frank, 14; Ralph, 11.
    1910 Census
    1910 Census
    Clara Edith Daisy Kennon
    Census 24 Jan 1920  Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    • 1920 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Myra Kenyon, age 54, widow, b. IL, parents b. NY/NY, occupation, housework only; Edith, 30, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, occupation, public school teacher; Frank, 24, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student; Ralph, 21, b. IA, parents b. NY/IL, college student.
      This census entry fits this family exactly except for the name and spelling of the head-of-household. Daisy LaRue Kennon had a sister named Myra who remained unmarried and lived in town but she died in 1918.
      Enumerated a few "spaces" away is Sarah Kenon, the widow of Albert Kennon.
    1920 Census
    1920 Census
    Clara Edith Daisy Kennon
    Census 15 Apr 1940  Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    • 1940 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows Clara Kennon, 74, widow, b. IL, same house as 1930.
    Obituary 22 Sep 1949  Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Clara Edith Daisy LaRue
    Clara Edith Daisy LaRue
    Occupation Between 1879 and 1887  Adams Co., IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    School teacher 
    Death 16 Sep 1949  Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 8
    Burial 19 Sep 1949  Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4

    Father Franklin B. LARUE,   b. 25 Dec 1818, Bath, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Sep 1912, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Mother Amelia Wells CHAPIN,   b. 17 Jul 1825, Bath, Steuben, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1901, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Family ID F325  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Frederick Albert KENNON,   b. 24 Jul 1857, Plattsburgh, Clinton, NY Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1910, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 52 years) 
    Marriage 30 Apr 1887  Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 9, 10
    • Married by A. J. Lovejoy.
    Children 
     1. Edith Amelia KENNON,   b. 1 Mar 1888, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Dec 1962, Lenox, Taylor, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years)
     2. Fred LaRue KENNON,   b. 1 Sep 1889, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 May 1977, Red Oak, Montgomery, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     3. Infant Girl KENNON,   b. 25 Feb 1891, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Feb 1891, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     4. Frank Garret KENNON,   b. 5 Jul 1895, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Jan 1973, Owatonna, Steele, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)
     5. Ralph Eugene KENNON,   b. 11 Aug 1898, Corning, Adams, IA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 May 1982, Brainerd, Crow Wing, MN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 83 years)
    Family ID F157  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 7 Jul 1865 - Bloomington, McLean, IL Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - School teacher - Between 1879 and 1887 - Adams Co., IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 30 Apr 1887 - Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 12 May 1910 - Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 15 Apr 1940 - Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 16 Sep 1949 - Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 19 Sep 1949 - Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsObituary - 22 Sep 1949 - Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872), 2.

    2. [S11] Kennon, Edith Amelia, DAR Application, (2/1/1929), 11.

    3. [S12] Funeral Card, 12.

    4. [S857] Mrs. Clara Kennon, 857.

    5. [S1920] 1920 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1920), 1920.

    6. [S1940] 1940 United States Federal Census, (National Archives and Records Administration, Washington D. C., 1940), 1940.

    7. [S6] Adams County Free Press, From Sept., 22, 1949 obituary., 6.

    8. [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872),
      Bible contains a Funeral Notice:, Died - At her home in Corning, Iowa, Friday, September 16, 1949, at 2:55 PM.
      Mrs. Clara Edith Daisy Kennon.
      Aged 84 years, 2 months, and 9 days. Funeral services will be held from the Boyd Roland Co. Funeral Home, Corning, Iowa, Monday, September 19, 1949 at 2 PM, conducted by Rev. Lawrence Murphy, assisted by T.B. Turner. Internment will be made in the Walnut Grove Cemetery., 2.

    9. [S2] Kennon Bible, (1872), Bible contains a handwritten wedding invitation:, Mr & Mrs Franklin La Rue invite you to be present, at the marriage of their daughter Daisy to Fred A. Kennon. Saturday morning, April thirtieth, Eighteen hundred and eighty seven, at half past eleven o'clock. Corning, Iowa, , The Bible also contains a "Certificate of Marriage", 2.

    10. [S855] Frederick Albert Kennon Obituary, 855.