Clara Rebecca Kelso

FemaleNovember 1836–4 June 1907

Brief Life History of Clara Rebecca

When Clara Rebecca Kelso was born in November 1836, in Alexandria, Rapides, Louisiana, United States, her father, George Young Kelso Esq, was 41 and her mother, Rebecca Carr, was 18. She had at least 6 sons and 4 daughters with Daniel N. Graham. She lived in Rapides, Louisiana, United States for about 50 years and Ward One, Rapides, Louisiana, United States in 1900. She died on 4 June 1907, in Missoula, Montana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Quartz Cemetery, Quartz, Mineral, Montana, United States.

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Family Time Line

Daniel N. Graham
1821–1879
Clara Rebecca Kelso
1836–1907
Daniel Graham
1862–
Samuel Cornelius Graham
1863–1945
Clara Eugenia Graham
1867–1948
Sarah Graham
1869–1952
Stephanie Fanny Graham
1870–1946
Kelso Graham
1871–1936
William Belmont Belle Graham
1873–1949
Connor Edward Graham
1874–1965
Ada Graham
1876–1948
Frank Graham
1877–

Sources (14)

  • Clara Carr in household of Joseph Lourcy, "United States Census, 1860"
  • Clara Rebecca Graham, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Clara Kelso in entry for Samuel Cornelius Graham and Helen Mills, "Louisiana Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"

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World Events (7)

1846

Age 10

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1863

Age 27

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

1865

Age 29

Historical Boundaries - 1865: Missoula, Montana Territory, United States; 1889: Missoula, Montana, United States

Name Meaning

Scottish: habitational name from Kelso on the river Tweed in Roxburghshire, so named from Old English calc ‘chalk’ + hōh ‘heel, spur of land’.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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