Brief Life History of Clara
When Clara Barbee was born on 24 October 1846, in Georgetown, Scott, Kentucky, United States, her father, George L. Barbee, was 23 and her mother, Eleanor Francis Poindexter, was 19. She married Benjamin F. Pettit on 26 May 1868, in Scott, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Clark, Kentucky, United States in 1850 and Scott, Kentucky, United States in 1860. She died on 12 January 1880, in Fayette, Kentucky, United States, at the age of 33, and was buried in Lexington, Fayette, Kentucky, United States.
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Sources (9)
- Clara Barbee in household of George L Barbee, "United States Census, 1850"
- Clara N Barber, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"
- Clara M Barbee Pettit, "Find A Grave Index"
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World Events (7)
1850 · 8th Most Populated State
According to the 1850 census Kentucky was the 8th most populated state with 982,405 people.
1861
Kentucky sided with the Union during the Civil War, even though it is a southern state.
1863
Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
Name Meaning
English: variant of Barby .
English (of French Huguenot origin): Anglicized form of French Barbé (see Barbe ).
Americanized form of French Barbier and possibly also of Barbé (compare 2 above).
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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