When Clara Elizabeth Horr was born on 22 October 1872, in Washington, Kansas, United States, her father, Cyrus Winn Bartholomew Horr, was 24 and her mother, Caroline E. Richardson, was 23. She married William Henry Butler on 24 March 1897, in Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. She lived in Judicial Township 16, Kern, California, United States in 1920 and Lawrence, Douglas, Kansas, United States in 1930. She died on 23 February 1954, in Kansas, United States, at the age of 81, and was buried in Dinuba, Tulare, California, United States.