Clara E. Dearen

1898 - 1978  (79 years)

• Name	Clara E. Dearen
  Birth	21 Nov 1898	Lauderdale County, Alabama
  Gender	Female
  Death	19 Jul 1978
  Person ID	I122960	Ingram-Related
  Last Modified	14 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	John Lindley Dearen,   b. 14 Apr 1861, Hardin County, Tennessee d. 15 Nov 1953, Lauderdale County, Alabama (Age 92 years)
  Mother	Mary Frances "Mollie" Young,   b. 9 Nov 1867, Waterloo, Lauderdale County, Alabama d. 14 Apr 1900, Lauderdale County, Alabama (Age 32 years)
  Marriage	18 Jan 1891	Lauderdale County, Alabama
  Family ID	F45975	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Clara E. Dearen was born on November 21, 1898.  When Clara was about two years old, her mother, Molly died from pneumonia, and giving birth to a child, who also died.  Molli's death was on April 14, 1900.  She was buried in Murphy's Chapel Cemetery.  With Clara being so young, John needed help, and his neice, Carrie Murphy, and husband Charlie offered to take Clara.  Clara was raised by them.  Clara married Claude South and had three children, James, Eva Lee and Rufus.  They lived in the Murphy's Chapel Community, where Claude died in January 1975.  Clara died on July 19, 1978.  They are both buried in Murphys Chapel Cemetery. John had a store during this time at a place called Dart on Hwy 20 near the Tennessee State Line.  A postoffiice was opened in his store.  He was the first postmaster of Dart.  After Molli's death, John married Ollie B. Young.  They lived on Second Creek, and in Waterloo.  John had a store on Second Creek close to where the William's Chapel Church now stands.  John and Ollie had nine children, all born in Lauderdale County.