Individual Details

Clara May Kirkpatrick was born on 30 January 1887 in Seward, Seward Co., Nebraska and died 4 August 1922 in Seneca, Thomas County, Nebraska, of complications resulting from childbirth. She is buried in Seneca, Thomas County, Nebraska. On 16 November 1913 she married in Seneca, Jesse Crawford, who died about 1970 in Stillwater, Payne County, Oklahoma. Her last child, Clair Crawford, was given up for adoption by his father to a family named Carpenter. Clair bore that name as his own, Carpenter.

There were four (4) children born of the marriage.

Thomas County Clipper, Seneca, Nebraska, August 3, 1922, Page 1, Col. 1: Bits of Local News. After giving birth to a baby boy Mrs. Jess Crawford died Friday morning August 4th at the age of 35 years.

Thomas County Clipper, Seneca, Nebraska, August 10, 1922, Page 1, Col. 4: Ray and Newton Kirkpatrick spent a couple of days in this community, having come from Denver to attend the funeral of Mrs. Jess Crawford. Their mother, who has been visiting here for some time, returned with them.

Birth	30 Jan 1887	Seward, Seward Co., Nebraska
Marriage	16 Nov 1913	Seneca Cemetery, Thomas Co., Nebraska - Jesse Crawford
Death	4 Aug 1922	Seneca, Thomas Co., Nebraska
Burial		Seneca Cemetery, Thomas Co., Nebraska

Spouse	Jesse Crawford (1879 - 1965)
Child	Irva Elizabeth Crawford (1914 - 2013)
Child	Robert Newton Crawford (1916 - 1998)
Child	Carl Crawford (1918 - )
Child	Clair "Terry" Crawford Carpenter (1922 - 2009)

Father	Perry Newton Kirkpatrick (1860 - 1919)
Mother	Elizabeth Jane Bennett (1858 - 1931)
Sibling	Alice Belle Kirkpatrick (1882 - 1942)
Sibling	James Monroe Kirkpatrick (1885 - 1886)
Sibling	Raymond "Ray" Burt Kirkpatrick (1890 - 1954)
Sibling	Louie Newton Kirkpatrick (1896 - 1979)
Sibling	Silva Mary Kirkpatrick (1899 - 1972)