Clarissa Clear ^{1 2 3 4 5 6}

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springhill Township, Fayette County, PA on 8 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 84, Roll 779, Family 85
Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
Clarissa Stentz..42..PA

(Living with husband and 5 children.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Oct 1808, then her age should have been 41 instead of 42.
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• She appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 20 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 113, Family 867, Roll 930
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
Clarissa Stentz..53..Pennsylvania

(Living with husband, 3 children, and 1 married son with his wife.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Oct 1808, then her age should have been 51 instead of 53.
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• She appeared on the 1870 US Census in Union Township, Marion County, IA on 18 July 1870. ⁵

1870 US Census
Page 17, Farmily 126
Union Township, Marion, Iowa, United States
T. Stentz..62..Pennsylvania..Keeping House

(Living with husband at the home of her married son and his family.)

NOTE - If her birth date was 21 Oct 1801, then her age should have been 61 instead of 62.
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• She was buried after 4 July 1891 in the Graceland Cemetery in Knoxville, IA.

Find a Grave Memorial 134987469
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Clarissa married John P. Stentz, son of Daniel Stentz and Elizabeth Bowman, on 5 April 1827 in , Fayette County, PA.^{1 2} (John P. Stentz was born on 6 January 1804 in , Fayette County, PA,^{1 2 5 6 8} died on 1 June 1874 in Ashland, OH ⁶ and was buried after 1 June 1874 in Graceland Cemetery, Knoxville Township, Marion County, IA ⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• They appeared on the 1850 US Census in Springhill Township, Fayette County, PA on 8 August 1850. ³

1850 US Census
Page 84, Roll 779, Dwelling 85, Family 85
Springhill Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania
John P. Stentz..45..PA..Farmer
Clarissa Stentz..42..PA
Elizabeth Stentz..19..PA
Alfred D. Stentz..16..PA..Laborer
Edwin D. Stentz..14..PA
Mary A. Stentz..12..PA
Sarah A. Stentz..3..PA

NOTE - The son Alexander was married and living elsewhere by 1850. The son Daniel was either working and living elsewhere or had died by 1850. Daughter Katherine would have been only 10 years old for the 1850 census but she is not listed and may have died before the 1850 census.
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• They appeared on the 1860 US Census in Orange Township, Ashland, OH on 20 July 1860. ⁴

1860 US Census
Page 113, Family 867, Roll 930
Orange Township, Ashland, Ohio, United States
J. P. Stentz..57..Pennsylvania..Tanner
Clarissa Stentz..53..Pennsylvania
Edwin Stentz..22..Virginia..Farm Laborer
Sarah Stentz..12..Pennsylvania
John Stentz..10..Pennsylvania
Arlington Stentz..25..Virginia..Farmer
Margaret Stentz..18..Ireland
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