"Clara" was the daugter of John Lafayette and Frances Elizabeth Means McMahan.

She married Albert Pike Coyle on September 11, 1880. She and Albert had eight children. Albert passed in 1897 and Clara was left to raise their children.

James A. Williams moves in to help Clara run the household. James & Clara married May 6, 1902 at the Banks Hotel in Ardmore, Oklahoma. In 1903 a little girl, Myrtle was born, but only lived six months. They also had a daughter named Jewel that lived to adulthood

Clara passed in 1909 and James goes on to live until 1935

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Below is provided by Gone Too Soon (#47644196)
"The Means Family of America" Genealogy Book. Published in 1972. Elizabeth Cissel Foglesong.

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CLARISSA JANE McMAHAN, born 22 November 1866, Clay County, Missouri; died 5 March 1909.

1st married, PIKE COYLE

Their issue: Ella, Jim, Abb, Ben, Doug, Pearl, Audrey and Teressa

2nd married, _______Williams

Their issue: Myrtle and Jewell
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ELIZABETH FRANCES MEANS, born 29 May 1829, Clay County, Missouri; died 9 June 1914, Clay County, Missouri. She married 23 September 1851, Clay County, Missouri, JOHN L McMAHAN, born 13 May 1833; died 15 January 1903.

Frances and John resided in Clay County, Missouri.

Their issue:
1 - Mary Ann, b 29 Jul 1852; d 21 May 1921
2 - James Andrew, b 12 Dec 1853; d 7 May 1937
3 - William Harvey, b 22 Dec 1854; d 21 May 1930
4 - Washington Foster, b 29 Feb 1856
5 - Franklin Ware, b 31 Oct 1857
6 - John Fausett, b Jun 1859; d 15 Jul 1863
7 - Sarah Melvina, b 11 Dec 1860; d 21 Dec 1941
8 - Jefferson Davis, b 23 Mar 1862; d 1884 (unmarried)
9 - Alvin Marr, b 9 Sept 1863; d 3 Jul 1939
10 - Mann Tuckett, b 17 Mar 1865; d 31 Aug ______
11 - Clarissa Jane, b 22 Nov 1866; d 5 Mar 1909
12 - Adam Burke, b 13 Jan 1869; d 11 Feb 1870
13 - Frances Elizabeth, b 29 Jun 1870
14 - Lula Catherine, b 26 May 1873; d 12 Jul 1942