Clara’s cremated remains were not initially taken after death and were available for years at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who was related. In 2017 the ashes were claimed by a family member. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Clara was born in Arkansas in September 1899. Her father, Huston Rumley, was born in Arkansas in November 1862. His parents were from Arkansas. Clara’s mother, Anna Grimes, was born about 1861 in Arkansas. Anna’s parents, Richmond “Wilson” Grimes and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Reddick) Grimes, were from Tennessee. Lizzie was said to be 1/4 Cherokee, making Anna 1/8 and Clara 1/16 Cherokee.
Huston and Anna were married in 1883. Their children (all born in Arkansas) included: Frances (born in 1884), Lizzie (1886), Rosa (1888), Bud (1892), Myrtle (1894), Albert (1896), Clara (1899), Lily (in 1900), Fred (about 1903), Ora Lee (about 1905), and Robert (about 1907). One other child who was probably born about 1890 died before 1900. Sister Lizzie died in 1910. Of Clara’s 11 siblings, 9 were alive in 1910.
At the time of the 1900 census Clara was 8 months old, living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, a county in the northwest corner of Arkansas bordering Missouri. Clara’s father was a farmer and owned his farm with a mortgage. He had received homestead land on 6/23/1898.
During the 1910 census Clara was 11 years old living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, Arkansas where her father was laborer in an ice plant.
In January 1920 Clara’s younger brother Robert was killed after having been shot in a hunting accident. In the 1920 census Clara was 21, single, and living with her parents and sibling in Benton County, Arkansas. Her parents were farming. Living next door was Ben Reddick, probably a cousin of Clara’s mother.
On 2/23/1926 Clara’s mother applied for enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. She testified that her mother Lizzie Reddick Grimes was 1/4 Cherokee through Lizzie’s father Ebenezer Reddick who was 1/2 or 3/4 Cherokee. Ebenezer had come from North Carolina, to Tennessee and then to Arkansas. Clara’s mother’s application was rejected on 4/5/1926 because she lived in Arkansas (a state “distant from the Cherokee country”) and the immediate family never previously affiliated with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee.
In her application she reported that Clara was 27 and was using the name Schmitt or Schnett. It wasn’t reported where she was living, perhaps it was not known. However in 1926 Clara’s 8 living siblings were residing in the neighboring states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. As time passed Fred, Ora, Myrtle & Lily ended up in Oklahoma with Rose in Missouri, Albert in California, Bud in New Mexico and only Frances in Arkansas.
Her brother Bud died in 1926. Clara’s mother died in Benton County, Arkansas on 4/25/1929. In April 1930 Clara’s father was retired and living in the home of Clara’s sister Myrtle Rumley Dye in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When he died in the 1930s he was buried with his wife and their son Robert at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Brightwater, Benton County, Arkansas.
How and when Clara moved to Oregon is not known. She apparently married someone named Schmitt (or something similar) before 1926 and later married Dan Lyons. Before entering the state hospital she and Dan were living in Lakeview, a small rural community in Lake County in the desert land of southeastern Oregon.
On 10/25/1936 Clara was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. She had general paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia. This condition is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. It is characterized by dementia, progressive muscular weakness, and paralysis. After being a patient at the institution for less than 2 months she died there on 10/25/1936. The cause of death was general paresis. She was 37 years old.
Clara’s sibling Albert died in 1952; Frances in 1967; Rose in 1979; Myrtle and Fred in 1986; Lily in 1994 and Ora Lee in 1999.
Clara was born in Arkansas in September 1899. Her father, Huston Rumley, was born in Arkansas in November 1862. His parents were from Arkansas. Clara’s mother, Anna Grimes, was born about 1861 in Arkansas. Anna’s parents, Richmond “Wilson” Grimes and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Reddick) Grimes, were from Tennessee. Lizzie was said to be 1/4 Cherokee, making Anna 1/8 and Clara 1/16 Cherokee.
Huston and Anna were married in 1883. Their children (all born in Arkansas) included: Frances (born in 1884), Lizzie (1886), Rosa (1888), Bud (1892), Myrtle (1894), Albert (1896), Clara (1899), Lily (in 1900), Fred (about 1903), Ora Lee (about 1905), and Robert (about 1907). One other child who was probably born about 1890 died before 1900. Sister Lizzie died in 1910. Of Clara’s 11 siblings, 9 were alive in 1910.
At the time of the 1900 census Clara was 8 months old, living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, a county in the northwest corner of Arkansas bordering Missouri. Clara’s father was a farmer and owned his farm with a mortgage. He had received homestead land on 6/23/1898.
During the 1910 census Clara was 11 years old living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, Arkansas where her father was laborer in an ice plant.
In January 1920 Clara’s younger brother Robert was killed after having been shot in a hunting accident. In the 1920 census Clara was 21, single, and living with her parents and sibling in Benton County, Arkansas. Her parents were farming. Living next door was Ben Reddick, probably a cousin of Clara’s mother.
On 2/23/1926 Clara’s mother applied for enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. She testified that her mother Lizzie Reddick Grimes was 1/4 Cherokee through Lizzie’s father Ebenezer Reddick who was 1/2 or 3/4 Cherokee. Ebenezer had come from North Carolina, to Tennessee and then to Arkansas. Clara’s mother’s application was rejected on 4/5/1926 because she lived in Arkansas (a state “distant from the Cherokee country”) and the immediate family never previously affiliated with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee.
In her application she reported that Clara was 27 and was using the name Schmitt or Schnett. It wasn’t reported where she was living, perhaps it was not known. However in 1926 Clara’s 8 living siblings were residing in the neighboring states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. As time passed Fred, Ora, Myrtle & Lily ended up in Oklahoma with Rose in Missouri, Albert in California, Bud in New Mexico and only Frances in Arkansas.
Her brother Bud died in 1926. Clara’s mother died in Benton County, Arkansas on 4/25/1929. In April 1930 Clara’s father was retired and living in the home of Clara’s sister Myrtle Rumley Dye in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When he died in the 1930s he was buried with his wife and their son Robert at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Brightwater, Benton County, Arkansas.
How and when Clara moved to Oregon is not known. She apparently married someone named Schmitt (or something similar) before 1926 and later married Dan Lyons. Before entering the state hospital she and Dan were living in Lakeview, a small rural community in Lake County in the desert land of southeastern Oregon.
On 10/25/1936 Clara was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. She had general paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia. This condition is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. It is characterized by dementia, progressive muscular weakness, and paralysis. After being a patient at the institution for less than 2 months she died there on 10/25/1936. The cause of death was general paresis. She was 37 years old.
Clara’s sibling Albert died in 1952; Frances in 1967; Rose in 1979; Myrtle and Fred in 1986; Lily in 1994 and Ora Lee in 1999.
Clara’s cremated remains were not initially taken after death and were available for years at the Oregon State Hospital to be claimed by anyone who was related. In 2017 the ashes were claimed by a family member. More information about unclaimed cremains at OSH is available at http://www.oregon.gov/oha/osh/Pages/cremains.aspx A book by David Maisel and a short documentary film by Ondi Timoner & Robert James, both entitled "Library of Dust" also provide more information.
Clara was born in Arkansas in September 1899. Her father, Huston Rumley, was born in Arkansas in November 1862. His parents were from Arkansas. Clara’s mother, Anna Grimes, was born about 1861 in Arkansas. Anna’s parents, Richmond “Wilson” Grimes and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Reddick) Grimes, were from Tennessee. Lizzie was said to be 1/4 Cherokee, making Anna 1/8 and Clara 1/16 Cherokee.
Huston and Anna were married in 1883. Their children (all born in Arkansas) included: Frances (born in 1884), Lizzie (1886), Rosa (1888), Bud (1892), Myrtle (1894), Albert (1896), Clara (1899), Lily (in 1900), Fred (about 1903), Ora Lee (about 1905), and Robert (about 1907). One other child who was probably born about 1890 died before 1900. Sister Lizzie died in 1910. Of Clara’s 11 siblings, 9 were alive in 1910.
At the time of the 1900 census Clara was 8 months old, living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, a county in the northwest corner of Arkansas bordering Missouri. Clara’s father was a farmer and owned his farm with a mortgage. He had received homestead land on 6/23/1898.
During the 1910 census Clara was 11 years old living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, Arkansas where her father was laborer in an ice plant.
In January 1920 Clara’s younger brother Robert was killed after having been shot in a hunting accident. In the 1920 census Clara was 21, single, and living with her parents and sibling in Benton County, Arkansas. Her parents were farming. Living next door was Ben Reddick, probably a cousin of Clara’s mother.
On 2/23/1926 Clara’s mother applied for enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. She testified that her mother Lizzie Reddick Grimes was 1/4 Cherokee through Lizzie’s father Ebenezer Reddick who was 1/2 or 3/4 Cherokee. Ebenezer had come from North Carolina, to Tennessee and then to Arkansas. Clara’s mother’s application was rejected on 4/5/1926 because she lived in Arkansas (a state “distant from the Cherokee country”) and the immediate family never previously affiliated with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee.
In her application she reported that Clara was 27 and was using the name Schmitt or Schnett. It wasn’t reported where she was living, perhaps it was not known. However in 1926 Clara’s 8 living siblings were residing in the neighboring states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. As time passed Fred, Ora, Myrtle & Lily ended up in Oklahoma with Rose in Missouri, Albert in California, Bud in New Mexico and only Frances in Arkansas.
Her brother Bud died in 1926. Clara’s mother died in Benton County, Arkansas on 4/25/1929. In April 1930 Clara’s father was retired and living in the home of Clara’s sister Myrtle Rumley Dye in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When he died in the 1930s he was buried with his wife and their son Robert at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Brightwater, Benton County, Arkansas.
How and when Clara moved to Oregon is not known. She apparently married someone named Schmitt (or something similar) before 1926 and later married Dan Lyons. Before entering the state hospital she and Dan were living in Lakeview, a small rural community in Lake County in the desert land of southeastern Oregon.
On 10/25/1936 Clara was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. She had general paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia. This condition is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. It is characterized by dementia, progressive muscular weakness, and paralysis. After being a patient at the institution for less than 2 months she died there on 10/25/1936. The cause of death was general paresis. She was 37 years old.
Clara’s sibling Albert died in 1952; Frances in 1967; Rose in 1979; Myrtle and Fred in 1986; Lily in 1994 and Ora Lee in 1999.
Clara was born in Arkansas in September 1899. Her father, Huston Rumley, was born in Arkansas in November 1862. His parents were from Arkansas. Clara’s mother, Anna Grimes, was born about 1861 in Arkansas. Anna’s parents, Richmond “Wilson” Grimes and Elizabeth “Lizzie” (Reddick) Grimes, were from Tennessee. Lizzie was said to be 1/4 Cherokee, making Anna 1/8 and Clara 1/16 Cherokee.
Huston and Anna were married in 1883. Their children (all born in Arkansas) included: Frances (born in 1884), Lizzie (1886), Rosa (1888), Bud (1892), Myrtle (1894), Albert (1896), Clara (1899), Lily (in 1900), Fred (about 1903), Ora Lee (about 1905), and Robert (about 1907). One other child who was probably born about 1890 died before 1900. Sister Lizzie died in 1910. Of Clara’s 11 siblings, 9 were alive in 1910.
At the time of the 1900 census Clara was 8 months old, living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, a county in the northwest corner of Arkansas bordering Missouri. Clara’s father was a farmer and owned his farm with a mortgage. He had received homestead land on 6/23/1898.
During the 1910 census Clara was 11 years old living with her parents and siblings in Benton County, Arkansas where her father was laborer in an ice plant.
In January 1920 Clara’s younger brother Robert was killed after having been shot in a hunting accident. In the 1920 census Clara was 21, single, and living with her parents and sibling in Benton County, Arkansas. Her parents were farming. Living next door was Ben Reddick, probably a cousin of Clara’s mother.
On 2/23/1926 Clara’s mother applied for enrollment in the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians of North Carolina. She testified that her mother Lizzie Reddick Grimes was 1/4 Cherokee through Lizzie’s father Ebenezer Reddick who was 1/2 or 3/4 Cherokee. Ebenezer had come from North Carolina, to Tennessee and then to Arkansas. Clara’s mother’s application was rejected on 4/5/1926 because she lived in Arkansas (a state “distant from the Cherokee country”) and the immediate family never previously affiliated with the Eastern Band of the Cherokee.
In her application she reported that Clara was 27 and was using the name Schmitt or Schnett. It wasn’t reported where she was living, perhaps it was not known. However in 1926 Clara’s 8 living siblings were residing in the neighboring states of Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Missouri. As time passed Fred, Ora, Myrtle & Lily ended up in Oklahoma with Rose in Missouri, Albert in California, Bud in New Mexico and only Frances in Arkansas.
Her brother Bud died in 1926. Clara’s mother died in Benton County, Arkansas on 4/25/1929. In April 1930 Clara’s father was retired and living in the home of Clara’s sister Myrtle Rumley Dye in Tulsa, Oklahoma. When he died in the 1930s he was buried with his wife and their son Robert at Walnut Hill Cemetery in Brightwater, Benton County, Arkansas.
How and when Clara moved to Oregon is not known. She apparently married someone named Schmitt (or something similar) before 1926 and later married Dan Lyons. Before entering the state hospital she and Dan were living in Lakeview, a small rural community in Lake County in the desert land of southeastern Oregon.
On 10/25/1936 Clara was admitted to the Oregon State Hospital, a residential facility in Salem, Oregon for the treatment of people with mental illness. She had general paresis, also known as general paralysis of the insane or paralytic dementia. This condition is a neuropsychiatric disorder affecting the brain, caused by late-stage syphilis. It is characterized by dementia, progressive muscular weakness, and paralysis. After being a patient at the institution for less than 2 months she died there on 10/25/1936. The cause of death was general paresis. She was 37 years old.
Clara’s sibling Albert died in 1952; Frances in 1967; Rose in 1979; Myrtle and Fred in 1986; Lily in 1994 and Ora Lee in 1999.
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