Clyde is the son of
Liberty U. Dragoo and his
wife Celestia Ann Hunniker, of
Buchanan, Berrien Co. Michigan.
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Note: PLEASE, do NOT transfer this
memorial to other web sites.
Thanks, Nancy (Letcher) Heib.
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Clyde was married on
Sept. 7, 1898 in
Baroda, Berrien Co. MI.,
to Clara Upham, the daughter
of Theodore Albert Upham and
his wife Isadora N. Kizer.
Note: Clyde's sister
Cleta "Cleo" Dragoo,
married Clara's brother
Clarence Upham. (Brother and
sister Dragoo married brother and
sister Upham).
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The 1906 "Kalamazoo [MI] City and
County Directory" on page 260, lists
Clyde Dragoo and his wife Clara, living
at 407 N. Rose Street, in Kalamazoo, MI.
[Clyde's sister Cleo and her husband
Clarence Upham also lived in Kalamazoo,
MI for a short time]. Clyde and Clara
then moved back to Berrien County, MI.
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In 1917-1918, when Clyde filled out his
WWI Draft Registration Card, he states
that he is tall in height, medium build,
with gray eyes and black hair. Also,
that he was living at 1414 Morton Ave.
in St. Joseph, Michigan and that he was
age 42, and worked as a iron molder at
a Foundry on Broad Street, in St. Joseph,
Michigan.
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In 1919, his father Liberty Dragoo was
living with him at 1414 Morton Avenue,
in St. Joseph, Michigan, at the time
of Liberty's death.
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The children of Clyde and Clara are:
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1. Glenn W. Dragoo
b. March 21, 1908
Berrien County Michigan.
m. # 1. Clara Ueck.
Possibly divorced.
(See "The Coloma Courier" newspaper,
in Coloma, MI on Fri. June 15, 1945).
m. # 2. Nora Ella Buschert,
the daughter of Solomon Buschert
and Lydia Ann Furtney.
(Divorce mentioned in "The News
Palladium" newspaper, in Benton Harbor,
MI on Tues. Dec. 26, 1950, page 10).
d. Sept. 1969,
St. Joseph, Berrien Co. Michigan.
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2. Harry M. Dragoo
b. Nov. 2, 1910
Berrien County Michigan.
m. # 1. Helen Richards.
m. # 2. Mrs. Lilas L. (LaMunion) Arnett
(the former wife of David Miles Arnett),
on July 18, 1936, in Berrien County MI.
Lilas was the daughter of Fred LaMunion
and his wife Carrie Warscoe.
d. Jan. 1981
Mesa, Maricopa County, Arizona.
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Note: Clyde Dragoo is listed in the
"Iron Molders Journal", Vol. XL, No. 1,
on page 145. He and his brother-in-law
Clarence Upham are listed as being
members of the Kalamazoo, MI branch,
who were granted their Iron molders
cards. Clyde Dragoo, card # 74809.
Clarence Upham, card # 78410.
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Clyde's sister
Cleta "Cleo" (Dragoo) Upham
and her husband Clarence Upham
are buried in the
Oak Ridge Cemetery, Buchanan, MI.
Clyde's parents, Liberty and Celestia
Dragoo are buried there also,
(see their memorials
on this web site).
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Clyde died of diabetes mellitus,
at the age of 75 years,
8 months and 7 days.
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Clyde and his wife Clara (Upham)
Dragoo are buried right next to
Clara's sister Edna (Upham) Schriver
and her husband Carl E. Schriver.
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Clara's parents Theodore and
Isadora Upham are also buried
in this Oak Grove Cemetery
(see their memorials
on this web site).
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Note: The "Saint Joseph Herald-Press"
newspaper, in St. Joseph, MI., on Fri.
Aug. 8, 1919, states on page 3, column 3:
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ORONOKO
Clyde Dragoo and family of Benton
Harbor [MI] spent the weekend at
the Carl Shriver home.
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Note: This Oak Grove Cemetery
was "formerly" known as the
Storick Cemetery.
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Their headstone (located in Lot 187,
Spaces 1 and 2), reads:
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DRAGOO
CLYDE W.
1876 - 1952
CLARA U.
1879 - 1968
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Note: See the memorials for his
family, on this web site:
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Father, Liberty U. Dragoo, of MI.
Mother, Celestia (Hunniker) Dragoo,
of Michigan.
Wife, Clara (Upham) Dragoo, of MI.
Sister, Cleta "Cleo" (Dragoo) Upham,
of Michigan.
Brother-in-law, Clarence Upham, of MI.
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