Clarence Leander McCord's Clan

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Clarence Leander McCord was the son of Eblert McCord & Ida Bixler and he married Estelle Rue Johnstone, the daughter of Rev Henry Johnston & Dr Emma Cox.

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Estelle was born in Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa.  Her granddaughter Connie wrote a wonderful accounting of her grandparents' missionary with the Wesleyan Methodist Church.

The picture to the right - Clarence, Estelle & daughter Dorothy

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unknown paper, Sep 1982
Clarence L McCord, 89, of 4130 S Alameda, died yesterday in a local hospital after a short illness. He was a retired employee of the Davenport, Iowa, school district.  Surviving are two daughters, Mrs Dorothy Williams of Bull Shoals, Ark, and Mrs Lois Sharlton, of Manchester, Iowa; a son, Allen R McCord of Corpus Christie; two sisters, Mrs Ione Dean of Woodland Hills, Calif, and Mrs Gladys Montgomery, of Oshkosh, Wis; a brother, Markcus McCord of Louisville, Ky; 11 grandchildren and [2] great-grandchildren. Cage-Mills Everhart Chapel.

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Dorothy Irene McCord married Earl Ward Williams, the son of Mark Williams & Ida McPherson - they had 2 children, Dona Rue & Larry Earl. I wrote about the family in an  earlier post

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Allen Rue McCord married Clara Elaine Asher, the daughter of Cash Asher & Flossie Winnie - they had 4 children - Kathleen, Kelly, Connie & Robert.  Allen died in 2002 & Clara in 2018.

Davenport HS, 1946 - Ancestry

Lois Darlene McCord married William Stuart Charlton, the son of Judge Shannon B Charlton & Etna H Barr.  William was a Judge Advocate General with the US Air Force.  Lois passed away in 2017, William in 2006 and the pair had 5 children - Pam, Rebecca, Deborah, Barbara & son Shannon