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Modena A. Clark was born in Jan 1841 in Kentucky
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4,5,6 She appeared on the 1850 Federal Census of Caldwell Co., Kentucky
G, in the household of her parents,
James G. Clark and
Mary Willard Cobb.
11 She appeared with her parents on the 1860 Federal Census of Dycusburg, Crittenden Co., Kentucky
G, in the household of
Gideon Dyer Cobb Jr., her mother's brother.
12,13 Modena married
William Tillman White, son of Henry P. White and Martha B. Bradley, on 30 Apr 1861 in Lyon Co., Kentucky
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7,8 Modena and William appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Elkton, Todd Co., Kentucky
G, enumerated 19 Jul 1870, reporting real estate valued at $1,000 and personal estate of $2,000. Their children William,
Martha, and
Henry were listed as living with them.
14 Her husband died in Apr 1880 in Todd Co., Kentucky
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15,16 Modena appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Trenton, Todd Co., Kentucky
G, enumerated 7 Jun 1880. Her children William, Martha, Henry, and
James were listed as living with her, as was her niece, Belle Shannon.
17 She was is listed in the 1880 census as operating a farm, with the aid of her sons William and Henry, after the death of her husband.
17 Modena moved to Evansville, Indiana, with her daughter Martha and her husband,
James Young Cabaniss by 1893, when they were living at 2 Madison Ave.
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18 The following year they moved to 115 Jefferson Ave.
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19 About 1896 they moved to 1104 Upper 6th St.
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20 Modena appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana, in the household of her daughter Martha and her husband.
21 About 1903 they moved to 414 Chandler Ave.
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22 Modena died on 23 Nov 1908 in Evansville, Vanderburgh Co., Indiana
G, at age 67.
9 She was buried on 25 Nov 1908 in Trenton, Kentucky
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