Clara E. Long1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 24655, (1862 - 1923)
FatherHenry J. Long4,5,6 (27 Dec 1832 - 10 Nov 1906)
MotherHester Ann Windsor4,6 (16 Apr 1835 - 20 Oct 1881)

Key Events:

Birth: 13 Feb 1862, Brown Co., Ohio7,8,9
Marriage: about 4 Jun 1880, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, John A. Barrow 10,11,12
Marriage: 23 May 1885, Brown Co., Ohio, Frederick S. Brose (26 Apr 1847 - 12 Feb 1917)13,14
Death: 2 Sep 1923, 7 Elston Court, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio15,9
Burial: 5 Sep 1923, New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Brown Co., Ohio16,17
ChartsDescendants of Maximilian Friderich Wiemann and Anna Maria Margaretha Elisabeth Lüken

Copyright Notice

Narrative:

     Clara E. Long was born on 13 Feb 1862 in Brown Co., Ohio.7,8,9
     She appeared on the 1870 Federal Census of Williamsburg Twp., Clermont Co., Ohio, in the household of her parents, Henry J. Long and Hester Ann Windsor.18
     She was not listed with her parents when they were enumerated 16 Jun in Pike Twp., Brown Co., Ohio. She may have been the Clarra Long, age 17 who appeared on the 1880 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at 17 Elm Street, enumerated 2 Jun 1880, in the household of George and Mollien O. Fenger. She was listed as a cousin, likely the cousin of Mollien, whose mother was a Long according to online trees. But no connection has been found between that Long family and Clara's family, leaving room for doubt about whether this was the same Clara Long.19,20,21
     Clara married first John A. Barrow about 4 Jun 1880 in Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio.10,11,12
     No record of what ended that marriage has been found, but she was apparently either divorced or widowed by 1885 because she re-married then.
     Clara married second Frederick S. Brose, son of Christian Heinrich Wilhelm Brase and Anna Maria Elisabeth Louise Wiemann, on 23 May 1885 in Brown Co., Ohio, with William Hight, justice of the peace, officiating. He was the widower of Debra Jane Gardner.13,14
     Clara and Frederick appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Sterling Twp., Brown Co., Ohio, enumerated 4 Jun 1900, reporting they owned their farm, free of mortgage. Their children Thomas, Howard, Emma and Henry were listed as living with them, as were his daughter by his prior marriage, Anna, her daughter by her prior marriage, Hattie M. Barrow, and Clara's father.22
     Clara and Frederick appeared on the 1910 Federal Census of Sterling Twp., Brown Co., Ohio, enumerated 23 Apr 1910, reporting they owned their farm, free of mortgage. Their children Thomas, Emma and Henry were listed as living with them, as was Thomas' wife, Minnie E. Davidson.23
     Her husband died on 12 Feb 1917 in Sterling Twp., Brown Co., Ohio.24,25
     Clara appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, in the household of her daughter Emma and her husband, Lowell Smith.26
     Clara died on 2 Sep 1923, at her home, 7 Elston Court, Cincinnati, Hamilton Co., Ohio, at age 61.15,9 She was buried on 5 Sep 1923 in New Harmony Cemetery, New Harmony, Brown Co., Ohio.16,17
     
Research Note, 21 Aug 2024:
No reliable information has been found about Clara's first husband. His name is known only from two newspaper clippings about the issuance of their marriage license, both showing him as John A. Barrow. The original marriage license was lost in a courthouse fire. There were several men of about the right age named John Barrow or similar in the in the greater Cincinnati area, but no other have been found using the given name John A.

Some online trees show that John A. Barrow was the son of Abraham Barrow and Lydia Danbury and husband of Clara E Long. They show, without citing any source, that he died in 1884. No death records that might be him have been found.

Other online trees show that the son of Abraham Barrow and Lydia Danbury was John Henry Barrow, who married Blanche Maud Lewis, and died in 1926. Those facts are supported by source citations, but no mention of a marriage to Clara Long is included, and no records have been found for this John Barrow linking him to her or their daughter.27,28,29,30

Children:
     Child with John A. Barrow:

  • Hattie M. Barrow31 (9 Sep 1884 - 15 May 1963)

Children:
     Children with Frederick S. Brose:

Citations

  1. [S13851] Henry Long household, 1870 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows name as Clara E. Long.
  2. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows name as Clara Brose, and the father-in-law her husband with surname Long.
  3. [S13735] Record of Births, Brown Co., Ohio, 3:36, record for Henrietta Brose, shows name as Clara E. Long.
  4. [S13851] Henry Long household, 1870 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows them apparently living as parent and child.
  5. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows him as father-in-law and her as wife of head of household.
  6. [S13849] Clara E. Brose, Certificate of Death.
  7. [S13851] Henry Long household, 1870 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio, shows age 8 and state.
  8. [S13849] Clara E. Brose, Certificate of Death, shows date, county, and state.
  9. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 104308555, Clara E Long Brose, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  10. [S13852] "Marriage Licenses," The Cincinnati Daily Star, 5 Jun 1880, shows license issued to John A. Barrow and Clara Long "since our last report," which was the previous day.
  11. [S13393] Hamilton County Marriage Index 1808-1884, online, record for John A. Barrow and Clara Long, citing Cincinnati Freie Presse, pg 4, at Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library, shows date.
  12. [S13714] Marriage Record, Brown Co., Ohio, 13:523, F.S. Brose and Mrs. Clara Barrow, shows her as Mrs. Barrow.
  13. [S13714] Marriage Record, Brown Co., Ohio, 13:523, F.S. Brose and Mrs. Clara Barrow, shows date, county, state, and officiant.
  14. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows married 15 years.
  15. [S13849] Clara E. Brose, Certificate of Death, shows date, address, city, county, and state.
  16. [S13849] Clara E. Brose, Certificate of Death, shows date and town, as Williamsburg.
  17. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 104308555, Clara E Long Brose, includes tombstone photo.
  18. [S13851] Henry Long household, 1870 U.S. Census, Clermont Co., Ohio.
  19. [S13855] Henry J. Long household, 1880 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio.
  20. [S13853] George Fenger household, 1880 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  21. [S13854] Barbara Dowd, "Elges Family Tree" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows Mollien Oliva Taylor as wife of George Winfield Fanger and daughter of Ezra Bedford Taylor and Mary Gertrude Long.
  22. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio.
  23. [S13845] Frederick S. Brose household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio.
  24. [S13686] Frederick S. Brose, Certificate of Death, shows date, township, county, and state.
  25. [S500] Findagrave.com, online, memorial # 104308332, Frederick S Brose, shows date and includes tombstone photo showing same.
  26. [S13850] Lowell Smith household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio.
  27. [S13852] "Marriage Licenses," The Cincinnati Daily Star, 5 Jun 1880, shows license issued to John A. Barrow and Clara Long.
  28. [S13393] Hamilton County Marriage Index 1808-1884, online, record for John A. Barrow and Clara Long, citing Cincinnati Freie Presse, pg 4, at Cincinnati and Hamilton County Public Library.
  29. [S13856] Sharlene Spires, "Kleine/Kuntzman Family Tree" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows John A Barrow, son of Abraham Barrow and Lydia Danbury, born 1861, married Clara E Long 1880, died 1884, citing 1870 and 1880 censuses showing him with his parents.
  30. [S13857] Lynne Santos, "Schwedes Muegge Family" family tree, Ancestry.com, shows John Henry Barrow, son of Abraham Barrow and Lydia Danbury, born 1861, married Blanche Maud Lewis 16 Oct 1890, died 30 Apr 1926.
  31. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows girl as daughter of Clara's husband but the parents had been married about the age of the child and the child has the surname of her late husband.
  32. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  33. [S13845] Frederick S. Brose household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  34. [S13714] Marriage Record, Brown Co., Ohio, 23:482, no. 20,991, Tom E. Brose and Minnie E. Davison.
  35. [S13735] Record of Births, Brown Co., Ohio, 2:32 no. 32, record for Howard Brose.
  36. [S8685] Marriage Record, Hamilton Co., Ohio, 226:423, Howard Brose and Frances Berger.
  37. [S13844] Fred Brose household, 1900 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows girl as daughter of Clara's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  38. [S13845] Frederick S. Brose household, 1910 U.S. Census, Brown Co., Ohio, shows girl as daughter of Clara's husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  39. [S13850] Lowell Smith household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows Clara as mother--in-law and Emma as wife of head of household.
  40. [S13735] Record of Births, Brown Co., Ohio, 3:36, record for Henrietta Brose.
  41. [S13850] Lowell Smith household, 1920 U.S. Census, Hamilton Co., Ohio, shows him as brother-in-law and her as mother-in-law of head of household, both with surname Brose.