Biographical Sketch

Ira Marshall Claybourn was born on 1 October 1882, in Jefferson County, Illinois. He married (1st) Maud Long on 15 April 1904 in Trinity, Texas. Ira worked for the Missouri Pacific Railroad as a brakeman from 1903 until his retirement. He lived primarily in Mineola, Texas and died on 16 April 1967.

Maud died in 1919. Ira married (2nd) to Nancy Garnett, a nurse, who was born on 1 March 1890 and died 27 June 1974. It was Nancy who really reared the children.

Pedigree Chart

						Ephraim Claybourn 1788 - 1850
				William Divine Claybourn 1819 - 1896
						Mary "Polly" Browning 1792 - 1874
		Cashus M. Columbus Theodore Claybourn 1880 - 1936
						Reuben Hawker b. 1794
				Frances Alla Hawker 1820 - 1863
						Nancy Hawker b. 1796
Ira Marshall Claybourn 1882 - 1967
				Rev. James Jackson Williams
		Rose Anna Caldonia Williams 1865 - 1944
				Sophronia Jane Bryant

Descendants

1. Ethelyn Claybourn was born on 14 January 1906 in Trinity, Texas. She maried T.R. Herndon, and they had no children. Ethelyn was a registered nurse who worked at Baylor Hospital and lived in Dallas. She died very suddenly on 14 December 1956 and is buried in Wolfe City, Texas.

2. Wayne Claybourn was born 26 December 1907 in Palestine, Texas. He was a switchman for Southern Pacific Railroad and lived in Houston, Texas. Wayne married Myrtle Brown of Mineola, Texas (born 21 December 1921 in Golden, Texas). Wayne and Myrtle had four children:

   1. Betty Joan Claybourn was still born on 12 April 1937.

   2. Kathryn Sue Claybourn ("Sue") was born 3 December 1939 in Houston, Texas. She married Richard L. Smith on 14 August 1960 and they lived in Omaha, Texas. Richard was employed by Lone Star Steel and the couple also managed an eight acre farm. They had two children:
      1. Steven Waye Smith was born on 15 September 1962 and lived in Houston, Texas.
      2. David Lee Smith was born 8 January 1965 and worked as a missionary in Taiwan.

   3. Jerry Ray Claybourn was born 2 October 1942 in Houston, Texas. He was married to and divorced from Lounell Wunsche Claybourn. Jerry lived in Denver. They had one child, Keri born in 1975, who lived with her mother.

   4. Janis Claybourn was born 17 September 1948 in Houston, Texas. She married C.J. Garner of Houston.

3. Seawell Claybourn was born on 28 June 1909 in Mineola, Texas. He worked in Mineola as a car inspector for the Texas-Pacific Railroad. He married Thelma M. Hardy of Mineola, Texas, who worked as a licensed vocational nurse. Seawell died of cancer in Baylor hospital in Dallas on 12 June 1974, just two weeks before his retirement. They had one child:

   1. Nelda Evonne Claybourn was born 19 April 1935 and married Don Henderson. They lived at Grand Saline, Texas and had one child:
      1. Pamela Yvonne Hendersn, born 13 January 1957
      2. Susan Gail Henderson

4. Juanita Claybourn was born on 21 August 1910 in Mineola, Texas. She married Ross Jones and lived in Dallas, Texas. They had four children:
   1. Curtis Lynn Jones was born 10 June 1938 in Mineola, Texas. He lived in Dallas and married 12 December 1957 to Fern Cornish in Pilot Point, Texas. They had one child:
      1. Curtis Michael Jones, born 6 January 1959
   2. Ira Worth Jones, born 29 July 1943 in Longview, Texas
   3. Carol Ann Jones, born 27 October 1944 in Longview, Texas
   4. Mary Frances Jones, born 14 October 1947

5. Ira Marshall Claybourn, Jr. was born on 2 January 1912 in Mineola, Texas and died at the age of three on 29 April 1915.