| Submitter: | Nancy Cleere Rodgers | |||
| Husband: | Cornelius Eaton "Neal" CLEERE | |||
| Born: | September 27, 1834 | Place: | Caroline Co., VA | |
| Married: | December 17, 1856 | Place: | AL | |
| Died: | June 17, 1895 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | Charles Chiles CLEERE | |||
| Mother: | Sarah S. HOWLE | |||
| Other Spouses: | Sarah Margaret COLLIER, Frances Caroline "Fannie" McCLELLAN **both listed below | |||
| Wife: | Martha C. NORTON | |||
| Born: | August 23, 1837 | Place: | ||
| Died: | July 31, 1861 | Place: | ||
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| 1 Name: | M | John Luther CLEERE | ||
| Born: | January 6, 1858 | Place: | AL | |
| Died: | November 16, 1935 | Place: | Perryton, Ochiltree Co., TX | |
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| Spouse 1: | Mary Barney "Molly" WINDERS | |||
| Married: | August 28, 1878 | Place: | Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 2: | Donna | |||
| Married: | after 1896 | Place: | ||
| 2 Name: | M | Unknown tin CLEERE | ||
| Born: | January 6, 1858 | Place: | AL | |
| Died: | January 6, 1858 | Place: | AL | |
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| Wife: | Sarah Margaret COLLIER | |||
| Born: | about 1846 | Place: | ||
| Died: | unknown | Place: | ||
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| 1 Name: | F | Mattie V. CLEERE | ||
| Born: | 1871 | Place: | TX | |
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| 2 Name: | M | Robert Cornelius "Bob" CLEERE | ||
| Born: | January 8, 1873 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | February 21, 1952 | Place: | ||
| Cemetery: | Fairlawn (Old) Cemetery | Place: | Stephens Co., OK | |
| Spouse 1: | Mary Louise "Lula" BOUNDS | |||
| Married: | October 3, 1898 | Place: | Mt. Nebo, TX | |
| 3 Name: | M | Washington Lee "W. L." CLEERE | ||
| Born: | January 3, 1875 | Place: | Fairfield, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | December 23, 1963 | Place: | Comanche, Comanche Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Union Cemetery | Place: | Gustine, Comanche Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Effie Lee McNEIL | |||
| Married: | July 15, 1894 | Place: | Comanche Co., TX | |
| 4 Name: | F | Margaret Belle "Maggie" CLEERE | ||
| Born: | April 20, 1877 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Died: | January 31, 1944 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Ross TEER | |||
| Married: | about June 1, 1895 | Place: | ||
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| Wife: | Frances Caroline "Fannie" McCLELLAN | |||
| Born: | July 28, 1848 | Place: | Lawrence Co., AL | |
| Died: | March 28, 1927 | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Father: | John Samuel McCLELLAN | |||
| Mother: | Nancy HUGHES | |||
| Other Spouses: | F. C. PICKARD (first husband) | |||
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| 1 Name: | F | Lucy CLEERE | ||
| Born: | November 25, 1882 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | January 8, 1942 | Place: | ||
| Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
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| 2 Name: | U | Caddie CLEERE | ||
| Born: | February 1885 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | unknown | Place: | ||
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| 3 Name: | M | Benjamin Jackson "Ben" CLEERE | ||
| Born: | November 21, 1886 | Place: | TX | |
| Died: | August 24, 1967 | Place: | Freestone Co., TX | |
| Cemetery: | Woodland Cemetery | Place: | Kirvin, Freestone Co., TX | |
| Spouse 1: | Bessie L. UNKNOWN | |||
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| 4 Name: | F | Idella "Della" CLEERE | ||
| Born: | May 1889 | Place: | ||
| Died: | Unknown | Place: | ||
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| NOTES: Enlistment records show C. E. "CLURE", private & 4th Corp. Co. "E", 28th TX Cav., Eli Baxter, CSA -- source War Dept. Adjutant General's Ofc. Report. Although C. E. enlisted originally under Randall's Brigade -- Randal died of wounds received at Jenkin's Ferry, AR, on April 30, 1864 and Eli H. Baxter, Jr. (Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel) evidently took command of the company) 1880 census of Freestone Co., TX show that Neal was a cotton farmer |
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| SOURCES: Photocopied page of Family Bible of Sudie Cleere Sharpe Widow's Pension Application for Pension, Form B (Fannie Cleere) Freestone Co. Cemetery Vol. II War Dept. Adjutant General's Ofc. Report Caren Seeley Keller (1993) Nancy Cleere Rodgers Tombstone of C. E. Cleere, (2001) Peculiar Honor: A History of the 28th TX Cavalry, 1862-1865, Jane M. Johansson, Fayetteville: Univ. of Arkansas Press, 1998. 1880 Freestone Co. census 1900 Navarro Co. census Correspondence with Gail S. Cleere Interview with Robt. C. Cleere II Marriage records of Comanche C. TX Vol. 2, pg 260 Effie Lee McNeil Cleere's Bible 1910 Dawson Co., TX census 1920 Comanche Co., TX census Tombstone of Washington Lee Cleere Death certificate Comanchee Co., TX Tombstone of Effie McNeil Cleere Death certificate Somerville Co., TX Interview with Iva Cleere Ellis Tombstone of Ross Teer (5-3-2001) Tombstone of Maggie Cleere Teer (5-3-2001) 1900 Freestone Co., TX census Tombstone of Francis C. Cleere (5-3-2001) Tombstone of Lucy Cleere (5-3-2001) Tombstone of Ben J. Cleere (5-3-2001) Tombstone of Bessie L. Cleere (5-3-2001) |
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