CLARY BIOGRAPHIES, Henry County, Missouri ==================================================================== CLARY, Agrippa Valentine - b: 1851 Overton Co, TN source: 1919 History of Henry Co MO, Uel W. Lamkin, Historical Publishing Co - page: 695 residence: White Oak Twp Agrippa Valentine Clary, a prominent pioneer of White Oak township, was born in Overton County, Tennessee, July 12, 1851. He is a son of John H. and Lavina (Sevier) Clary, both natives of Tennessee. John H. Clary came to Henry County, Missouri, in November, 1860, and settled in Walker township, Henry County, and spent the remainder of his life in Missouri. He lived for many years in Walker township, and later moved to the southwestern part of the State. He died near Joplin at the age of eighty-four years. His wife preceded him in death several years. She died at Rich Hill, aged sixty-three years. John H. and Lavina (Sevier) Clary were the parents of the following children: Agrippa Valentine, the subject of this sketch; William R., Wenatche, Washington; Mrs. Martha Gragg, deceased; Mrs. Mary Tinsley, deceased; George W., Diamond, Missouri; Catherine, deceased; John, deceased; James, deceased, and Nannie Bales, deceased. A. V. Clary was educated in the public schools of Walker township, a Mrs. Cummings being his first teacher. The school house which he attended was one of the pioneer log buildings, and he had an opportunity to. experience the beginning of public schools in Minnesota. Mr. Clary remained on the home farm until 1874 when he engaged in farming for himself on the place where he now lives. He owns ninety acres, five miles south of Urich, and carries on both general farming and stock raising and is one of the successful men of White Oak township. Mr. Clary was united in marriage with Mary Frances (Dunn) Sevier, a daughter of J. N. and Zulima (Ogle) Dunn of White Oak township. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were pioneers of White Oak township, coming from Kentucky to Cooper County, Missouri, in a very early day, and came from Cooper County to Henry County in 1853. Mrs. Clary was born in Cooper County October 8, 1847. Mr. and Mrs. Dunn were the parents of the following children: Thomas, deceased; Mrs. Nancy Elizabeth Blevins; Daniel Luther, deceased; James A., a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Mrs. Margaret E. Armstrong; Mary Frances, the wife of Agrippa Valentine Clary, the subject of this sketch; Jasper Newton, who lives at Urich, Missouri. To Agrippa Valentine Clary and wife have been born the following children: George Ernest, who lives on the home place; Ola A., a farmer in Walker township; and John E., the present treasurer of Henry County. Mrs. Clary was first married to George A. Sevier and to that union were born the following children: James W., a sketch of whom appears in this volume; Rosa E., married W. R. Williams, and she is now deceased; Dora E., married W. G. Martin, a sketch of whom appears in this volume, and Elwood F., a farmer of White Oak township, a sketch of whom appears in this volume. Mr. Clary has a vivid recollection of the pioneer conditions as they existed in Henry County over fifty years ago. He recalls many of the pioneers who lived here when he came, and has observed the many changes. that have gradually taken place in the county since his boyhood days to the present time. He is a Democrat. Mr. and Mrs. Clary. are members of the Urich Presbyterian Church. ==================================================================== CLARY, Ola source: 1971 Montrose Centennial, Montrose, Missouri - page: 234 residence: Ola Clary was the son of Agrippa Valentine Clary, who came to Missouri in November 1860 at the age of nine years, and settled with his parents on Deepwater Creek in the area of what is now the Montrose Lake; and Mary Frances Dunn Sevier, who was born in Cooper County and came to Henry County in 1853. Ola Clary died in 1960. Mrs. Ola Clary (Arminta Lee Hart) was born in Henry County. Her parents were Sebastian Cabot Hart and Rebecca Cannon Hart. Mr. Hart, commonly known as Uncle Bas was born near Germantown in 1855. His father came to Missouri in 1851. Sebastian Cabot Hart was a descendant of Deacon Stephen Hart who was one of 54 settlers who came in 1632 from Braintree in Essex County, England, to the Massachusetts Bay area. He was one of the original proprietors of Hartford, Conn. Tradition is that the town was named from the ford he discovered and used as a crossing in the Connecticut River. Mrs. Arminta Clary lived in Montrose for about ten years before her death in 1968. Seven children were born to Ola and Armita Clary: Estel Clary, Mary Mildred Schoonover, Ruby Pauline Kreher, Kansas City, Mo., Oral Clary, Columbia, Mo.; Johnnie N. Clary, Wheatridge, Colo., Ralph Clary, Montrose, Mo., Richard Clary, Renton, Washington. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. 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