Her birth state is questionable...either TN or IL. My sources for Clarissa's birth in TN are:
Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 by Edward Franklin Browning, pg. 588: they had eleven children: Clarrissa Browning, born May 22, 1830, TN
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CENSUS:
1870 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., pg. 61 (115), lines 24-33: James Shafer 42, b. OH; Clarissa Shafer, 39, b. TN
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Only found one for IL: 1875 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., P.O. Highland, pg. 63 (94), lines 31-40: James Shafer, 46, b. OH; laborer; immig. from IL; Clarrissa Shafer, 43, b. IL
Another source : A Memorial to Some of the Browning Family in the USA...James Allen Browning manuscript, pgs. 61, 99: Clarissa Browning b. May 22, 1830, TN; died Nov. 21, 1894, KS. She married James Shafer.
Contributor: Ruth I. Stude (47118536)
Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 by Edward Franklin Browning, pg. 588: they had eleven children: Clarrissa Browning, born May 22, 1830, TN
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CENSUS:
1870 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., pg. 61 (115), lines 24-33: James Shafer 42, b. OH; Clarissa Shafer, 39, b. TN
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Only found one for IL: 1875 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., P.O. Highland, pg. 63 (94), lines 31-40: James Shafer, 46, b. OH; laborer; immig. from IL; Clarrissa Shafer, 43, b. IL
Another source : A Memorial to Some of the Browning Family in the USA...James Allen Browning manuscript, pgs. 61, 99: Clarissa Browning b. May 22, 1830, TN; died Nov. 21, 1894, KS. She married James Shafer.
Contributor: Ruth I. Stude (47118536)
Her birth state is questionable...either TN or IL. My sources for Clarissa's birth in TN are:
Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 by Edward Franklin Browning, pg. 588: they had eleven children: Clarrissa Browning, born May 22, 1830, TN
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CENSUS:
1870 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., pg. 61 (115), lines 24-33: James Shafer 42, b. OH; Clarissa Shafer, 39, b. TN
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Only found one for IL: 1875 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., P.O. Highland, pg. 63 (94), lines 31-40: James Shafer, 46, b. OH; laborer; immig. from IL; Clarrissa Shafer, 43, b. IL
Another source : A Memorial to Some of the Browning Family in the USA...James Allen Browning manuscript, pgs. 61, 99: Clarissa Browning b. May 22, 1830, TN; died Nov. 21, 1894, KS. She married James Shafer.
Contributor: Ruth I. Stude (47118536)
Genealogy of the Brownings in America from 1621 to 1908 by Edward Franklin Browning, pg. 588: they had eleven children: Clarrissa Browning, born May 22, 1830, TN
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CENSUS:
1870 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., pg. 61 (115), lines 24-33: James Shafer 42, b. OH; Clarissa Shafer, 39, b. TN
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Only found one for IL: 1875 KS, Doniphan Co., Iowa twp., P.O. Highland, pg. 63 (94), lines 31-40: James Shafer, 46, b. OH; laborer; immig. from IL; Clarrissa Shafer, 43, b. IL
Another source : A Memorial to Some of the Browning Family in the USA...James Allen Browning manuscript, pgs. 61, 99: Clarissa Browning b. May 22, 1830, TN; died Nov. 21, 1894, KS. She married James Shafer.
Contributor: Ruth I. Stude (47118536)
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Clarissa Browning wife of James Shafer; Died Nov. 21, 1894, at 64 y'rs, 5 mos & 23 d's. "I know my Redeemer liveth"
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