Cara's mother, Elizabeth M Woodson Lee, was widowed when Cara and her sister were young. When Cara was five years old, her mother married John Calvin McCoy, founder of Westport, Missouri, and co-founder of Kansas City, Missouri. Cara and her sister were raised with several of John's children and John and Cara's mother also had children.

21 Oct 1868 Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
Married Webster Withers (b. 29 Jun 1837, Clay Co., Missouri - d. 24 Jun 1901, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri)

Children:

Bettie Byrd Withers (b. 21 Nov 1870, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - d. 19 Feb 1875, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7)

Albert Edwin Withers (b. 10 Nov 1872, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - d. 14 Feb 1875, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7)

Cary Lee Withers (b. 7 Jan 1875, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - d. 30 Mar 1878, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7)

Webster Withers, Jr. (b. 4 Apr 1877, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - d. 26 Feb 1967, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7; 4 Nov 1913, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri married Louise Winningham, b. 15 Jul 1892 - d. 4 Apr 1974, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7)

Prudence Blackburn Withers (b. 1879 - d. ?)

Allen Lee Withers (b. 30 May 1882 - d. 25 May 1933, Pasadena, California, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Block 44, Lot 96, Space 7; 1907, Louisville, Kentucky married Saida Wood Bond)

Kathryn Withers Rogers (b. 24 Sep 1888, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri - d. 17 Jan 1967, buried Forest Hill Cemetery, Section 19)


From death certificate:
~Father: Cary Allen Lee, Orange Co., Virginia
~Mother: Elizabeth Woodson, Nicholasville, Kentucky
~Widowed; Webster Withers
~Residence and place of death: 420 E 37th St., Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
~Informant: Webster Withers, Jr., 300 E Armour, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri
~Cause of death: angina [illegible], coronary sclerosis
~77 years, 11 months, 3 days
~Burial: 10 Dec 1922; Stine & McClure Co. Undertaker, 924 Oak, Kansas City, Jackson Co., Missouri