Clara Hall Price was the daughter of Jonathan Meade Price and Sarah Longino of Lawrence Co., Mississippi, with whom she is enumerated on the 1850 census. Her parents were married in Wake Co., NC 16 April 1814, and they had eleven children of whom Clara was the youngest.
Clara married in Lawrence County, about 1858, William Hamilton Jett, the son of Hamilton Jett and his third wife, Mary McGraw, who lived in the northwestern corner of the county near the community of Tyrus.
Clara managed the household while her husband served in the Confederate States Army from 1862 to 1865, and a few years after the war's end, the family moved to Robertson Co., Texas, where they appear on the 1870 census. A black servant, Adeline Jett (b. c.1821) was living with the family in 1870 and 1880. Also, a Sara Price, aged 64, was living with the family in 1870. This might be Clara's mother, Sarah (Longino) Price, but her mother's age should have been about 74 in 1870.
In about 1877, the family moved to Leon County, Texas, where Clara remained, mostly as a widow, until just prior to her death in 1929. Her husband died in 1880, and she was called a widow in the 1880 census of Leon County. In 1900 she was enumerated on the census there with her son Thomas P. Jett as head of household.
In 1902 Clara filed in Leon County for a Confederate widow's pension, which was approved in 1903, though the amount was not given in the existing paperwork. To meet the requirements of the pension, she had to get the testimonies of two people who knew of her husband and his service during the war. The two people chosen were W. H. Benton of Port Gibson (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who served with Jett during the war, and Joseph Warren Jett, his half brother, of Rocky Springs (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who also served during the war.
Clara appears on the 1920 census, living in Oakwood, Leon County with her daughter and son-in-law, Sallie and J. A. Hearte. She died in Crosby, Harris Co., Texas, at the home of her middle son, Charles Bruce Jett, but she was buried near the home of her youngest son, William Hamilton Jett, Jr., in Jasper Co., TX. The cemetery where she was interred is where her husband's brother, John Martin Jett, is likely buried, where her husband's nephew, Gustave A. Bilbo, is buried, and where her youngest son, W. H. Jett Jr. was later interred.
According to the 1900 census, Clara had eight children, of whom four were living in 1900. See her husband's memorial for the known children.
Clara married in Lawrence County, about 1858, William Hamilton Jett, the son of Hamilton Jett and his third wife, Mary McGraw, who lived in the northwestern corner of the county near the community of Tyrus.
Clara managed the household while her husband served in the Confederate States Army from 1862 to 1865, and a few years after the war's end, the family moved to Robertson Co., Texas, where they appear on the 1870 census. A black servant, Adeline Jett (b. c.1821) was living with the family in 1870 and 1880. Also, a Sara Price, aged 64, was living with the family in 1870. This might be Clara's mother, Sarah (Longino) Price, but her mother's age should have been about 74 in 1870.
In about 1877, the family moved to Leon County, Texas, where Clara remained, mostly as a widow, until just prior to her death in 1929. Her husband died in 1880, and she was called a widow in the 1880 census of Leon County. In 1900 she was enumerated on the census there with her son Thomas P. Jett as head of household.
In 1902 Clara filed in Leon County for a Confederate widow's pension, which was approved in 1903, though the amount was not given in the existing paperwork. To meet the requirements of the pension, she had to get the testimonies of two people who knew of her husband and his service during the war. The two people chosen were W. H. Benton of Port Gibson (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who served with Jett during the war, and Joseph Warren Jett, his half brother, of Rocky Springs (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who also served during the war.
Clara appears on the 1920 census, living in Oakwood, Leon County with her daughter and son-in-law, Sallie and J. A. Hearte. She died in Crosby, Harris Co., Texas, at the home of her middle son, Charles Bruce Jett, but she was buried near the home of her youngest son, William Hamilton Jett, Jr., in Jasper Co., TX. The cemetery where she was interred is where her husband's brother, John Martin Jett, is likely buried, where her husband's nephew, Gustave A. Bilbo, is buried, and where her youngest son, W. H. Jett Jr. was later interred.
According to the 1900 census, Clara had eight children, of whom four were living in 1900. See her husband's memorial for the known children.
Clara Hall Price was the daughter of Jonathan Meade Price and Sarah Longino of Lawrence Co., Mississippi, with whom she is enumerated on the 1850 census. Her parents were married in Wake Co., NC 16 April 1814, and they had eleven children of whom Clara was the youngest.
Clara married in Lawrence County, about 1858, William Hamilton Jett, the son of Hamilton Jett and his third wife, Mary McGraw, who lived in the northwestern corner of the county near the community of Tyrus.
Clara managed the household while her husband served in the Confederate States Army from 1862 to 1865, and a few years after the war's end, the family moved to Robertson Co., Texas, where they appear on the 1870 census. A black servant, Adeline Jett (b. c.1821) was living with the family in 1870 and 1880. Also, a Sara Price, aged 64, was living with the family in 1870. This might be Clara's mother, Sarah (Longino) Price, but her mother's age should have been about 74 in 1870.
In about 1877, the family moved to Leon County, Texas, where Clara remained, mostly as a widow, until just prior to her death in 1929. Her husband died in 1880, and she was called a widow in the 1880 census of Leon County. In 1900 she was enumerated on the census there with her son Thomas P. Jett as head of household.
In 1902 Clara filed in Leon County for a Confederate widow's pension, which was approved in 1903, though the amount was not given in the existing paperwork. To meet the requirements of the pension, she had to get the testimonies of two people who knew of her husband and his service during the war. The two people chosen were W. H. Benton of Port Gibson (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who served with Jett during the war, and Joseph Warren Jett, his half brother, of Rocky Springs (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who also served during the war.
Clara appears on the 1920 census, living in Oakwood, Leon County with her daughter and son-in-law, Sallie and J. A. Hearte. She died in Crosby, Harris Co., Texas, at the home of her middle son, Charles Bruce Jett, but she was buried near the home of her youngest son, William Hamilton Jett, Jr., in Jasper Co., TX. The cemetery where she was interred is where her husband's brother, John Martin Jett, is likely buried, where her husband's nephew, Gustave A. Bilbo, is buried, and where her youngest son, W. H. Jett Jr. was later interred.
According to the 1900 census, Clara had eight children, of whom four were living in 1900. See her husband's memorial for the known children.
Clara married in Lawrence County, about 1858, William Hamilton Jett, the son of Hamilton Jett and his third wife, Mary McGraw, who lived in the northwestern corner of the county near the community of Tyrus.
Clara managed the household while her husband served in the Confederate States Army from 1862 to 1865, and a few years after the war's end, the family moved to Robertson Co., Texas, where they appear on the 1870 census. A black servant, Adeline Jett (b. c.1821) was living with the family in 1870 and 1880. Also, a Sara Price, aged 64, was living with the family in 1870. This might be Clara's mother, Sarah (Longino) Price, but her mother's age should have been about 74 in 1870.
In about 1877, the family moved to Leon County, Texas, where Clara remained, mostly as a widow, until just prior to her death in 1929. Her husband died in 1880, and she was called a widow in the 1880 census of Leon County. In 1900 she was enumerated on the census there with her son Thomas P. Jett as head of household.
In 1902 Clara filed in Leon County for a Confederate widow's pension, which was approved in 1903, though the amount was not given in the existing paperwork. To meet the requirements of the pension, she had to get the testimonies of two people who knew of her husband and his service during the war. The two people chosen were W. H. Benton of Port Gibson (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who served with Jett during the war, and Joseph Warren Jett, his half brother, of Rocky Springs (Claiborne Co.) Mississippi, who also served during the war.
Clara appears on the 1920 census, living in Oakwood, Leon County with her daughter and son-in-law, Sallie and J. A. Hearte. She died in Crosby, Harris Co., Texas, at the home of her middle son, Charles Bruce Jett, but she was buried near the home of her youngest son, William Hamilton Jett, Jr., in Jasper Co., TX. The cemetery where she was interred is where her husband's brother, John Martin Jett, is likely buried, where her husband's nephew, Gustave A. Bilbo, is buried, and where her youngest son, W. H. Jett Jr. was later interred.
According to the 1900 census, Clara had eight children, of whom four were living in 1900. See her husband's memorial for the known children.
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