Clarrisa Ione FRAZEE

  General Notes:

Signature: Shirley Allum Hudlicky and I immediately thought Clarrisa's middle name was "Ione" based upon her signature on this 1898 document from her husband Harrison's Civil War pension file, but she is documented "Clarrisa J. Frazee" on her 1868 marriage certificate. Years later, she is "Clara J." in the 1910 South Dakota census, but "Clarrisa I." on the family monument in Highland Park Cemetery!

Because the middle initial "I' for Clarrisa is part of the engraved cemetery inscription for Harrison and Clarrisa's daughter Minnie -- who preceded her mother in death in 1901 -- I believe "I" for "Ione" to be accurate. Clarrisa likely provided her own initial for the maker of the monument.

Clarrisa's signature from DeeAnna Allum Granston


1848 BIRTH of Clarrisa Ione Frazee ("Clara")

Clarrisa's mother, Catherine Frazee, died in 1849. In 1850 and 1860, Clarrisa is in a Howard household. Perhaps Clarrisa's mother Catherine and Elizabeth M. Howard had been sisters. At the time of her mother Catherine's death, Clarrisa was the youngest child with five elder siblings.

1850 CENSUS, Iowa, Johnson County, Monroe Township ("Clarissa Frazee," age 1, is in the Elizabeth M. Howard household)

1860 CENSUS, Iowa, Benton County, Lee Roy Township, Pickaway ("Clarise" Frazee, age 12, is in the household of Joel and Elizabeth Howard)

1868 MARRIAGE of Clarrisa Ione Frazee and Harrison Allum at Koszta, Iowa County, Iowa by Rev. J. S. Rankin


See "Harrison Allum" for additional information

Clarrisa married Harrison ALLUM, son of William ALLUM 2nd and Mary Ann FIELDS, on September 9, 1868 in Koszta, Iowa County, Iowa. (Harrison ALLUM was born on October 6, 1840 in Greene County, Pennsylvania, died on February 17, 1898 in Hermosa, Custer County, South Dakota and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Hermosa, Custer County, South Dakota.)