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Subject: Mary Ann Clontz
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2001 10:34 AM
Dear David,
Thanks for responding. The only Clontz info I know is what is in the
GenForum query. Laurah Ann Branch was always very secretive about her age.
Even her daughter, Rachel Lloyd, didn't know for sure. I'm surmising her
birth date to be 1860 due to the census info listing her as 6 mos. in June
1860 (when census was taken).
Laurah Ann Branch m. David William Lloyd (whose parents both came from Wales)
in Burke Co., NC 7-28-1897. She and David Lloyd are buried in Morganton, NC.
"Will" Lloyd travelled and lived in many states, including KY, IN, OH,
Montana.
L.A. Branch had an illegitimate child, Ernest, and D.W. Lloyd married her
when her son was under 4 yrs. old. The father might have been a McDowell.
DW and LA Lloyd had two other children: Jennie Lloyd (who died tragically
after falling down the stairs at age 4) and my grandmother, Rachel Lloyd b.
12-26-1901 d. 9-26-1992. Rachel Lloyd m. Thomas Wier Brown b. 3-6-1902 d.
1-22-1993 (he was b. in Haywood Co., NC). They had two girls, my mother and
her sister, still living in Asheville, NC.
The only other info I know is that Mary Ann Clontz pronounced her husband's
name "Jeems" (for James). He was in the Civil War and would ride off after
the war on his horse to meet up with his friend veterans. He would jump on
his horse, jump over the fence, and let out a Rebel yell, and off he went!
He had arthritis and she was always fearful he would fall off the horse and
be severely injured. The one photo I have of Mary Ann and James is a
duplicate and is fuzzy. She appears small (small frame and thin face),
perhaps blue eyes... though they may seem that way due to fading of the
photo. James Branch has a wide brow, blue eyes, medium build, and is about
4-5 inches taller than Mary Ann. I can definitely see my grandmother in his
features.
This is all the info I have. Unfortunately, I don't have any other Clontz
info other than the word of mouth speculation that her father may have been
Henry Clontz and mother Mahaley. My grandmother once tried some rudimentary
genealogy and may have come up with this per research instead of something
her mother told her... I just don't know.
Thanks for any help.
Mary Kay Armstrong
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