Tom McCabe's Genealogy 2025

Lucy Alley is listed as daughter of Wiley Alley and wife Charlotta.

1860 United States Federal Census For Samuel Bozarth Age: 30 Birth Year: abt 1830 Gender: Male Birth Place: Tennessee Home in 1860: Campbell, Taney, Missouri Post Office: Priors Store

Samuel Bozarth 30 Lucey Bozarth 19 Lafayett Bozarth 6 Sarah Bozarth 3 George Bozarth 19

Lucy Clarkston's children were listed as heirs in Lewis Clarkston's probate.

There is no known record of a marriage but Lewis' probate contains the phrase "...except the property reserved as the absolute property of the widow ..." So it is certain that Lewis was married at the time of his death.

Lucy Clarkston, née Alley, and her children are living with her parents Wiley and Charlotte Alley in 1870.

1870 United States Federal Census For Wiley Alley

Home in 1870: Washington, Webster, Missouri Post Office: Sand Springs

Willey Alley 50 Charlotte Alley 48

Lucy Clarkston 28 Charlotte Clarkston 5 John W Clarkston 3

Joseph Hunter 18 Missouri Alley 14 Samuel Alley 12 Amanda Alley 8 Josephine Alley 7

1880 United States Federal Census For Lucy Gower Age: 35 Birth Date: Abt 1845 Birthplace: Tennessee Home in 1880: Beaver, Taney, Missouri , USA

Asa Gower 30 Lucy Gower 35 Samuel T. Gower 6 William L. Gower 4 Laura Gower 1 Verginea Gower 32

That Lucy is a third wife to Lewis Clarkston is not proved but based on real data. Supposedly Lucy was married to a "John W Clarkson" but it is MORE likely that Lucy was married to Lewis Clarkston since her children Charlota and John were listed as heirs of Lewis Clarkston in his probate, along with his other children. Lucy's children retained the Clarkston name into adulthood. Lucy was married to widower Samuel Bozarth about 1858 and, after Lewis died in 1869, she then married Asa Gower about 1872.