U.S. Data Repository http://www.us-data.org/ -- USGenNet Inc. -- Please read the U.S. Data Repository Copyright Statement on the following page: ------------------------------------------------------------------- McLeod, Clara Gould (b. 1860) ------------------------------------------------------------------- The History of Upshur County West Virginia From its Earliest Exploration and Settlement to the Present Time by W. B. Cutright Buckhannon, W. Va., July 1, 1907 Page 511 CLARA GOULD McLEOD, was born on the waters of Glady Fork of Stone Coal, in 1860, and lived there until 1871, was a pupil in the Buckhannon Graded Schools from this time until 1880, with the summer spent in study and school at the French Creek Academy, select schools and normals in Buckhannon, taught school in Rural Districts of Upshur on a No. 1 Graded certificate during winters of 1880 and 1881. In August, 1882, she went to Howkan, Alaska, under the auspices of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions as teacher to the Hydah Indians. She was missionary for three years, after which time she was commissioned by the U. S. Government to teach the same school. She worked and labored with the Hydah Indians as Government teacher for ten years or until 1895. In 1890 she married W. D. McLeod of New York City at Howkan. In 1895 Margaret Elizabeth was born. In 1904 Gilbert Donald was born. Hers was the first white wedding witnessed among the Hydah Indians and her daughter was the first white child born among them. Since 1901 she has been living in Daykoo, in McLeod Bay, on Dall Island, within three miles of the British line. ------------------------------------------------------------------- If you've reached this file through a SEARCH, you can access other biographies for Upshur County, WV by going to the following URL: http://www.us-data.org/wv/upshur/bios.html -------------------------------------------------------------------