Clara Stein

Artist Details

• First Name Clara
• Middle Name Frances
• Maiden Name Cook
• Alternate Name(s) Clara Frances Cook. Frances C. Stein Frances Stein Fannie Stein
• Surname Stein
• Spouse’s Full Name Robert Pollack Stein (Lawrence County, Pennsylvania July 21, 1842-March 21, 1892 Minden, Nebraska)       married December 19, 1875 born Steen, changed spelling after serving in the Civil War He enlisted Sep. 9. 1861 in the 1st Battery Penn. Heavy [Light] Artillery lawyer, judge
• Previous Spouse(s) n/a
• Names and Birth Years of Children Bryant R. (Lowell, Nebraska 1876-1920) Jessie Ruth Stein Ehlers (Minden, Nebraska 1883-1929) Willis Eugene (Minden, Nebraska 1889-1919)
• Birth Date June 6, 1851
• Birth Place Xenia, Ohio
• Death Date May 4, 1933
• Death Place Aledo, Illinois
• Residence(s) 1851-1854: Xenia, Ohio
  
  1854-1868: Delaware County, Ohio
  
  1868-1875:   Wenona, Illinois
  
  1875: Aledo, Illinois
  
  1875: Lowell, Nebraska
  
  1875-1878:   Lowell, Nebraska
  
  1878-1893: Minden, Nebraska
  
  1893-1933:  Aledo, Illinois
• Active In Minden, Nebraska
  
  Aledo, Illinois
• Categories Draftsman, Painter-Oil, Watercolorist
• Training Self-taught
  
• Relevant Travel Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
• Subject(s) of Art Array
• Exhibitions History 1933: Frances Cook Steen, Mercer Township Free Library, Aledo, Illinois
  
  2008: Frances Cook Steen, Mercer County Historical Society (Jim Runyon private showing), Aledo, Illinois
  
  2008: Frances Cook Steen, Kearney County Historical Society, (As part of Minden’s 125th Year Anniversary Celebration Program), Minden, Nebraska
  
  2008: Frances Cook Steen, Greene County Historical Society, Xenia, Ohio
  
  2013: Frances Cook Steen, P.E.O. – IL Chapter NW , Sleepy Hollow, Illinois
  
  2008: Frances Cook Steen, Essley-Noble Museum, Aledo, Illinois
• Collections Dino Vlahos, Sleepy Hollow, Illinois
  
  Wanda Ohaver, Farmington, Illinois
• Other Occupation(s) Published poet: Life Waves, 1922; Along the Way, 1931
  
  composer
  
  music teacher