- Born March 23, 1898 in Ryot, Bedford County, Pennsylvania.
- Parents were JOHN ADAM CLAAR and CARRIE ELLEN MOCK.
- Married MAE GRIEFF on April 1, 1923 in Pennsylvania.She was born July 4, 1897 in Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died March 26, 1984 in Irwin, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Her parents were CHRISTIAN GRIEFF and SUSANNAH FELIX.
- Died in 1983 in Toledo, Wood County, Ohio.
CHILDREN
- JOHN J. CLAAR, born in 1925.
- PERRY CHRISTIAN CLAAR, born December 20, 1926 in Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died November 14, 2009 in Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Married ERMA PAULINE FERGUSON on August 31, 1947 in Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania. Married MARCIA M. CUPPETT on June 18, 1960.
- HERBERT ELLSWORTH CLAAR, born February 15, 1929 in Alum Bank, Bedford County, Pennsylvania; died December 28, 2015 in Muncie, Delaware County, Indiana. Married MARCILLE ELAINE STANTON on August 30, 1957 in Argos, Marshall County, Indiana.