Clarence Seward Darrow, the attorney, is the Darrow-line comparison target for the Shirley Jean Armstrong maternal-line research question. His parentage and paternal Darrow ancestry must be independently documented before any claimed relationship to Shirley through Minnie Darrow can be evaluated.
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1857 –
Can direct or authoritative records confirm Clarence's birth, parents, death, spouses, and burial or cremation details?
Can Clarence's paternal Darrow line be documented from image-backed or otherwise authoritative parent-child evidence beyond Ammirus Darrow?
If Minnie Eva Darrow's parents are found, do they share a documented most recent common ancestor with Clarence's documented Darrow line?
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Lead created 23 April 2026 during the Darrow relationship comparison pass.
The University of Minnesota Law Library timeline source states that Clarence Seward Darrow was born 18 April 1857 in Farmdale, Ohio, and names his parents as Ammirus Darrow and Emily (Eddy) Darrow. This is useful proposed secondary evidence, not a substitute for direct vital, census, probate, or cemetery records.
The external low-confidence family genealogy page "The Darrow Connection" gives a candidate paternal chain as Clarence Seward Darrow -> Ammirus Darrow -> Jedediah Darrow -> Ammirus Darrow -> Jedidiah Darrow -> Christopher Darrow -> George Darrow. Treat this as a search lead only until each parent-child link is checked against underlying records.
Do not create or update a canonical Clarence Darrow person record unless the user explicitly authorizes it after source review.
