Clara Amelia McCreath was born on 30 July 1886 at  North Bend, Nebraska.

She married Arthur Nelson Hanks (born 8 February 1879) on 28 March 1908. 

Arthur died in Amarillo, Texas on 18 August 1965. Clara Amelia on 13 July 1862, also at Amarillo, Texas.

Arthur and Clara had three children:

(1) John Raymond Hanks born 6 August 1908. Died Kenosha, Wisconsin on 10 June 1996.  John married Margaret Lavinia Spindle (b. 6 Jun 1910). They had two children:

(i) Betty Lou Hanks (b.1 Jan 1937). Betty Lou married George W. Schwartz II (b. 1 Sep 1937) on 29 August 1959. George and Betty Lou also had two children:

   George Schwartz III (b. 24 Oct 1963).  Married Gina-Anne Andreoli in 1989.

   Suzanne Marie Schwartz (b. 29 Jul 1965). 

(ii) Patricia Ann Hanks (b. 12 March 1938). Married Thomas Edward La Salle (b. 7 September 1936). One son, Thomas John La Salle born 5 February 1970.

(2) Their second child, Cleora Merle Hanks, was born on 19 April 1915. She married Henry Deigh. Divorced soon after marriage.

(3) Their third child, Roberta Jean Hanks, was born on 1 February 1921.  She married Mason Kenneth McCaslin (b. 6 Dec 1906) on 6 July 1942. They had two children:

(i) Karen Sue McCaslin born 8 Dec 1944. Karen Sue married Jackie Eldon Wallace (b. 6 Oct 1944). They had two children: Debra Denise Wallace (b. 2 Mar 1965) and Wemberly J Wallace (b. 23 Sep 1968)

(ii) Judy Jean McCaslin born 30 August 1947. Judy Jean married Gary Wayne Pettigrew (b. 4 Nov 1946). They had two children: Stacy Dawn Pettigrew (b. 13 Dec 1968) and Clifton Todd  Pettigrew (born 30 Dec 1970).