Background
Clara M. Woodruff was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. She was the daughter of Wilford Woodruff and one of his plural wives, Emma Smith Woodruff.
Clara M. Woodruff was born in Salt Lake City, Utah Territory. She was the daughter of Wilford Woodruff and one of his plural wives, Emma Smith Woodruff.
University of Utah.
Clara married Ovando C. Beebe, with whom she had eight children. Clara Beebe attended the University of Deseret. She had served in leadership positions of ward and stake primaries before being called to the Primary General Board in 1904.
In 1905, she was asked by the general president of the primary, Louie B. Felt, to replace Josephine R. West as her second counselor
Beebe served in this capacity until the presidency was dissolved in 1925 when Felt stepped down due to ill health. Beebe died in Salt Lake City at age 59 as a result of appendicitis.
From this time until her death, Beebe again was a member of the General Board of the Primary.
