1840-1841 Birth:1489 Clarinda not enumerated with her parents William Morey and Rebecca Patterson in Burlington Township, Licking County, Ohio in 1840. Rebecca assumed to have been born late in 1840 after the census enumeration or early in 1841.

1850 U.S. Census:1636 Clarinda enumerated in the household of her father William Morey in Moulton Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 10, born in Ohio. Six siblings (Andrew, Wilson, Martin, Stillman, Ephraim, and Matilda) also resided in the household.

1860 U.S. Census:544 Clarinda enumerated in the household of her widowed mother Rebecca Morey in Logan Township, Auglaize County, Ohio as a female, age 19, born in Ohio, in school within the year. Five siblings (Martin, Stillman, Ephraim, Matilda, and Cyrus) also resided in the household.