Searching for my Grandmother Clary's ancestors

Hello Ireland xo! 

I am so glad to have found you today.  I have been searching for my Irish Clary ancestors for ten years (ancestry.com). 

My grandmother's name was Sallie Clary (b.1875 in Arkansas/ d.1907).  She died in child birth with the delivery of my father.  She was married to my grandfather, Charlie Matlock.  My father never knew much about his mother or her family.

Sallie's father was James Clary (b. 1825 in South Carolia / d. 1900 in Arkansas).  According to a United States Census, James Clary's father was born in North Carolina and his mother was born in South Carolina.  Then I hit a brick wall.   I don't know who James' parents were and have no further information about his parents or grandparents.  I would love to learn when this Clary family came to the USA and where they lived in Ireland. It would be wonderful to locate any remaining family member that live in Ireland today.  I want to come to Ireland within the next few years (when the pandemic is behind all of us) and learn about my ancestors who lived there. 

I do have information about who James married and the names of his children.  I was able to locate his grave in Buckner Memorial Cemetery, Buckner, Arkansas.  It appears to be a family cemetery as many of his family members are burried there. I was able to determine that his first born son (Benjamin Franklin Clary "Ben") named his son Galloway Clary.  Ben was Sallie's half borther (they had different mothers - Ben's mother's name was Ann E. Clary; Sallie's mother was Minerva Lightfoot Gulley Clary.

If there is anything you can do to help me in my search for information about my family, it will be greatly appreciated. 

 

Sincerely, 

Lin Matlock