Hello,
Just saw this old message from you! I wonder if you got much response to your search.
Rufus and Alma were my great grandparents (yours too?). There seems to be quite a bit of information about the Claars on here, but I've had trouble finding any information about Alma's family, beyond her parents, who I believe were David M Stewart and Nancy Catherine Barnes. If you have received some clues about the Stewart or Barnes lines, I would love to know them!
Martha