Claire Dutton was the sister of James Dutton.
Biography[]
Claire and her daughter, Mary Abel, joined her brother, James, and the rest of his family in Fort Worth, Texas, after her husband, Henry, passed away. She was a stern and cold woman who considered herself a proper lady and refused to beg on the streets back in Tennessee after being made a widow. Claire is very much ruthless when it comes to discipline, especially when she shows Margaret how to properly discipline her daughter, Elsa. She gave birth to 7 children, including Mary Abel, all of whom died before the series. Her husbands death did not break her, however, as the caravan journey was on the horizon, she viciously berated a gang led by Clide Barker to the point where they shot up several immigrants along with her daughter. Grief-stricken by Mary Abel's murder, her will was broken and she refused to carry on as she decided to end her life at her daughter's grave.