Diannah Virginia Crick Clemmer
Birth 14 Dec 1806
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Death 1 Sep 1855 (aged 48)
Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Burial
New Providence Presbyterian Church Cemetery
Raphine, Rockbridge County, Virginia, USA
Diannah Virginia Crick was the daughter of Jacob and Barbara (Deary) Crick.
Diannah married John (Johannes) Cyrus Clemmer on September 23, 1823 in Augusta County, Virginia.
John and Diannah had 14 children-Mary Elizabeth (Clemmer) Reed, Rebekah Jane (Clemmer) Lucas, Eli Clemmer (lived 1 day), Jacob Franklin Clemmer, Sarah Amanda (Clemmer) Beard, Eliza Caroline (Clemmer) Reed, George Lewis Clemmer, Jr., John E. Clemmer, William Letcher Clemmer, Caroline (Clemmer) Arehart, David Clemmer (died at age 7), Henry Clay Clemmer, Joseph Alexander Clemmer and Samuel Taylor Clemmer.
Diannah's husband was a gunsmith and invented the long Clemmer rifle (gold or silver filigree signed "J. Clemmer"), which was used in the Civil War. John committed suicide on October 29, 1857 in Augusta County, Virginia. Diannah died of consumption of lungs on September 1, 1855 in Rockbridge County, Virginia.
Diannah's tombstone says she died November 9, 1855, but the Rockbridge County, Virginia Death Register 1853-1870 says,
"Diana Clemer (white, female), d. 1 Sep 1855 Rck of consumption of Lungs, aged 49 yr, 1 mo, d/o David & B Cuck, b. Rck, w/o John Clemer, George S. Clemer, reptd."
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