Person:Frances Clark (21)

Thomas LaMonte of the Goshen United Methodist Church married Fannie E. Clark and Del Knapp the evening of March 31, 1886 at the parsonage. C. W. Tuthill and Fannie Belknap witnessed their marriage. Just a few weeks earlier on March 7, 1886, Fannie E. Clark and Del Knapp were baptized in the church (adult baptisms).

Middletown Times-Press, Middletown, N. Y., Wednesday, November 14, 1906, page 1, column 6

  From our Goshen Correspondent
      John Baldman, a highly respected colored man, of Goshen village, was found dead, Tuesday night, near the Green street crossing of the Erie Railroad by Mrs. Dell Knapp.  Death was due to heart disease.

Middletown Times-Press, Middletown, N. Y., Saturday, January 6, 1912, page 1, column 1

  Goshen Woman is Burned When a Spark from Her Body Ignited Naphtha
      It is an old trick that of scuffling over the rug and lighting the gas by a spark from the fingers, but that electricity from the body will ignite naphtha when used for cleaning purposes now.  This happened at Goshen, Thursday afternoon and before the flames had been extinquished, Mrs. Dell Knapp, of that place was badly burned.
      Mrs. Knapp who goes out by the day in doing domestic work, was employed at the home of Thomas Finan.  While cleaning in a bathroom, using naphtha for the purpose, Mrs. Knapp saw that the day was slipping by and she increased her efforts.
      She was wearing a pair of rubbers and stood upon a rug when a spark from her body ignited the fumes and in an instant she was in flames.
        Mrs. Knapp's screams were heard by Miss Edith Finan who ran to the bathroom and found the victim trying to beat out the fire which enveloped the upper part of her body.  With presence of mind Miss Finan procured a heavy quilt and threw it over Mrs. Knapp and extinquished the flames.  "Ned" Finan, her brother, was also at home and he aided in putting out an incipient fire in the woodwork.
      Mrs. Knapp was bady burned about the face, neck and arms and the pain was lessened when Dr. Condict arrived and treated her.  It was found she had not inhaled the fire and had no internal injuries.

Middletown Times-Press, November 19, 1918

  PERSONAL NOTES
    Goshen--Nov. 19--Mrs. Dell Knapp has gone to Ravena, to visit Mr. Knapp, who is employed by the Duffy Mott Cider Company, there.

From a newspaper clipping that had been in the possession of Ella (Wilson) Ludlum Simpson

  GOSHEN -- Mrs. Fannie E. Knapp died at her home here, 265 West Main street, Saturday after four months' illness in her sixty-sixth year.
  Mrs. Knapp was born in the Town of Wallkill June twenty-seventh, 1864, the daughter of Jeremiah and Harriett Ogden Clark.  She was married in 1886 in Goshen to Delbert Knapp by the Rev. Thomas J. LaMonte and has been a resident of Goshen for more than fifty years.
  Besides her husband she is survived by four daughters:  Mrs. Edward Gould, of East Orange, Mrs. Peter Jensen, East Orange, Mrs. Edward Mullenix, Campbell Hall; one sister, Mrs. George Hewitt, of Middletown; three brothers, Amos and Frank Clark of Middletown and David P. of Goshen.  Nine grandchildren also survive.
  The funeral will be held Tuesday at two p. m. from the home of the Rev. Richard Braunstein officiating.  Burial will follow in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburgh.

NOTE: Fannie E. Clark was born in Denton in the Town of Wawayanda, Orange Co. NY

From a newspaper clipping that had been in the possession of Ella (Wilson) Ludlum Simpson

  GOSHEN - Funeral services for Mrs. Fannie E. Knapp, wife of Delbert Knapp, were conducted at her home at two o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Richard Braunstein of the Methodist Episcopal church.  Burial was in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburgh.  Pallbearers were George J. Strong, Elmer F. Green, Albert S. Doremus, William H. Carroll, Jesse Sawyer and John C. Makuen.
  Besides her husband, a sister, three brothers, and nine grandchildren, Mrs. Knapp leaves four daughters, Mrs. Edward Gould and Mrs. Peter Jensen of East Orange, Mrs. Edward Mullenix of Campbell Hall and Mrs. John Black of Goshen, and one son, Frank B. Knapp of Chester.

1. ↑ ^1.0 1.1 Fannie E. Knapp's Obituary.
2. ↑ ^2.0 2.1 Goshen Methodist Church Records.