Person:Minnie Clark (17)

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Minnie I. Clark
b.6 FEB 1868 Denton, Orange, NY
d.15 AUG 1895
m. 3 JUL 1861
  1. Frances E. Clark1864 - ABT 1930
  2. David Pullis Clark1865 - 1938
  3. Minnie I. Clark1868 - 1895
  4. Franklin Emerson Clark1871 -
  5. Amos Ryerson Clark1871 - 1945
  6. Lillian Mae Clark1873 - 1955
  7. Grace Lee Clark1875 - 1904
m. 30 JUN 1887
  1. Laura Isabel Fitzgerald1887 - 1974
  2. Percy Fitzgerald1889 - 1904
  3. Cora Fitzgerald1893 - 1927
  4. Clara Fitzgerald1894 - 1974
Facts and Events
Name Minnie I. Clark
Gender Female
Birth[1][2] 6 FEB 1868 Denton, Orange, NY
Baptism[3] 18 MAY 1884 Goshen, Orange Co., New YorkSt. James Episcopal Church
Marriage 30 JUN 1887 Goshen, Orange, NYto Eugene A. Fitzgerald
Death[1] 15 AUG 1895
Burial? Wallkill Cem. Phillipsburgh, NY

From The Independent Republican, Goshen, NY, Wednesday, July 6, 1887

  Married
  June 30, in this village, by Rev. Thomas LaMonte, Eugene Fitzgerald and Minnie I. Clark, both of Goshen

The Argus, Middletown, N. Y. Wednesday, August _, 1895

From our Goshen Correspondent

      Mrs. Eugene Fitzgerald died suddenly, this morning, at the residence of her father, J. B. Clark, near Ryerson's bridge, of congestion of the brain, aged about 26 years.
      Mrs. Fitzgerald had many warm friends in this village, as she had lived here all her life.  She was a member of the M.E. Church, of this village, and took great interest in church matters.
      The surviving members of her family are her husband, to whom she was married in 1886, four children, three brothers, David and Amos Clark, of this village, and Frank, of Paterson, N. J., and her father and mother, who reside in this village.
      The funeral will be held from the residence of her father, Friday afternoon, 2 o'clock.  Interment in Phillipsburgh Cemetery.

From The Independent Republican, August 20, 1895

  Minnie B., wife of Mr. Eugene Fitzgerald, died suddenly Wednesday morning, at the home of her father, Mr. J. B. Clark, in this village, of congestion of the brain superinduced by an attack of the chills and fever.  Her age was 26 years.  On Tuesday, Mr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald shipped their household goods to Middletown with the intention of residing there in the future.  That evening Mrs. Fitzgerald, with her four small children, went to her father's to remain overnight intending to start for Middletown the next morning.  During the night she was taken suddenly ill and died as above stated at an early hour Wednesday morning.
  The deceased was well thought of in Goshen, where she has resided for many years.  She leaves surviving besides her husband and four children, her father and mother, three brothers and three sisters.
  The funeral was held at two o'clock this afternoon from the residence of her father, near Ryerson's Bridge.  Interment in Phillipsburgh Cemetery.

The Argus, Friday, August 16, 1895, page 5, column 5

  AT THE COUNTY SEAT
     Incidents and Happenings in Goshen
      The funeral of Mrs. Eugene Fitzgerald occurred, this afternoon, at 2 o'clock, from the residence of her father, J. B. Clark.  Interment was in Phillipsburgh Cemetery.
References
  1. 1.0 1.1 Tombstone at Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, NY.
  2. Goshen Methodist Church Records.
  3. St. James Espicopal Church, Goshen, NY (), , , ; Orange County Genealogical Society, 101 Main St., Goshen, NY.

    adult baptism; sponsor E. VanHouten