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Mary Elizabeth <I>Cramer</I> Clemson

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Mary Elizabeth Cramer Clemson

Birth
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Death
14 Jan 1953 (aged 104)
Frederick County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Union Bridge, Carroll County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
B05-05b
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Daughter of Jeremiah Henry and Elizabeth C. (Stemmel) Cramer; wife of Nicholas H. Clemson; mother of John W., Charles Orlando, Claude O., Nicholas Henry, Mary, Bessie, and Usher Clemson

Mrs. Mary E. Clemson's obituary appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Jan. 15, 1953, Page 9.

She died at the age of 104 on Jan. 14. She was born on the farm of her parents, J. Henry and Elizabeth Stemmel Cramer, near Frederick on Nov. 23, 1848. Mrs. Clemson was considered the oldest living alumna of Hood College in Frederick.
She was attending the college, called the Frederick Female Seminary at that time, when Lee surrounded, at Appomattox.
Married in 1872, she went to live on the Clemson farm near the Carroll County line and has resided there ever since. A daughter, Miss Bess Clemson, lived on the farm with her. Survivors include two sons, J. Walter and Claude Clemson, of near Frederick.
Daughter of Jeremiah Henry and Elizabeth C. (Stemmel) Cramer; wife of Nicholas H. Clemson; mother of John W., Charles Orlando, Claude O., Nicholas Henry, Mary, Bessie, and Usher Clemson

Mrs. Mary E. Clemson's obituary appears in the Richmond Times Dispatch, Jan. 15, 1953, Page 9.

She died at the age of 104 on Jan. 14. She was born on the farm of her parents, J. Henry and Elizabeth Stemmel Cramer, near Frederick on Nov. 23, 1848. Mrs. Clemson was considered the oldest living alumna of Hood College in Frederick.
She was attending the college, called the Frederick Female Seminary at that time, when Lee surrounded, at Appomattox.
Married in 1872, she went to live on the Clemson farm near the Carroll County line and has resided there ever since. A daughter, Miss Bess Clemson, lived on the farm with her. Survivors include two sons, J. Walter and Claude Clemson, of near Frederick.

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