2nd Great
Grandmother
Harriet Cornelius
(Ogden) Clark
1842-1912
2nd
Great Grandmother Harriet Cornelius Ogden was the youngest and 15th
child of Gilbert Ogden and Mary Hazen. She was born in Orange County, New York
October 16, 1842. Parents Gilbert Ogden and Mary Hazen married and raised the
children in the towns of Wallkill, Minisink and Mount Hope until a few years
after Harriet’s birth when Gilbert moved the family across the New York/New
Jersey border to Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey. You can read more about
Gilbert and Mary in an earlier post titled Gilbert, Mary and the War of 1812
published Feb. 27, 2014.
Harriet
was only 6 years old when her father passed away June 6, 1848. Four of her
siblings had married by this time leaving Mary (Hazen) Ogden with 11 children
ranging in age from 6 to 25 years of age. Mary took the children back to New
York. The older sisters married while the older brothers found work.
When
the 1850 federal census was enumerated, Mary Ogden was living in Mamakating,
Sullivan County, New York. Sullivan County is north of Orange County. Eight
year old Harriet was with her mother along with her 11 year old sister Mary
Jane, and brothers, Andrew, Joseph and Gilbert.
By
June 15, 1855, Harriet, her mother and twin brothers Andrew and Asa were
residing in Wallkill with Harriet’s 26 year old brother, Seth Ogden. Harriet’s
recently widowed sister, Melinda Crane, was also in the home with her two
children. So far I haven’t been able to find Harriet and her mother in the 1860
federal census.
On
July 3, 1861 Harriet married Jeremiah B. Clark in Westtown, Orange County, New
York. Jeremiah’s parents were William Parkinson Clark and Charity Kimber from
the town of Wawayanda, New York. Please see my earlier post WEDDING WEDNESDAY Jeremiah and Harriet Marry July 3, 1861 for details.
Jeremiah
and Harriet made their home in Wawayanda where their first daughter, Frances
E., was born in 1864. Four more
children—David Pullis, Minnie I. and twins Asa Ryerson and Franklin Emerson were
all born in Wawayanda. Their youngest daughters Lillian and Grace were born in
Westtown, New York in 1873 and 1875. During these years Jeremiah worked as a
butcher.
Harriet
and Jeremiah were living in Greenville, Orange County, New York June 10, 1875.
Within 5 years Jeremiah moved the family to Goshen, New York where he would
eventually have his own butcher shop known as the J. B. Clark Meat Market on
West Main Street. Their children married and they became grandparents in
Goshen.
It
must have been heartbreaking when her daughters Minnie and Grace died leaving
six motherless children between them. Jeremiah and Harriet helped care for the
grandchildren along with other relatives.
Jeremiah
became ill and died within a few months’ time on August 13, 1908 (cause of
death was tuberculosis). Harriet was then 65 years old and went to live with
her daughter Lillian Hewitt in Middletown, New York.
While
visiting my grandmother, Viola Lillian Wilson, in Hartford, Connecticut Harriet
died December 19, 1912 as a result of heart disease. Her death certificate is
featured in my June 28, 2014 post SYMPATHY SATURDAY Grandmother Harriet Died Visiting Granddaughter. She was brought
home and buried beside Jeremiah in the Wallkill Cemetery.
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