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Amanda Altana <I>Langworthy</I> Clawson

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Amanda Altana Langworthy Clawson

Birth
Little Genesee, Allegany County, New York, USA
Death
23 Mar 1911 (aged 67)
Plainfield, Union County, New Jersey, USA
Burial
Scotch Plains, Union County, New Jersey, USA Add to Map
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"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 70, No 25, p 798, June 19, 1911.

Mrs. Amanda Langworthy Clawson, wife of Deacon Lewis T. Clawson of the Pawcatuck Seventh-day Baptist Church of Westerly, R. I., passed to her rest from the home of her niece, Mrs. Asa F. Randolph of Plainfield, N. J., on the morning of May 23, 1911.

Mrs. Clawson was born in Little Genesee, N. Y., on October 31, 1843, being the daughter of Albert A. and Emma L. Langworthy. She was graduated from Alfred University in 1865 and married to L. T. Clawson, July 8, 1866. While her home for many years was in Westerly, R. I., she had during recent years, spent her winters at Weirsdale, Fla., and her summers at Bethlehem, N. H., where she and her husband conducted winter and summer hotels.

During Mrs. Clawson's residence in Westerly she was especially active in the work of the Pawcatuck Church, of which she remained an esteemed member till her death. While interested in all church work, her special interest was in training the little ones for Christian service, and thus employed she rendered long and efficient service as superintendent of the primary department in the Sabbath school.

The many floral tributes from her friends at Westerly and Plainfield bore eloquent testimony to the esteem in which she was held. Funeral services of a simple character were conducted by the writer, her former pastor, at the home of her niece in Plainfield, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Holy City" being beautifully rendered by a quartet and soloist from the Plainfield Church choir.

Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. L. W. Burton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and to both of these go the sincere sympathy of their many relatives and friends.
S. H. D.
"The Sabbath Recorder", Vol 70, No 25, p 798, June 19, 1911.

Mrs. Amanda Langworthy Clawson, wife of Deacon Lewis T. Clawson of the Pawcatuck Seventh-day Baptist Church of Westerly, R. I., passed to her rest from the home of her niece, Mrs. Asa F. Randolph of Plainfield, N. J., on the morning of May 23, 1911.

Mrs. Clawson was born in Little Genesee, N. Y., on October 31, 1843, being the daughter of Albert A. and Emma L. Langworthy. She was graduated from Alfred University in 1865 and married to L. T. Clawson, July 8, 1866. While her home for many years was in Westerly, R. I., she had during recent years, spent her winters at Weirsdale, Fla., and her summers at Bethlehem, N. H., where she and her husband conducted winter and summer hotels.

During Mrs. Clawson's residence in Westerly she was especially active in the work of the Pawcatuck Church, of which she remained an esteemed member till her death. While interested in all church work, her special interest was in training the little ones for Christian service, and thus employed she rendered long and efficient service as superintendent of the primary department in the Sabbath school.

The many floral tributes from her friends at Westerly and Plainfield bore eloquent testimony to the esteem in which she was held. Funeral services of a simple character were conducted by the writer, her former pastor, at the home of her niece in Plainfield, "Nearer, My God, to Thee" and "Holy City" being beautifully rendered by a quartet and soloist from the Plainfield Church choir.

Besides her husband, she leaves one daughter, Mrs. L. W. Burton, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and to both of these go the sincere sympathy of their many relatives and friends.
S. H. D.


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