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Mary Lemist Clarke

Birth
Roxbury, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
28 Sep 1904 (aged 73)
Sherborn, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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The daughter of John Jones Clarke and Rebecca Cordis Haswell Clarke. She married John Adams Hanson in 1858, and the couple had three children: Rebecca Haswell Clarke (1859-1947); George Lemist Clarke (1861-1917); and Ellen Clarke Tuckerman (1869-1939). In 1873, the marriage was annulled by the Massachusetts Supreme Court for Hanson's misconduct, and Mary and her children changed their last names from Hanson to Mary's maiden name of Clarke. In her later years, Mary shared a home with her daughter Rebecca Cummings and her family in Cambridge.
The daughter of John Jones Clarke and Rebecca Cordis Haswell Clarke. She married John Adams Hanson in 1858, and the couple had three children: Rebecca Haswell Clarke (1859-1947); George Lemist Clarke (1861-1917); and Ellen Clarke Tuckerman (1869-1939). In 1873, the marriage was annulled by the Massachusetts Supreme Court for Hanson's misconduct, and Mary and her children changed their last names from Hanson to Mary's maiden name of Clarke. In her later years, Mary shared a home with her daughter Rebecca Cummings and her family in Cambridge.


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  • Created by: Tyndareas
  • Added: Sep 3, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/116500741/mary_lemist-clarke: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Lemist Clarke (9 Apr 1831–28 Sep 1904), Find a Grave Memorial ID 116500741, citing Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Tyndareas (contributor 46524102).