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Clarissa Ann <I>Wiley</I> St. John

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Clarissa Ann Wiley St. John

Birth
New York, USA
Death
17 Oct 1882 (aged 72–73)
Burial
Wauconda, Lake County, Illinois, USA GPS-Latitude: 42.2565644, Longitude: -88.1400814
Plot
sec 1 row 8
Memorial ID
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Jennie Ruhama Wright Farnsworth was close to her grandmother Clarissa and said that Clarissa had a boarding house where the school teacher Curtis St.John roomed and that "she won him with her lemon pie".

Please note that Clarissa was indeed married at 13 or 14.

Clarissa made at least one trip back to New York funded by her sisters.

The stones in Wauconda for Clarissa and husband Curtis St. John are in pieces and almost buried, but new stones with name and birth and death data have been placed.
Contributor: Helen Farnsworth (47571862) • [email protected]
Contributed by Helen:
Clarissa Ann Wiley Wright St. John first husband was Garrett Wright (1799 or 1800 -1835) in Duchess Co. New York. They were married in 1823
Later in 1842 Clarissa married Curtis St. John.
Jennie Ruhama Wright Farnsworth was close to her grandmother Clarissa and said that Clarissa had a boarding house where the school teacher Curtis St.John roomed and that "she won him with her lemon pie".

Please note that Clarissa was indeed married at 13 or 14.

Clarissa made at least one trip back to New York funded by her sisters.

The stones in Wauconda for Clarissa and husband Curtis St. John are in pieces and almost buried, but new stones with name and birth and death data have been placed.
Contributor: Helen Farnsworth (47571862) • [email protected]
Contributed by Helen:
Clarissa Ann Wiley Wright St. John first husband was Garrett Wright (1799 or 1800 -1835) in Duchess Co. New York. They were married in 1823
Later in 1842 Clarissa married Curtis St. John.

Gravesite Details

stone photo missing She was 1st m. to Jared Wright in 1822



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