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Clara <I>Sturgeon</I> Sickman

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Clara Sturgeon Sickman

Birth
Fulton County, Indiana, USA
Death
16 Jul 1894 (aged 41–42)
Bourbon, Marshall County, Indiana, USA
Burial
Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 2, Row 5
Memorial ID
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Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, July 20, 1894

Mrs. Clara Sturgeon Sickman died at her home in Bourbon, Monday, of consumption, and the remains were brought here for burial. She had been an invalid for several years and was bedfast seven weeks before her death.
Deceased grew to womanhood in this city. She was a popular teacher in the Rochester schoos for several years and while so engaged was married to the surviving husband, Wm. H. SICKMAN and they moved to Bourbon where they prospered on a farm. Four daughters are left to mourn the loss of a noble mother by her death.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs
1891-1895
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
______________________________________________

Clara Sturgeon's birth year per three census is 1859/60.
Clara Sturgeon is 8 mos old on 1860 Rochester Fulton Co IN w father Enoch.
Clara D Sturgeon is 10 years on 1870 Rochester Fulton Co IN w father Enoch.
Clara Sickman is 20 years on 1880 Rochester Fulton Co IN w husband William H.
Daughter Ethel Sickman born Aug 1880

Her gravestone inscription has birth year as 1852 and her parents were married 1855 so this inscription might be a mistake?

Provided by: Marjean
Published in The Rochester Sentinel
Friday, July 20, 1894

Mrs. Clara Sturgeon Sickman died at her home in Bourbon, Monday, of consumption, and the remains were brought here for burial. She had been an invalid for several years and was bedfast seven weeks before her death.
Deceased grew to womanhood in this city. She was a popular teacher in the Rochester schoos for several years and while so engaged was married to the surviving husband, Wm. H. SICKMAN and they moved to Bourbon where they prospered on a farm. Four daughters are left to mourn the loss of a noble mother by her death.

SOURCE:
Fulton County Indiana Obits/Biogs
1891-1895
by Wendell C. Tombaugh
______________________________________________

Clara Sturgeon's birth year per three census is 1859/60.
Clara Sturgeon is 8 mos old on 1860 Rochester Fulton Co IN w father Enoch.
Clara D Sturgeon is 10 years on 1870 Rochester Fulton Co IN w father Enoch.
Clara Sickman is 20 years on 1880 Rochester Fulton Co IN w husband William H.
Daughter Ethel Sickman born Aug 1880

Her gravestone inscription has birth year as 1852 and her parents were married 1855 so this inscription might be a mistake?

Provided by: Marjean


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  • Created by: April Gross
  • Added: Nov 8, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/44082500/clara-sickman: accessed ), memorial page for Clara Sturgeon Sickman (1852–16 Jul 1894), Find a Grave Memorial ID 44082500, citing Rochester IOOF Cemetery, Rochester, Fulton County, Indiana, USA; Maintained by April Gross (contributor 47041501).