Daniel Clement's final resting place

After more than a year of research today I finally have the location of Daniel Clement's final resting place. Not only the location but a photograph of the stone. 

The photograph was made possible with the kind assistance of a volunteer, who not only went out to the cemetery today, but spent time with background research to confirm for me where Daniel was.




Previous Posts about Daniel Clement

No longer a mystery left behind in a box

Who Was JClement

Daniel Clement's Find A Grave Memorial

Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) Post 588 Wilna, NY

GAR Post 588 Natural Bridge, New York.   

Post meeting circa 1891

The bust of General Sherman
is on exhibit at the Augustus Saint Gauden
National Historical Park in
Cornish, New Hampshire

GAR Post 588 was chartered on April 13, 1891, remaining active until 1937 when the charter was surrendered.  It was named after General William Tecumseh (Uncle Billy) Sherman who died two months prior to the post's formation.   The photograph above was probably taken in 1891 when the post met for the first time.  It couldn't have been taken any later than 1905 as  Mr. Luther Wright, a member who is pictured, died that year. 

While researching the post and its history I was able to identify most everyone in the picture to include their Civil War Unit and dates of birth and death see the chart below for more details.      

On the back of the original photograph are handwritten notes identifying all the members present. 

Two family members are pictured in this photograph. 

The first Franklin Sanders born 1841 the son of Philander and Nancy Sanders.  

Frank Sanders 

Franklin is the 1st cousin of Jennie M. Sanders, Harvey Jesse Lake's wife.   Frank Sanders served in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment from 1862 to 1865 when he was discharged at the end of the Civil War.

Frank Ashcraft

The second is Frank Ashcraft he was born in 1836 and died in 1913 he was related to Lorenzo Ashcraft, the husband on Anna Clement, Daniel L. Clement's youngest daughter.  Not much is known currently about Frank Ashcraft and his connection, but there are other photographs of him with the old family pictures that indicate a close connection.   He also served in the 10th New York Heavy Artillery Regiment from 1862 to 1865. 

Members of GAR Post 558 pictured above

Name	Born	Died	Civil War Unit	Dates of Service
Bill Williamson	1843	1911	10th NY Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Mr McCory	**
N. Williamson	**
Ed Weatherhead	**
Daniel Puffer	1837		10th NY Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Henry Weatherhed	1844		10th New York Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Luther Wright	1846	1905	186th NY  Vol Infantry Regiment	1864-1865
Charles Schultz	1839	1916	10th New York Heavy Artillery	1862-1863
John Davis	1842		94 NY Vol Infantry Regiment	1862-1865
John Shoemaker	**
William Nichols	1820		186th NY  Vol Infantry Regiment	1864-1865
Frank Datuch	1835		94th NY Vol Infantry Reg	1862- ?
Henry Crimmins	*
Frank Ashcraft	1836	1913	10th NY Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Cal Graves	**
Frank Sanders	1841	1917	10th NY Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Mr. Holland	**
Warren Harlow	1829		10th NY Heavy Artillery	1862-1865
Len Ward	*
Mr. Priest	*

* There are people of the proper names and approximate age and the Wilna, NY area that could be these three men however more research must be done to prove this conclusively

** No information available 

No longer a mystery, left behind in a box

For a number of months I have been working on a project to identify family members in very old photographs which have been condemned to the proverbial shoe box. Since many of these picture are unlabeled it takes a fair amount of work to identify them. 

This photograph came from material that belonged to Samuel and Emma Clement of Rowe, MA.  The photograph is of a male, approximately 20-25 years old, an extremely old tin type  image  1 inch tall by ¾ of an inch wide. It is taped to a card which measures 3 7/8 inches tall by 2 1/2 inches wide.  The photograph is extremely fragile and in all likelihood it has been physically handled for the last time.  I made several high resolution digital scans of it to preserve this important family photograph, while doing so I notice the back was severely corroded, and may need professional restoration to preserve it.  

Tintype photography, a style popular in the 1860’s,  was considered “instant photography,”because you could go into a studio and in 10 minutes or so walk out with your picture, like the first Polaroids.  They were called “Tin Types” not because they were made of tin, but because you cut them apart from a sheet with tin shears or snips.  The plates were made of a light sensitized steel a little thicker than modern aluminum foil.

Using research materials that have  known dated examples and references as a starting place, I now believe that this photograph was taken between 1865 and 1867, which makes it just about 150 years old. The image to the right has been digitally enhanced so that it can be seen better.

Who this is:  Daniel L. Clement was born May 8, 1847 in Philadelphia, Jefferson Co., New York. His father and mother were Charles & Sarah (Bromley) Clement.  In 1863 at the age of 16, he enlisted in the 47th New York Infantry Regiment as a private and participated in the Civil War. He served until his honorable discharge on 30 June 1865 at Munson Hill Virginia.   I have written a blog article about Daniel his wife and parents; you can access those articles at the following links: Who was Daniel L. Clement : Who was JClement : Charles B. Clement. He returned home from the service,  and the following year, on May 10, 1866, 2 days after his 19th birthday he married Mary Jane Palmer.  They had 6 children, four of whom survived and farmed land in the Croghan, NY area, until Daniel's death in 1894.  He was buried in the Evangelical Baptist Cemetery in Croghan, New York.  

Below are photographs that I have been collecting of Daniel and Mary Jane "Jennie" (Palmer) Clement's surviving children, from left to right is Mary "Mattie" Clement Herzig,  Anna P. Clement Ashcraft, Samuel E. Clement and Edwin Ira Clement. Look how closely Daniel's youngest 

son Edwin resembles him, and how the others have traits that closely match his, with the possible  exception of Mary, who looks most like her mother.  These comparison photographs have really been the key to sorting out this mystery, along with some very good research tools and knowing the source of the material has really helped in successfully identify this photograph.  

After Daniel's death Jennie travelled with her two son's Sam and Edwin to Colrain, MA where her daughter Mattie had relocated with her husband Albert and their family.  

About 1905 she returned to New York with Edwin, Sam decided to stay behind to start his family. Jennie returned to Massachusetts around 1910, living with her daughter, for a time. Whether it was home sickness or illness, she wanted to return home to New York.  While arraignments were being made with Edwin to get her back home, she died suddenly she was laid to rest in Christian Hill Cemetery, on top of the hill, in Colrain,  Massachusetts.    I enjoyed researching the photographs and the feeling of symmetry that comes from bringing them together again, as if the family itself were reunited.

“The people who have left us are never truly gone until there is no one left to remember them.”

Who was JClement

“The people who have left us are never truly gone until there is no one left to remember them.”      Unknown Author

In Colrain, Massachusetts off of Ed Clark Road is a small cemetery known as Christian Hill. Just inside the gate on the right side is a small field stone, roughly cut. Hand carved letters on the face of the stone spell out JClement; there are no other Clements in this small cemetery. There is nothing on the stone that identify this person other than a name.

Let me tell you a little about her; she was born Mary Jane Palmer on April 14, 1845 in Leray, Jefferson Co., New York. Her parents were Lorenzo Palmer and Pamelia Merritt and the family farmed land in what is now Fort Drum New York. 

On March 10,1866 she married Daniel L. Clement, a recently returned Civil War solder who served with the 42nd NY Infantry Regiment.  Daniel joined the Army at 16 years old to fight for his country, and was discharged on June 30, 1865. 

Daniel and Jennie, as she was known all her life, had 6 children; Mattie, Charles, George, Anna, Samuel and Edwin.  They farmed land in North Wilna, New York during their lives together.   Charles and George died very young, Anna died at age 20 of complications of child birth, and her remaining 3 children lived long and productive lives. 

In 1894 Daniel, at the age of 47, died of Brights Disease, Mattie was married and by 1896 was living with her family in Colrain, MA. That left Sam and Edwin who were living with her and farming the land in New York. 

Jennie moved to Colrain just before the turn of the century and began a farm with her two sons and her brother James. 

Around 1905 she returned to New York with her son Edwin; Sam decided to stay behind as he had met Emma Farnum, a weaver who worked at a Colrain Textile mill.  They would be married in later 1905. 

She returned to Massachusetts around 1910, living with her daughter, for a time. Whether it was home sickness or knowing that the end was near, she wanted to return home to New York.  While arraignments were being made with Edwin to get her back home, she died suddenly and was buried in the small  Christian Hill Cemetery, on top of the hill. 

Certainly more could and should be said of a life that lasted 67 years but at least our Great Gandmother is not forgotten

**The image of Jennie Palmer Clement is a pencil and charcoal drawing that her grand son John Edwin Clement Sr.  identified as her several years ago.


Access Jennie Clement's  Find A Grave Memorial  at this link

Charles B. Clement

What does the Erie Canal and the Clement Family have in common?

Well first let’s start with a bit of US History.  The Erie Canal was proposed in 1808 and completed in 1825; it connects Lake Erie in western New York state to the Hudson River.   In those days the most efficient trade routes were managed in waterways.  There was no direct route from West to East, and any goods that needed to travel either way were tied to pack animals and transported by foot.  A pack animal could handle about 250 pounds of goods, which was no where near what was necessary to build up New York State for settlement. The important part of connecting Erie to the Hudson River was that products could be shipped up river from New York City or down from the St Lawrence Sea Way, and then distributed across the state via this system of Canals and Locks.    More information about the Canal and it’s importance to New York and the Country can be found at  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erie_Canal. 

Now on to Charles B. Clement who was born February 15, 1818 in Salina, Onondaga Co., New York.  Much of what I know about Charles comes from his family bible and records that I’ve been able to locate through research.   Charles is the last positive link in our family chain that I have primary sources evidence for, meaning there are original records that document his life.  Some of the information I am going to give you will be theory and I will identify that from facts.    Research has not identified Charles’ father, mother, or siblings at the present time, but it can be inferred that they were residents of Salina NY and Onondaga County.  Around 1844 he met Sarah A. Bromley, who was born May 6, 1821 in New Haven, Oswego Co., New York, and they married August 12, 1844 and began their family.  

Their first child, Annie M. was born June 1,1845 in Scruple, Oswego Co., New York.  In 1869 she married John V. Harris.  Not many records have been found to this point that identify what happened to the Harris family,  that is still a work in progress.  As is the youngest son Ira Franklin, born November 28, 1848 in Lysander, Onondaga Co., NY;  almost nothing is available on him other than I know he was alive and six years old in 1855.  At present that is the last mention of him in the official record that I’ve found.   

Charles and Sarah’s second child Daniel was born May 8, 1847 in Philadelphia, Jefferson Co., New York, and more about him can be found in the previous post. 

By 1850, Charles, Sarah and all of the children had settled in Lysander, Onondaga Co., NY and he was identified in the census of that year as a boatman.  Because earlier census reports only identify the head of house by name, there is no way to tell based on those documents, what Charles may have been doing before that.  However, it would not be too much of a stretch or surprise to find that he may have followed in his father’s foot steps. 

The records indicate that in 1870 Charles, without his family, was in Jefferson Co., New York and was in the household of Ira Clement, whom I believe to be his brother.  The census of that year indicated that he was 57 years old and a farmer.  So it appears that he went to Jefferson County to obtain work, as it wasn’t uncommon in the day to have the husband travel great distances to find work while the wife stayed home; then if steady work was found, he would send for the rest of the family to join him.   In Charles’ case, he did not stay in Jefferson County but returned home and began farming himself.  By 1875 he had established himself as a farmer, his wife, daughter and her husband John Harris (who was by this time a sailor) lived with him.   Daniel was in Jefferson County himself establishing his family and there is no indication where Ira Franklin was or if he survived into adulthood. 

In 1880 Charles and Sarah left Onondaga County and settled in Brownville, Jefferson Co., New York; their neighbor was William B. Clement, son of Ira.  They stayed in this area until Sarah died on April 3, 1890, at the age of 69.  

On July 3, 1897 Charles entered into the Jefferson County Poorhouse at the age of 79 years old.  These places treated the residents as inmates, they lived in dorms with sometimes 15 or more people to a room. If your wife came with you, they separated you at night.  The Keeper of the Poorhouse decided everything for the "inmates"  from meals to when people could receive medical treatment, there were no bathing facilities and while it was heated in the winter, there was nothing to cool or circulate the air in the summer.  Not a great situation to end up in after a full life of working and with no social safety net; if you had no money, the choice was the poorhouse or freezing to death.  He probably did not survive long in this place, and he is not listed in the census of 1900.

I believe that Charles B. Clement died between 1897 and 1900, but he had no known grave marker, nor do I know where he is buried.  I have to assume somewhere on the grounds.

Grandfather Charles may be lost to us, but he is not forgotten!

“The people who have left us are never truly gone until there is no one left to remember them.” 

Who was Daniel L. Clement

Who was Daniel L. Clement

citizen soldier, farmer and our great great grandfather

Daniel was born 8 May 1847 in Philadelphia, Jefferson, Co., New York to Charles and Sarah Bromley Clement.  He had two siblings; Annie M., born 1 June 1845, and Ira Franklyn, born 28 November 1848. The family was engaged in farming as their primary trade.  They appear to have travelled quite a bit judging from the places where the children were born.  

When Daniel was 16 years old he went to New York City to enlist in the Army.  He entered service August 31 1863 and was mustered into the 42nd New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment; he stayed in that unit until June 28, 1864, when he was transferred to the 82nd NY Infantry Regiment.  On July 10, 1864 he was transferred again to the 59th  New York Infantry, where he stayed until he left the service when the Regiment was disbanded at Munsons Hill, VA on June 30, 1865.   

During his time in service he was present at the battles of Spotsyvannia Court House, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Appomattox, White Oaks and Appomattox Court House.  His unit was present at the surrender of Robert E. Lee and since his service record does not mention he ever missed a day of service, one must conclude that he was there when the surrender occurred.  His unit returned to Washington DC. for the Grand Review on May 23, 1865 and for the mustering out on June 30. 

When he left service his discharge papers noted the following; Daniel Clement, 18 Years old, entered service 31 August 1863 to serve 3 years and was discharged 30 June 1865 at Munsons Hill, VA due to the “Expiration of the War.”  The discharge also indicated that he was 5’2” tall, with a light complexion, with brown hair and blue eyes.  His discharge order was signed by William Olstead; Colonel  59th New York Regiment.

Daniel returned home, and on March 10, 1866, two days after his 19th birthday, married Mary Jane (Jennie) Palmer.  They had 6 children; Mattie, Charles, George, Anna, Samuel, and Ira Edwin.  (See Post Who is J Clement.) With the children, they began farming in  Lewis Co., New York.   Charles and George were both lost early on.  Mattie married and moved to Colrain MA with her husband, Albert Herzig.  Anna married Lennie Ashcraft and they had one daughter. Anna died in child birth.  The final two... we will leave their stories for now other than to say Sam and his wife Emma raised a family in Massachusetts and Ira Edwin and his wife Merle raised their family in upstate New York.

On 27 September 1894 at the age of 47 Daniel died of Bright’s Disease, Heart and Liver Failure. At the present time his burial location is not known, there is a newspaper article that identifies him as being buried in Carthage, New York with other Civil War Soldiers but I have not confirmed that.  As you are aware from reading my previous post Who is JClement, his wife Jennie is buried in Colrain, Massachusetts 

So the next time you see a Civil War photograph of soldiers at Appomattox Court House or you happen to watch the documentary by Ken Burns “The Civil War”, one of those men at the surrender site  is our 18 year old great great grandfather. 

“The people who have left us are never truly gone until there is no one left to remember them.”      Unknown Author

Scanners and Relatives

Yesterday, there was a rather large storm which kept me inside all day, after finishing what work I could do for my employer I started working on consolidating my computer building and repair tools, when I came across a negative scanner that I bought a year ago. This machine happened to be on sale at the time and I knew I had allot of negatives that were just sitting in boxes, and this little tool or as my wife calls them "toys" would be very useful. I remember using it on some slides when I first got it then put it away thinking; I'll get a lot of use out of this later. A year later I found this little negative scanner sitting right were I left it waiting to be put to some use. I took it out and installed the software and started working on a box of negatives that I hadn't looked at in years.

Being a photographer for many years I generated a lot of material, when I first started I shot black & white film exclusively. As there were so many photographs, I just printed proof sheets and filed the negatives away. For those that are not framilar with the proof sheet it is simply a process of placing all the negatives from the roll of film on a piece of photographic paper and exposing it to light. What you get are a small negative size prints of what you shot, 24 or 36 prints on a page.

Professional photographers used the proof sheet process as a quick reference to see what they had shot and a baseline gauge of the exposure and composition. In my case It would have been cost prohibitive at the time to print every one of the pictures as there were always multiples of each. So as you might guess with hundreds of photographs some of these negatives were never printed and even the ones that were have been lost to time.

So getting back to the scanner and more importantly it's application to genealogy research;

This little machine does an incredible job at scanning the negative and converting it to a digital format; if the negatives are in good shape , have been stored in a clean and dry place, the prints will look like you shot the photographs yesterday. I've done a pile of them so far and it works great, some of these prints I'm really seeing for the first time, what a great step back into the past.

Now Genealogy:

Coincidentally I had been working on a colateral ex-uncle in-law's family, my first cousin's father. He was the ex-husband of my mother's sister. He married a second time and I knew this lady (his second wife) relatively well; she passed on a few years ago and I realized I had virtually no data on her. Using Genealogy Bank and Ancestry.com I did find quite a bit and updated the record, but no one seemed to have a picture of her to add to the file.

While working with this scanner as I started through these black & white negatives, in the 3rd or 4th strip I loaded there she was sitting at the picnic table at my parent's home talking with other relatives. In the next strip I found a photograph of yet another relative my father's brother's wife Aunt Jean sitting in her Harrisville New York living room thirty years or more ago.

There is treasure trove of family history in these pictures, which I haven't seen in over 30+ years. I can't wait to get back to the scanning of the rest of these negative to see what else I can find.

Mystery Photograph "Reach Artists Lowville NY"

The mystery of this photograph is a simple one, the identity of the people pictured.

Very little is known about this picture, it was in the collection of my great aunt Merle Florence  (Lake) Clement; as with allot of these type picture no identifying information was located with it. Merle died in 1972 and none of her surviving line has any information about it.

These are a few facts known about the print.

1.) It was take by "Reach Artists" of Lowville New York
2). It appears similar to a "Cabinet Card"
3). The face of the card is blue and the rear gray
4). The card has rounded corners and a beveled oval inset for the picture

These factors will help narrow the time frame that the photograph was taken and may eventually help solve the mystery of who these people are. 

These facts are just a general guide to start looking as the cards could have been used well into the 20th Century if the Studio had a large enough supply.

Bringing together Blogs

Ever since beginning this documenting project I had it in my head that I would create a blog for each family group then post stories and research notes etc for those groups. Then I began looking around at other blogs that people have been working on and found just how much they put into just one. It also became apperent very quickly when I started building a seperate website just how much extra work I was bringing on myself.  So in an effort to keep posting to this blog current and work the website and research and, and, and!!!!    I have move all of the blogs with the exception of one to this place and made several posting of older information in this one spot and taken the others down hopefully this works better.

Emma M. Farnum Clement b 1873 d.1977

Emma M. Farnum was born in Halifax, Vermont the daughter of Cyrus Farnum and Miranda Gates. She had 4 sibblings John, Lucy, Henry and May. Of the five Emma was the only one to marry and raise her own family. In 1905 she married Samuel Clement of Croghan New York, the settled in the Halifax, Vermont area and had 4 children of there own, Elmer, John, Doris and Alfred. She lived such a long and full life that our family was fortunate to have been able to know her, she personnelly had met all of her 15 Grandchildren 37+ Greatgrand children and 2 or 3 great great grandchildren, before her passing. To her final days she alway had cookies or fresh donuts waiting for the kids who came on the weekends to visit. Her stamina was unparalelled, and she could remember most facts like they happened yesterday with a clarity that baffled people who witnessed the event and long ago forgot the details. At one point in time someone asked her if she was concerned about nuclear power, as the Rowe Yankee Nuclear Power Plant was just down the Road from her home. Her response was typical of her simple philosophy, "They never bothered me none".

to be continued.......................

Samuel E. Clement & Emma M. Farnum

Samuel E. Clement was born 8 Sep 1881 in Croghan, Lewis Co., New York he was the son of a US Civil Union Soldier from New York and farmer Daniel L. Clement and Mary Jane Palmer. In 1894 Daniel Clement died suddenly of Heart and Bright’s disease, with an enlarged liver. This left Sam as the oldest surviving son at age 13; having two brothers Charles F. and George H. that died in 1872 and 1884 respectively. The family consisted of Mattie Clement Herzig the eldest sister who had left home to start her own family, Anna P. Clement, Ira Edwin the youngest; Mary Jane Clement his their mother and Sam.

The eldest daughter Mattie left New York State with her family and settled in the Colrain, Massachusetts area. At some point just before 1900 Mary Jane Clement who by this point was going by the name Jennie Clement, left New York State and moved to Colrain, Ma with her two son’s Sam and Ira Edwin. Jennie’s daughter Annie had married Lorenzo Ashcraft in 1895 she had one daughter and died in 1898. Interestingly enough Lorenzo Ashcraft was born in Brattleboro, Vermont about 45 miles from where Mattie and later Sam would settle to live out their lives.

Jennie did not like living in Massachusetts and wanted to return home to New York, however Sam did not he stayed behind and Ira Edwin return with their mother to the farm in New York.

While in Colrain, he met Emma M. Farnum who was a loom weaver in a textile mill, they married on 6 Aug 1905, and raised their family in the Halifax, VT, Whitingham, VT and ultimately settling permanently on a small farm on Cyrus Stage Road in Rowe, Franklin Co., Massachusetts.

Emma Martha Farnum was actually born Martha Emily Farnum 19 Jun 1873 to Cyrus Farnum and Miranda Gates, she was the second generation of women in her line to live an extremely long life. Her mother was 90 Year old when she passed and Emma was 104 when she died in 1977. Emma was the second of 5 children, and the only one to marry and start a family of her own. Her family's ancestry extended back to before the Revolutionary War and involved some of the founding member of the towns of Halifax and Whitingham, Vermont. The Whitney’s, Crosier’s, and Gates’ were part of her direct family line, many of the descendants of these families still live in both towns to this day.

Sam and Emma had 4 children, Elmer Farnum 1907-1977; Doris Emma 1909-1996; John Edwin 1913-2003; and Alfred Burton 1920-1990. They farmed or worked on farms in and around the towns we have already discussed until 27 July 1952 when Sam had a heart attack and died suddenly at the age of 70. Emma lived the remainder of her considerably long life on the farm in Rowe, Massachusetts with her eldest son Elmer, who after returning from World War II, Italy never really went much further than the area around home, for the remainder of his life. Elmer never married spending most of his time taking care or the few farm animals that were around the Rowe farm.

Jennie Clement made a final trip to Colrain around 1912, she had sold the farm in New York and travelled to Colrain, MA with her son Ira Edwin and his wife Merle Florence Lake. She initially had intended to stay, Ira and Merle return to New York, it is unclear whether Jennie had decided she wanted to go home or she became ill and wanted to return. Whichever the case money was raised to send her back to New York, when she suddenly died on June 13, 1912, she is buried alone in Christian Hill Cemetery in Colrain, MA, her grave sets just inside the gate marked with a field stone marker rough carved, "J. Clement" to this day no other family member has been buried in that Cemetery.

Sam, Emma and now all of their children are gone; John Edwin Clement Sr. was the last of his family to pass on at 89 years of age, my grandfather, left a rich family legacy to preserve, a history that is still incomplete but a history that he helped research, write and more importantly preserve.

New Post referencing Lake Family members

Samuel E. Clement & Emma M. Farnum

A small bit of Family History by Jennie Sanders Lake Jan 1 to Oct 2, 1918

This small appointment book consisting of some 24 pages, gives us snippets of the last 10 month of the life of my Great Grandmother Jennie Sanders Lake. She was one of the millions who died as a result of the 1918 world wide flu epidemic, or what we would call a "pandemic". That year nearly every members of her household became ill at one point or another, Jennie was the only one to have died from the illness. Her small diary notes daily life around their small upstate New York farm; the weather, important events, people who visited, the names of several people from the community who had passed away, their funerals and bit of information important to her. It is a small slice of the history of a community during an extremly dfficult time, in reading it you can see how, life kind of came and went moving along for these people even with everything that was happening around them, and to them. One of the stories that was noted in this small history then expanded on by later verbal family accounts was Jennie's son in law Ira Edwin Clement came in from working the fields very sick with the flu one afternoon infact he was so ill that he had to be carried in the house. When he came down with the illness his hair was a light brown color when he finally left his sick bed his hair had turned white, and remained that way the rest of his life, such was the dramatic effect this virus had on people. Jennie started this little book using an out dated 1916 appointment book, very frugal people "never waste anything you can use later" and as you can see by the example she made little notes everyday. On the first page Jennie identified the date she was started the diary, being January 1, 1918 on October 1st she noted, "Nice Day, Ernest come home sick, Walter Perriggo died" the next day was her final entry, 6 days later she died of the flu at the age of 54.

Jennie Sander was the daughter of Jared A.and Sarah Sanders, she was born in Lewisburg, Lewis Co., New York on 22 Apr 1864. She married Harvey Jessie Lake 14 Dec 1883 in Diana, Lewis Co, New York. Jennie's father was born in 1815, in Champion NY he live to extreme old agefor the time passing in 1914. Her grandparents are Joesph Sanders and Lucinda Fairman both born in the early 1780's in what is now southern Windham Co., Vermont or Northern Massachuetts, then migrated to Jefferson or Lewis Counties of New York State. This family line is somewhat a mystery as the lack of records as hampered the research todate. There are possible links to Sanders families in the Halifax, VT, from the 1780 period that are currently being explored.

Note: Jennie Sanders was the wife of Harvey Jessie Lake
Ernest Leon was their son and my grandfather
Ira Edwin Clement was the husband of Merle Florence Lake; daughter of Jennie Sanders and Harvey Jessie Lake