Her birth recorded in Quakertown Monthly Meeting Quaker records as Amy C Vail. Raised in Quakertown, N.J., she married to a Presbyterian and was disowned from the Society of Friends of Quakertown on April 4, 1885.
Her marriage to John William Gary occurred on August 13, 1884, in Baptist town, Hunterdon County. She carried the first name of Clara (not Amy).
John & Clara raised one son: Cecil Vail Gary 1901-1995 and one daughter: Aleen Claire Conlin 1904-1928, in Bayonne, N.J. Five Gary infant children are buried in cemetery with unknown names, dates of death engraved.
John & Clara later resided in Cranford and Elizabeth, N.J.
Clara was predeceased by her husband, J. William Gary, who died in 1935. She lived a very long life of 97 years.
She lived with her sister Laura Trout in Pittsburg. They both received birthday wishes from President Franklin D. "Ike" Roosevelt. Their names were recommended to President by their niece, Mrs. Nina Vail of Dunellen.
The Courier-News Bridgewater, New Jersey 15 Oct 1962, Mon Page 14; Pittstown- A funeral for Mrs. Clara V. Gary, 97y, of Pittstown, widow of J.W. Gary, who died Oct 13, 1962 at Cranford Nursing Home. will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from Holcombe Funeral Home, Flemington. Services will be officiated by Rev. William Gow, of Cherryville Baptist Church. Interment in Cherryville Mountainview Cemetery.
Mrs. Gary leaves a son Cecil, four grandchildren, and twelve great grandchildren and sister Laura Trout of Pittstown.
Her birth recorded in Quakertown Monthly Meeting Quaker records as Amy C Vail. Raised in Quakertown, N.J., she married to a Presbyterian and was disowned from the Society of Friends of Quakertown on April 4, 1885.
Her marriage to John William Gary occurred on August 13, 1884, in Baptist town, Hunterdon County. She carried the first name of Clara (not Amy).
John & Clara raised one son: Cecil Vail Gary 1901-1995 and one daughter: Aleen Claire Conlin 1904-1928, in Bayonne, N.J. Five Gary infant children are buried in cemetery with unknown names, dates of death engraved.
John & Clara later resided in Cranford and Elizabeth, N.J.
Clara was predeceased by her husband, J. William Gary, who died in 1935. She lived a very long life of 97 years.
She lived with her sister Laura Trout in Pittsburg. They both received birthday wishes from President Franklin D. "Ike" Roosevelt. Their names were recommended to President by their niece, Mrs. Nina Vail of Dunellen.
The Courier-News Bridgewater, New Jersey 15 Oct 1962, Mon Page 14; Pittstown- A funeral for Mrs. Clara V. Gary, 97y, of Pittstown, widow of J.W. Gary, who died Oct 13, 1962 at Cranford Nursing Home. will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow from Holcombe Funeral Home, Flemington. Services will be officiated by Rev. William Gow, of Cherryville Baptist Church. Interment in Cherryville Mountainview Cemetery.
Mrs. Gary leaves a son Cecil, four grandchildren, and twelve great grandchildren and sister Laura Trout of Pittstown.
Gravesite Details
buried by Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, Flemming N.J. on Oct 16, 1962.
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