Clum.
In Washington, D.C., July 8, 1881, Bessie W. Clum, infant daughter of John P. Clum of Tombstone, Arizona. Funeral from the residence of her grandparents, 514 6th street northeast at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 1881.
Note: John P. Clum was U.S. Indian Agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona Territory. He brought a group of 21 Indians to Washington and Philadelphia in September 1876 -- including Taza son of Cochise who died of pneumonia (R2/125).
From Nancy Pope, September 10, 2001:
The grandparents' house mentioned was John's parents, William Henry Clum & Elizabeth Ann Van Deusen. He wasn't in DC when his daughter passed away but was living in Tombstone, Arizona as their mayor at that time [from his paper, the Epitaph, July 3, 1881: "Mayor Clum received a telegram from Washington yesterday afternoon that his youngest child was at the point of death. We sympathize with him in this affliction."]
Clum had gone east in April official to Troy, NY to arrange for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment for Tombstone. Unofficially, he was taking his daughter, a son, and his mother-in-law (Angelina Ware) back to Washington, D.C. The kids stayed with their paternal grandparents. The son, Woodworth Clum, was raised by his grandparents and two maiden aunts, Jane & Cornelia Clum. Woodie later edited some of his father's memoirs into the book, "Apache Agent."
John Clum returned to Tombstone on June 22. The mother of his children, Mary Dennison Ware Clum, had died on December 18, 1880. As John noted many years later: "With the approach of the Yuletide season, there was unfeigned joy in our little home when a daughter was born. And then, only a week later, I encountered the major tragedy of my life when, on December 18, my wife passed away. Her remains rest in the old pioneer cemetery at Tombstone, and, as if to emphasize the tragic ending of her young life, the ruthless elements during the passing years have swept away every marker from her grave."
John remarried twice, his second wife, Belle Atwood was the mother of his only other child, Caro Clum. He moved back to DC with Belle for a few years.
In Washington, D.C., July 8, 1881, Bessie W. Clum, infant daughter of John P. Clum of Tombstone, Arizona. Funeral from the residence of her grandparents, 514 6th street northeast at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 1881.
Note: John P. Clum was U.S. Indian Agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona Territory. He brought a group of 21 Indians to Washington and Philadelphia in September 1876 -- including Taza son of Cochise who died of pneumonia (R2/125).
From Nancy Pope, September 10, 2001:
The grandparents' house mentioned was John's parents, William Henry Clum & Elizabeth Ann Van Deusen. He wasn't in DC when his daughter passed away but was living in Tombstone, Arizona as their mayor at that time [from his paper, the Epitaph, July 3, 1881: "Mayor Clum received a telegram from Washington yesterday afternoon that his youngest child was at the point of death. We sympathize with him in this affliction."]
Clum had gone east in April official to Troy, NY to arrange for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment for Tombstone. Unofficially, he was taking his daughter, a son, and his mother-in-law (Angelina Ware) back to Washington, D.C. The kids stayed with their paternal grandparents. The son, Woodworth Clum, was raised by his grandparents and two maiden aunts, Jane & Cornelia Clum. Woodie later edited some of his father's memoirs into the book, "Apache Agent."
John Clum returned to Tombstone on June 22. The mother of his children, Mary Dennison Ware Clum, had died on December 18, 1880. As John noted many years later: "With the approach of the Yuletide season, there was unfeigned joy in our little home when a daughter was born. And then, only a week later, I encountered the major tragedy of my life when, on December 18, my wife passed away. Her remains rest in the old pioneer cemetery at Tombstone, and, as if to emphasize the tragic ending of her young life, the ruthless elements during the passing years have swept away every marker from her grave."
John remarried twice, his second wife, Belle Atwood was the mother of his only other child, Caro Clum. He moved back to DC with Belle for a few years.
Clum.
In Washington, D.C., July 8, 1881, Bessie W. Clum, infant daughter of John P. Clum of Tombstone, Arizona. Funeral from the residence of her grandparents, 514 6th street northeast at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 1881.
Note: John P. Clum was U.S. Indian Agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona Territory. He brought a group of 21 Indians to Washington and Philadelphia in September 1876 -- including Taza son of Cochise who died of pneumonia (R2/125).
From Nancy Pope, September 10, 2001:
The grandparents' house mentioned was John's parents, William Henry Clum & Elizabeth Ann Van Deusen. He wasn't in DC when his daughter passed away but was living in Tombstone, Arizona as their mayor at that time [from his paper, the Epitaph, July 3, 1881: "Mayor Clum received a telegram from Washington yesterday afternoon that his youngest child was at the point of death. We sympathize with him in this affliction."]
Clum had gone east in April official to Troy, NY to arrange for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment for Tombstone. Unofficially, he was taking his daughter, a son, and his mother-in-law (Angelina Ware) back to Washington, D.C. The kids stayed with their paternal grandparents. The son, Woodworth Clum, was raised by his grandparents and two maiden aunts, Jane & Cornelia Clum. Woodie later edited some of his father's memoirs into the book, "Apache Agent."
John Clum returned to Tombstone on June 22. The mother of his children, Mary Dennison Ware Clum, had died on December 18, 1880. As John noted many years later: "With the approach of the Yuletide season, there was unfeigned joy in our little home when a daughter was born. And then, only a week later, I encountered the major tragedy of my life when, on December 18, my wife passed away. Her remains rest in the old pioneer cemetery at Tombstone, and, as if to emphasize the tragic ending of her young life, the ruthless elements during the passing years have swept away every marker from her grave."
John remarried twice, his second wife, Belle Atwood was the mother of his only other child, Caro Clum. He moved back to DC with Belle for a few years.
In Washington, D.C., July 8, 1881, Bessie W. Clum, infant daughter of John P. Clum of Tombstone, Arizona. Funeral from the residence of her grandparents, 514 6th street northeast at 4 p.m., Saturday, July 9, 1881.
Note: John P. Clum was U.S. Indian Agent at San Carlos Agency, Arizona Territory. He brought a group of 21 Indians to Washington and Philadelphia in September 1876 -- including Taza son of Cochise who died of pneumonia (R2/125).
From Nancy Pope, September 10, 2001:
The grandparents' house mentioned was John's parents, William Henry Clum & Elizabeth Ann Van Deusen. He wasn't in DC when his daughter passed away but was living in Tombstone, Arizona as their mayor at that time [from his paper, the Epitaph, July 3, 1881: "Mayor Clum received a telegram from Washington yesterday afternoon that his youngest child was at the point of death. We sympathize with him in this affliction."]
Clum had gone east in April official to Troy, NY to arrange for the purchase of fire-fighting equipment for Tombstone. Unofficially, he was taking his daughter, a son, and his mother-in-law (Angelina Ware) back to Washington, D.C. The kids stayed with their paternal grandparents. The son, Woodworth Clum, was raised by his grandparents and two maiden aunts, Jane & Cornelia Clum. Woodie later edited some of his father's memoirs into the book, "Apache Agent."
John Clum returned to Tombstone on June 22. The mother of his children, Mary Dennison Ware Clum, had died on December 18, 1880. As John noted many years later: "With the approach of the Yuletide season, there was unfeigned joy in our little home when a daughter was born. And then, only a week later, I encountered the major tragedy of my life when, on December 18, my wife passed away. Her remains rest in the old pioneer cemetery at Tombstone, and, as if to emphasize the tragic ending of her young life, the ruthless elements during the passing years have swept away every marker from her grave."
John remarried twice, his second wife, Belle Atwood was the mother of his only other child, Caro Clum. He moved back to DC with Belle for a few years.
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