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During the Depression, her husband left for the South, with their two youngest boys (Frank and Charles), in order to find work in the circus. At some point, the boys wished to return home, missing their mother. James Clyde decided to stay. Nothing was heard from him for a long time, prompting Martha to try to have him declared dead, so she could collect the life insurance. IRS (or whatever authority it was back then) found him alive, thus squashing that scheme.
It has also been said James may have been a part owner of one of the original roller coasters on Coney Island. Their family did reside in Coney Island for a time before moving to Philadelphia.
During the Depression, her husband left for the South, with their two youngest boys (Frank and Charles), in order to find work in the circus. At some point, the boys wished to return home, missing their mother. James Clyde decided to stay. Nothing was heard from him for a long time, prompting Martha to try to have him declared dead, so she could collect the life insurance. IRS (or whatever authority it was back then) found him alive, thus squashing that scheme.
It has also been said James may have been a part owner of one of the original roller coasters on Coney Island. Their family did reside in Coney Island for a time before moving to Philadelphia.
Story goes -
During the Depression, her husband left for the South, with their two youngest boys (Frank and Charles), in order to find work in the circus. At some point, the boys wished to return home, missing their mother. James Clyde decided to stay. Nothing was heard from him for a long time, prompting Martha to try to have him declared dead, so she could collect the life insurance. IRS (or whatever authority it was back then) found him alive, thus squashing that scheme.
It has also been said James may have been a part owner of one of the original roller coasters on Coney Island. Their family did reside in Coney Island for a time before moving to Philadelphia.
During the Depression, her husband left for the South, with their two youngest boys (Frank and Charles), in order to find work in the circus. At some point, the boys wished to return home, missing their mother. James Clyde decided to stay. Nothing was heard from him for a long time, prompting Martha to try to have him declared dead, so she could collect the life insurance. IRS (or whatever authority it was back then) found him alive, thus squashing that scheme.
It has also been said James may have been a part owner of one of the original roller coasters on Coney Island. Their family did reside in Coney Island for a time before moving to Philadelphia.
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