Devotional Book of Nancy L. CLARK
Devotional Book of Nancy L. CLARK
DEVOTIONAL SERIES BOOK
Imitation of Christ
Appx size: 5 1/2 " x 4"
Has several newspaper clippings glued inside on the usually blank pages of this neat
little hardcover book.
Gold embossed name Nancy L. Clark on first page.
It is in fair condition for it's apparent age and appears to be complete.
I can't find a date of publication for the devotional.
Contains obituary clippings from late 1800's to early 1900's.
Obituaries included for the following people:
ALLEN, Deborah (widow of P. E. ALLEN)
ALLEN, Laura
ALLEN, Philip E.
BOWMAN, Charles M.
BOWMAN, William H.
CLARK, Mrs. (mother of Mrs. George GLEAN)
CROSS, Ruth A. (Sister of Phillip ALLEN & widow of Schuyler CROSS)
GLEAN, Martha A. (Widow of George W.)
HUESTED, Louisa
HUESTED, Mrs. Silas
TOOLEY, Frederick
TOOLEY, John
TOOLEY, Lyman
TOOLEY, Susan E. (Widow of Abram)
Marriage/engagement clippings including the following people: (alphabetic by groom's surname)
BRUNDIGE & Ruth L. OWEN
CROCKER, William E. & Lottie Bulah GLEAN
HOGLE, Henry & Emma R. HUSTED
MADIGAN, Henry & Minnie TOOHEY
SICKLER, Lewis & Nina M. TOOLEY
Miscellaneous articles clipped on the following people:
TOOLEY, Howard E. (brother of Mrs. Edward SICKLER)
TOOLEY, Lyman (son of John TOOLEY)
ADDED 12/31/05 Photos of the pages that the obituaries are glued into!
Front page of book
Second page
Third page
Starting page in back of book
Second page in back of book
Second page closer
Last page of pasted obituaries
Paper craft still inside book
Front of Devotional Book
If you tie into Nancy Clark's family, PLEASE contact me!
Thanks to a couple of Glean family researchers I was able to get the name of Nancy Clark's first
husband and it was Bowman. Nancy was the mother of Martha 'Mattie' Bowman Glean. I was able to
find Nancy in an 1870 Saratoga County, NY Census with her husband Thomas but have not found information
on Mr. Bowman yet. In an effort to find a relative of Nancy's I am posting the census images I
have that pertain to her or her daughter Martha Glean's family. Click on the link to see the image
then use your back button to come back to this page.
-Thomas & Nancy Clark, 1870 Saratoga County, NY Census
-George Glean, 1870 Saratoga County, NY Census Husband of Martha 'Mattie' Bowman Glean.
-George & Martha (Bowman) Glean, 1900 Saratoga County NY Census
A kind Glean family researcher furnished the following marriage announcement for Mattie & George:
The Saratogian, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., New York, U.S.A., Thurs., May 21, 1874, pg. [xx].
MARRIED. GLEAN - BOWMAN. - On the 18th inst., by Rev. John Thomson [sic], Mr. George W. Glean to
Miss Mattie A. Bowman, adopted daughter of Joseph and Fannie Leggett, both of Saratoga.
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HELPFUL LINKS TO INFORMATION ABOUT OTHER's MENTIONED IN THE BOOK
This website shows the church Thomas & Nancy Clark were members of:
1868 Schuylerville ME Church members list
This is a very nicely organized Glean family site that may help with clues about the family.
The Glean Burial Grounds
Here is a website that shows the interments of Lyman Tooley and his wife Sarah F. (Bowman) Tooley.
Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga NYGENWEB (Saratoga County, New York)
More information on the Glean, Bowman & other families mentioned can be found on the Saratoga County, NY
webpage sponsored by Rootsweb. To go to the site for the Saratoga NYGenWeb Project for more leads,
CLICK HERE
::: TITLE PAGE :::
OF THE
Imitation of Christ
FOUR BOOKS
BY THOMAS A KEMPIS
NEW EDITION
BOSTON :
LOTHROP AND CO.
CORNHILL
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*The clippings below are glued on the front blank pages of the devotional
Backside of front cover:
Henry HOGLE and Miss Emma R. HUSTED, of Ionia township, were married Nov. 27.
They have gone to housekeeping on Silas Stone's farm. The happy couple will please
accept the TRIBUNE'S congratulations.
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Hand written notes on this one: Married April 11, 1898 in Mechanicsville
Henry MADIGAN and Miss Minnie TOOHEY were married at St. Paul's Church by Rev.
Father FAHEY Monday. The couple left on a wedding tour to Berlin, N. H.
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FREDERICK TOOLEY
News was received here Saturday of the death of Frederick TOOLEY, a well known
railroad man, who was a freight conductor on the Fitchburg railroad. His death was
caused by peritonitis. He was in his 28th year. He leaves besides his widow, a mother,
two sisters and a grandmother. The remains arrived here Monday and were taken to the
residence of his mother, Mrs. L. TOOLEY, 14 Lafayette street, and the funeral was held
at 1:30 o'clock. Rev. G. W. NICHOLSON officiating.
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The funeral of Mrs. Susan E. TOOLEY will be held at the First Baptist church tomorrow
afternoon at 3 o'clock, Rev. T. F. CHAMBERS officiating. The remains will be interred in
Greenridge cemetery.
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Fred TOOLEY, the Fitchburg railroad conductor who died suddenly at Rotterdam last
month, was insured for $3,000 in the Order of Railway Conductors. His application for
insurance had been sent to the head office at Cedar Rapids, Ia., and accepted, but TOOLEY
died before the policy was issued.
***
Mrs. Fred TOOLEY of Mechanicsville, has received $3,000 insurance on the life of her
husband from the order of railway conductors.
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First Page
(with embossed name of Nancy L. Clark)
An 1898 is across the corner of two items clipped from newspapers.
Item #1.
hand written: April
Mrs. Susan E. TOOLEY, widow of Abram TOOLEY, died early this morning at the home of
her sister, Mrs. D. J. SHAW, in Syracuse, aged 79 years. Mrs. TOOLEY has resided in this
village for many years, and only last fall removed to Syracuse to reside with her sister. The
remains will be brought to this village tomorrow for the funeral and interment.
Item #2
SICKLER-TOOLEY- August 21, (*1898) the Methodist parsonage, Ballato?? Spa, by Rev.
W. W. COX, Lewis (D?) SICKLER and Miss Nina M. TOOLEY, both of Saratoga Springs.
Handwritten under that article:
Died
Mrs. Mary A. Lindsay
Aug. 4 1914 at Muir Ionia Co Mich
OBITUARY
DIED
HUESTED- In Muir, Ionia county, Michigan, on March 4, 1902, Mrs. Silas HUESTED. She
is survived by three daughters and two sons, and her sister, Mrs. Mary A. LINDSEY, all of
Michigan, and three sisters and one brother, Mrs. Lyman TOOLEY, Mrs. Frank BURFEE, Mrs.
George GLEAN and Charles M. BOWMAN of Saratoga Springs.
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OBITUARY
The deceased, Mrs. Louisa HUESTED, was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Martin BOWMAN.
She was born Feb. 27, 1846, in Schuylersville, Saratoga county, N. Y. Was married to Silas
HUESTED July 8, 1866, and commenced housekeeping the same year in the township of
Webster, Monroe county, N.Y., moved to Rochester in 1879 where they lived until they moved
to Lyons township, Ionia county, Michigan, where they resided resided on the farm of J. E.
CULBERTSON, northeast of Muir, until they moved to Muir during the year of 1891. To this
union eight children were born five of whom, three daughters and two sons, survive her, and
live at the present time in Muir and the immediate vicinity; also four sisters and one brother
are now living; three of her sisters and her brother now reside at Saratoga Springs, N. Y.,
the other sister resides in Muir.
Her husband, Silas HUESTED, died August 1, 1897, since which time the care and
responsibility of maintaining her family had largely devolved upon her, and well did she
acquit herself of this responsible duty.
As a daughter she was obedient and kind, as a wife, true and faithful; as a mother, devoted
and indulgent; as a neighbor she was a friend in prosperity or adversity, as a woman she was
true and noble, loved and respected by all who had the pleasure of her acquaintance. Her
departure leaves a vacant place and her memory will be cherished as a pleasant reminiscence.
The funeral took place at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 6, from the Christian church. Elder M. L.
SIMS, assisted by Elder BOWEN of Lyons, officiating.
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OBITUARY
Hand dated: May 7, 1916
Mrs Martha A. GLEAN
Martha A., widow of George W. GLEAN, died this morning at 12:20 o'clock at her residence, 21
Van Dorn street. She was born in Schuylerville, sixty years ago, but had made her home here for
the past twenty-one years. She is survived by two sons, George L., and Ernest GLEAN, of Saratoga
Springs, and three daughter, Mrs. George WILLIAMS of Schuylerville, Mrs. William E. CROCKER,
of Schenectady, and Mrs. Barney WICKS of this city.
Funeral services will be held from the late residence Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The
Rev. George C. DOUGLASS, pastor of the First M. E. church, will officiate and burial will be
made in Greenridge cemetery.
FUNERALS
Hand dated: May 10, 1916
The funeral of Mrs. Martha A. GLEAN, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock from the
late residence, 21 Van Dam street, the Rev. George C. DOUGLASS, pastor of the First M. E.
church, officiating. Mrs. GLEAN is survived by two sons, George L. GLEAN and Ernest GLEAN,
of this city; three daughters, Mrs. George WILLIAMS, of Schuylerville; Mrs. William E.
CROCKER, of Schenectady; Mrs. Barney WICKS, of Saratoga, and by nine grandchildren.
FUNERALS
The funeral of Mrs. Martha A. GLEAN was held this afternoon at 2 o'clock from the late
residence, 21 Van Dorn street. The Rev. George C. DOUGLASS officiated, and burial was made
in Greenridge cemetery. The bearers were George L. GLEAN, Ernest GLEAN, George William
GLEAN, William E. CROCKER, Barney WICKS and Arthur (rest of copy cut off)
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OBITUARY
Hand written notations: Died July 28, 1912 Buried July 30, 1912
John TOOLEY
John TOOLEY died Sunday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Adelbert GAGE, at her
home in Luzerne.
Mr. TOOLEY was ninety-two years old last May and had resided most of his life in Glen Falls
and Luzerne. He was quete well known in this village, having spent some time here with his sons.
Mr. TOOLEY is survived by five children, Mrs. Jane HOVEY and Mrs. George MURRAY, of
Glen Falls; Mrs. Adelbert GAGE, of Luzerne; and Lyman and Truman TOOLEY, of this place,
besides grandchildren and great grandchildren.
The funeral was held from the White church above Glens Falls yesterday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Hand dated article: July 26, 1912
--The many friends of Lyman TOOLEY will be glad to hear that he was able to take an auto-
mobile trip to Luzerne yesterday to see his father, John TOOLEY who is ninety-two years old.
Those who took the trip were Mr. TOOLEY, Mrs. W. H. OWEN, Mrs. Edward SICKLER and
children, Miss Hazel DAVIS and Miss Ruth OWEN.
***
--Lyman TOOLEY sustained a shock on the left side this morning while driving along Broadway.
Mr. TOOLEY was hurried to this home, No 17 Clark street, and Dr. B. J. MURRAY was called.
Mr. TOOLEY was resting comfortably this afternoon and it is expected that he will recover.
***
--Lyman TOOLEY, Mr and Mrs William H. OWEN, Mrs. Edward SICKLER and daughter, Helen,
Miss Hazel DAVIS and Miss Ruth OWEN motored to Glen Falls yesterday to attend the funeral
of Mr. TOOLEY'S father, John.
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LYMAN TOOLEY IS DEAD
Hand dated: June 16, 1915
Well Known Truckman Had Been Ill For Last Three Years
Lyman TOOLEY, for many years a well-known truckman of this village, died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. William H. OWEN, 18 Clark street at 3:10 o'clock yesterday afternoon. He was
born in Luzerne on January 9, 1847, and had been a resident of Saratoga Springs for about
fifty years.
For more than twenty-five years Mr. TOOLEY conducted a trucking business in this village.
He suffered a stroke of paralysis three years ago last March from which he never entirely
recovered.
The survivors are two daughters, Mrs. William H. OWEN and Mrs. Edward SICKLER; a son,
Howard E. TOOLEY; a brother, Truman TOOLEY, all of this village; three sisters, Mrs. Jane
HOVEY and Mrs. George MURRAY of Glens Falls, and Mrs. Adelbert GAGE of Luzerne; and five
grandchildren, Mrs. Everett BRUNDIGE and Helen, Ethel, Marion and Charles SICKLER.
Mr. TOOLEY was prominently identified with Saratoga Lodge No. 15, Independent Order of
Odd Fellows, having been a member of that organization for more than thirty years.
Funeral services will take place tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock from the late residence
and burial will be made in Greenridge cemetery. The services at the grave will be in charge
of the Odd Fellows.
***
The funeral of Lyman TOOLEY was held at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon from the residence of
his daughter, Mrs. William OWEN, 18 Clark street. The Rev. Peter A. MACDONALD, pastor of
the First Presbyterian church, officiated and burial was made in Greenridge cemetery. Saratoga
Lodge, I. O. O. F. had charge of the services at the grave.
***
STRICKEN WITH PARALYSIS
Hand dated: March 23, 1912
Lyman TOOLEY, the well known expressman was stricken with paralysis today while driving on
Broadway. He was removed to his home where Dr. B. J. MURRAY found that his left side was
affected. It is believed Mr. TOOLEY will recover.
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* The rest of these are all glued in the back blank pages of the devotional book.
First page:
Date cut from paper and glued above this clipping:
Tuesday May 17, 1904.
Cards are out announcing the approaching marriage of Lottie Bulah GLEAN to William E.
CROCKER to take place at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. GLEAN,
No. * Van Dorn street on Tuesday evening. May 24.
(*typed as written, no address given)
***
OBITUARY
Charles M. BOWMAN
Charles M. BOWMAN died yesterday afternoon at 5:30 o'clock at his residence, No. 72
Spring avenue. He was a carpenter by trade and had been a resident of this village for the
last twelve years. He was born in Schuylerville fifty years ago.
His survivors include his wife, two sons, Howard and Charles A.; four daughters, Lillian,
Gertrude, Myrtle and Edith; and four sisters, Mrs. Lyman TOOLEY, Mrs. Frank DURFEE and
Mrs. George GLEAN, all of this village; and Mrs. Mary LINDSEY, of Michigan.
The funeral will be held at the late residence on Saturday afternoon at an hour to be
announced.
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Date cut from paper and glued to top of this obituary:
Monday, January 14, 1901
OBITUARY
William H. BOWMAN
William H. BOWMAN, aged 43 years, died at his residence No. 19 Van Dam street on Sunday
afternoon. He had been in poor health for some time, but has recently taken with pneumonia,
which, complicated with heart trouble, caused death.
Mr. BOWMAN was born in Schuylerville, Sept. 21, 1857 and had been a resident of Saratoga
about eighteen years. For the past twelve years he had been a member of High Rock Council,
No. 652, Royal Arcanum of the village, which society will attend the funeral in a body.
Besides his wife and one daughter, Grace BOWMAN, the deceased is survived by five sisters,
Mrs. Lyman TOOLEY, Mrs. Frank DURFEE, and Mrs. George GLEAN of this village, Mrs. Mary
LINDSAY and Mrs. Louisa HUESTIS, who resides in Michigan and a brother, Charles M.
BOWMAN of this village.
The funeral will be held from the family residence at 9 o'clock on Wednesday and from
St. Peters Catholic church at 9:30 o'clock. The remains will be interred in St. Peter's Cemetery.
C. M. BOWMAN'S FUNERAL
The funeral of Charles M. BOWMAN will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the
late residence, No. 72 Spring avenue. It will be private. The Rev. J. H. GRAMPS will officiate
and interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery.
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OBITUARY
Laura ALLEN departed from this life at her late residence on Burgoyne street in this village
on Thursday morning last. Her death was caused by apoplexy. The first shock came about six
o'clock in the morning. From that she rallied slightly, but immediately succumbed to another
shock, after which she never rallied. She died about 9:30 o'clock in the morning after having
been in ill only three hours. Death came unexpectedly as she had been in very good health up
to the time of its coming. The funeral was held from the house Saturday afternoon at one
o'clock, Rev. F. G. HEAXT of the Methodist church officiating. The interment was made in
Prospect Hill cemetery. A number of relatives from out of town were present. The deceased
was born in the town of Wilton, Dec. 1, 1814, and consequently was in her 82d year at the time
of her death. She was the oldest but two of a family of nine children, of whom only two
survive her, Mrs. Ruth CROSS, of Waco, Texas, and Miss Mary J. ALLEN who has always
resided here. She had been a member of the Methodist church since 1825, at which time a
large membership was added to the church. She had lived to see all of them laid away to rest.
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POEM clipped from newspaper.
Only a letter that came this morn,
With the heaviest weight that could be borne;
And yet it seems to the man in gray
But a trifle light as he passed his way.
A wife is stunned by the sudden blow,
A mother's heart is filled with woe;
For the bird of omen tells a tale
That would make the stoutest spirits quail.
Only a letter, thin and white,
That has robbed a home of its joy and light.
That has hung, by the cruel news it bore,
That funeral crape on the outer door!
A missive clutched with hopes and fears,
And drenched with mourner's scalding tears;
Read and re-read with lips grown white,
Then laid with a shudder out of sight.
***
Clipping
Great faith in God, intense love for the church, and thorough devotion to Christ controlled her
life. Untiring, kind and gentle, she never hesitated to do right and her Christian life was brightest
in her home and her memory is blessed. "The memory of the just is blessed."
***
OBITUARY
Mrs. Ruth A. CROSS
Died, in Waco, Texas, On March 7th, Mrs. Ruth A. CROSS, aged 75 years. Deceased was the
widow of Schuyler CROSS, and sister of the late Phillip ALLEN, and was well known by most
of the older people in Schuylerville and vicinity.
J. M. W.
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Hand dated death announcement:
May 20, 1883
Mrs. CLARK, the aged mother of Mrs. George GLEAN, died of paralysis on Friday last. The
funeral was held in Schuylerville on Sunday the 20th inst.
***
OBITUARY
Mrs. Lewis ALLEN died yesterday at 5 p.m. at her late residence near Palmer avenue. She had
been ill for some time, her illness being typhoid fever. She leaves her widower and five children,
the youngest being but six months old.
***
BOWMAN - At Saratoga Springs, January 14, 1892, Estella M., wife of Charles M. BOWMAN,
aged 32 years and 6 months.
Funeral Sunday at 2 p.m.
***
Schuylerville
Jan. 16.-- The funeral of Mrs. Deborah ALLEN, wife of the late P. E. ALLEN and mother of P.
ALLEN, editor Schuylerville Standard, was held at the late home of the deceased at 2 o'clock
Sunday afternoon, Rev. L. A. DIBBLE officiating. The deceased had a large circle of friends in
this vicinity who will mourn her loss. (rest cut off)
***
Hand dated article: 1919
--Private first class Howard E.TOOLEY is the guest of his sister, Mrs. Edward SICKLER, for a
few days. Private TOOLEY was a member of the 303rd Fire and Guard Co., stationed at
Hoboken, N. J. He received an honorable discharge on Monday, February 17.
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Glued to inside of back cover
Phillip E.ALLEN died at the state hospital at Utica, last Wednesday, the 11th inst. Last winter he
suffered a severe attack of la grippe, from which he never afterward fully recovered. Although
he was able to be about, his health continued feeble, and during the last month he failed rapidly.
On the 6th inst. he consented to go to the hospital at Utica for treatment, but this proved to be
without avail. The remains reached here on Tuesday night, and the funeral was held on Saturday
afternoon, at the M. E. church, Pastor ROWE officiating. Rev. J. M. WEBSTER and Rev. F. N.
CRANDALL also took part in the services, which were largely attended. Mr. ALLEN was one of our
best known citizens. He had lived here for about sixty years, and had always enjoyed the utmost
confidence of all who knew him. He had been an honored member of the M. E. church for fifty
years, and was a man of devout religious faith as well as the strictest integrity. In his death the
loss sustained by his family is shared by his church and the community as well. His immediate
family surviving him are his wife, and son, P. A. ALLEN, of this office. They have the condolence
of a large circle.
***
Card of Thanks
We desire to make this expression of our heartfelt thanks to friends and neighbors, for many
kindly acts of assistance and expressions of sympathy and aid, which were extended to us during
the illness and loss of husband and father. We shall ever remember them all with gratitude
and regard.
Mrs. P. E. ALLEN,
June 17, 1890. P. A. ALLEN
***
Hand dated article: Oct 22, 1918
Mrs. Howard TOOLEY left this afternoon for New York to visit her husband, Private Howard
TOOLEY, who is stationed at Hoboken, New Jersey.
***
ENGAGEMENT ANNOUNCED
Hand dated: June 2, 1916
Mr and Mrs William H. OWEN announce the engagement of their daughter, Ruth L. OWEN to
Frank A. BRUNDIGE of Mechanicville.
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