Clara Urilla (Felty) Bohr (abt. 1876 - 1951)

Born about 2 Sep 1876 in Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States

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Clara was born about 1876. She was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Felty.

1880 United States Census - Pine Grove, Schuykill, Pennsylvania^[1]

Household	Role	Sex	Age	Birthplace
John H Felty	Self	Male	40	Pennsylvania, United States
Elizabeth Felty	Wife	Female	46	Pennsylvania, United States
William E Felty	Son	Male	9	Pennsylvania, United States
Jacob Felty	Son	Male	6	Pennsylvania, United States
Clara V Felty	Daughter	Female	4	Pennsylvania, United States

She married Andrew Bor 19 Mar 1894.^[2]

She was a member of Outwood Lutheran Church.

She died in 1951. She maybe buried in Outwood Lutheran Church Cemetery, Pine Grove Twp., Schuylkill.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVH-NXT : 16 July 2017), Clara V Felty in household of John H Felty, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 218, sheet 318B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,193.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMC5-H4T : 5 August 2020), Andrew Bohr and Clara M Felty, 19 Mar 1894; citing Marriage, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 September 2020), memorial page for Clara Bohr (1876–1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #31772106, citing Outwood Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by GerbLady (contributor 46637511)

Notes

Very little is known of Clara's early years. Elizabeth Weaver, her second oldest child, believes Clara's mother's family, the Behneys, came to the Pine Grove area during construction of the Schuylkill and Susquehanna (S&S) Railraod. That would have in the 1850s. The S&S ran from Auburn, in Eastern Schuylkill County through Pine Grove and Outwood, then along the Stony Creek Valley between Second and Sharp Mountains to Dauphin on the Susquehanna River, where it connected with Northern Central Railroad running north and south. It took about two hours to get from Pine Grove or Outwood to Harrisburg by train in the late 1800s. The S&S is the railroad that crossed the "High Bridge" across Mill Creek just west of Outwood. (Today the High Bridge is near the dam for the Lebanon Reservoir.) At one time the High Bridge was the longest span across a valley in the U.S. Before 1921 it was an all wood span. In 1921 concrete pillars were added. Today, the old S&S Railroad bed has been turned into a rails to trails trail through St. Anthony's Wilderness.

Clara married Andrew Bohr in 1894 at age 18. Over the next 16 years she gave birth to 10 children and had one still born baby. She was the matriarch of a close family. She was a very good mother and her children and grandchildren all loved her. She was a jolly person who loved to talk and laughed often.

Mammy had a sister and several brothers that lived in the Suedberg area. Her brother, John Felty, was involved in politics, and held a public office in the Suedberg area, probably Pine Grove Township.

See also the notes on Andrew Bohr, her husband.

Reminisces by Don Ruth, great grandson: I remember Mammy and Pappy Bohr when they were very old and living with their daughter, Lottie Dinger, in Molleystown. When we visited them, my mother would sit in the kitchen with Mammy Bohr and Aunt Lottie. Mammy Bohr would "hold court" and they always seemed to be having a good time. I don't know what they talked about because I was too young to care, and even if I did, they spoke mostly in Pennsylvania Dutch. They would only speak in English if they were talking to my father, my sister or myself. Mammy Bohr died when I was just six years old.

1. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWVH-NXT : 16 July 2017), Clara V Felty in household of John H Felty, Pine Grove, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States; citing enumeration district ED 218, sheet 318B, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,255,193.
2. ↑ "Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMC5-H4T : 5 August 2020), Andrew Bohr and Clara M Felty, 19 Mar 1894; citing Marriage, Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, United States, multiple County Clerks, Pennsylvania.
3. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 9 September 2020), memorial page for Clara Bohr (1876–1951), Find A Grave: Memorial #31772106, citing Outwood Lutheran Cemetery, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA ; Maintained by GerbLady (contributor 46637511)