Catherine (Stanley) Clem (1811 - 1918)

Born 11 Nov 1811 in Indiana, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Apr 1918 at age 106 in Waukon, Allamakee, Iowa, United States

Biography

This profile is part of the Stanley Name Study.

In 1905, Catherine lived in Harpers Ferry, Allamakee County, Iowa, with her inferred son Solomon, her inferred son Luis Clem and Allen Clem (other info not recorded)^[1].

Mrs. F. G. (sic) Clem, who died last week at Waukon, 107 years old, is said to have been the oldest woman in Iowa. She was born in Indiana when the star of Napoleon was in its ascendancy, three years before the war of 1812, and her life spanned almost ail the wonderful developments of the nineteenth century. She was the mother of nine children; six of them and the husband preceded her to the grave.

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/discoveryui-content/view/7639862:1084?tid=&pid=&queryId=b615a4f2c23fafe7137b642200907c19&_phsrc=HRH28&_phstart=successSource Original data: Microfilm of Iowa State Censuses, 1856, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1925 as well various special censuses from 1836-1897 obtained from the State Historical Society of Iowa via Heritage Quest.

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