Clara Agusta (Benton) Groesbeck (1847 - 1916)

Born 12 Nov 1847 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Wife of Charles Holmes Groesbeck — married 13 Jun 1866 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Died 1 Dec 1916 at age 69 in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States

Biography

Clara, daughter of Charles Corydon Benton and Belinda Sarah Cowles, was born 12 November 1847 in Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts.^[1][2] She grew up in Lee, where in 1855 her father was a paper manufacturer.^[3] At that time the household consisted of her parents Charles C. (age 30) and Belinda S. (28), Clara A. (7), and her siblings Mary E. (9) and George L. (3).^[3] The 1865 census seems to indicate that her brother died—the would be 13-year-old is absent from the record. Living together in Lee were Charles C. (age 43, paper maker), Belinda S. (40, laborer) and Clara A. (17).^[4]

On 13 June 1866 at the Methodist Episcopal church in Lee, she married Charles Holmes Groesbeck, a paper-maker and the son of Alexander McCoy Groesbeck and Emeline Holmes.^[1] Together they had two daughters:

• Emma L. Groesbeck (b. 29 July 1868;^[5] m. John Henry Neumeister;^[6] d. unknown). Children: Gertrude Emeline,^[7] Lela May,^[8] Charles John^[9] and Zenas Franklin Neumeister.^[10]

• Grace A. Groesbeck (b. 17 November 1870;^[11] m. Willis Casper Flansburgh.^[12][13] d. February 1921).^[14] Two daughters: Clara Julianna^[15][2] and Miriam Flansburgh.^[16]

By 1880 Charles (age 33) and Clara (32) are living in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, with their two daughters: Emma L. (11) and Grace A. (9).^[17] Her husband was a finishman in the paper mill. Grace married in 1889^[12] and established her own household.

Charles (age 54, paper-mill foreman) and Clara (53) remained in Dalton, where 20 years later the household included their daughter Emma (32) and her husband John H. Neumeister (37, paper-mill calender) and granddaughters Gertrude E. (6) and Lela M. Neumeister (4).^[18] This much of the family remained together in 1910—and grew in size. In addition to Charles (age 63, paper-mill foreman) and Clara A. Groesbeck (62), John H. (46, paper finisher) and Emma L. Neumeister (41) were added two grandsons to include children: Gertrude E. (15), Lela M. (14), Charles J. (9) and Lenas F. Neumeister (4).^[19]

Clara died 1 December 1916 in Dalton from a cerebral thrombosis^[2] and was buried there in the Main Street Cemetery.^[20][2]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), Charles H. Groesback and Clara A. Benton, 13 Jun 1866; citing Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,433,023.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5} Massachusetts Death Index, 1970-2003, database, FamilySearch (13 June 2019), Clara J Flansburgh, 1973.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2} Massachusetts State Census, 1855, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Clara A Benton in household of Charles C Benton, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 953,974.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Massachusetts State Census, 1865, database with images, FamilySearch (1 June 2018), Clara A Benton in entry for Charles C Benton, 1865.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Emma L Grisbech, 29 Jul 1868, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #51, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,039.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (5 November 2017), John Neumeister and Emma L. Groesbeck, 17 Sep 1890; citing Marriage, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 250,303.
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Gertrude Emeline Neumeister, 30 Apr 1894, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p49, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,224.
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Lelia May Neumeister, 08 Mar 1896, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 457 p 49, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,843,692.
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1} New York, New York City Marriage Records, 1829-1940, database, FamilySearch (10 February 2018), Charles John Neumeister and Cora Gaul Loomis, 28 Sep 1935; citing Marriage, Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, New York City Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,685,162.
10. ↑ ^{10.0 10.1} Vermont, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1732-2005, database with images, FamilySearch (29 November 2018), Zenas Franklin Neumeister and Henriette Ane Marie Ranty, 7 Aug 1933; citing Marriage, Middlebury, Addison, Republic of Vermont, various town clerks and records divisions, Vermont; FHL microfilm 005489902.
11. ↑ ^{11.0 11.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Grace A. Groosbeck, 17 Nov 1870, Lee, Berkshire, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #p 2, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,428,073.
12. ↑ ^{12.0 12.1 12.2} Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (24 May 2018), Willis C. Flausburgh and Grace A. Groesbech, 30 Oct 1889; citing Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, State Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,415,226.
13. ↑ ^{13.0 13.1} Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001, database with images, FamilySearch (5 November 2017),Willis C. Flausburgh and Grace A. Groesbeck, 30 Oct 1889; citing Marriage, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 250,303.
14. ↑ ^{14.0 14.1} Grace A. Groesbeck Flansburgh on Find A Grave: Memorial #179628498 retrieved 21 June 2017 at Main Street Cemetery in Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts.
15. ↑ ^{15.0 15.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Clara Flansburgh, 14 Feb 1893, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 430 p 49, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,221.
16. ↑ ^{16.0 16.1} Massachusetts Births, 1841-1915, database with images, FamilySearch (11 March 2018), Mariam Flansburgh, 11 Mar 1895, Dalton, Massachusetts; citing reference ID #v 448 p 51, Massachusetts Archives, Boston; FHL microfilm 1,651,227.
17. ↑ ^{17.0 17.1} United States Census, 1880, database with images, FamilySearch (26 August 2017), Clara A Graesbeck in entry for C H Graesbeck, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 24, sheet 410C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0520; FHL microfilm 1,254,520.
18. ↑ ^{18.0 18.1} United States Census, 1900, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 June 2019), Clara A Groesbeck in household of Charles Groesbeck, Dalton town (west part), Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 30, sheet 14B, family 313, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,632.
19. ↑ ^{19.0 19.1} United States Census, 1910, database with images, FamilySearch (accessed 12 June 2019), Clara A Groesbeck in household of Charles H Groesbeck, Dalton, Berkshire, Massachusetts, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 31, sheet 7B, family 165, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 571; FHL microfilm 1,374,584.
20. ↑ ^{20.0 20.1} Clara Agusta Benton Groesbeck on Find A Grave: Memorial #200016657 retrieved 12 June 2019 at Main Street Cemetery, Dalton, Berkshire County, Massachusetts.

Acknowledgements

This profile was created, researched and initially written by Kathy Rabenstein.