Clara Virginia (Over) Tumbleson (1861 - aft. 1896)

Born 17 Nov 1861 in Emerson, Hopkins Twp., Whiteside Co., Illinois, USA

Ancestors

Died after 19 Oct 1896 after age 34 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA

Biography

Clara Over, the daughter of John Over and Margaret Carolus was born near Emerson, Hopkins, Whiteside, Illinois. ^[1]

She was married on 22 Sep 1881 to B. Frank Tumbleson. ^[2]

She died on 19 October, 1896 at Omaha, Nebraska. ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Sterling Standard, 29 Oct 1896
2. ↑ Sterling Standard, 29 Oct 1896
3. ↑ Sterling Standard, 29 Oct 1896

•  1880 U.S. Census, Whiteside County, Illinois, Schedule 1. Inhabitants, Hopkins Twp., Empire Village, pp. 25 (stamped 124), ED 200, dwelling 238, family 238, line 50, Clara Over; [digital image], The Internet Archive, (http://archive.org : accessed 27 June 2014); citing National Archives and Records Administration microfilm T9, Roll 258.

• Sterling Standard, ([Sterling, IL]: 29 October 1896), pp.9. ["Former Sterling girl, Mrs. B. F. Tumbleson, died at her home in Omaha Sunday afternoon, October 19 1896, after a protracted illness of consumption. Clara V. Over was born north of Emerson, November 17, 1861. She, with her parents, moved to Emerson when quite small where she attended shool. They then moved to Sterling about twenty-five years ago where she completed her education, having graduated from the Sterling School in the class of '79. She was married to B. Frank Tumbleson September 22, 1881. They resided in Sterling about nine years, when they moved to Omaha where they resided up to the time of her death. To this couple were born seven children, three of whom died in infancy. Floyd, their eldest son, having died a year ago. She leaves a husband, three children, father, mother and, three brothers to mourn her loss. The three daughters who survive her are Fay, aged thirteen years, Dora, eleven years and Annetta Alberta, fifteen months. She joined the Lutheran church when quite young and always led a devoted Christian life. She loved her children and her home. She has left a beautiful life example for her children and the community in which she lived. She was highly respected and loved by all her wide circle of acquaintances and all of them mourn her departure. A little more than a year ago the dread disease fastened its hold upon her, and during those months of suffering she was always patient and uncomplaining. Death came to her very easy and she seemed simply to have fallen asleep, the sleep that knows, no awaking. The funeral occurred from the home at Clifton Hill, Omaha, Wednesday at 1 o'clock p. m. and amid a profusion of beautiful flowers the remains were laid to rest in the Council Bluffs cemetery." ]