Person Record

Metadata

Name

Clark, Mary E.

Othernames

Mary Kingsley

Genealogy ID

07313

Born

31 AUG 1862

Birthplace

Sullivan, Tioga PA

Deceased

17 JAN 1893

Deceased where

Rutland, Tioga PA

Cemetery

Lawrence Corners Cemetery

Education

Mansfield State Normal School 1883

Occupation

Teacher

Father

John C. Clark

Mother

Amanda M.

Spouse

Clark D. Kingsley

Children

George Kingsley
Malcolm Kingsley

Reference

Obit

Notes

Clark - KINGSLEY, MARY E. - Sudden Death of a Lady Whose Memory is Honored by a Large Number of Friends.
The subject of this sketch was born in Sullivan Township, Tioga Co., Pa. August 31, 1862; was the daughter of John C. and Amanda M. Clark. The latter died in 1869 leaving five daughters and two sons bereft of as noble a Christian mother as ever lived. Thank God for the prayers of this angel mother, all her children became followers of her Jesus and members of her church. Particularly is this true of the deceased. She voluntarily gave her heart to God at the tender age of fifteen, at which time she joined the Methodist Episcopal Church at Mansfield, Pa. Possessing a gentle and loving disposition and actuated by noble inherited principles, she arose to a pure womanhood. Aided by her own efforts she attended the Normal school at Mansfield during the fall terms of 1880-81-83. She taught several very successful terms of school in Sullivan and Rutland townships. While at the Normal she formed the acquaintance of Clark D. Kingsley, a prosperous and highly respected young man, with whom she was united in marriage Dec. 25, 1883. Soon she took up her abode with her husband upon his farm near Mill Creek. Soon after she joined by letter the M. E. Church at Lawrence Corners, of which church her husband is a member. Her marriage relations were very happy. She was a wise counselor, a devoted companion, a loving Christian mother, fit to dwell with her God.
The angels must needs come, with only a few moments warning and carry her to her heavenly home. She died January 17, 1893, the immediate cause being heart failure. The funeral services were held Jan. 20, 1893, at the M. E. Church at Lawrence Corners, where besides the relatives a host of friends assembled to honor the memory of the departed. A very touching and appropriate discourse was delivered by Rev. Mr. Rockwell from the following text found in Exodus, 16.31: "And the house of Israel called the name thereof manna; and it was like coriander seed, white; and the taste of it was like wafers made with honey." The deceased leaves a husband and two bright little boys, Georgia and Malcolm, aged seven and one respectively, two brothers, J. H. Clark, of Lawton, Mich., and Colin B. Clark, of Covington, three sisters, Mrs. Herman Updyke, of Sullivan, Mrs. S. H. Kiley and Mrs. F. C. Lanterman, of Covington, and the father above named to long mourn their loss. Her acquaintances will remember her as a womanly woman, her friends as one that loved a friend, the father as an obedient daughter, one that never needed to be reproved, the brothers and sisters as a sister, possessing and deserving their admiration, her husband as the choicest of women, the little boys as a dear, dear mamma.