Grace Elsie Clark1

b. 24 December 1882, d. 8 December 1979
FatherJohn Henry Clark1 b. 13 Oct 1855, d. 20 Dec 1935
MotherNancy Adeline Rector1 b. 7 Mar 1860, d. 13 Dec 1935
Birth24 Dec 1882 Grace Elsie Clark was born on 24 Dec 1882 in Glade Spring, Washington County, Virginia.2 
Marriage27 Dec 1904 She married Henry Sahm on 27 Dec 1904 in Boulder, Boulder County, Colorado.3 
 She was 22 and he was 45.3 
Cens-Sum Following their marriage Grace and Henry first lived at 633 Pennsylvania Ave. in Boulder but shortly after the birth of daughter Mildred in Nov. 1908 they moved into a larger home at 637 Pennsylvania Avenue where they raised six children including a twin to daughter Marjorie who died at or shortly after birth. Henry also had children from a previous marriage.4,5,6 
Widowed1 Jan 1933  Henry died on New Years Day, 1933. 
Cens-19405 Apr 1940  By 1940 Grace's children were grown and she lived in the house at 637 Pennsylvania by herself. The census taken that year recorded her as a 58 year old widow. The house, which she owned, was valued at $2,000.7 
Death8 Dec 1979 Grace died on 8 Dec 1979 at age 96.1 
Burial She was buried at Green Mountain Cemetery in Boulder.8 

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Family

Henry Sahm b. abt 1860, d. 1 Jan 1933
Children
  • Raymond Sahm5 (1906 - 1996)
  • Mildred Katherine Sahm6 (7 Nov 1908 - 5 Aug 2010)
  • Marjorie Sahm6 (8 Dec 1911 - 16 Feb 2003)
  • infant Sahm9 (8 Dec 1911 - 1911)
  • Roland Sahm6
  • Ralph Sahm6 (21 May 1924 - 30 Oct 2004)
ChartsDescendants of Mathew Ryburn and Jane Beattie
Descendants of William Ryburn and Mary (?)
Last Edited5 Sep 2013

Citations

  1. [S23] Elinor Lahs (Jackie) Stock, "John Henry Clark" in Families of Washington Co. and Bristol, VA, p. 114.
  2. [S3204] John Walton, "John Henry Clark," e-mail to D. Powell, 12 Apr. 2013. John is the grandson of Grace Clark and Henry Sahm.
  3. [S3205] "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index 1900-1939", database with digital images, Family Search (http://www.familysearch.org : accessed Jun 2013), marriage record #1879: entry for Henry Sahm and Grace Clark, married 27 Dec. 1904 by J.G. Klene (minister) at Boulder, CO; groom: 45; bride: 22.
  4. [S846] Henry Sahm household, 1910 U.S. cens., Boulder Co., CO, pop. sched., Boulder City, ED 44, sheet 3B, dwelling 66, family 68, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 6 of 25. Henry Sahm, 50, second marr (5 yrs), b. MO, works in real estate; Grace E., wife, 27, b. VA, 1st marr (5 yrs), mother 2 children, both living; Raymond A., 4, b. CO; Mildred, dau, 1, b. CO; (prev two children: father b. MO, mother b. VA); Earl 18, b. MO; ____, son, 15, b. MO; ___, son, 13, b. CO; (last 3 children: father b. MO, mother b. U.S.); residence: 637 Pennsylvania Ave.
  5. [S844] Henry Sahm household, 1920 U.S. cens., Boulder Co., CO, pop. sched., Boulder City, ED 52, sheet 11B, dwelling 239, family 269, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 22 of 41. Henry Sahm, 60 b. MO, no occup; Grace, wife, 38, b. VA, father b. VA, mother b. IL; Raymond, son, 13, b. CO; Mildred, dau, 11, b. CO; Margery, dau, 8, b. CO; Ralph, 5, b. CO; Roland 3, b. CO; family residing at 637 Pennsylvania Ave.
  6. [S842] Henry Sahm household, 1930 U.S. cens., Boulder Co., CO, pop. sched., Boulder, ED 7-49W, sheet 29A (100 stamped), dwelling 336, family 367, viewed online at Ancestry.com, March 2004, image 57 of 65. Henry Sahm, 72, b. MO, first marr at 47, owns home valued at $3,000, no occup; Grace, wife, 47, b. VA, first marr at 22; Mildred, dau 21; Marjorie, dau, 18; Ralph, son, 15; Roland, son, 11; all children: b. CO, father b. MO, mother b. VA.
  7. [S3244] Grace Sahm household, 1940 U.S. cens., Boulder Co., Colorado, pop. sched., Boulder, ED 7-45, sheet 3A, household 56, viewed online at Ancestry.com, Aug. 2013. Household includes: Grace Sahm, 58, wid, owns home, value: $2,000, b. VA, completed 8th grade, resid same location 1935 (637 Pennsylvania Ave.).
  8. [S3204] John Walton, "Clark/Sahm info," e-mail to D. Powell, 12 Apr. 2013. John is the great grandson of John Henry Clark and Nancy Adeline Rector.
  9. [S3204] John Walton, "John Henry Clark," e-mail to D. Powell, 30 Jan. 2013. John is the grandson of Grace Clark and Henry Sahm, and the great grandson of John Henry Clark.