Cornelia Elizabeth French and Clarence Benjamin Wadleigh
CLARENCE BENJAMIN WADLEIGH was born August 19, 1895 in Kingston, Rockingham, New Hampshire,2360 and died June 4, 1965 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshire.5236
He married CORNELIA ELIZABETH FRENCH on June 20, 1922 in Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,2363 daughter of JENNIE P. STEVENS and MENZELL STUART FRENCH. She was born May 3, 1895 in Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire,2360 and died August 26, 1993 in Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine.5237
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- Capt. Jerathmeel Bowers Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- ? Haskell Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- William Brown Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- John York Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- William Graves Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- John Smith Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- Moses Baron Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- Walter Tybbott Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
- Daniel Shed Descendant Report (Ancestor of Cornelia E. French)
Children of CORNELIA ELIZABETH FRENCH and CLARENCE BENJAMIN WADLEIGH:
- RUTH ELIZABETH WADLEIGH, b. April 14, 1923, Nashua, Hillsborough, New Hampshire;456 m. GEORGE MILTON OBERG on April 1, 1950 in Durham Community Church, Strafford County, New Hampshire9393; d. September 5, 2017, Bridgton, Cumberland, Maine.456
- Daughter
- Son
- Son
Ruth
Personal Information
- Cornelia Elizabeth French was a member of the Durham Community Church, Strafford County, New Hampshire. 5237
Education
- Cornelia Elizabeth French graduated from Nashua High School, New Hampshire, 1915.5237
Work History
Cornelia E. French
- taught home economics at the Amoskeag mills in Manchester 5237
Clarence B. Wadleigh
Obituaries
Burlington Free Press, June 5, 19655236
Wadleigh, Longtime New Hampshire r-H Leader, Dies
DURHAM, N.H. (AP)—Rep. Clarence B. Wadleigh, R-Durham, state 4-H leader for 36 years, died Friday at a Dover hospital after a long illness. He was 69.
Wadleigh organized the state 4-H program at the University of New Hampshire in 1920 and held the post of state leader until 1956, when he resigned to join the International Cooperation Administration as a youth advisor, working in Greece and Cambodia.
He retired to Durham in 1956.
He was serving his first term in the House.
Nashua Telegraph, September 2, 19935237
Cornelia F. Wadleigh
Cornelia F. Wadleigh, 97, of Bridgton, Maine, and formerly of Nashua, died Thursday, Aug. 26, 1993, at the home of her daughter after a brief illness.
Mrs. Wadleigh taught home economics at the Amoskeag mills in Manchester until she married Clarence B. Wadleigh in 1922. She then moved to Durham.
While in her 60's, she took part in President Truman's Plus Four Program and, with her husband, traveled to Cambodia and Greece.
She was an active member of the Durham Community Church.
She attended schools in Nashua and graduated from Nashua High School in 1915. She also graduated from the Fannie Farmer Cooking School in Boston.
She was born in Nashua on May 3, 1895, daughter of the late Menzell and Jennie Stevens French. She moved to Bridgton in 1985.
Her husband died in 1985.
Survivors include two daughters, Ruth W. Oberg of Bridgton and Mary W. Austin of Mountain View, Calif.; two sons, Clarence B. Wadleigh Jr. of Palo Alto, Calif., and Ralph S. Wadleigh of Beaverton, Ore.; nine grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
The Raymond Funeral Home in Bridgton, Maine, is in charge of arrangements.
Census Records
| Date | Location | Enumerated Names |
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| June 13, 19002385 | Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
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| April 25, 19102386 | Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
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| January 7, 19202387 | Hudson, Hillsborough, New Hampshire |
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| April 5, 19302389 | Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire |
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| April 22, 19409396 | Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire |
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