Name/Title
Virginia Hupp Harding (Bridgeville, PA) to Verturia Clemens (Claysville PA), letter, 4 September 1936, preserved in William M. Clemens Family BibleEntry/Object ID
2011.2.648Scope and Content
Virginia Hupp Harding (Bridgeville, PA) to Verturia Clemens (Claysville PA), letter, 4 September 1936. This letter discusses the enclosure of an older letter written by Louisa (Hupp) Clemens to her brother John Cox Hupp on 24 June 1864. See item # GCHS-AN030-0002-0010.
Transcribed by virtual volunteers through the Greene Connections Archives crowdsourcing project, 2020.
ENVELOPE
"615 Gregg Ave
Bridgeville Pa.
Miss Verturia Clemens
Claysville, Penna."
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"615 Gregg Ave
Bridgeville Pa
Sep 4th '36
My dear Verturia -
In looking over some old / letters sent me from my old / home in Wheeling, this note / from your father's mother / to my father, was among / them - I felt it would be a / valued letter that your fam-"
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"-ily would always keep.
In answer to this word to my fa- / -ther, he went to the battle field / and brought to John's home his / remains. Which was the first / burial in Washington cemetery, / and is near the entrance. / I did not know whether your / father was living, and saw in / Reporter that you had gone on a / vacation. This notice gave me / your address.
Word of receiving this old letter / would be appreciated by your / cousin.
Virginia Hupp Harding."Collection
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Search Terms
Clemens family, Family Bible--Records, Hupp family, Letters (Correspondence), Veterans--Civil WarArchive Details
Date(s) of Creation
Sep 4, 1936Other Names and Numbers
Other Number
GCHS-AN030-0002-0009Relationships
Related Person or Organization
Person or Organization
Clemens, John Hupp [1839-1864]Person or Organization
Clemens, Veturia [1885-1956]Person or Organization
Hupp, John Cox [1819-1908]Person or Organization
Hupp, Louisa [1815-1875]Person or Organization
Hupp, Virginia [1859-1948]Provenance
Provenance Detail
Family Bible Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection, Clemens Subseries - Family Bible Series - Greene County Historical Society CollectionNotes
Family data, William M. Clemens Family Bible, The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments, According to the Authorized Version; with the Marginal References, and the Usual Carious Readings (Hartford: Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1872). Bible was donated to the Greene County Historical Society (918 Rolling Meadows Road, P.O. Box 127; Waynesburg, Pennsylvania 15370) and was researched and digitized for the Greene Connections: Greene County, Pennsylvania Archives Project between 2005-2014.
Source Citation: Virginia Hupp Harding (Bridgeville, PA) to Verturia Clemens (Claysville PA), letter, 4 September 1936, preserved in William M. Clemens Family Bible, item no. GCHS-AN030-0002-0009, Family Bible Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).