L[ouisa] H[upp] Clemens to her brother [John Cox Hupp], letter, 24 June 1864, preserved in William M. Clemens Family Bible

Name/Title

Entry/Object ID

2011.2.649

Scope and Content

L[ouisa] H[upp] Clemens to her brother [John Cox Hupp], letter, 24 June 1864. Context of the 1864 letter is provided by a later letter written from Virginia Hupp Harding (Bridgeville, PA) to Verturia Clemens (Claysville PA), 4 September 1936. See item # GCHS-AN030-0002-0009. Transcribed by virtual volunteers through the Greene Connections Archives crowdsourcing project, 2020. "June 24th 1864 Dear Brother I received melancholy news / this morning. John was killed charging / [o]n the rifle pits at Petersburg. / It is as much as I am able no more / to bear. My frame shook. L H Clemens"

Collection

Greene County Historical Society Collection

Lexicon

Search Terms

Clemens family, Death records, Family Bible--Records, Hupp family, Letters (Correspondence), Military, Veterans--Civil War

Archive Details

Date(s) of Creation

Jun 24, 1864

Other Names and Numbers

Other Number

GCHS-AN030-0002-0010

Relationships

Related Person or Organization

Person or Organization

Clemens, John Hupp [1839-1864]

Person or Organization

Hupp, John Cox [1819-1908]

Person or Organization

Hupp, Louisa [1815-1875]

Provenance

Provenance Detail

Family Bible Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection, Clemens Subseries - Family Bible Series - Greene County Historical Society Collection

Notes

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: L[ouisa] H[upp] Clemens to her brother [John Cox Hupp], letter, 24 June 1864, preserved in William M. Clemens Family Bible, item no. GCHS-AN030-0002-0010, Family Bible Series, Greene County Historical Society Collection, Greene Connections Archives Project (www.GreeneConnections.com).