Clara Jenness Hamilton (1837-1919)
MSA SC 3520-2278
First Lady of Maryland, 1880-1884

Born:  1837¹
Mother:  Caroline McClintock²
Father:  Colonel Richard Jennes³
Jennes Family Home:  Portsmouth, New Hampshire⁴
Married:  September 8, 1859 to Governor William T. Hamilton in Portsmouth, New Hampshire⁵
Children:  Richard Jennes, Julia Halliburton, Clare Ames, Josephine, William T., Lenore as well as 2 children who died in
infancy⁶
Died:  March 24, 1919⁷
Buried:  Rose Hill Cemetery, Hagerstown, Maryland⁸

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