Clary, Almira Mary

  • Posted on: 18 July 2014
  • By: khughes
Primary Name
Prefix or Title: 
Miss
First Name: 
Almira
Middle Name: 
Mary
Surname: 
Clary
Surname - Maiden: 
Bennett
Alternate Names
Alternate Surname: 
Bennet
Fuller Form of Name: 
Miss Almira Bennet
Birth and Death
Birth Info
Birth Month: 
January
Birth Day: 
21
Birth Year: 
1787
Birth Note: 
Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass.
Citation for Birth Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/67624675/person/40173002450
Death Info
Death Month: 
February
Death Day: 
13
Death Year: 
1882
Death Note: 
Was living in Auburn at the time listed in "History of Cayuga County" (cited below), but Ancestry lists her as dying in New Hampshire (?).
Citation for Death Info: 
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=RI4QAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=almira+bennett+joseph+clary&source=bl&ots=q_9gQ3mQDK&sig=lG66LhEkEpMjdWMnQMLeIli7UDM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_FXJU8m6BcydyASu6IDICw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=almira%20bennett%20joseph%20clary&f=false \\\\\\\\\\ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Clary&GSfn=almira&GSiman=1&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=36&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=65432055&df=all& \\\\\\\\\\ http://trees.ancestrylibrary.com/tree/67624675/person/40173002450
Relationships
Marriage Information: 
Marriage and Children Info
Biographical Information
Biography and Citation Information: 
Biography: 
In 1816, Miss Almira M. Bennett, who came to Auburn in 1814, in company with her brother, Hilem Bennett, from Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Mass., opened a select school for young ladies where the Cayuga County Bank now stands, which she kept til the fall of 1823, when she removed to the foot of Owasco Lake... where she opened a boarding school, which she kept for twelve years, commencing with twelve pupils and closing with about fifty. Miss Bennett was married May 28th, 1837 to Dr. Joseph Clary, then a resident of Throopsville, where he died in 1863.
Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=RI4QAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA187&lpg=PA187&dq=almira+bennett+joseph+clary&source=bl&ots=q_9gQ3mQDK&sig=lG66LhEkEpMjdWMnQMLeIli7UDM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_FXJU8m6BcydyASu6IDICw&ved=0CDQQ6AEwBQ#v=onepage&q=almira%20bennett%20joseph%20clary&f=false
Biography: 
About 1820 or 1821 the Misses Bennett, sisters, started a female boarding school at the foot of Owasco Lake... It was called "Harmony Retreat." ... The school had throughout its career the earnest endorsement of the Rev. Dr. D. C. Lansing, then pastor of the First Presbyterian church. Harmony Retreat continued until the late thirties. Miss Almira Bennett afterward married Dr. Joseph Clary.
Citation Type: 
Website
Citation URL: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=jt0wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=almira+bennett+auburn,+ny&source=bl&ots=F8sqxsqlP_&sig=U-ubKZvLS8soG_NYa4NoccIYTvM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-TrFU5yqJZD7oATSvoDAAg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=bennett&f=false
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Website's Last Modified Date: 
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Citation Notes: 
http://books.google.com/books?id=jt0wAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA35&lpg=PA35&dq=almira+bennett+auburn,+ny&source=bl&ots=F8sqxsqlP_&sig=U-ubKZvLS8soG_NYa4NoccIYTvM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=-TrFU5yqJZD7oATSvoDAAg&ved=0CCcQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=bennett&f=false
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Editorial Information
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