Permelia Ethalae Durfee
1839 - 1894 (54 years)-
Name Permelia Ethalae Durfee Born 4 Dec 1839 Michigan, USA 
Gender Female Died 22 Jan 1894 Michigan, USA Buried Find A Grave Memorial# 9179440 Person ID I7596 Clark Benscoter Last Modified 4 Mar 2020
Father Reuben Stark Durfee, b. 2 Oct 1814, New York, USA , d. 27 Jun 1888, Michigan, USA (Age 73 years) Relationship natural Mother Betsey Kingsley Noble, b. 1812, New York, USA , d. 3 Nov 1842, Michigan, USA (Age 30 years) Relationship natural Married 19 Feb 1838 Wayne County, Michigan, USA Family ID F2657 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Thomas Stockton Clark Married 28 Nov 1863 Wayne County, Michigan, USA [1, 2] Last Modified 4 Mar 2020 Family ID F2106 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Born - 4 Dec 1839 - Michigan, USA 
Married - 28 Nov 1863 - Wayne County, Michigan, USA Died - 22 Jan 1894 - Michigan, USA = Link to Google Earth
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Notes - Permelia's mother died when she was a young child,she was raised first by her grandmother, then a stepmother Susan Grant Durfee who died within a year of her marriage. Again the grandmother, a very strict women, took over care of Permelia and her siblings, which now included a half sister baby Susie. The family eventually lost their home but under the guidence of her grandmother and father she excelled in school. At age ten she was the champion "speller" for the entire region.At fifteen she carried a certificate of qualification to teach in schools of her town. 1854 she contracted Typhoid, and went to live with her uncle Gideon Dufree (this move was due to overcrowing in her father's home-his 3rd wife and her children). She recovered and attended the State Normal School fall of 1854. She started teaching in St. Clair MI in 1860, which she taught for one year. She married Thomas Stockton Clark on Thanksgiving Day 1863 at the Baptist parsonage in Northville.Had dinner at the Home of Dr. J.M. Swift. They had first met at The State Normal School in 1858, Thomas, one year ahead left that year to teach at St. Clair. Permelia was the mother of four children,three died in infancy and her daughter Grace died while giving birth to what would have been Permelia's only grandchild. Permelia's brother Edgar Oren Durfee, was a Gettysburg survivor and holds the record in Detroit for most terms as Probate judge 12, four year terms.
from her FindAGrave memorial
- Permelia's mother died when she was a young child,she was raised first by her grandmother, then a stepmother Susan Grant Durfee who died within a year of her marriage. Again the grandmother, a very strict women, took over care of Permelia and her siblings, which now included a half sister baby Susie. The family eventually lost their home but under the guidence of her grandmother and father she excelled in school. At age ten she was the champion "speller" for the entire region.At fifteen she carried a certificate of qualification to teach in schools of her town. 1854 she contracted Typhoid, and went to live with her uncle Gideon Dufree (this move was due to overcrowing in her father's home-his 3rd wife and her children). She recovered and attended the State Normal School fall of 1854. She started teaching in St. Clair MI in 1860, which she taught for one year. She married Thomas Stockton Clark on Thanksgiving Day 1863 at the Baptist parsonage in Northville.Had dinner at the Home of Dr. J.M. Swift. They had first met at The State Normal School in 1858, Thomas, one year ahead left that year to teach at St. Clair. Permelia was the mother of four children,three died in infancy and her daughter Grace died while giving birth to what would have been Permelia's only grandchild. Permelia's brother Edgar Oren Durfee, was a Gettysburg survivor and holds the record in Detroit for most terms as Probate judge 12, four year terms.
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Sources - [S324] Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee, Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/tuscola/waymar/duboiss-durfee.htm, visited 2/10/2015 - [S324] Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee, Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/mi/county/tuscola/waymar/duboiss-durfee.htm, visited 2/10/2015
- [S324] Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee, Wayne, MI Early Marriages Duboiss - Durfee.