Women of Strafford County
From the book "New Hampshire Women" A collection of portraits and biographical sketches of daughters and residents of the granite state, who are worthy representatives of their sex in the various walks and conditions of life. Published by The New Hampshire Publishing Co., Concord, NH, J.G. Patterson, Jr. President, ©1895
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Clara Augusta Trask |
Clara Augusta Jones was born in Farmington, N.H., within a half mile
of the childhood's home of the late Vice-President Henry Wilson, and was the
daughter of Jeremiah Jones and his wife, Tamson Roberts. Her grandmother on
her father's side was the accomplished daughter of Col. Crane, an officer in
the British army, and a lineal descendant of Henry, Earl of Surry. Her
maternal grandfather served in the Revolution and at the close of the war
walked home from Charleston, S.C., barefooted, with a handful of worthless
continental money to recompense him for long years of hard and perilous
service. Clara Augusta was the child of her father's old age, and a very
precocious child, as well. Her first published article appeared when she was
but thirteen years of age, and since that time she has written continuously,
for newspapers, magazines, and periodicals without number. Perhaps her best
known articles are the "Kate Thorn" papers and essays, which have been copied
widely, as well as translated into several languages for use in foreign
periodicals. The Lippincotts of Philadelphia published a volume of her poems
some years ago, and she is the author of several humorous books, the most
noted of which is "The Adventures of a Bashful Bachelor." Nearly eighteen
years ago she was married to Mr. Elbridge S. Trask, and resides in Framingham
Centre, Mass., in one of the old historic mansions of that charming suburban
town. Mrs. Trask is a member of the New England Woman's Press Association,
of the Daughters of New Hampshire, of the Gen. J.G.Foster W.R.C., of the
Framingham Woman's Club, and a well-known worker in the order of the Patrons
of Husbandry. She is still in the literary harness, and finds herself often
pressed for time to meet her numerous engagements.
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