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Charles J. Clamme, Sr.

Charles J. Clamme, Sr.

Male 1878 - 1944  (66 years)


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  • Name Charles J. Clamme 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth 18 Mar 1878  Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Death 23 Oct 1944  Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial 23 Oct 1944  Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I51970  Cecilie Family
    Last Modified 17 Feb 2006 

    Father Pierre Clamme,   b. 1 Jan 1842, Daurdhall, Lorraine, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 May 1922, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Spyre,   b. 2 Aug 1854, Germany Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1930, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1875  Blackford Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F21343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Arminda Emshwiller,   b. 24 Jul 1879, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Oct 1961 (Age 82 years) 
    Marriage 24 Dec 1901  Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Charles J. P. Clamme,   b. 23 Sep 1902, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Dec 1986, Muncie, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 84 years)
     2. Harold H. Clamme,   b. 19 May 1904, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1981, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
     3. Minne Elizabeth Clamme,   b. 30 Dec 1906, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1988, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     4. Edna H. Clamme,   b. 5 Jun 1909, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Dec 1990, Blackford Co., IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
     5. Howard Clamme, Sr.
     6. Roy Clamme
    Family ID F21346  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2009 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 18 Mar 1878 - Blackford Co., IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 24 Dec 1901 - Blackford Co., IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 23 Oct 1944 - Blackford Co., IN Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - 23 Oct 1944 - Blackford Co., IN Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 



    • Charles J., Albert, Perry W., and Harry worked together as Clamme Brothers in the construction of roads, furnishing of materials, and shipping of live stock.


      Census: 1930 Jackson Twp, Blackford Co., Indiana
      name relation age born in father born mother born  
      Charles J. Clamme Head 41 Indiana France Ohio Farmer
      Amanda Clamme wife 40 Indiana      
      Charles J. P. Clamme son 17 Indiana Indiana    
      Harold E. Clamme son 15 Indiana Indiana    
      Minnie E. Clamme daughter 10 Indiana Indiana    
      Howard L. Clamme son 3 Indiana Indiana    


       
      lived on farm adjoining Harry Clamme.


      CHARLES J. CLAMME.

       
      In business affairs probably no citizen of Jackson township has more extended relations with the community than Charles Clamme, who is known as a farmer and stock raiser, a shipper, and a contractor in road building. He belongs to one of the well known families of the county, and several of his brothers are associated with him in the contracting business.
       
      Charles J. Clamme was born in Washington township of Blackford county, March 18, 1878, and is still a young man for all the success that he has won. His parents are Pierre and Elizabeth (Spyre) Clamme, both well known residents of Jackson township. His mother was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the father in Germany, emigrating to America, and after landing at New York city found his way to Blackford county, Indiana, in 1867.
       
      There are eight children in the family named as follows: John, a former sheriff of Blackford county and noted as a successful raiser of fine stock, Shorthorn cattle and Poland China hogs; Charles J.; Catherine, who is the wife of A. W. Stoll of Jackson township; Albert, of Jackson township, a contractor and a stock feeder; Perry W., a farmer and contractor in Jackson township; Harry, also in the contract business and a farmer; Lewis, a Jackson township farmer; and Anna, unmarried and living with her parents.
       
      The sons Charles J. Albert, Perry W. and Harry carry on an extensive business as contractors under the name of Clamme Brothers, and have united their interests in the construction of roads and the furnishing of material, and also in the shipping of live stock. The active business manager of the Clamme Brothers enterprise is Charles J.
       
      Reared in Washington and Jackson townships, with an education acquired in the local schools, Charles J. Clamme has spent nearly all his life in Blackford county but for two years was in the state of Tennessee. The old home sheltered him until he was twenty-three, but from the time he attained his majority he has been actively identified with farming. Later he took up the contracting business in furnishing gravel and stone materials for the construction of improved roads, and has also been particularly successful in the buying and shipping of live stock. Mr. Clamme owns a fine farm of two hundred and eighty-six acres in Jackson and Harrison townships, and practically all that estate represents his individual enterprise and management. On his farm he feeds from one to two carloads of cattle every year, and raises most of the feed stuffs to fatten his stock for market.
       
      On December 24, 1901, Mr. Clamme married Arminda Empsweiller, who was born in Jackson township. They are the parents of four children: Charles J. P., born September 23, 1902; Harold H., born May 19, 1904; Minnie E., born December 30, 1906; and Edna H. born June 5, 1909. The family worship in the Evangelical Lutheran church at Hartford City, and Mr. Clamme is one of the active members of the Farmers Club. A Democrat he has been quite active in politics, has served as a local committeeman, and is now a member of the county council, having been elected at large.
       
      (Blackford and Grant Counties, Indiana A Chronicle of their People Past and Present with Family Lineage and Personal Memoirs Compiled Under the Editorial Supervision of Benjamin G. ShinnVolume I Illustrated The Lewis Publishing Company Chicago and New York 1914)

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