In a previous post we
learn that Bordon and Clara (Terry) Hosner/Hausner split up between 1875 and
1879. We learned that Bordon went to the Pittsfield, Michigan area, met and
married Netti Rundell. We know that Bordon and Clara’s second
child, Ada, had died.
After her marriage broke
up, Clara and daughter Myrta moved in with her parents, George and Adaline Terry of Hector, New York. Then in 1886 Clara married James K. Maus (1859-1908) of Lewisburg,
PA. James was the son of Samuel G.
Maus.
Early in his career James
was chief clerk of the Lackawana at Elmira. He then obtained a position with
the firm of Ford and Green, becoming confidential advisor and clerk to Broome
County Republican Senator George E.
Green. James Maus was
prominent in the business and social circles of the city. He was a member of
the Union Lodge at Elmira, and Press Club house committee.
Clara and James lived at
1908 Jay Street in Binghamton with her daughter, Myrta. Myrta is consistently
referred to as “Myrta Maus,” so I wonder if James adopted her.
James Maus died suddenly
in June 1908 at the age of 49 years. Although he had some health issues they were not deemed
serious and at the time of his death, he and Clara were planning a trip to
begin that very next day. Following the funeral, his body was transported to
Perry City, NY.[1]
At some point between 1910
and 1915 Clara and Myrta moved to the Lockport, New York area. Clara, noted
writer and poet, died in October 1915 of acute digestion. Her brother, Hamilton Terry, was executor of her
estate. Clara is buried in Grove
Cemetery, Trumansburg, New York (Lot 1034). Her daughter, Myrta, of Lockport survived her.[2] In 1920 Myrta Maus boarded with the
Leonard family in Enfield, New York. The Leonards lived two houses away from
Myrta’s uncle and aunt, Gillett and Augusta Hosner.
Myrta died 25 April 1943
and is buried in the Grove Cemetery, Trumansburg, New York under the last name
of Hausner.
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