Clara Valina Hurd
1840-Jan. 20, 1915
Niles Daily Sun, Thursday, January 21, 1915, page 1, col. 3, microfilm Niles District Library
DEATH AT LURAY, VA. OF MISS CLARA HURD
The Body Will Be Brought Here Tomorrow For Burial
Miss Clara Valina Hurd, a former resident of this city and vicinity, died at Luray, Va., on the 20th inst., in the seventy-fourth year of her age.
She was the daughter of William Hurd and Cynthia Hurd, who were among the early pioneer settlers of this region. Miss Hurd was born in this city.
Many years since she removed to Luray, Va., where she made her home with her cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Northcott.
She united with the Episcopal church early in life and always remained an exemplary member of the denomination. She was a lady of more the ordinary intelligence, possessed of an amiable disposition and had many friends and intimate acquantances [sic] while residing here.
Mrs. Edwin C. Griffin of this city was a cousin with whom she was in the habit of visiting almost annually till the last two years of her life. She had been a sufferer for some years from illness, but had borne her suffering with remarkable fortitude and cheerfulness.
The remains will be brought to Niles tomorrow afternoon at 1 o'clock and will be taken directly to Silver Brook cemetery for interment.