Mary G. Clinton was born in 1880. She attended Center School and graduated from the 8th Grade. She married Marine Colonel Thomas Clinton and traveled with him, in their early married years, to the Philippines, Jamaica, and Washington DC.
Mr. and Mrs. Clinton lived at 2012 Elm Street. Mrs. Clinton passed away June 17, 1965.
In this brief recording, Mrs. Clinton is interviewed by Vivienne Knapp and Alma Fowler on March 3, 1964. She recounts the early Caribbean ship trade in town, Captain Benjamin Pulaski, her membership in the Housatonic Boat Club, shad fishing in the Housatonic, the Stratford Library, the Todd grocery and dry goods store, and John Sterling. Mrs. Clinton spent a lifetime performing volunteer work at Christ Episcopal Church.
Lew Knapp discusses Stratford's early history
Velmore Spamer discusses his research on Adam Blakeman
Lew Knapp discusses Stratford School history with Frances Russell
J. Lewis Fletcher, Edwin Washburn and Lew Knapp reminisce about the Housatonic River
Lew Knapp discusses the historic house styles in Stratford
Carl Helbig reflects on Paradise Green in March 1988
Memories of life in Stratford provided by Marion Finger
Ferries, Docks, Bridges, and Boats which operated on the lower Housatonic River
The Life and Times of William Samuel Johnson and Colonial Music
Lew Knapp recalls Lobell's Farm
Elizabeth Sammis discusses early Stratford history
Donald Sammis and William Howard Wilcoxson discuss Stratford history with Lew Knapp
Dick Steele interviews Betty Applegate in 2004
Elden Dustin interviews Cecilie M. Krueger in 1982
Sea Captains of Stratford by Lew Knapp
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Interview with Frederic Curtis Booth January 21, 1964
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