She was buried at City Cemetery in South Bend, Indiana near her husband Schuyler. Schuyler and Evelyn had no children during the marriage and for several years before her death, she suffered from poor health. On October 10, 1844, Evelyn married her childhood friend Schuyler Colfax at her family home in Argyle, which was officiated by the Rev. Ralph Clark and the granddaughter of Ebenezer Clark, who was elected to the 1st New York State Legislature and then the 2nd, 12th, 13th, 15th, and 20-25th state legislatures.
( Learn how and when to remove this template message)Įvelyn Clark Colfax (1823 in Argyle, Washington County, New York – Jin Newport, Rhode Island) was the first wife of Schuyler Colfax, an American politician who later became Speaker of the House of Representatives and 17th Vice President of the United States serving as the first Vice President of Ulysses S. JSTOR ( January 2019) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.įind sources: "Evelyn Clark Colfax" – news Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies.
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