Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Pioneers of St. Clair County, Michigan - Person Sheet
Census
• 1840 Census: Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan. Age 20-30.4633
Spouses
Memodied aged 43
Removal1832, Salem Township, Washtenaw, Michigan2997 Age: 20
Memofrom Seneca County, NY?
RemovalSpring 1852, California2980 Age: 40
Memodied aged 43
BurialSacramento City Cemetery, Sacramento, California6588
MemoLot 180, Code H
Occupationblacksmith1645
ResidenceFreeport, IL; Sacramento, CA
FatherRev. Moses CLARK (~1780-1861)
MotherEunice (~1784-1860)
Individual Notes
• Given name from 1850 Census, enumerated with wife, Mary, and child, George H. Moore, and two domestics.1645
• Phineas Clark opened a blacksmith shop on E1/2 of NW1/4 section 11, in 1832.2997
• Phineas Clark, son of Rev. M. Clark, was the first blacksmith in the town, having located a shop on the e. 1/2 of the n.w. 1/4 of section 11, in 1832.2997
• At 20 she married Mr. Clark. He was well connected. Clark Hubble, a nephew was head of pension dept. in Wash. His nephew Charlie Terrell, a bright lawyer came across the plains with them.
Mr. Clarke provided well. He had a hardware business and was an expert locksmith. Against mama’s wishes he sold his business, sewed $20 gold pieces around his belt (Mama said she never again saw so much gold), but he expected to ‘pick it up’ in California - this was ‘51. Emily was 3 when they started. Mr. C. was captain of his train - 30 men and mama the only woman. They came well equipped, so had no hardships of much importance. They found people dying of cholera - left water and food and went on. The wagons were closed into a circle each night, the Indians were not dreaded so much as the Mormons, and have heard Mama say: They landed in Sacramento with no deaths.6
• After many beaux Mama finally chose Mr. Clarke. Before she left the East she found that he had been untrue to her - (Aunt Lib cried just as your mother did when her sister (Anne) married.) Aunt Lib never liked Mr. C. Well, Mr. Clark was very penitent and hoped he was forgiven - but, imagine leaving all your friends, your sister, father, home, to go to a new country with George Henry (by her first husband, Moore). Emily, three, and one “on the way” and the love killed. When Mr. Clark died in Sacramento of a lung “bursting” - he said, “Mary, you have never forgiven me” And she hadn't - but she was proud of his mind, felt he was a very clever man.6
• Mama’s mistake was in marrying Mr. Clark. There was a wild streak in the blood. You see Mr. C. was a widower, had buried a wife and daughter “Arzella.” Mama expressed her opinion that a widow should marry a widower - she felt ‘one of these boys could not be such an understanding father.’6
• Crossed plains in 1851.8
• Mr. Clarke died when Mama was 25.6
• Emily, May and Frank Clarke were children when their father died in Sacramento. They never remembered him.6
• In Sacramento, when Mr. Clark died leaving her with George Henry and his three children, for Frank was a nursing baby, he left her a business, a two story house, located where the Capitol now stands.6
• Phineas Clark opened a blacksmith shop on E1/2 of NW1/4 section 11, in 1832.2997
• Phineas Clark, son of Rev. M. Clark, was the first blacksmith in the town, having located a shop on the e. 1/2 of the n.w. 1/4 of section 11, in 1832.2997
• At 20 she married Mr. Clark. He was well connected. Clark Hubble, a nephew was head of pension dept. in Wash. His nephew Charlie Terrell, a bright lawyer came across the plains with them.
Mr. Clarke provided well. He had a hardware business and was an expert locksmith. Against mama’s wishes he sold his business, sewed $20 gold pieces around his belt (Mama said she never again saw so much gold), but he expected to ‘pick it up’ in California - this was ‘51. Emily was 3 when they started. Mr. C. was captain of his train - 30 men and mama the only woman. They came well equipped, so had no hardships of much importance. They found people dying of cholera - left water and food and went on. The wagons were closed into a circle each night, the Indians were not dreaded so much as the Mormons, and have heard Mama say: They landed in Sacramento with no deaths.6
• After many beaux Mama finally chose Mr. Clarke. Before she left the East she found that he had been untrue to her - (Aunt Lib cried just as your mother did when her sister (Anne) married.) Aunt Lib never liked Mr. C. Well, Mr. Clark was very penitent and hoped he was forgiven - but, imagine leaving all your friends, your sister, father, home, to go to a new country with George Henry (by her first husband, Moore). Emily, three, and one “on the way” and the love killed. When Mr. Clark died in Sacramento of a lung “bursting” - he said, “Mary, you have never forgiven me” And she hadn't - but she was proud of his mind, felt he was a very clever man.6
• Mama’s mistake was in marrying Mr. Clark. There was a wild streak in the blood. You see Mr. C. was a widower, had buried a wife and daughter “Arzella.” Mama expressed her opinion that a widow should marry a widower - she felt ‘one of these boys could not be such an understanding father.’6
• Crossed plains in 1851.8
• Mr. Clarke died when Mama was 25.6
• Emily, May and Frank Clarke were children when their father died in Sacramento. They never remembered him.6
• In Sacramento, when Mr. Clark died leaving her with George Henry and his three children, for Frank was a nursing baby, he left her a business, a two story house, located where the Capitol now stands.6
Census
• 1820 Census: Gates, Monroe, New York. 34001/21010. (Note: then Genesee County)5099
• 1830 Census: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Age 15-20. 00010001/0002101.5095
• 1840 Census: Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan. Head of household. Age 20-30. 0001/01001.4633
• 1850 Census: Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 38, b CT. Blacksmith.1645
• 1830 Census: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw, Michigan. Age 15-20. 00010001/0002101.5095
• 1840 Census: Salem, Washtenaw, Michigan. Head of household. Age 20-30. 0001/01001.4633
• 1850 Census: Freeport, Stephenson, Illinois. Age 38, b CT. Blacksmith.1645
General
• All natives of New York, who left Senaca county in 1825 [the first American settlers of Salem, Washtenaw county, Michigan.]2997
ChildrenArzella (1832-<1850)