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What follows is information on a branch of a Clark family that lived in the Wheeling, WV/Belmont County, OH area. I am posting this in the event it is helpful to anyone. Also, if anyone has any further information on these people and their ancestors, please let me know.
Thanks
DESCENDANTS OF WILLIAM CLARK AND RUTH BENTLEY
GENERATION #1
Husband: William Clark
Birth date: about 1814
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: after 1879
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Wife: Ruth Bentley
Birth date: about 1818
Birthplace: Virginia
Death date: after 1879
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NOTES: WILLIAM CLARK (b. ca 1814) was listed with wife, Ruth Clark, in the 1850 & 1860 US Censuses in Wheeling, Ohio County, VA and in the 1870 & 1880 US censuses in Pease Township, Belmont County, OH. His occupation was listed as "pilot." Death dates for William and Ruth being "after 1879" are based on them last appearing in the 1880 US Census. Ruth's surname "Bentley" is listed in the death certificates of two of her children - John Edward Clark and William H. Clark.
CHILDREN
Child No. 1: Mary Elizabeth
Sex: F
Birth date: about 1840
Birthplace: Virginia
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NOTES: MARY ELIZABETH CLARK appears in the 1850 US Census as "Elizabeth" and in the 1860 US Census as "Mary E." No further record found.
Child No. 2: David Blashford Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: April 1843
Birthplace: Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia
Death date: 23 July, 1901
Place of death: Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Burial: Stone Church Cemetery
Marriage date: 24 June 1891
Marriage place: Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Spouse's name: Cora Lee Nelson
NOTES: DAVID BLASHFORD CLARK appears in the 1850-1880 US Censuses living with his parents. In 1850 & 1860 he appears as "David B. Clark," in 1870 as "Blashford Clark" and in 1880 as "Blash Clark." In 1870 his occupation was listed as "working on farm" and in 1880 it was listed as "clerk in RR Dept." He appears in the 1890 US Veterans Census in Bridgeport, Belmont County, OH as a Civil War veteran - having served in Battery D (Carlin's Battery) of the 1st West Virginia Light Artillery. His 1891 marriage certificate indicates he was born in Wheeling and was living in Bridgeport, Ohio at the time of his marriage. David B. Clark and "Lee" Clark appear in the 1900 US Census in Wheeling (Clay District) along with their children Ruth N. and Lottie L. Clark and a niece, Nellie Fleming. West Virginia death certificate indicates David B. was married, a clerk, resident of the city of Wheeling, died in Wheeling, and was buried at Stone Church Cemetery. He filed for an invalid pension (Civil War service) from West Virginia on 25 August 1892, a minor pension was filed from West Virginia on 14 Dec 1901 and a widow pension was filed from Indiana on 21 July 1920 - widow Cora L. Clark who was also listed as "adm."
Cora Lee Nelson was born in November 1869 and, according to her 1891 marriage certificate, her place of birth was Wheeling. She was the daughter of A.S. Nelson (born in Pennsylvania about 1828 and died in Wheeling on 21 April 1888) and Tamar Harris (born Dec 1829 in Mt Pleasant, Jefferson County, OH, died 23 Nov 1908 in Wheeling and buried at Stone Church Cemetery).
Child No. 3: William H. Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: 8 March 1846
Birthplace: Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia
Death date: 1 April 1920
Place of death: Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Burial: Weeks Cemetery
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Spouse's name: Emily Harrison
NOTES: WILLIAM H. CLARK. Death certificate indicates he was an accountant, was married and was buried at Weeks Cemetery (Bridgeport, OH). His wife, Emily Harrison, was born 30 Mar 1846 in Martins Ferry, Belmont County, OH and died 3 Oct 1916 in Belmont County, OH. She was buried at "West Bridgeport." The 1880-1910 US Censuses show them living in Bridgeport, Belmont County, OH. In 1920, William H. Clark was shown living with his daughter (Lucy) and son-in-law Philip A. Kennedy.
Child No. 4: Jacob B. Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: about 1846
Birthplace: Virginia
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NOTES: JACOB B. CLARK. He last appears in the 1870 US Census, living with his parents. His occupation was river pilot. 6. SAMUEL M. CLARK. He last appears in the 1870 US Census, living with his parents. His occupation was "working on farm."
Child No. 5: Samuel M. Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: about 1849
Birthplace: Virginia
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Child No. 6: John Edward Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: 10 April 1852
Birthplace: Wheeling, Ohio County, Virginia
Death date: 2 August 1921
Place of death: Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia
Burial: Linnwood Blaine
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Spouse's name: Belle McConnell
NOTES: JOHN EDWARD CLARK. Appears in 1860 & 1870 US Censuses as "John E. Clark" and "John Clark", respectively, and in the 1880 US Census as "Edward Clark." In 1870 his occupation was listed as "works on farm" and in 1880 "learning piloting." In 1920 he appears in Bridgeport, Belmont County, OH and was listed as a bookkeeper. His death certificate indicates he was a bookkeeper for "Dillon Lens Co." Informant for the information on the death certificate was "Mrs Harry Clark, McKeesport, PA."
Child No. 7: James B. Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: about 1854
Birthplace: Virginia
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NOTES: JAMES B. CLARK. He last appears living with his parents in the 1870 US Census.
Child No. 8: Hervey M. Clark
Sex: M
Birth date: July 1859
Birthplace: West Virginia
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Marriage date: about 1884
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Spouse's name: Esther Horner
NOTES: HERVEY M.CLARK, also known as "Harry" Clark and as “Henry” Clark. He was living with his parents during the 1860-1880 US Censuses. In 1860 he was listed as "Hervey M. Clark" and in 1870 & 1880 as "Harry Clark." In 1880 his occupation was listed as "learning piloting. " In 1900 he was listed as Henry Clark and was an auditor, living in Jersey City, NJ with his wife, Esther, children, Mary and Henry and sister-in-law, Lydia Horner. In 1910 & 1920 he was listed as Harry M. Clark, a bookkeeper, living in Glassboro, Allegheny County, PA.
Circumstantial evidence points to the parents of William Clark (born ca 1814) being William Clark, a tailor who lived in Wheeling and Ann (or Anna A. or Agness)_____. This is based on the following.
1. 1839 Wheeling Directory lists a William Clark, tailor (page 45), a Samuel Clark, Ohio River Pilot and and a William Clark, Jr., Ohio River Pilot, at 261 Main Street. William Clark, Jr. is likely the William Clark (b. 1814) and William Clark, the tailor, is likely his father. Samuel Clark is likely a brother or other relative of the senior William Clark. The senior William may be the “Mr Clarke who lived in and had a tailor shop in Wheeling in 1815 (HISTORY OF WHEELING AND OHIO COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA AND REPRESENTATIVE CITIZENS, Biographical Publishing Co., Chicago, IL 1902). The same history also lists a William Clark on the muster roll of a Company of Light Dragoons of Virginia Militia, commanded by Captain Samuel McLure, of the Fourth Regiment, in the county of Ohio, called into actual service under general orders of January 13, 1815, from the 13th day of February, 1815, when last mustered, to the ??day of . This may have been the same William Clarke who was a tailor.
2. Living in William and Ruth Clark’s household in Wheeling during the 1850 US Census was Agness Clark, age 68, born in Pennsylvania. It is believed Agness was William’s mother.
3. Living in the household of Margaret Hall in Wheeling during the 1860 US Census was Ann Clark, age 77, born in Pennsylvania. Margaret Hall was born about 1804 in Pennsylvania (maiden name “Clark”) and married William Hall on 26 Feb 1856 in Wheeling. Margaret Hall was evidently a sister of William Clark (b. 1814) as her (Margaret’s) death certificate lists her parents as “Wm Clark” and “N. Clark.” I suspect “N” Clark is really “Ann Clark.” Margaret Clark Hall died in Wheeling on 5 January 1891.
4. Ann Clark’s will (Ohio County) was dated 11 Oct 1851. Beneficiaries were listed as Margaret Hall, William Clark, John Clark, William Hall, Jr. and Amanda Clark. It is believed Margaret, William and John were Ann Clark’s children and William Hall, Jr. was likely a grandson. It is not known how Amanda Clark might have been related.
5. Marriage and Death Notices of Wheeling West Virginia and the Tri-State Area 1858-1865” by the Wheeling Area Genealogical Society, Belmont County Chapter 1987, lists a Mrs Anna A. Clark who died in Wheeling on 2 May 1863 at age 81. The death notice states she had lived in Wheeling over 57 years and that the funeral would be from the residence of her daughter, Mrs. Hall, at 4th St. above Union. Interment was to be 4 May 1863, though it didn’t say where.
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