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James Monro Clark

Male 1835 - 1917  (81 years)


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  • Name James Monro Clark 
    Born 19 Oct 1835  Burlington, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 11 Mar 1917  Fairmount, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I4299  Clark-Hart
    Last Modified 10 Jan 2020 

    Father James H. Clark,   b. 10 Feb 1794, Burlington, Bradford County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 23 May 1878, Fairmount Twp, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years) 
    Mother Sarah Simons,   b. 16 Mar 1796, Burlington, Bradford County, PA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1885, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years) 
    Married 1818  Burlington, PA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F1332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Martha A. Douglas,   b. 1840,   d. 1898  (Age 58 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Joseph Benjamin Clark,   b. 16 Sep 1861, Grant County, IN Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Sep 1935, Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 74 years)
     2. Hugh Larkin Clark,   b. 12 Sep 1874, Gas City, Grant County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Apr 1957, Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 82 years)
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F1434  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Elizabeth Riggs,   b. 1838,   d. 1919  (Age 81 years) 
    Last Modified 4 Jan 2020 
    Family ID F1435  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBorn - 19 Oct 1835 - Burlington, PA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDied - 11 Mar 1917 - Fairmount, Indiana Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBuried - - Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
    Early Pioneer pathways    		Early Pioneer pathways
    Biography of Gabrielle Clark Havens    		Biography of Gabrielle Clark Havens
    From Book "The Making of a Township" Fairmount Township, Grant County, Indiana ( https://archive.org/stream/makingoftownship00bald_0#page/n5/mode/2up/search/Clark )

    Headstones
    Find A Grave    		Find A Grave

    Riverside Cemetery
    Gas City, Grant County, Indiana

    Histories At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    At least one living or private individual is linked to this item - Details withheld.
    Descendants of Betiah Billings    		Descendants of Betiah Billings
    Through John T Clark, her grandson
    Obituary - James_Clark 81 - Fairmount, Indiana    		Obituary - James_Clark 81 - Fairmount, Indiana
    Clipped from The Fairmount News
    Fairmount, Indiana
    12 Mar 1917, Mon • Page 1 (Newspapers.com)
    Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana    		Centennial History of Grant County, Indiana
    1812 - 1912 --- biographical sketch of families who settled Grant County, Indiana (Internet Archive)

  • Notes 

    • THE SEVENTH GENERATION: James Clark (1794-1878)

      James Clark, the second oldest child of John T. Clark and Cynthia Campbell, was born in Bradford County in 1794. He married Sarah Simmons in 1818 and together they had at least nine children born between the years 1818 and 1835. All of their children were born in Burlington, Pennsylvania.

      Sometime in late 1837, the family moved westward ultimately arriving in Fairmount Township, Grant County, Indiana in February of 1838. In a history of Fairmount it is written: “The Clark family came in two wagons, one drawn by horses and the other by an ox team.” What motivated James Clark to move his family 600 miles from Burlington, Pennsylvania to Grant County, Indiana can only be assumed. Perhaps it was to seek a better life for himself and his children; perhaps it was just in his genes to migrate. James’ 4th great grandfather, Joseph, had journeyed from England to America in 1637, his 2nd great grandfather, Theophilus, had moved from Massachusetts to Connecticut in 1733, His grandfather, Benjamin, had relocated his family from Connecticut to Pennsylvania in 1770, and now he, James Clark, had crossed 600 miles of wilderness to start over again in Indiana. The Clark family continued to display an incredible pioneer spirit.
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