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John T. Clark came to Burlington in 1798, and located where Dr. Tracy now resides. When a child, Mr. Clark lived with his parents in the Wyoming valley, and was there at the time of the "massacre." His father being in the service, he was placed in the fort for protection and made his escape with a lady in a canoe down the river. For more than a year Mr. Clark did not know the whereabouts of his son. At the close of the war Mr. Clark, whose name was Benjamin, moved to the "Sheshequin Flats," in what is now know as Ulster and located on the place of Benjamin Ross, where he lived until the time of his death.

John T. was a young man when he came to Burlington, and share din a commendable manner the hardships of a new country. He remained a citizen of Burlington until the close of his life. After a short residence at Burlington Centre, he moved to the place now occupied by Z. Morgan, where he spent the remainder of his days. Mr. Clark had a family of twelve children, three of whom are yet living. These are Mrs. E. Gustin, Mrs. E. Nichols and Mrs. Z. Lane. Of the Clark name only B. M. Clark, a grandson, is yet living in the township.

In 1799 and 1800 another lot of emigrants from Connecticut arrived, among them Jeremiah Taylor, Moffitt and Benjamin Saxton.

Alexander Lane moved to the township of Burlington in 1801 from Ulster where he had lived for a short time, having originally moved from Poughkeepsie, N.Y. While living in Ulster in 1800, he and a gentleman by the name of Rundall marked trees in from that township to Columbia, picked out a location, the same as now owned by the Besley brothers, and erected a log cabin each, and would have gone there to live had not Mrs. Lane emphatically refused going so far in the wilderness to live. Mr. Lane then purchased the possession right of Abiel Foster, and moved thereon in 1801. He occupied this place until the time of his death, which occurred in 1844. Since then it has been occupied by his son, Rev. Alexander Lane. Mr. Lane had a family of thirteen children, these were William, Zephaniah, Alexander, Daniel, Sally, Hannah, Betsey, Ruth, Charlotte, Maria, Alvira, Anna and Emily. Of these Alexander, Daniel and Charlotte are yet living.

In 1803, Eliphalet Gustin came to Sugar Creek and located on the place no occupied by his son, E. Gustin. Mr. Gustin was a native of Vermont, and was born in 1766. When a young man he left home as a "journeying shoemaker," traveling through the Eastern States. He married in New Jersey, and lived there for a short time. Thence, removing his family to Pennsylvania, near Wilkes-Barre, where he in 1792 embarked his wife, two children and a few effects (all that he had) in a canoe, and paddled up the Susquehanna, landing at the mouth of Horn Brook, which took its name from the fact of his finding a remarkably large horn in that stream. Mr. Gustin took up land, a part of which is now included in the Isaac Horton place, also the lands occupied by the Horn Brook church, and began clearing up until about 1800 when he sold his improvements, and moved across the river to the mouth of Hemlock Run where he lived for about three years. Again desiring a change he placed his household goods and family in a canoe and paddled up Sugar Creek. Finding a recess in the bank near the creek, across which a tree had fallen, he covered it with bark and transferred his family hither where they lived the greater part of the summer. He built a log cabin on the "Rundall flats" and lived there for six or eight years, then crossed the creek and built on the place now owned by his son. Mr. Gustin occupied the place which he took up, making valuable improvements until the time of his death, which occurred in 1860 at the age of ninety-four years.



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* Born ‎ jul 8, 1770 at Wilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co., Pennsylvania, died ‎ sep 6, 1849 at Burlington, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania‎, 79 years

John T. married Cynthia, daughter of James Campbell, and settled in Burlington, where he died. They had 12 children who married as follows:

1. Billings to Charlotte Nichols;

2. James to Sally Simons;

3. Cephas to Sally Wilcox;

4. Benjamin died, aged 19, from being kicked by a horse;

5. Sally to Timothy C. Wheeler;

6. Betsey to Abraham Reeves;

7. Ursula to Earl Nichols;

8. Celestia to Harry L. Ross;

9. Polly, first to Amos Alexander, second to Zepheniah Lane;

10 Jane died unmarried;

11 Cynthia to Eliphalet Gustin;

12 Melissa to Mortimer Knapp.
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Born ‎ 1747 at Tolland Co., Connecticut, died ‎ aug 9, 1834 at Ulster, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania‎, 86 or 87 years, buried ‎ at Ulster Cemetery, Ulster, Bradford Co., Pennsylvania
Benjamin Clark, a native of Tolland, Connecticut, removed to the Wyoming Valley, and was among the very first to build a house on the town-plat of Wilkes-Barre. He was a corporal in the First Independent Company of Wyoming, under Capt. Robert Durkee, and served seven years in the Revolutionary War. He was one of the detachment sent for the relief of Wyoming after the fatal battle, and was in the army of General Sullivan against the Indians. For his services he received a pension of $96 per year. Subsequently, he was appointed a captain of militia, and was known by the older settlers as "Captain Clark." In 1784 he removed from Wyoming to Asylum, and the next year settled in Ulster on what is known as the Ross farm. His house was a place of entertainment for travelers and a home of the Methodist itinerant for many years, and in it the first preaching was held in "Old Sheshequin." Captain Clark was an ardent Federalist and a member of the Methodist church. He took an active interest in public affairs, and for years filled the most important local offices. He died at Ulster, August 9, 1834, aged 87 years.

Captain Clark was twice married. The Westmoreland town records contain the following: "Births of the children of Benjamin Clark and Nabbe, his wife--John Theophilus, born July 8, 1770; Polly, born March 3, 1774; Sally and Milly (twins), born March 5, 1777. Nabbe, wife of Benjamin Clark, departed this life, March 12, 1777, in the 24th year of her age." Their children selected partners as follows:

John T. married Cynthia, daughter of James Campbell, and settled in Burlington, where he died. They had 12 children who married as follows: Billings to Charlotte Nichols; James to Sally Simons; Cephas to Sally Wilcox; Benjamin died, aged 19, from being kicked by a horse; Sally to Timothy C. Wheeler; Betsey to Abraham Reeves; Ursula to Earl Nichols; Celestia to Harry L. Ross; Polly, first to Amos Alexander, second to Zepheniah Lane; Jane died unmarried; Cynthia to Eliphalet Gustin; Melissa to Mortimer Knapp.

Polly (Mary) married a Mr. Blanchard.

Nabby (Abigail) married George Culver and moved to the Lake country.

For his second wife, Captain Clark married Keziah Yarrington, widow of Silas Gore, who was slain at the battle of Wyoming. She died August 12, 1837, aged 91 years, and lies beside her husband in the Ulster cemetery. Their four children, who married as follows, were:

Lucinda, to Nathaniel Hovey, an officer in the War of 1812, who died at Sackett's Harbor in 1814.

Ursula, to Samuel Treadway and removed to Illinois.

William, to Sylvia, daughter of Ezra Niles and removed to Cairo, Illinois.

Julia Ann, first to John Overton, and after his death to a Mr. Passmore, with whom she moved West.

From Baker Family Tree:
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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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From Bradsby, 1891
B. M. CLARK, undertaker, Rome, was born July 22,1845, on the farm owned by his brother, and is a son of Harry and Ellen (Brown) Clark, natives of this county. His boyhood was passed on his father’s farm, and in attending school in Rome and Orwell; he afterward learned the trade of mason. His first farm was the old homestead which contained one hundred and twenty acres, which he sold to his brother, and in 1876 he built his present residence – an elegant house containing all modern conveniences. He was united in marriage October 20, 1868, with Eliza Vought, daughter of John and Esther (Horton) Vought (the former born at Standing Stone and the latter in Sheshequin), whose family consisted of six children of which Mrs. Clark is the second. Mr. and Mrs. Clark have an adopted child, May, now in her twelfth year; the family worships at the Baptist Church. Mr. Clark is an unswerving Republican in politics, and has held the office of township commissioner for two years, besides other local offices. The Clark family are well-known and highly respected by a large circle of friends.

From Bradford Reporter, October 18, 1883
Captain [Benjamin] Clark was twice married. In the Westmoreland town records are the following entries: Births of the children of Benjamin Clark and Nabbie his wife, John Theophilus, born July 8, 1770; Poly, born February 24, 1772; Nabby, born March 3, 1774; Sally and Milly (twins) born March 5, 1777, Nabbie, wife of Benjamin Clark departed this life March 12, 1777, in the twenty-fourth year of her age.

John T. married and settled in Burlington where he died. His history will be found interesting. Mary married a Blanchard, and Abagail married a Culver; both left the State.

From Bradford Reporter, July 17, 1884:
John F. [sic] Clark came to Burlington in 1798, and located where Dr. Tracy now resides. when a child, Mr. Clark lived with his parents in the Wyoming valley, and was there at the time of the "massacre." His father being in the service, he was placed in the fort for protection and made his escape with a lady in a canoe down the river. For more than a year Mr. Clark did not know the whereabouts of his son. At the close of the war Mr. Clark, whose name was Benjamin, moved to the "Sheshequin Flats," in what is now known as Ultster and located on the place of Benjamin Ross, where he lived until the time of his death.

John T. was a young man when he came to Burlington, and shared in a commendable manner the hardships of a new country. He remained a citizen of Burlington until the close of his life. After a short residence at Burlington Centre, he moved to the place now occupied by Z. Morgan, where he spent the remainder of his days. Mr. Clark had a family of twelve children, three of whom are yet living. These are Mrs. E. Gustin [Cynthia], Mrs. E. Nichols [Ursala], and Mrs. Z. Lane. of the Clark name only B.M. Clark, a grandson, is yet living in the township.

A John Clark listed in 1810 census of Burlington Township, Luzerne County (later Bradford), at age between 26 and 44, with 1 male under 10, 1 male 10 to 15, 2 males 16 to 15, 4 females under 10, and 1 female between 26 and 44.

From Baker Family Tree, Chapter 17, The Clarke Family
http://bakerfamilytree.blogspot.com/2008/02/chapter-17-clarke-family_27.html
Retrieved Jan. 15, 2011
THE SIXTH GENERATION: John Theophilus Clark (1770-1840)

John Theophilus Clark was only eight years old when the Indians and Tories attacked the Wyoming community in July of 1778 in what historians are now referring to as the “Wyoming Massacre.” Fortunately, John was with the other civilian inhabitants who fled into the forest when the militia surrendered the fort where they were living. John was in his late teens when his father and step mother moved to Bradford County further up the Susquehanna River in the late 1780s. Here he married Cynthia Campbell, of Scottish descent, in 1790 and together they parented twelve children between the years 1792 and 1824. He remained in this area as a prominent farmer for the remainder of his life. John died in 1840. Cynthia died in 1864. Cynthia Campbell’s grandfather, David Campbell, immigrated to America from Scotland in 1720. The family first settled near Boston. David’s son, James Campbell (our daughter-in-law’s 6th great grandfather), was a 2nd Lieutenant in the Massachusetts’ militia during the American Revolution. His name is included in the DAR Patriot listing which is a benefit to any of his female descendants who might be interested in joining the Daughters of the American Revolution. In 1790, he moved his family including Cynthia to Burlington, Pennsylvania. They are considered to be one of the earliest pioneer families in Burlington.

John Cynthia Campbell 1792Bradford County. Cynthia (daughter of James Campbell, Sr. and Jane Knox) 23 Jun 1772 Blandford Hampden County Massachusetts, USA; 18 Jan 1864Burlington PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Moved: 1837, Ohio; 1837 - Moved to Ohio, as per daughter Gabrielle Havens

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* His brother Cephas, age 62, appears with hin in 1860 census
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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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Family moved to Fairmount, Grant County Indiana 3 Feb 1838 (Gabrille's 8th year)

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The father of Simon Clark, James Clark, died on May 14, 1878, at a fine old age. His wife was Sarah Simons, who died some fourteen years after her husband, when she was ninety-three years of age. They were stanch old Methodist people and reared a large family, among which Simon B., father of Mrs. Wimpy, was the youngest

James Sarah Simons 1818Burlington, PA. Sarah (daughter of Adrial Simons and Sarah Bingham) 16 Mar 1796 Burlington, Bradford County, PA; 27 Oct 1885Grant County, Indiana; 30 Oct 1885Riverside Cemetery, GrantCounty Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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1816 - Newspaper article says " Billings Clark notifies the world that my wife Charlotte, without any provocation, has left the ranch"
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Family/Spouse: Sally Wilcox. Sally (daughter of Morris Wilcox and Millie Bingham) 12 Apr 1802 Burlington, Bradford County, PA; 2 Jan 1843Burlington, Bradford County, PA; Luthers Mills Cemetery Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Betsey Abraham Reeve 1825Bradford County, PA. Abraham 1803 New Jersey; 1870Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana; Bethel Cemetery Jonesboro, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Earl Nichols. Earl 18 Apr 1798 Burlington, Bradford County, PA; 26 Jun 1866Burlington, Bradford County, PA; Mountain Lake Cemetery Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Celestia was the first wife of Henry L. Ross. She passed away on August 21, 1871 at the age of 64 years.

On June 26, 1872, Henry married Harriet (Church) Court in Akron, Tuscola County, Michigan. Both Henry and Harriet were 68 at the time.

Henry died at the age of 86 years. He is buried in Wahjamega Cemetery next to his first wife Celestia. Harriet's place of burial has not yet been located.

Celestia Henry L Ross 1826. Henry 1803 Bradford County, PA; 1889Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Amos Alexander. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Zephaniah Lane. Zephaniah 14 Dec 1795 Poughkeepsie, NY; 9 Feb 1873Burlington, Bradford County, PA; Luthers Mills Cemetery Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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Buried in Gustin Cemetery, Burlington Township, Bradford Co., PA. Inscription reads "In memory of Cynthia Clark w/o Eliphalet Gustin, Jr."


'Married on March 31, in Burlington, by Rev. Anthony McReynolds, Eliphalet Gustin, Jr. and Miss Cynthia, daughter of John T. and Cynthia (Campbell) Clark." (Pioneer & Patriot Families by Heverly Records from 1830 to 1840)

Bradford Star, May 19, 1898--"Cynthia Clark Gustin, wife of the late Eliphalet Gustin, died April 6, 1898, at son of Seth P., Burlington. Born May 13, 1815. Had 10 children--6 sons, 4 daughters. Five sons in Civil War. Sons Seth P., Volney H. (died Libby Prison), Burton K., Ethan A., Judson, Judge (died at siege of Charleston.) Survived by S.P. of Burlington, B.K. of East Smithfield, Mrs. G.L. Overpeck of Herrick (Ethalinda), Mrs. Martin Rockwell (Mary) of Herrick, Mrs. O.E. Kendall (Ersula) of Batavia, NY.
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Cynthia Eliphalet Gustin, Jr. 31 Mar 1833Burlington, PA. Eliphalet 7 Sep 1809 Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; 9 Jan 1894Luthers Mills, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; Gustin Cemetery Bradford County, Pennsylvania,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mortimer Knapp. Mortimer 24 Sep 1820 Burlington, Bradford County, PA; 8 Sep 1894Burlington, Bradford County, PA; Luthers Mills Cemetery Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Abraham Reeve. Abraham 6 Jun 1803 Burlington, Bradford County, PA; 29 Dec 1870Grant County, Indiana, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Moved: 1837, Ohio; 1837 - Moved to Ohio, as per daughter Gabrielle Havens

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Mrs. Jonathan Havens. Of Grant county octogenarians the most interesting, both for age and for remarkable clarity of mind and faculties, is, properly speaking, not now eligible to that association of venerable men and women, since she is no longer an octogenarian but a nonagenarian. Mrs. Jonathan Havens is now past ninety-three years of age, is in perfect health, with mind as clear as a bell. She is one of the best known women in the county, and recalls with perfect ease her seventy years of experience. She is known and loved by everybody in the southern half of the county and the following brief record will be read and appreciated as a distinctive chapter in this history.

The Havens family comes down through a Pennsylvania stock, which during the eighteenth century was established in the southwestern part of Pennsylvania, in what was known as the Redstone section. The grandfather of Jonathan Havens was also Jonathan, and was of Welsh ancestry. The name was established in America during the Colonial days, and its first home was in New Jersey. It is thought that the name of the American settler was Abram Havens. He had twelve sons and most of them saw service in the Revolutionary war on the American side. One of them located in Connecticut, two in Virginia, and one in western Pennsylvania. The latter was Jonathan, grandfather of the Grant county citizen named at the introduction of this sketch. Another son located in Kentucky, while the other lived in New Jersey. As to religious affiliations they were all Presbyterians. Grandfather Jonathan Havens was a deacon in the church. His life was spent in farming in western Pennsylvania, and he died in 1802 when quite an old man. He married a Miss Lippencot, of Pennsylvania, and she outlived him a good many years. Among their children were James, Elisha, and Benjamin, besides some daughters, all of whom lived to be quite old, and had families of their own.

Benjamin Havens, the father, was born in Pennsylvania in 1785, was in early life apprenticed to learn the trade of harness maker, and by the death of his father was left an orphan at the age of seventeen. He later left his employer, and learned the trade of shoemaker and also of brick mason. He was a man of many trades, but was an expert in all of them, and performed a useful service in every community where he lived. He was married in 1816 in Fayette county, Ohio, to Miss Judith Davis, who belonged to the faith known as the Seven-Day Baptists. She was born in Ohio, and died in Clinton county of that state at the birth of her sixth child, being then in the prime of life. Her husband later married Mary Ann Carver, and in June, 1841, they came to Indiana and settled in Jefferson township of Grant county. Some years later they moved out to Iowa and while there his second wife died also in childbirth. Benjamin Havens then returned to Indiana with his children and died in Huntington county, February 6, 1848. His last child, a daughter, was adopted by a family in Iowa.

Jonathan Havens, the first son and second child of Benjamin and his first wife, was born in Fayette county, Ohio, November 17, 1819. He grew up in Ohio, and in November, 1841, came to Indiana, locating in Jefferson township. There his career was that of farming, and after some years he bought one hundred and twenty acres, on which he remained until his death, June 30, 1863. In religion he was a Methodist, and a strong Republican in politics.

Jonathan Havens was married in Fairmount, Jefferson township of Grant county, April 7, 1842, to Miss Gabrielle Clark. She was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1820. In 1837, when she was seventeen years of age, her family moved to Darke county, Ohio, and in 1838 to Fairmount township, Grant county. Her parents were James H. and Sarah (Simons) Clark, her father born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, February 10, 1794, and died May 23, 1878, in Fairmount township, four miles up the creek from Jonesboro. Her mother was born March 16, 1796, and died in Grant county, October 27, 1885. They were married July 3, 1816, on the banks of the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania. The Clark family were farmers, Methodists in religion, and the father first voted the Whig ticket and later the Republican. James H. Clark was a son of John T. and Cynthia (Caswell) Clark, both natives of Bradford county, Pennsylvania, where they lived and died as farmers and Methodists. When John T. Clark was seven years of age, his father, Benjamin Clark, went away to serve as an American soldier in the Revolutionary war. Some time during that war the son John at one time was lost in the woods in Bradford county, near Wilkesbarre, and was for ten years away from his family. He was finally located when seventeen years of age, having been taken up and cared for after straying about three weeks in a large woods 70 miles through, and spent the next ten years in the home of a man living 60 miles away from the Clark place. Benjamin Clark died in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, when in old age. He came of English parentage, and his first wife was a Miss Hojet who died in the prime of life. His second marriage was to a Mrs. Shaw, whose first husband had been killed in the massacre of Wyoming Valley during the Revolution.

Mrs. Jonathan Havens was educated much more liberally than was the custom for young women in her time. Since the death of her husband she has lived on the farm of eighty acres near Fowlerton, up to 1893 when she bought a home in the village of Fowlerton. Mrs. Havens is the mother of the following children: 1. Sarah E. died after her marriage to William Leach and the four living children are Scott, Kerr, Hancock and Leach. 2. Mary D. is the wife of Alonzo Roly of Grant county in Jefferson township, and their children are Bailley, Cappy, Winnie, Jesse, Jennie, and Arlee. 3. Tabitha A. died after her marriage to Samuel Carmichael, and had two children, Eva and Edward. 4. John M. married Flora Baird, and lives on a farm in Jefferson township. The children are Jesse, Glen, Charles, Benjamin, Clyde, Ethel, and Edith. 5. Cynthia M. is the wife of William H. Mann, and has children, Roy, Charles, and one other; by a former marriage to Mark Norton she has one son, Benoni. 6. Martha is the wife of John Brewer, now living on a farm in Oklahoma, and their children are Ora O., Ernest O., Arnetta G., and James T. 7. Emma E. is the wife of Davis Peck, living at Eaton in Delaware county, and their children are Arlington, Barnett, Eva and Susan. 8. Clark J., who is now connected with the State Hospital, has the following children: William, Emma, Blanche, Hazel, Russell, and Cynthia E.

The descendants of Mrs. Havens are numerous, comprising thirtyseven grandchildren, fifty-nine great-grandchildren, and of her thirtyseven grandchildren, twenty-seven are married, and all are living and have children.

Mrs. Havens has been a worker in the Methodist Episcopal church since she was twenty-one years of age, and has been devoted to the cause of religion and morality. Though born February 25, 1820, while James Monroe was still president of the United States, she still possesses "a green and smiling age," and there is hardly a tremor in her hand to indicate any break in her physical faculties. There is no woman in the state who can so accurately call up dates and facts from the early half *of the nineteenth century as Mrs. Havens. To indicate her remarkable powers of old age, in December, 1911, she made a trip alone to Oklahoma, where she celebrated her ninety-first birthday with a daughter, and on May 30, 1912, returned to Indiana, also alone.
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Gabriella Havens

(101 YEARS OLD)

“I was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania, February 25, 1820. In 1837 my father, mother and father and their nine children came to Ohio where we remained long enough to raise a crop (or about a year) then we came on to Grant County, Indiana. Father did not like the country and did not want to stay but we children started to clearing the land and so we remained.

“When I grew older I taught four terms of school, receiving two dollars per week. By and by a man came along who had a farm and he persuaded me to come and live with him. I would have been happier if I had not gone with him. Girls, never marry; just stay in Marion and teach until you are gray-headed; Lord, you ought to be happy!

“I was twenty-two years old when I married. I have done a lot of hard work. My husband and I cleared twenty acres of land. He would get discouraged with the farm work, then. I would go out into the fields and help him. We had eight children, so I had to work hard.

“My husband died June 30, 1863, and I was left with the care of the children, the youngest one being but three years of age; but we managed to get along. I would go out into the fields and work like a man. I raised those children with my own two hands.

“I had many chances to re-marry but I did not want a man. I never ran after the men; if I had, I’d a got one. One day I was out in the orchard with my children when a neighbor man came and asked me to marry him. ‘I guess not,’ I said, and turning to my children—’I will not leave them for any man.’

“What church do I belong to? I was a Methodist all my life until 1879 when I became an Adventist. Oh, I believe in it.

“You ask if my father had slaves? No-o-o-o, I guess not. Why, I would have burned my shirt to make a light for a run-away slave. My uncle sheltered Fred Douglas for four days in an ‘underground station,’ that being his cellar. He hid behind potato barrels, and they covered him with comforts to hide him from the slave owner.

“My great grandfather was in the Revolutionary War. My grandfather was seven years old when his father was called to war. The mother soon died and left grandfather with the care of four little sisters, two of them being twins but six wec’1-s old. Some neighbors took the little girls and grand father was sent down the river seventy miles with a flock of sheep. He took a saddle horse and food enough to do him a week. He was only seven years old and got lost in the woods. At night he tied himself to his horse so he could sleep and not lose it. For three weeks he wandered about and when his food was gone he ate with the horse—roots, grass, etc. At last he came to a ‘clearing’ and begged food. They took him in, but~he never got back to his family for seventeen years.

“Yes, those were heart-rending times.

“Oh, must you go? I wish you could stay longer. Well, girls, remember what I said—DON’T marry, and may the dear Lord bless you. Tell your friends that an old woman one hundred and one years old blessed you. Good-bye.”

This dear aged old lady was interviewed by Miss Gladys Cole (Senior, 1921) and Miss Straughan. She was sitting quietly in her old chair when they entered her room, apparently asleep, but when told there were two ladies who wished to talk with her she was instantly alert and delighted to talk with them about her “early days.”

It was an inspiration to see, the “light that fades not” in her countenance-and feel the benediction of her last words.

“Of such is the Kingdom.”

Gabrielle Jonathan Havens 1842Grant County, Indiana. Jonathan 17 Nov 1819 Grant County, IN; 30 Jun 1863Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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Family/Spouse: Samuel Coffield. Samuel 1815; 16 Oct 1885Montana, Labette County, Kansas; Montana Cemetery Montana, Labette County, Kansas. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Sister of Gabrielle Clark Havens

Caroline John Hubert 4 Jul 1849Fairmount , Grant County, Indiana. John 30 Mar 1825 Cambridge OH; 21 Jan 1904Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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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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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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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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Simon B. Clark (son of James H. Clark, brother of Gabrielle Clark Havens_

From book Biographical Memoirs of Grant County, Indiana page 790


SIMON B. CLARK.

Simon B. Clark, a prominent agricult urist of Fairmount township, Grant county,
Indiana, was born in Bradford county, Pennsylvania, January 23, 1832, and is a son of
James and Sarah (Simon) Clark. His grandfather was a soldier in the Revolu~
tionary war and was of German descent, the great-grandfather having come to this coun
try from Germany. The maternal great grandfather was from Ireland, the family
settling in Virginia. in which state the mother of Simon B. Clark was born. James
Clark was born February 10, I794, and his wife was some years younger, having been
born March 26, 1300. They were united in marriage July 3, I822, and in 1837 came
to Grant county. locating in Fairmount township, where the father died May I4,
1878. There were ten children born to them, namely: An infant, deceased; Polly;
Gabrielle, .\Irs. Havens, of Fowlerton; Rebecca: Ursula; an infant, deceased; \Vealthy
Ann, of Kansas; Caroline; Cynthia; Simon; and James. of Fairmount.

\Vhen Simon Clark was six years old his father moved to Ohio, and one year later
settled in Fairmount township, Indiana. As the land in this township ‘had all been
entered, the father purchased thirty-five acres of partially improved land. which is
now owned by Simon M's sister, who has (added to it until she now has two hundred
and twenty acres of land, most of which is under cultivation, this being recently di
vided.

Mr. Clark received 'his education in the subscription schools which were held in the
old log school-house out of which a log had been cut and a greased paper inserted to do
duty for a window. Reaching his twenty second year, he was joined in matrimony
on February 4, 1854, to Miss Julia Nottingham, daughter of James Notting
ham. A large family of children blessed their union, namely: .>\n infant who passed
away in babyhood; Ursula, who was born February 17, 1857, and on February 5,
1879, became the wife of Leslie Lemon, by whom she has one daughter. Relda V., a
bright, winsome child, who was born April 25, I880. The parents of Mr. Lemon are
John and Nancy Ann (Corson) Lemon; Floranna, the third child born to the Clark
home, claims as her natal clay February I 3, 1859. She married Arthur Jay and is the
mother of two children, Carl, born August 17, 1883, and Lelia Iona, born in 1886;
Malissa Adalaide was born February 26, 1862, and married Charles Butfington, by
whom she has five children, Grace, Chester, Thomas, June and Gladys; John Ellsworth
was born September 26, 1864, and is the present eflicient and popular treasurer of
Marion; Sarah; Olive was born Ma'rch 26, 1866, and passed away February 14, 1867;
Rebecca Joanna, born December 4, 1867, was twice married——first to L. Andrews,
by whom she has two children, Georgia andLeslie, and afterward to John DeLong, of
Fairmount, which marriage also resulted in the birth of two children, Julia and Arthur
(1; Corintha Blondella was born March 26, 1870, and became the wife of Francis
Wimpy and the mother of one child, Ursula; Edward Charles and Etta Caroline were
twins, born February 9, 1872. Edward mar ried Dora Fisherbuck and has three chil
dren, Gale, Raymond and Eva Belle, and re sides two and a half miles east of Gas City;
and Etta Cv married Perry \Vood, of Jones boro, and became the mother of one child,
Lacy Fern.

Simon married 4 Feb 1855 in Grant Co., IN., to Julia Ann Nottingham 1835-1898



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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Simon Julia Anne Nottingham 4 Feb 1855Grant County, IN. Julia (daughter of James Nottingham and Elizabeth Russell) 26 Jul 1835 Muncie, Indiana; 20 May 1898Grant County, Indiana; Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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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Family/Spouse: Martha A. Douglas. Martha 1840; 1898. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Riggs. Elizabeth 1838; 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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FSgt(Sgt)Co B, 207th Regt, PA Volunteers

Family/Spouse: Martha Smith. Martha 1824; 1906. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James Anne Waters 1848. Anne 1826 Wales; 1907Burlington, Bradford County, PA; Mountain Lake Cemetery Burlington, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Adelaide Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

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RILEY Ross was born in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. ~ Until his removal from that county to Michigan he was, after arriving at manhood, engaged in farming, hotel-keeping, and other business.

When he came to Tuscola County he bought land in the township
of Aimer and cleared a farm, which he has cultivated ever since. While a resident of that township he held a number of offices, among them justice of the peace, commissioner of highways, etc.

Mr. Ross is now living in Caro, but still carries onl his farming business. Married and has two sons and one daughter. The sons are married, and the daughter, who is the youngest of the children,lives at home. His father, Henry L. Ross, also lives with him.

Notes:

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DAVID E. Ross was born in the township of Burlington, Bradford County, Pa., Aug. 17, 1832, and moved with his parents to the township of Springfield, where he resided until 1869. He then came to Michigan and settled in Caro, and in 1882, moved to a farm he had purchased in 1881, on section 14, in Elmwood, where he has made a good home for himself and family.

He was married, Oct.29, 1856, to Miss Lydia Maria Bailey, who was born in the town of Hadley, Middlesex County, Conn., July 13, 1838.

They have five children, Clara Elizabeth, born Sept. 10, 1857, married, May 23,1873, to James Sanborn; Etta A., born Sept. 20, 1860, married Oct.15, 1879, to William Gibbs; Lodency G., born Sept. 22, 1863; Letta, born Sept. 14, 1865, and Bell, born April 15, 1871.

Juliette Zophar Leroy Morgan 19 Sep 1866Burlington, PA. Zophar 3 Oct 1842 Cortland, NY; 29 Sep 1931Owego, NY; Luthers Mills Cemetery Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Civil War - Wagoner Co C 89th Indiana Infantry

Notes:

Union Army VETERAN of Civil War,
54th IN Inf, Co C
Mustered in Oct 30, 1862 as a WAGONER
Died Feb 24, 1863 at Vicksburg Louisiana

Notes:

James Clement Reeve born Oct 14 1832 Bradford County Pennsylvania died May 30, 1900 Nelson Nuckolls co. Nebraska. Son of Abraham Reeve and Elizabeth Clark, married 1st Amanda Olive Litter. Married second Nov 7 1867 Mary Ann Milligan

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James Clement Reeve and Mary Ann Milligan were the parents
of George C. Reeve born August 27 1868, John Crandell
Reeve born June 28 1871, Amanda Olive Reeve born Augut 27 1876, Charles Bertain Reeve born April 10 1883.

Gravesite Details

James Clement Reeve born Oct 14 1832 Bradford County Pennsylvania died May 30, 1900 Nelson Nuckolls co. Nebraska. Son of Abraham Reeve and Elizabeth Clark, married 1st Amanda Olive Litter. Married second Nov 7 1867 Mary Ann Milligan

Notes:

Gravesite Details wife of Charles .J. Capper,aged 22y.2m.16d.

Family/Spouse: Charles Jackson Capper. Charles 1835 Virginia; 28 Feb 1888District Of Columbia, USA; Saint Elizabeths Hospital East Cemetery Anacostia, District of Columbia, District Of Columbia,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Civil WarPvt.
Enlisted = Sep. 5, 1861
Discharged = Aug. 28, 1865
Co H 8th Ind Inf (GAR)

Notes:

Private Co H 8th Indiana Infantry

Cephus Reeve
Son of A. & E. Reeve
died in Keokuk, Iowa Oct. 21, 1862
aged 19y.9m.13d.
"Enlisted in defense of his country Aug. 20, 1861
in Co. H Indiana Volunteers. Passed through the Pea Ridge Battle and many hard marches."

Marcus Sophia Baldwin 15 Mar 1874Grant County, IN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, August 1, 1918; pg. 1

Word has been received at this office of the death of John Reeve. Deceased was an old time citizen of Nelson and this news came rather unexpectedly to his relatives and friends of this vicinity.

John Theophilus Reeve was born January 11, 1849, died July 22, 1918. He was at the home of his son-in-law, L.C. Martin in Eldorado Springs, Mo. Funeral services were held at this home at 3:30 o'clock July 23d.

Notes:

He was married October 26, 1862, to Miss Sarah E. Haven, a lady whose natural endowment of head and heart made her universally loved and respected. Her death, on April 17, 1888, occasioned acute sorrow in the entire neighborhood as well as in the home circle. She was the mother of two sons and four daughters, two of whom preceded her to the spirit land. Those surviving her as follows: Lucinda, who married John Scott, a farmer of Jefferson township, by whom she had four children; Anna, wife of Chalmer Kerr, an agriculturist of Delaware county, and the mother of one child; Charles E., who is an agriculturist and grain dealer of Fowlerton, is married to Miss Minnie Payne and has two children; and Martha C., who was educated in the common schools and received a musical education. She lives at home. On March 16, 1890, Mr. Leach led to the alter Miss Jennie Wood, whose kindly nature and womanly qualities have made her an ideal wife and mother. She is a daughter of John and Mary (Smith) Wood and was born in Ripley county, this state, January 12, 1851, but during her infancy her parents moved to Allen county, thence to Bluffton, where she was educated and lived for twenty-two years. She is a devout member of the Harmony Baptist church, as are her husband and daughter Martha. Mr. Leach worked zealously for the erection of the pretty structure in which they now worship, and has been foremost in all movements which are conducive to public good. He stands high in the community and will leave to his children a heritage far preferable to lands and gold-- a good name. He is a Democrat and cast his first vote for George B. McClellan.

Sarah William Jasper Leach 26 Oct 1862Grant County, IN. William 2 Feb 1840 Grant County, IN; 18 Sep 1918Grant County, Indiana; Harmony Cemetery Matthews, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: David Hollis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Wesley Payne. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: William H Mann. William 1853; 1921. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John M Norton. John 1854; 1879. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John H Brewer. John 1853; 1924Oklahoma; Enid Cemetery Enid, Garfield County, Oklahoma. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elias Davis Peck. Elias 1857 Indiana; 1943Indiana; Union Cemetery Eaton, Delaware County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Flora A Baird. Flora 21 Feb 1863 Grant County, IN; 1 Apr 1944Grant County, Indiana; Matthews IOOF Cemetery Matthews, Grant County, Indiana,. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Moved: 1860, Allen County, Kansas

Family/Spouse: John Francis. John 1837; 1918. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Civil War Vet

Other Events:

• Moved: 1860, Allen County, Kansas

Notes:

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Birth 15 Nov 1845
Grant County, Indiana, USA
Death 1923 (aged 77–78)
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Coffield, James C.
1845-1923
Co. H, 9th Kan Cav
JAMES C. COFFIELD, farmer, Section 29, P. O. Colony, was born in Grant County, Ind., November 15, 1845, and came to Allen County, Kan., in July, 1860, with his father, Samuel Coffield, who located in this Township. In November, 1861, he enlisted in Company H, Ninth Kansas Cavalry, was shot through the left leg at Netonia, Mo., September 30, 1862; he served until mustered out January 16, 1865, after which he followed agricultural pursuits. In 1868 he was appointed Clerk of the District Court at Iola and served eighteen months, then for two years acted as Treasurer of the county for his brother-in-law, John Francis, who held that office. Mr. Coffield then follower mercantile pursuits at Iola. In 1878 he turned his attention to farming and in the spring of 1882 moved on to his present farm, which consists of some eighty acres. He was Deputy United States Marshal at Iola for four years. Mr. Coffield was married in Allen County, Kan., July 4, 1872, to Sarah J. Fulwider, and they have a family of four living children - Fred C., Clifford F., Lewis E. and Nellie E.

THE NINTH KANSAS VOLUNTEER CAVALRY.

Organized March 27, 1862, the Ninth Cavalry, which did effective work in the west, was under the following officers: Colonel, Edward Lynde, Grasshopper Falls; lieutenant colonel, Charles S. Clark, Iola; major, James M. Pomeroy; adjutant, Luin K. Thacher, Kansas City; quartermaster, William Rosenthal, Lawrence; surgeon, Henry C. Bostick, Iola; chaplain, Gilbert S. Northrup.

The final organization of the Ninth was effected by consolidating and organizing the Iola battalion (raised in southern Kansas) with detachments of the First Battalion Kansas Cavalry, the Third Kansas, and the Eighth Kansas Volunteers. The place of rendezvous for these companies was Fort Leavenworth, where also the regiment was organized, and whence the companies were detached to various posts of duty -
A, on escort duty to Fort Union, New Mexico; B, into the mountains of Colorado, to build Fort Halleck; C, to Fort Riley; G, to Fort Lyon, Colorado, and I, to Fort Laramie. The detachments on the plains were long in defense of overland mail routes, and the protection of immigrants, one detachment proceeding northwest to Montana, the other having its station along the Santa Fe route. The four companies, D, E, F and H, under Major Bancroft, formed a part of the expedition into the Indian country, and, under Colonel Lynde, were engaged during a part of August, 1862, in pursuing the force of General Coffey through western Missouri.

The regiment took part in the desultory warfare which was waged in Kansas, Missouri and Arkansas, remaining on duty at Little Rock and Duvall's Bluff until its term of service expired, some of the companies returning to Leavenworth in the fall of 1864, to be mustered out of service, and some remaining until mustered out in the summer of 1865.

From website http://www.ksgenweb.org/archives/statewide/military/civilwar/adjutant/9/h.html


Private Coffield James C. Iola Nov. 18, '61 Jan. 16, '62 Mustered out Jan. 16, '65, DeVall's Bluff, Ark.

James Sarah J Fulwider 4 Jul 1872Allen County, KS. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Janes Franklin Fuller. Janes 1858; 1927. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Assistant Postmaster at Marion, Indiana

John is the son of Simon B. Clark 1832-1903 and Julia Ann Nottingham 1835-1898. He married 12 Jun 1889 in Grant Co., IN., to Florilla Rutherford 1862-1930.

John Florilla Rutherford 12 Jun 1888Grant County, IN. Florilla 15 Feb 1862 Indiana; 3 Apr 1930Grant County, Indiana; Estates of Serenity Marion, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Leslie Lemon. Leslie 20 Oct 1854 Allen County, Ohio, USA; 26 Mar 1940Grant County, Indiana, USA; Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Obit -

Mrs. Rebecca Joanne DeLong, widow of the late John R. DeLong, known to her friends as "Josie" died suddenly at her home on South Main street, Jonesboro, Sunday evening about 8 o'clock from a heart attack.

Mrs. DeLong had been in poor health for several months from kidney complications and heart trouble, being worse since the holidays, and bedfast the past week since being brought home from the home of her daughter, Mrs. Arloe Thorn, who lives near Summitville, where she had been cared for. She had been better Sunday, until a heart attack about eight o'clock, which resulted in her death twenty minutes later.

Rebecca Joanne Clark, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Simon B. Clark, was a lifelong resident of Grant county. She was born Dec. 4, 1867 and died Sept. 1,1935 , aged 67 years, 8 months and 28 days. Her school days were spent at the Zeek and Back creek schools in Mill township.

In early girlhood she embraced the faith of the Friends church and became a member at Upland, later affiliating with the Jonesboro church and remained faithful and steadfast all her life. She was of a natural cheerful disposition, greeting friends with a smile and lending a helping hand whenever needed.

On June 26, 1886, she became the bride of Laban Andrew, of Upland. He died Nov. 16, 1888. To them were horn two children Leslie C. Andrews of Marion who survives and Georgia Andrews who died in 1899.

On Aug. 28,1890, she was married to John R. DeLong and their married life was spent on a farm southeast of Jonesboro. Five children came to bless this union. Orville A. and Herschel C. who have receded their mother in death: Mrs. Julia Thorn, of Summitville, Robert J. DeLong of Wayne, Mich., and Mrs. Helen Robinson of Anderson.

Also surviving are six grandchildren, two great-grandchildren, two brothers, John E. Clark, of Marion and Edward c. Clark, of Fort Wayne, and a sister, Mrs. Ella Wood, of Fairmount, other relatives and a host of friends.

After Mr. DeLong's death in May, 1926, Mrs. DeLong and family moved from their farm ,two and one half miles southeast of here on the Muncie Pike, to south main street, Jonesboro, which has since been her home and where she has a wide circle of friends. She was an active member of the War Mothers.

Funeral services were held from the friends church at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, with Rev. M.F. Iiff, a life-long friend, preaching the sermon and Rev. John I. Wright assisting.Mrs. Bernard Thomas and Mrs. Clyde Fisher sang. Grandsons and nephews were the pall bearers. Interment was made in Riverside Cemetery.

Family/Spouse: Laban Ellsworth Andrew. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John DeLong. John 25 Nov 1862 Grant County, Indiana; 1 May 1926Grant County, Indiana; Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Corintha Francis Henry Wimpy 4 Dec 1899Grant County, IN. Francis 4 Aug 1870 Grant County, IN; 25 Jan 1907Grant County, Indiana; Riverside Cemetery Gas City, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Perry Wood. Perry 6 Nov 1869 Grant County, Indiana; 25 Jun 1944Grant County, Indiana; Park Cemetery Fairmount, Grant County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Arthur W. Jay was born in Mill township, Grant county, on February
3, 1856, and he is a son of Denny and Anna (Cogshell) Jay. The father
was born on a farm in Miami county, Ohio, while the mother is a native
daughter of Indiana, born in Wayne county, and coming with her parents
as an infant to Grant county, making the journey in her mother's arms
on horseback. The father was a boy of six years when his parents
migrated to Grant county, Indiana, from Ohio, and thus the family are
entitled to especial consideration as pioneers of the most distinctive
order. These children grew to young manhood and womanhood and
were married while yet young in years. They were people of the
staunchest integrity, their religious faith being that of the Friends, or
Quakers, and the tenor of their daily lives being maintained well up to
the standard set by these vigorous Puritan people. They had a family
of five children, named as follows: Riley J. is a resident of Fairmount;
Eva is the wife of Oliver Davis, of Center township; Arthur W., the
third born, is the subject of this review; Gulie is the wife of Bennett
Shugart of Franklin township; and Harvey J., who lives in Mill town
ship, Grant county.
Arthur W. Jay was reared in Mill and Liberty townships and his
education was gained in the district schools, and in Amboy Academy
and Earlham College. He was fitted for the teaching profession and took
up that work in Grant county when he had finished his college training,
and had he elected to carry the work forward, it is highly probable that
he would have made a distinctive success therein, for he displayed the
possession of no little talent along those lines. The call of the soil,
however, was stronger than he cared to resist and he in time turned his
mind and energies to the development and maintenance of a farm, in
which enterprise he has since continued with a generous measure of
success.
Mr. Jay married Flora Clark, a daughter of Simon and Julia (Not
Mr. Jay married Flora Clark, a daughter of Simon and Julia (Not
tingham) Clark, the marriage occurring on October 9, 1879. Mrs. Jay
was reared in Grant county, and here educated, and like her husband,
has a wide acquaintance hereabouts.. They went housekeeping in Mill
township, and the house is still standing where they initiated their
wedded careers. Mr. Jay then was the owner of a small place of about
fifty acres, but his holdings have increased very materially since that
time.
Two children were born to them : Carl S. J., a student in the Normal
College at South Marion, who is married to Nellie Warrenberg, and has
one child ; and Iona J., who is a graduate of the Marion Normal College
and is the wife of Professor Harry L. Foreman, of Bloomington, Indiana.
Prof. Foreman is a graduate of the state University, with the degree of
A. B., and is one of the successful and rising educators of the state.
The family are members of the Friends' Church, Mr. Jay being an
elder for years. Politically, he gives his material and moral support to
the Prohibition party, and his citizenship is one of the highest order,
calculated to wield an influence of the most genuine and praiseworthy
nature.

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Charles H. Buffington. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dora Fisherbuck. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Find A Grave posting
Obituary furnished by contributor Mary Allen #47142216:
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Obit - J.B. Clark,74 of Washington township dies..
Joseph B. Clark, age 74 years,well known farmer of Washington township, Died Tuesday evening at 7:15 o'clock at his home five miles east of Valparaiso, following a three month illness.

He was born in Jonesboro,Ind. Sept 6.1861, a son of James C. Clark, a native of Pennsylvania and Martha Douglas, a native of Indiana.

He came to Porter County twenty eight years ago.
On Nov.3,1886 he was united in marriage to Floe Lewis, who survives together with three sons, Harry, Harvey and James and two daughters, Mrs. May Bull, and Mrs. Edith Schau, all of Valparaiso.

One daughter, Mrs. Pearl Phillips, proceded him in death.
Also surviving are one brother, Hugh Clark, of Fowler, Ind., two sisters, Mrs. Ada Whitson, of North Dakota, and Mrs. Nettie Huggins, of Marion,Ind., two nephews, three nieces and fourteen grandchildren.

A brother,Cullen, also preceeded him in death.
He was a member of the Baptist Church. Short memorial services will be held at the home in Washington township friday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock and at 2 o'clock at the First Baptist church in this city. Burial will be in Graceland cemetery.

Friends may call at the home in Washington Township this evening from 7 o'clock up until time of the services. (from Ancestry.com)

Joseph Floe Ellen Lewis 3 Nov 1886Albany, Indiana. Floe 1866; 1943; Graceland Memorial Park Valparaiso, Porter County, Indiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Florence Orella Luther. Florence 18 Jul 1871 Rock Falls, Whiteside County, Illinois, USA; 4 May 1918Sayre, Bradford County, Pennsylvania; Luthers Mills Cemetery Towanda, Bradford County, Pennsylvania, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]