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    1. [CLARKE] Sophia Minona
    2. John W. Streeter
    3. This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------698C2D16BBC15BB434D32C09 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > As I am still hoping to find some definitive information on the > parentage of my gg-grandmother from Grand Isle County, Vermont, Sophia > Minona Clark, stated in the 1865 Shawnee County, KS State Census as > having been born 23 March 1820, in Alburgh, VT. She married Hardy > Platte Streeter of Fort Covington, Franklin Co., NY, and they appear > together with the first few of their children on the Census of 1850. > Hardy's Platte's parents were Benjamin B. Streeter and Sarah Reynolds; > Benjamin B is believed to have died in Rouse's Point but both he and > Sarah are buried in Fort Covington. Sarah was born in Grand Isle County > the daughter of Grindal Reynolds and Dorcas Landon. > > Via Detroit, Michigan in 1855, Hardy and Sophia migrated to Pettis > Township, Platte Co., Missouri, where they appear in the 1860 Census and > on to Topeka, Shawnee County, KS, where they are buried in the Topeka > Cemetery. Sophia died in 1868. I am in possession of the excellent > recent histories on Alburgh, Grand Isle and the Heroes by Allen > Stratton, but I cannot make a specific connection to the several Clark > families that lived there. The marriage of Benjamin B. and Sarah > Reynolds is recognized in the History of South Heroe Island; Grindal > Reynolds my ggg-grandfather and his wife, Dorcas Landon, are buried in > the Grand Isle Cemetery on South Hero Island, which I have twice > visited. Does anyone have any additional information on the descendants > of the several Clark families that were living there in 1820, which > might shed some light on Sophia's parentage? Might one of those Clark > families be known to have migrated to Fort Covington, NY before 1840? > > Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you! --------------698C2D16BBC15BB434D32C09 Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="streeter.vcf" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description: Card for John W. Streeter Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="streeter.vcf" begin:vcard n:Streeter;John tel;cell:785-587-5878 tel;fax:785-532-6284 tel;home:785-456-2981 tel;work:785-532-4758 x-mozilla-html:TRUE url:www.ksu.edu/iso org:Streeter Family;Residence adr:;;6765 Salzer Road;Wamego;KS;66547-9636;USA version:2.1 email;internet:streeter@wamego.net title:Mr. fn:John Willis Streeter end:vcard --------------698C2D16BBC15BB434D32C09--

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