Did you get my message with regard to Elkana Clark? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Barbara Clark Myall" <TBMyall@aol.com> To: <CLARKE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 14, 2001 9:21 PM Subject: [CLARKE] HIRAM CLARK NY>IN > Posted on: Clarke - Clark Biographies > Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/ClarkeBios/10015 > > Surname: CLARK, SMITH > ------------------------- > > "Hiram Clark was born at Geneva, NY, Aug 27 1802, and is the fourth of > ten children born to Richard and Lydia (Tatton) [Totten] Clark, natives > of NY, and of English and Dutch descent. Hiram Clark, in 1825, came to > what is now Medina Township, Warren Co, IN; entered eighty acres of land > which he farmed, and to which he added until he possessed over 700 acres. > He then sold out and out and moved to Attica, living in or near the town > until 1870. He then retired to Oxford where he owns a handsome property. > Aug. 27, 1826* he married Harriet W. Smith, a native of Maryland. They > had six children, four now living. (1883) Three of Mr. Clark's sons were > in the late war (Civil); one, William H. was killed. His first wife was > a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died March 19, 1855. Mr. Clark > married his present wife, Mrs. Mary J. (Smith) Coats, October 16, 1855. > She is a native of Maryland and a sister of his first wife. They are members > of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Clark is a Republican and one of > the pioneers of Warren and Benton Counties." > COUNTIES OF WARREN, BENTON, JASPER AND NEWTON, INDIANA. HISTORICAL AND > BIOGRAPHICAL. Illustrated, Chicago, F.A. Battey & Co., Publishers, 1883. > > > > ==== CLARKE Mailing List ==== > GenConnect ~ Obituary, have one? Post it at ~ > http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/gc/FamilyAssoc/ClarkeObits > List Manager's address CLARKE-admin@rootsweb.com >