My brick wall is James Harvey Clark. His family group sheet follows: Family Group Sheet ============================================================================== ============ Husband: James Harvey CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Birth: 5 Oct 1797 NC Burial: Beechwood Cem., Ponca, Newton Co., AR Death: Marriage: 19 Jan 1813 Mt. Zion Methodist Church, Knoxville, Knox Co., TN Father: Mother: ============================================================================== ============ Wife: Nancy MCCAMPBELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Birth: abt 1801 NC Census: 1860 Newton Co., AR Burial: Beechwood Cem., Ponca, Newton Co., AR Death: Father: Mother: ============================================================================== ============ Children ============================================================================== ============ 1 M John H. CLARK Birth: 29 Dec 1816 TN Death: 10 Nov 1848 Roane Co., TN Burial: Spouse: Rebecca EDGEMAN (1816- ) Marriage: 15 Oct 1835 Rhea Co., TN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 2 M Abram Harvey CLARK Birth: 25 Sep 1818 Pikeville, Bledsoe Co., TN Residence: bet 1855-1890 Clark Creek/Lost Valley; Newton Co., AR Misc: bet 1861-1865 Civil War; Clark Creek, Newton Co., AR Will: 1890 Newton Co., AR Death: 29 Oct 1890 Beechwood, Newton Co., AR Burial: Beechwood Cem., Ponca, Newton Co., AR Occupation: Postmaster; Beechwood, Newton Co., AR Alt. Name: Abraham Spouse: Sabre "Mary" Ann EDGMON (1814-1857) Marriage: 12 Nov 1840 Meigs Co., TN Spouse: Jane PATTY (1833-1876) Marriage: abt 1859 Spouse: Susan A. PERSLEY (1836- ) Marriage: bef 1880 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 3 M Thomas H. CLARK Birth: 1821 TN Death: abt 1862 Newton Co., AR Civic: Whitely (Boxley), Newton Co., AR Burial: Spouse: Elizabeth HAMPTON ( - ) Spouse: Mathilda JOLLY (1822-1862) Marriage: 29 Nov 1839 Roane Co., TN ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 4 M William CLARK Birth: abt 1822 Death: Burial: Spouse: "Polly" Mary TILLEY ( - ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 5 M Kimble CLARK Birth: Chr: Death: Burial: Marriage: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 6 F Elizabeth CLARK Birth: abt 1834 TN Death: Burial: Spouse: John Minton DEATHRIDGE (1831- ) Marriage: 15 Dec 1851 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 7 F Rachel CLARK Birth: 4 Sep 1831 Death: 16 Mar 1891 Burial: Carroll Co., AR Spouse: Thomas Franklin JOHNSON (1830-1858) Spouse: Montgomery NEWBERRY ( - ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 8 M Benjamin Franklin CLARK Birth: 25 Sep 1838 Roane Co., TN Census: 1860 Newton Co., AR Death: 14 Jun 1863 Newton Co., AR Military: Civil War Burial: Spouse: Nancy J. VILLINES (1842- ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 9 F Nancy J. CLARK Birth: 1842 Death: Burial: Spouse: T. R. FREEMAN Sr. ( - ) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 10 F Margaret CLARK Birth: abt 1846 TN Death: Burial: Spouse: Richard Taylor BARNARD ( - ) Marriage: 10 Mar 1870 ============================================================================== ============ Prepared 18 May 2005 by: Phillip Snow 4996 Paint Horse Trail McKinney, TX 75071 972-542-7880 _pesnow@aol.com_ (mailto:pesnow@aol.com) ============================================================================== ============ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ FAMILY NOTES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Marriage (19 Jan 1813):(1) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ WIFE NOTES: Nancy MCCAMPBELL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Census (1860): 1860 Census shows living with Benjamin and Nancy at age 59. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ CHILD NOTES: Abram Harvey CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Birth (25 Sep 1818):(2) Residence (bet 1855 and 1890):(3) Misc (bet 1861 and 1865): It is said he was a Union sympathizer and had to hide out in a cave across the Buffalo River, high in the side of the mountain. Smudges from his candles and pine torches still adorn the cave walls.(4) Will (1890): Book M-1, page 373.(5) Death (29 Oct 1890):(2) Burial: Born in Bledsaw Co., Tenn. Sept. 25, 1818 Died Oct. 29, 1890(2,6) Occupation:(7) Alt. Name:(3) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ CHILD NOTES: Thomas H. CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Death (abt 1862): Oral History states that Thomas and Matilda were killed by bushwhackers during the Civil War buried on their home place which now is part of the National Park Service and is only accessable by horseback. Civic: Postmaster ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ CHILD NOTES: Rachel CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Birth (4 Sep 1831):(2) Death (16 Mar 1891):(2) Burial: Hopewell Cemetery ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ CHILD NOTES: Benjamin Franklin CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ Census (1860): 1860 Newton Co., AR Census Clark, Benjamin F. 22 TN Nancy 59 TN Nancy J 18 TN Margaret 14 TN Death (14 Jun 1863): Killed by ? Brooks during an ambush of CSA loyalists (Braxton and Ellisberry Edgmon). Military (Civil War): Union Army, 1st Regiment, Co., B, Arkansas Volunteers General: 1860 Newton Co., AR Census CLARK, Benjamin F 22 m Tenn Farmer(died in war) Nancy 59 f Tenn Nancy J 18 f Tenn Margaret 14 f Tenn ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ CHILD NOTES: Margaret CLARK ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ General: Living with brother Benjamin Franklin Clark in 1860 census. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ SOURCES ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------ 1. TN Marriage and Bible Records, Page 376. 2. Tombstone. 3. B. Touchstone Hardaway, These Hills, My Home, A Buffalo River Story (4th Printing 1991). 4. Ibid., Page 140, 141. 5. Newton Co., AR Probate Records. 6. B. Touchstone Hardaway, These Hills, My Home, A Buffalo River Story, Page 106. 7. Ibid., Page 141.