I edited the subject. Those Clarks are not connected to my Clarks. This particular line of Clarks were in fact prominent Methodists. Two of my direct ancestors were Methodists ministers -- one of them was sent to travel about before "locating" and went as far as Macomb. Others weren't ministers but started churches. I believe Isaac set up Methodist churches or worked with others setting them up in Fulton County. On the Stout line, one of Sarah Royal Stout [later Clark]'s sons, Thomas, died in Sangamon County. In 1911 anyway the DAR considered him a RW vet. http://www.cwcfamily.org/album.htm is one of the R. D. Clark letters on his ancestry including the Clarks and Stouts. Some of it is pure speculation but some of it stands up to modern verification. He was fairly prolific in the letter writing department. Cheryl Rothwell

I believe that the Thomas Royal buried in Sangamon County is Sarah's FATHER, not her son. He is in fact the original Revolutionary War vet. He came west and some of his children went on to Portland Oregon as ministers and teachers. (More detail on that in a family bible). She married AnthonyStout with her father Thomas' permission back East. Anthony died in Ohio, and Sarah remarried Isaac Clark and had additional children. Her daughter with Anthony (named Hannah) married David Ward Clark--my ancestor. ---Marilyn ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Rothwell" <historysleuth@gmail.com> To: <ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, April 17, 2006 1:57 PM Subject: [ILFULTON] Clark > I edited the subject. > > Those Clarks are not connected to my Clarks. This particular line of Clarks > were in fact prominent Methodists. Two of my direct ancestors were > Methodists ministers -- one of them was sent to travel about before > "locating" and went as far as Macomb. Others weren't ministers but started > churches. I believe Isaac set up Methodist churches or worked with others > setting them up in Fulton County. > > On the Stout line, one of Sarah Royal Stout [later Clark]'s sons, Thomas, > died in Sangamon County. In 1911 anyway the DAR considered him a RW vet. > > http://www.cwcfamily.org/album.htm is one of the R. D. Clark letters on his > ancestry including the Clarks and Stouts. Some of it is pure speculation but > some of it stands up to modern verification. He was fairly prolific in the > letter writing department. > > Cheryl Rothwell > > > ==== ILFULTON Mailing List ==== > To post a message (regardless of "mail" or "digest" mode) > to the ILFULTON list just send it to ILFULTON-L@rootsweb.com >