You are right on which Thomas Royal it was I'm sure. Obviously her son was too young. I wasn't thinking too clearly. Cheryl Rothwell On 4/17/06, hillarlyn <hillarlyn@worldnet.att.net> wrote: > > 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 >