This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Clark, Mathes Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kg.2ADI/1665 Message Board Post: Barry Adage, Barry, Pike Co. IL, Fri. Feb. 25, 1881: "Mrs. E.N. Clark, died last night at the residence of her son L.D. Clark, one mile south of this place, after a protracted illness with dropsy and disease of the heart. Deceased was born in Edgefield District, South Carolina. Her maiden name was Harriet Mathes. At the age of 15 she removed with an uncle and his family to Illinois; the family settled in Pike county in this state and she remained a member of the family until 1846 when she was married to her husband, who survives her. She leaves two sons to mourn her death, her second son having died in March 1875."