CLARK families of Fayette and Washington co PA & Iowa
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In reply to:
Re: Isaac, Mariah, Lebbeus CLARK of Cedar Iowa
Sandra McKinley 6/11/07
Sandra,
Using the information you gave me, I was able to find this article about William H. CLARK, another son of Levi CLARK and Margaret FULTON, listing their children, and giving a history of the family.
Thanks again, Kay
WILLIAM H. CLARKis a native of the old Keystone state of the Union, having been born in Brownsville, Fayette county, Pennsylvania, on the 19th of February, 1858, being a son of John F. and Permelia M. (Alexander) Clark.John F. Clark was born near Amity, Washington county, Pennsylvania, on the 6th of November, 1831, and he died in the city of Canton, Ohio, on the 17th of February, 1896.His father, Levi Clark, was likewise a native of the Keystone state, where he was born on the 22nd of January, 1809, and he was in his earlier years quite extensively engaged in business as a drover, in connection with farming, and he passed the later years of his life in agricultural pursuits near Salem, Henry county , Iowa, where he died about the year 1879.His wife, whose maiden name was Margaret Fulton, died at the home of her daughter, Lurania (Mrs.. J. H. McVey), in the state of Idaho in the year 1899 at the venerable age of ninety years.They became the parents of ten children, namely:John Fulton, father of the subject of this review;Deborah, who was married to G. A. Kerr on the 17th of August, 1853;Lebbeus, who died in 1853;Isaac, who married Marie E. Sharp on the 18th of February, 1858;Isabel, who married Stephen Hill on the 2nd of September, 1856;Lydia, who married Isaac Clerk on the 1st of January, 1861;James Fulton, who married Martha J. Frazier on the 4th of January, 1872;Levi Herod, who died in infancy;Lurania, who married Josiah H. McVey on the 6th of March, 1866, and Silas, who married Mary A. Sweet on the 29th of March, 1872.Isaac Clark, the great-grandfather of the subject, was born in the state of New Jersey on the 28th of July, 1766, where the family had been established early in that century, and it is a matter of record that three of his brothers were active participants in the war of 1812.After his marriage he removed to southwestern Pennsylvania, where he passed the remainder of his life, as did also his wife, whose maiden name was Deborah French.She was born November 24, 1769, in New Jersey, and thee their marriage was solemnized on the 12th of April, 1786.He died on the 30th of November, 1842, while she passed away on the 30th of December, 1846.Of their children brief data is as follows;Phoebe became the wife of Reason James, John married Mahila Clark, Aaron died unmarried, Silas married Phoebe McFarland, Abner married Pattie Evans, Isaac married Martha Crockard; Ezekiel married Joanna McFarland, Mary became the wife of John Fulton,Lebbeus married Mary Evans, Charlotte became the wife of Harvey Cutter, Deborah married Adam Lacock, Levi was the grandfather of the subject, Lurania married Bethuel Evans and Lydia became the wife of John M. Reeves.
John F. Clark, father of the subject, was reared to maturityin Pennsylvania, and in his early manhood he followed the vocation of a drover in that state, while later he was engaged in farming.When the subject was an infant his parents removed from Pennsylvania to Henry county, Iowa, and thence, in 1864, to Canton, Stark county, and here William H. was reared and educated.Here his father established himself in the insurance business, becoming agent for both fire and life insurance companies of the best order, and with this important line of enterprise he continued to be actively identified until the time of his death, having built up a large and important business and having been honored as one of the upright and representative citizens of Stark county's attractive capital.He was for more than thirty years a member of the Canton First Presbyterian church, and for the major portion of this time he held the office of elder and superintendent of the Sunday school in the same, his devoted wife being likewise an earnest and zealous member of the church.In politics he was originally an old-line Whig, but he espoused the cause of the Republican party shortly after its organization and ever afterward was a stanch advocate of its principles.
On the 2nd of September, 1856, in Fredericktown, Washington county, Pennsylvania, John F. Clark was united in marriage to Miss Permelia M. Alexander, who was born near that place on the 22nd of June, 1837, being a daughter of Andrew and Harriet (Lawrence) Alexander, the former of whom was of sturdy Scotch lineage and the latter of German ancestry in the paternal line.The original American progenitor of the Alexander family was Elias Alexander, who was born and reared in Scotland, whence he removed into England and thence emigrated to America in the colonial days, locating in Maryland, where he engaged in agricultural pursuits.There he married a Miss Bradley, and they later removed to Washington county, Pennsylvania, where they passed the remainder of their lives.His son Isaac was born in Washington county, and there he continued to be a farmer until his death.His son Henry was likewise born in that county, and there was solemnized his marriage to Miss Mary Young, who was of Scottish ancestry, and both died there.Their son Joseph was born and reared in Washington county and there married Miss Jeanette Montgomery, being of partly French extraction and the same family line as General Montgomery of Revolutionary fame.Joseph Alexander, like his father and grandfather, was a farmer in his native county, which continued to be his home until his death.His son Andrew, the maternal grandfather of the subject of this review, was born on the old home farm in Washington county, Pennsylvania, and there he received an academic education.He became a prominent and influential citizen in his section of the Keystone state, where he was engaged in merchandising and also in the mining of coal, which he shipped to points as far distant as New Orleans, utilizing flatboats on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.He owned a mercantile establishment in Fredericktown and also a valuable farm in the vicinity.He took a prominent part in public affairs and was for a number of years captain in the state militia.In his native county Andrew Alexander was married to Miss Harriet Lawrence, whose ancestors came from the Rhine district of Germany to the United States in order to escape religious persecutions, the name having been originally spelled Lorenz.They settled in Maryland, whence members of the family later removed to Fayette county, Pennsylvania, where Harriet (Lawrence) Alexander was born, being a daughter of Jonathan Lawrence, who was a son of William, the emigrant ancestor.In the early day Andrew Alexander came to Ohio and purchased a farm in Delaware county, after which he returned to Pennsylvania for his family, but was taken ill and did not live to establish his home in the Buckeye state, his death occurring in his native county in 1853.His widow came to Ohio to join her children, and here passed the remainder of her life.Of their children brief record is as follows:William was for a number of years a prominent member of the Stark county bar, and here remained until 1868, when he removed to the city of Toledo, where he was engaged in the insurance business until his death;Jeanette M. married Colonel Benjamin F. Pond, of Malta, Morgan county;Permelia Matilda is the mother of the subject and still maintains her home in Canton;Henry Duncan is likewise an honored resident of this city;Harriet Louisa is the wife of Daniel Walters, of Oskaloosa, Iowa;West L. is a resident of Canton and is individually mentioned elsewhere in this volume;Sarah Isadore married D.K. Allender and died in Canton, and Emma Josephine married William Cox and died in Canton.The children born to Mr. and Mrs. Clark were as follows:the subject;Andrew L., born November 26, 1863;Margaret, October 25, 1870, and Grace, born September 12, 1877.
William H. Clark was about six years of age at the time when his parents took up their residence in Canton, and here he has since maintained his home and here risen to a position of prominence in the business life of the city and in the esteem and good will of the community.He secured his educational discipline in the publicschools of Canton, having been graduated in the high school as a member of the class of 1878.Mr. Clark is secretary and treasurer of the Ohio Millers' Fire Insurance Company, while his other business interests are important.He is president of the Savings and Loan Company, vice-president of the First National Bank of Canton, a director in the City National Bank, president of the Sanitary Milk Company and vice-president of the J. H. McLain Company of Canton, manufacturers of heating boilers and radiators.He is a man of excellent business and executive talent, progressive in his ideas and public spirited in his attitude, being loyal to the interests of his home city and ever ready to aid legitimate undertakings for the general good.In politics Mr. Clark is found arrayed as a stalwart advocate of the principles of the Republican party, but he has never manifested an iota of political ambition in the seeking of official preferment.He is a valued member of the First Presbyterian church, in whose faith he was reared from his childhood.Mr. Clark has not as yet joined the ranks of Benedicts, but is one of the distinctively popular bachelors of Canton, where his friends are in number as his acquaintances.