James Clark and Matilda Jane Parmer
Husband James Clark
Born: - Tenn?
Christened:
Died: - AR?
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Matilda Jane Parmer
Born: 1840 - Tenn?
Christened:
Died: 1920 - Joplin MO.
Buried:
Children
1 M James Columbus Clark
Born: 3 Jun 1864 - Benton Co. AR.
Christened:
Died: 1 May 1932 - Nevada, MO.
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Elizabeth Browning (1862-1933)
Marr: 4 Apr 1886 - Benton Co, AR.
General Notes for Child James Columbus Clark
Grandpa James Clark and wife Sarah Elizabeth (Browing) Clark came to the Powell area in 1897. At one time he owned all the land along Big Sugar Creek (south side) including all the "Martin" place (which in later years, my mother and step-father owned), all the way down to the "Cooper Ford". This included the farm that the "natural bridge" in on. The bridge was a "Cross-roads" at one time. One road went through the bridge and the other one over the top of it. Covered wagons used to travel these roads. One road went to Bentonville, Ark. and the I can't remeber where the other one went. (My mother told me this when I was young-and that was long ago!) It may have been the road that crossed the Cooper Ford.
Grandpa James could read but not write. The above taken from notes by Bobbie (Givens) Wylie Newspaper Items from the past: Powell, July 29, 1910, "James Clark was called to Okla. this wee to visit his mother, who is very sick." Aug 05, 1910, "James Clark who has been attending the bedside of his mother, in Okla. returned home Sat." Oct 07, 1910,"Jim Clark bought some hogs in Missouri Hollow this week." Dec 02,1910,"Jim Clark has a new barn in course of construction." Dec 12, 1913,"Jim Clark made a business trip to Pineville, Friday. Misses Bertha and Belle Clark were shopping in Bethpage Monday. Belle Clark, who has been staying in Little Missouri Hollow for the past two months, returned to her home on Big Sugar, thursday." May 07,1920, "Miss Lora Clark left Sunday for a few days visit at Hiwasse Ark. with he sister, Mrs. Airy Slinkard" May 21, 1920, "Jim Clark went to Cyclone Wednesday after feed." Sep 03, 1920, "Willie Clark seems to have taken up his abode with the Bruce-Merry-go-round since reunion time set in." Oct 29, 1920, "Jim Clark is the 'Boss Sorghum Maker' here." Dec 10, 1920, "Strayed, from the range on Granny's Branch near Powell, nine 2 year old steers and one 3 year old heifer, branded with 'J.C.' on right hips, label in left ear with name and address on each. Will pay liberal reward for their return or information. James Clark, Powell, Mo." Dec 31, 1920, "Bill Clark surprised his many friends here Christmas Eve by getting married to one of the prettiest girls on Granny's Branch, Miss Mary Cook. These young people are well known here and have the best wishes of their many friends." May 13, 1921, "A social was given at the home of Jim Clark Saturday night. A large crowd was present, both old and young, and it was an enjoyable affair." Oct 14, 1921, "Word was received here Sunday that John Milleson, of Big Poney, Wyoming, had passed away Oct 7, 1921. Mr Milleson was the second son of the late Uncle John Milleson and has many friends who will be greatly grieved to hear of his sudden death. No particulars have yet been received. He had just sent a large shipment of sheep to Omaha, Nebraska." Nov 25, 1921, " Mr. Loyal Milleson, of Cyclone, and Miss Lora Clark, of Powell, were united in marriage at the home of Charlie Hamilton, Sunday afternoon, Nov. 20, 1921. The bride is the yougest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clark. The groom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Milleson. Both are highly respected young people and we all wish them a happy and prosperous journey through life together." Jan 27, 1922, "A surprise birthday party was given at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, Sunday, Jan. 22, in honor of Mrs. Clark's 60th birthday. A large number of friends and neighbors were present. The table fairly groaned under the weight of the many good things to eat and the company was entertained with music furnished by Will Moulder on violin, Willie Magee, guitar, and Loyal Milleson, organist. While the musicians rested, Willie Clark set the graphophone in running order and gave serveral well selected pieces which caused the crowd to laugh.
So we wonder if any that were present will ever frown again. Then some of the boys enjoyed a game of ball while most of the ladies and a few of the men took a ramble through the Natural Bridge. All departed late in the evening wishing Mrs. Clark many pleasant birthdays." Jun 23, 1922, "Jim Clark and family went to the Cyclone hills Wednesday looking for huckleberries." Oct 13, 1922, "Silas Clark and Andy Davidson went to Cyclone Friday, on a hunt for a lost fox hound. Jim Clark and wife were called to the home of Airy Slinkard near Caverna Friday, on account of the death of the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Slinkard. Mourn not dear friends, for the precious flower that budded on earth to bloom in Heaven." Aug 04, 1933, "Sarah Elizabeth Clark, aged 71 years, died at 2 AM Saturday, at her home near Powell, Mo. following a lingering illness. Burial was in Union or 'Owsley' Cemetery." From Cyclone: Jun 16, 1886, "Mr. C.H. Clark, merchant at Cyclone, was in town one day last week circulating a petition of the Powell and Avoca mail route on to Pineville, via Cyclone. This is something our people should assist in, as a route is badly needed and would be of great benefit to those along the line."
James Clark and Mary Seabrook
Husband James Clark 1
Born: Abt 1785
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Seabrook 1
Born: Abt 1790
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Joseph Baynard Seabrook (1768-1820) 1
Mother: Mary Whaley (Abt 1770- ) 1
Other Spouse: Richard Townsend (Abt 1790- ) 1
James Clark and Mary Seabrook
Husband James Clark 1
Born: Abt 1750
Christened:
Died: 1773
Buried:
Father: Jeremiah Clark (Abt 1720-1749) 1
Mother: Anne Lardent Wilkins (1725-1791) 1
Marriage: Bef 1768
Wife Mary Seabrook 1
Born: Abt 1755
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Children
1 F Mary Seabrook Clark 1
Born: 1771 - Cypress Trees Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 10 Nov 1843 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Spouse: John Hanahan (1745-1804) 1
Marr: 3 Jun 1792 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Spouse: William J. Wescoat (Abt 1770- ) 1
2 F Ann Clark 1
Born: After 1766
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
3 F Elizabeth Bailey Clark 1
Born: 1768
Christened:
Died: 18 Oct 1802 - Cypress Trees Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Spouse: Col. Joseph Jenkins (1753-1789) 1
Marr: 1785
Spouse: John Lawton Seabrook (1767-1795) 1
Marr: 20 Jun 1793 - South Carolina
Spouse: Donald McLeod Reverend (Abt 1761-1821) 1
Marr: After 1795
Spouse: John Lawton Clark ( - )
Marr: Between 1788 and 1791
General Notes (Husband)
Was married.
General Notes for Child Ann Clark
Living in 1773.
James Clark and Mary Ann Page
Husband James Clark 2 3
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Marriage:
Wife Mary Ann Page 2 3
Born: 1848 2 3
Christened:
Died: 1923 2 3
Buried: - Methodist Church Cemetery, Mountsberg, Ont 2 3
Father: Joseph Page (1808-1892) 2 3
Mother: Ann Revell (1820-1903) 2 3
Other Spouse: William Foster (1831-1910) 2 3
Children
1 F Annie Elizabeth Clark 2 3
AKA: Annie, Annaelizabeth Clark
Born: 5 Oct 1870 3
Christened:
Died: 1930 3
Buried:
Spouse: James Hurren (1867-1961) 2 3
Marr: 18 Jan 1892 3
2 F Harriet Clark 2 3
Born: 1873 2 3
Christened:
Died: 1903 2 3
Buried:
3 M Charles A. Clark 2 3
Born: 31 Mar 1875 2 3
Christened:
Died: 16 Jun 1877 2 3
Buried: - Methodist Church Cemetery, Mountsberg, Ont 2 3
General Notes for Child Annie Elizabeth Clark
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Information from Dorothy Hurren Sept 1995 MR - 932-76 reg# 013502 (1892) Upd name Ann chgd to Anna fr Patricia Majeski Aug 1997 Jim started artistic painting at a young age & continued with this the rest of his life & sold many of these.Info given to Harold Hurren his son.
General Notes for Child Harriet Clark
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Information from Page Family Tree, Methodist Church Cemetery,Mountsberg,Ont.
General Notes for Child Charles A. Clark
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Information from Page Family Tree,Methodist Church Cemetery,Mountsberg,Ont. and Cemetery Records Headstone #85 ---Sleep---/Charles A./son of/James & Mary A./Clark/died/June 16 1877/ AE 2 y's 2 m's/17 d's
James Clark
Husband James Clark 1
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Scotto Clark (1709-1790) 1
Mother: Thankful Crosby (1714-1794) 1
Marriage:
Wife
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
James Clark II and Elizabeth Grimball
Husband James Clark II 1
Born: 16 Oct 1744 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 7 Apr 1790 - Charleston, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: James Clark (Abt 1707-1750) 1
Mother: Sarah Calder (Abt 1710- ) 1
Marriage: Bef 2 Apr 1767 - Edisto Island, SC
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth, 16 Oct 1744
• Alt. Death, Alt. Death, 7 Apr 1790
Wife Elizabeth Grimball 1
Born: Abt 1750 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: Bef 1 Jun 1804 - Edisto Island, SC
Buried:
Father: Joshua Grimball (1707-1757) 1
Mother:
Children
1 M James Clark III 1
Born: 1768 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 1819 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Spouse: Sarah Grimball (1767-1796) 1
Marr: Abt 1795
Spouse: Anna Scott Mikell (Abt 1770-Abt 1805) 1
Marr: Abt 1803 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Spouse: Mary Rodgers (Abt 1790- ) 1
Spouse: Sarah Webb Mikell (Abt 1778-1823) 1
Marr: 6 Dec 1806 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
2 F Martha Clark
Born: Between 1767 and 1774
Christened:
Died: Bef 1810
Buried:
Spouse: James Brown ( - )
Spouse: Charles Isaac Grimball (1761-1793)
Marr: 1790
3 F Elizabeth Clark 1
Born: Abt 1765
Christened:
Died: 30 Sep 1817
Buried: - Clark Family Burial Ground, Edisto Island, SC
Spouse: Thomas Bannister Seabrook (Abt 1764-Abt 1837) 1
Marr: Bef 1798
4 F Sarah Grimball S. Clark
Born: 20 Jun 1783 - Edisto Island, SC
Christened:
Died: 17 Feb 1844
Buried: - Clark Family Burial Ground, Edisto Island, SC
Spouse: William Rogers Hart (1784-1825)
Marr: 27 Dec 1809
General Notes (Husband)
Born October 16, 1744, according to his father's will. Ref>: Vol. 6, p. 369, Probate CT., Charleston, SC. Married Elizabeth Grimball, Daughter of Joshua Grimball before April 2, 1767, as she receipted for her share of her father's estate as the wife of James Clark on that date. Re.: Vol. 23, p. 44, S.C.H.& G Mag. James Clark made his will August 24, 1783. It was recorded April 30, 1790. Re.: Vol. 23, p. 638, Probate Ct., Charleston, SC. James Clark II died April 7, 1790. Ref.: Vol. 2, p. 6, S.C.H.& G. Mag. James Clark II was a Lieutenant in Capt. Joseph Fickling's Company, Colleton County, Regiment of Foot, commanded by Col. Joseph Glover, August 5, 1775, and he was also appointed a Justice of the Peace for Charles Town District on March 30, 1776. Living in 1806.
He & John Seabrook are listed as Lieutenants in the Edisto Island District of Colleton County, SC, in the Muster roll, in the Colleton County Regiment of Foot, Com'd by Joseph Glover, Colonel. 2 Sergeants and 95 Privates in the unit. Source: http://patsabin.com/colleton/1775muster.htm. "Colleton County SCGenWeb"
Will of James Clark (2) South Carolina In the name of God, Amen. I James Clark of Edisto Island, Colleton County in the State aforesaid Planter being sick and infirm in body, but of sound and disposing mind (blessed) be God) and knowing the uncertainty of Life and the certainty of Death, do make publish and declare this my last will and testament, and hereby revoke and annul all other wills and testaments by me, at any time heretofore made or declared, either by work or writing, and allow and confirm this and no other, to be and remain as and for my only last will and testament, Principally, I commend my immortal Spirit to God who gave it; through the Merits of Jesus Christ, my blessed Savior and Redeemer on whom I rely for the Pardon and Forgiveness of all my Sins, and for eternal Life and Salvation. And my body at Death I commit to the Earth, to be buried in a decent Christian manner at the Discretion of my Executors hereinafter names; in hope of a glorious Resurrection to Life and Immortality. And as to such worldly Estate, Lands, Tenements, Goods and Chattels, as it hath pleased God to bestow upon me, I will and ordain that the same and every Part and Parcel thereof, shall go and be disposed of, in such manner and Form as is hereinafter respectively mentioned and directed; that is to say: First, I will and desire that all my just Debts and funeral charges shall be duly paid and satisfied. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark (3) all my wearing Apparel, my Silver Tankard and my mulatto Boy Slave named Tom. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Wife Elizabeth Clark my chaise and Chaise Horse and my Negro House wench named Hannah together with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Wife Elizabeth Clark one fifth part of my personal Estate to be divided and delivered to her by my Executors hereinafter named by Lot and not by Sale, and the said fifth Part of my personal Estate I give and bequeath to my said Wife for and in full Recompense, Lieu and Bar of all and all manner of Dower, Thirds, Customary Part, Share and Interest which she may or can have claim or Challenge of , in, to or out, of my Estate real and personal and not otherwise. Item, I Challenge of, in, to or out, of my Estate real and personal and not otherwise. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark (3) the Plantation or Tract of Land whereon I now live which Lands I purchased from Joshua Grimball Likewise my Sea Island Known by the name of Otter Island, Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Son James Clark *3(, and the lawful heirs of his Body, all the Lands I possessed lying on the West Side of the Road leading from the Chappel to the Presbyterian Meeting, reserving__________Feet square, being a Burying Place. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Martha Clark, my Negro Girl named Daphne with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Elizabeth Clark, my Negro wench named Affey with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath to my beloved Daughter Sarah Clark my Negro Girl named little Phebe, Daughter of Jenny, with her future Issue and Increase. Item, I give and bequeath unto my beloved Daughters Elizabeth Clark and Sarah Clark all the Remainder of my Lands to be equally divided between them Sare and Sare alike. Item, I leave to my beloved Daughter Martha Clark the use of as much land as will be sufficient for her Slaves to plant until she arrives at the Age of Eighteen Years or Day of Marriage. Item, I leave to my beloved wife Elizabeth the choice of either of my Plantations to live on with a sufficiency of cleared lands for her Slaves to plant on, together with Fire Wood and Fencing Timber during her widowhood and no longer. I likewise give to Miss Sarah Williams the Sum of Seven Pounds Sterling to be paid by my Executors. item, I give and bequeath to my beloved children James Clark, Martha Clark, Elizabeth Clark, and Sarah Clark or the survivors or Survivor of them all the Surplusage, Rest and Residue of my Estate, equally to be shared and divided (by my Executors or Executor by Lot and not by Sale) between and paid to my said Son when he shall attain the Age of twenty-one years, and my said Daughters at the Age of eighteen years or Day of marriage, respectively; or the Survivor of them at such Time as he or they shall see fit, to sell at public Venue such Part of my Stock and Furniture only, as falls to the Lot of my two younger children, and the monies arising from the Sale to be applied toward the maintenance and Education of the two said Children. Lastly I nominate constitute the maintenance and Education of the two said Children. Lastly I nominate constitute and appoint to my beloved Son James Clark and my friend Norman McLeod and _________ Executors of this my last will and Testament. In witness whereof I the said James Clark have hereunto set my Hand and Seal this twenty fourth day of August in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty three.
James Clark (L S) Signed Sealed and Declared in the Presence of Thomas Whaley - John Jenkins and Jeremiah Eaton. Proved before Charles Lining Esquire, O.C.T.D. April 30th 1790 At same time qualified James Clark Norman McLeod Executors Examined )
CL 19th Co SC ) Recorded in original will book "B" 1783-93, p. 412 Source: Record of Wills, Vol, 23, Book B, 1786-1793, Charleston, SC p. 638.
Death of James Clark (2): In this city, on Wednesday afternoon, April 7, Mr. James Clark, of Edisto Island. Source:City Gazette and Daily Advertiser, Vol. 5, Sept. 8, 1788 to June 25, 1790
Issue: Saturday, April 10, 1790 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "A census of the Island, taken at this time, 1808, would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs of families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family, readily commands from $700 to $800, and young wenches in proportion. These is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition. They are never strictly restrained or stinted in their allowance. The instruction commonly given to those who distribute out their weekly portions is, 'let them never want, but do not suffer them to waste.' Exclusive of hats, shoes, salt, tobacco, pipes, and other occasional considerations, every grown negro is annually furnished with two suits of clothes, or 12 yards, partly plain and partly osanburgs, or some adequate substitute, for their summer and winter wear. The boatmen are generally provided with surtouts of the fear-nought description, and greater attention than formerly begins of late to be paid to their accommodation and comfort, in a more enlarged and improved construction of their dwellings. Some of the planters have it in contemplation to furnish them with regular rations of beef or some other animal food, particularly during those stages of the year in which they are most exposed to greater and more constant exertions of labor." "The Climate of Edisto may be considered as sickly. In the course of fifteen years, a number greater than three-fourths of the inhabitants have died. Some families in that period are extinct, and in all of them death has been once or twice, and in some three or four times an unwelcome visitor. Two funerals have occurred in a day but the instances are rare. And two instances can be adduced of two funerals in a family in one day. From the commencement of the sickly season in 1798, to the corresponding period of the succeeding year, 37 persons died. A great mortality for the population, and greater in proportion than that produced by the malignant fever which recently infested the cities of Philadelphia and New York. The deaths on Edisto Island, on an average of 16 years prior to the year 1808, were annually 11, or nearly one death for every 22 of the white inhabitants. It is some relief to this representation to reflect that the experience of the last few years supports the opinion that a summer residence on the sea bays connected with a moderate attention to regularity and exposure, secures the inhabitants from the autumnal fevers incident to the climate." Source: "Edisto Island in 1808", published by the Edisto Island Historic Preservation Society
General Notes (Wife)
"Married James Clark, before April 2, 1767, when she receipts for her share of her fathers estate as the wife of James Clark." Source: "South Carolina Genealogies: Articles From The South Carolina Historical and Genealogical Magazine", Vol. II, The Reprint Company Publishers; 1983
Elizabeth Grimball Clark died just prior to June 1, 1804, as James Clark, her son administered on an Inventory of her estate at that time. William J. Mikell, Joseph J. Murray and Ephraim Mikell, Jr. witnessed the deed.
General Notes for Child James Clark III
James Clark III was under 18 yrs. of age when his father made his will in 1783, therefore he must have been born before 1767/8, as the wife of James Clark II and his mother signed for her share of her father's estate April 2, 1767, as the wife of his father.
James Clark III left no will. William Seabrook, Sr., William Seabrook Jr. and William Clark, all of Edisto Island, planters, were appointed Administrators of his estate on Feb. 21, 1821. John Hanahan and Ephraim Mikell Baynard were sureties. The inventories of his estate, taken Jan 31, 1820, give total value of $95,965.30. Died at Clark's Bay. Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman. (Probate Court U.W. 102) ************************************************************************** *************************************** The 1803 Plan names "James Clark" as owner of 233 acres fronting on the public road, comprising the eastern half of today's "Cypress Trees." James Clark III was a prosperous Edisto planter who was born about 1770 and who married three times and had children by each wife. James Clark probably never lived at "Cypress Trees," but someone did" the 1803 Plan clearly shows an entrance road and causeway across a narrow marsh to a house about one half mile from the public road, near the center of the property. James Clark died in 1810, not yet 50, at his "home plantation" called "Clark's Bay" on Edisto Island. "Cypress Trees" was probably one of several plantations he owned, each with its own overseer and its own complement of slaves, on which Clark raised the Sea Island cotton that made him very wealthy by the standards of his day. Probably by 1798 there was some kind of residence at "Cypress Trees," but we know almost nothing about it except its location. Apparently about 1830 the first house was torn down and a new one was built in the present location. (It underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1906, and Agan in 1990) The 1803 Plan shows an entrance road from the public road, ending in the middle of what is today called Graveyard Field, on the northeastern side of the farm. A small dotted square at the end of this road represents the house that must have been the main residence of the owner, a relative of the owner, or the farm's overseer. It probably was a modest house by Sea Island standards, but apparently it was well built and may have contained some fine details worth transferring to the next house. The place where that house stood has been a ploughed field for more than 100 years, but it not difficult to ascertain its exact location. At the highest point in the gently crowned field the plough continues to turn up fragments of brick and small shards of china. About 200 yards to the west is the old family cemetery shaded by large oak trees, with identifiable graves dating back to 1798. In the absence of earlier documents we can only guess how long the house (or houses) had stood when the 1803 plat was drawn. It almost certainly was built and occupied by 1798, the date of the earliest identifiable burial in the nearby cemetery (a two year old child of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeod). Dr. McLeod's wife was Elizabeth Clark, a cousin of James Clark III, then owner of "Cypress Trees." She herself was buried there four years later. From all this it seems pretty clear that "Cypress Trees" served as a temporary manse at least from 1798 to 1802, and then possibly longer. Other residents between 1802 and 1827 at the former "Cypress Trees," judging solely by burials in the family cemetery, appear to have included the following relatives and in-laws of James Clark III, the 1803 owner. Since no documents have survived listing any of these as owner, we presume they were tenants or renters: John and Martha M. Hanahan, Thomas B. and Elizabeth Clark Seabrook, William R. and Sarah Clark Hart. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A census of Edisto Island, taken in 1808 "would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs or families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family readily commands from $700 to $800; and young wenches in proportion. There is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition." "The inhabitants of Edisto may be justly represented as an industrious description of planters. In their intercourse with each other and the world they are friendly and hospitable, and disposed to act on fair and honorable terms. They have been early and long distinguished for supporting religion and its institutions. And such is the liberality of these islanders, that the Episcopalians and Presbyterians worship in the same churches in the spirit of harmony and true charity." Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "From the 12th of March, 1792, to the 8th of October, 1808, Joseph James Murray has kept a record of deaths, births, marriages, and other miscellaneous events which took place on Edisto Island. Such register, if kept by at least one person in every district or neighborhood, would, in time, present to the view of the physician, the legislator, the politician, and philosopher, a valuable collection of facts of great importance to the best interests of society. From Mr. Murray's register, it appears that in the course of sixteen years there were among the white inhabitants of Edisto Island 66 marriages, 212 births, and 177 deaths, 75 of which were children under five years of age, and fifteen about the age of ten; the rest were adults, six of which were strangers, eleven deaths were accidental, and one was a case of suicide. Five of the above deaths were from consumptions; there was also a case of natural small pox of extraordinary origin. Upwards of a year before the birth of the child, which was the subject of this disease, its parents had their other children inoculated for the small pox. One of them was an infant and occupied the cradle. That one died and all the others recovered. The bed clothes were washed and deposited in a drawer, but it seems that they retained so much of the contagion, as to communicate the disease which was clearly marked, though not fatal to the infant whose case is the subject of these observations. This child has never been off the Island; on which, neither at the time of infection nor for a a long time after, was there a single case of small pox. From the same register it appears that of seventy-four negro children which Mr. Murray has had born upon his plantation in the above period of sixteen years, fifty-three are alive, thirty three of which are females. The plantations of the Rev. Mr. M'Cleod, of Messrs. Ephraim Mikell, James Clark, et al. furnish similar examples of increase. "Source: "Edisto in 1808" excerpted from Ramsay's History of South Carolina, first pub. 1809. ************************************************************************** ***************************************
James Clark III and Sarah Grimball
Husband James Clark III 1
Born: 1768 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 1819 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: James Clark II (1744-1790) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Grimball (Abt 1750-Bef 1804) 1
Marriage: Abt 1795
Other Spouse: Anna Scott Mikell (Abt 1770-Abt 1805) 1 - Abt 1803 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Other Spouse: Mary Rodgers (Abt 1790- ) 1
Other Spouse: Sarah Webb Mikell (Abt 1778-1823) 1 - 6 Dec 1806 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth Edisto Island, SC, Between 1767 and 1768
Wife Sarah Grimball 1
Born: 6 Nov 1767 - South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 19 Sep 1796 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: Charles Isaac Grimball (1735-1770) 1
Mother: Anne Marian Sealy (1741- ) 1
Children
1 F Sarah Grimball Clark 1
Born: 15 Aug 1796 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 3 Apr 1847 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Spouse: Charles Bailey (Abt 1792-1836) 1
Marr: Bef 1817
2 M James Clark IV
Born: 11 Jan 1789
Christened:
Died: 1820
Buried:
Spouse: Mary Sealy (Seabrook) Townsend (1793- )
General Notes (Husband)
James Clark III was under 18 yrs. of age when his father made his will in 1783, therefore he must have been born before 1767/8, as the wife of James Clark II and his mother signed for her share of her father's estate April 2, 1767, as the wife of his father.
James Clark III left no will. William Seabrook, Sr., William Seabrook Jr. and William Clark, all of Edisto Island, planters, were appointed Administrators of his estate on Feb. 21, 1821. John Hanahan and Ephraim Mikell Baynard were sureties. The inventories of his estate, taken Jan 31, 1820, give total value of $95,965.30. Died at Clark's Bay. Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman. (Probate Court U.W. 102) ************************************************************************** *************************************** The 1803 Plan names "James Clark" as owner of 233 acres fronting on the public road, comprising the eastern half of today's "Cypress Trees." James Clark III was a prosperous Edisto planter who was born about 1770 and who married three times and had children by each wife. James Clark probably never lived at "Cypress Trees," but someone did" the 1803 Plan clearly shows an entrance road and causeway across a narrow marsh to a house about one half mile from the public road, near the center of the property. James Clark died in 1810, not yet 50, at his "home plantation" called "Clark's Bay" on Edisto Island. "Cypress Trees" was probably one of several plantations he owned, each with its own overseer and its own complement of slaves, on which Clark raised the Sea Island cotton that made him very wealthy by the standards of his day. Probably by 1798 there was some kind of residence at "Cypress Trees," but we know almost nothing about it except its location. Apparently about 1830 the first house was torn down and a new one was built in the present location. (It underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1906, and Agan in 1990) The 1803 Plan shows an entrance road from the public road, ending in the middle of what is today called Graveyard Field, on the northeastern side of the farm. A small dotted square at the end of this road represents the house that must have been the main residence of the owner, a relative of the owner, or the farm's overseer. It probably was a modest house by Sea Island standards, but apparently it was well built and may have contained some fine details worth transferring to the next house. The place where that house stood has been a ploughed field for more than 100 years, but it not difficult to ascertain its exact location. At the highest point in the gently crowned field the plough continues to turn up fragments of brick and small shards of china. About 200 yards to the west is the old family cemetery shaded by large oak trees, with identifiable graves dating back to 1798. In the absence of earlier documents we can only guess how long the house (or houses) had stood when the 1803 plat was drawn. It almost certainly was built and occupied by 1798, the date of the earliest identifiable burial in the nearby cemetery (a two year old child of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeod). Dr. McLeod's wife was Elizabeth Clark, a cousin of James Clark III, then owner of "Cypress Trees." She herself was buried there four years later. From all this it seems pretty clear that "Cypress Trees" served as a temporary manse at least from 1798 to 1802, and then possibly longer. Other residents between 1802 and 1827 at the former "Cypress Trees," judging solely by burials in the family cemetery, appear to have included the following relatives and in-laws of James Clark III, the 1803 owner. Since no documents have survived listing any of these as owner, we presume they were tenants or renters: John and Martha M. Hanahan, Thomas B. and Elizabeth Clark Seabrook, William R. and Sarah Clark Hart. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A census of Edisto Island, taken in 1808 "would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs or families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family readily commands from $700 to $800; and young wenches in proportion. There is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition." "The inhabitants of Edisto may be justly represented as an industrious description of planters. In their intercourse with each other and the world they are friendly and hospitable, and disposed to act on fair and honorable terms. They have been early and long distinguished for supporting religion and its institutions. And such is the liberality of these islanders, that the Episcopalians and Presbyterians worship in the same churches in the spirit of harmony and true charity." Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "From the 12th of March, 1792, to the 8th of October, 1808, Joseph James Murray has kept a record of deaths, births, marriages, and other miscellaneous events which took place on Edisto Island. Such register, if kept by at least one person in every district or neighborhood, would, in time, present to the view of the physician, the legislator, the politician, and philosopher, a valuable collection of facts of great importance to the best interests of society. From Mr. Murray's register, it appears that in the course of sixteen years there were among the white inhabitants of Edisto Island 66 marriages, 212 births, and 177 deaths, 75 of which were children under five years of age, and fifteen about the age of ten; the rest were adults, six of which were strangers, eleven deaths were accidental, and one was a case of suicide. Five of the above deaths were from consumptions; there was also a case of natural small pox of extraordinary origin. Upwards of a year before the birth of the child, which was the subject of this disease, its parents had their other children inoculated for the small pox. One of them was an infant and occupied the cradle. That one died and all the others recovered. The bed clothes were washed and deposited in a drawer, but it seems that they retained so much of the contagion, as to communicate the disease which was clearly marked, though not fatal to the infant whose case is the subject of these observations. This child has never been off the Island; on which, neither at the time of infection nor for a a long time after, was there a single case of small pox. From the same register it appears that of seventy-four negro children which Mr. Murray has had born upon his plantation in the above period of sixteen years, fifty-three are alive, thirty three of which are females. The plantations of the Rev. Mr. M'Cleod, of Messrs. Ephraim Mikell, James Clark, et al. furnish similar examples of increase. "Source: "Edisto in 1808" excerpted from Ramsay's History of South Carolina, first pub. 1809. ************************************************************************** ***************************************
General Notes (Wife)
"I cannot connect myself with the Livingstons as all record is lost, with the exception of one, saying the 'Clarks of Edisto came from Scotland, and Henry Livingston was the uncle of Sarah Grimball, who married her Cousin James Clark of Edisto Island. He and his Cousin James Lardant Clark came together." Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman
Notes (Marriage)
Marriage - Ref.: S.C. Gazette, March 24, 1788.
General Notes for Child James Clark IV
Died without issue.
James Clark III and Anna Scott Mikell
Husband James Clark III 1
Born: 1768 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 1819 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: James Clark II (1744-1790) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Grimball (Abt 1750-Bef 1804) 1
Marriage: Abt 1803 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Other Spouse: Sarah Grimball (1767-1796) 1 - Abt 1795
Other Spouse: Mary Rodgers (Abt 1790- ) 1
Other Spouse: Sarah Webb Mikell (Abt 1778-1823) 1 - 6 Dec 1806 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth Edisto Island, SC, Between 1767 and 1768
Wife Anna Scott Mikell 1
Born: Abt 1770 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: Abt 1805 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: William Joseph Mikell (1751-1807) 1
Mother: Lydia Eaton (Abt 1753-Abt 1780) 1
Children
1 M William Mikell Clark 1
Born: Abt 1800 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: Dec 1830 - Cypress Trees Pl;Antation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Spouse: Abigail Jenkins Murray (Abt 1802-Abt 1822) 1
Marr: Edisto Island, South Carolina
Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Bailey (1807-1862) 1
Marr: Dec 1823 - Wadmalaw Island, South Carolina
2 F Lydia Eaton Clark 1
Born: 18 Apr 1804 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 10 Dec 1845 - Jackdaw Hall, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried: - Edisto Presbyterian Church, Edisto Island, SC
Spouse: William Meggett Murray (1806-1866) 1
Marr: 19 Jan 1825 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
3 F Ann Mikell Clark 1
Born: Abt 1803
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Elizabeth Grimball Clark 1
Born: 3 Jan 1803 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 17 Mar 1864
Buried: - Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, SC
Spouse: John Micah Jenkins (1794-1854) 1
Marr: Jan 1824 - Edisto Island, South Carolina
5 M Grimball Clark
Born:
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
James Clark III was under 18 yrs. of age when his father made his will in 1783, therefore he must have been born before 1767/8, as the wife of James Clark II and his mother signed for her share of her father's estate April 2, 1767, as the wife of his father.
James Clark III left no will. William Seabrook, Sr., William Seabrook Jr. and William Clark, all of Edisto Island, planters, were appointed Administrators of his estate on Feb. 21, 1821. John Hanahan and Ephraim Mikell Baynard were sureties. The inventories of his estate, taken Jan 31, 1820, give total value of $95,965.30. Died at Clark's Bay. Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman. (Probate Court U.W. 102) ************************************************************************** *************************************** The 1803 Plan names "James Clark" as owner of 233 acres fronting on the public road, comprising the eastern half of today's "Cypress Trees." James Clark III was a prosperous Edisto planter who was born about 1770 and who married three times and had children by each wife. James Clark probably never lived at "Cypress Trees," but someone did" the 1803 Plan clearly shows an entrance road and causeway across a narrow marsh to a house about one half mile from the public road, near the center of the property. James Clark died in 1810, not yet 50, at his "home plantation" called "Clark's Bay" on Edisto Island. "Cypress Trees" was probably one of several plantations he owned, each with its own overseer and its own complement of slaves, on which Clark raised the Sea Island cotton that made him very wealthy by the standards of his day. Probably by 1798 there was some kind of residence at "Cypress Trees," but we know almost nothing about it except its location. Apparently about 1830 the first house was torn down and a new one was built in the present location. (It underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1906, and Agan in 1990) The 1803 Plan shows an entrance road from the public road, ending in the middle of what is today called Graveyard Field, on the northeastern side of the farm. A small dotted square at the end of this road represents the house that must have been the main residence of the owner, a relative of the owner, or the farm's overseer. It probably was a modest house by Sea Island standards, but apparently it was well built and may have contained some fine details worth transferring to the next house. The place where that house stood has been a ploughed field for more than 100 years, but it not difficult to ascertain its exact location. At the highest point in the gently crowned field the plough continues to turn up fragments of brick and small shards of china. About 200 yards to the west is the old family cemetery shaded by large oak trees, with identifiable graves dating back to 1798. In the absence of earlier documents we can only guess how long the house (or houses) had stood when the 1803 plat was drawn. It almost certainly was built and occupied by 1798, the date of the earliest identifiable burial in the nearby cemetery (a two year old child of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeod). Dr. McLeod's wife was Elizabeth Clark, a cousin of James Clark III, then owner of "Cypress Trees." She herself was buried there four years later. From all this it seems pretty clear that "Cypress Trees" served as a temporary manse at least from 1798 to 1802, and then possibly longer. Other residents between 1802 and 1827 at the former "Cypress Trees," judging solely by burials in the family cemetery, appear to have included the following relatives and in-laws of James Clark III, the 1803 owner. Since no documents have survived listing any of these as owner, we presume they were tenants or renters: John and Martha M. Hanahan, Thomas B. and Elizabeth Clark Seabrook, William R. and Sarah Clark Hart. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A census of Edisto Island, taken in 1808 "would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs or families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family readily commands from $700 to $800; and young wenches in proportion. There is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition." "The inhabitants of Edisto may be justly represented as an industrious description of planters. In their intercourse with each other and the world they are friendly and hospitable, and disposed to act on fair and honorable terms. They have been early and long distinguished for supporting religion and its institutions. And such is the liberality of these islanders, that the Episcopalians and Presbyterians worship in the same churches in the spirit of harmony and true charity." Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "From the 12th of March, 1792, to the 8th of October, 1808, Joseph James Murray has kept a record of deaths, births, marriages, and other miscellaneous events which took place on Edisto Island. Such register, if kept by at least one person in every district or neighborhood, would, in time, present to the view of the physician, the legislator, the politician, and philosopher, a valuable collection of facts of great importance to the best interests of society. From Mr. Murray's register, it appears that in the course of sixteen years there were among the white inhabitants of Edisto Island 66 marriages, 212 births, and 177 deaths, 75 of which were children under five years of age, and fifteen about the age of ten; the rest were adults, six of which were strangers, eleven deaths were accidental, and one was a case of suicide. Five of the above deaths were from consumptions; there was also a case of natural small pox of extraordinary origin. Upwards of a year before the birth of the child, which was the subject of this disease, its parents had their other children inoculated for the small pox. One of them was an infant and occupied the cradle. That one died and all the others recovered. The bed clothes were washed and deposited in a drawer, but it seems that they retained so much of the contagion, as to communicate the disease which was clearly marked, though not fatal to the infant whose case is the subject of these observations. This child has never been off the Island; on which, neither at the time of infection nor for a a long time after, was there a single case of small pox. From the same register it appears that of seventy-four negro children which Mr. Murray has had born upon his plantation in the above period of sixteen years, fifty-three are alive, thirty three of which are females. The plantations of the Rev. Mr. M'Cleod, of Messrs. Ephraim Mikell, James Clark, et al. furnish similar examples of increase. "Source: "Edisto in 1808" excerpted from Ramsay's History of South Carolina, first pub. 1809. ************************************************************************** ***************************************
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:Charleston Courier, 29 November, 1804., Charlesto n Courier, 29 November, 1804.
General Notes for Child William Mikell Clark
The next owner of "Cypress Trees" (after his father James Clark III) was William Mikell Clark, the third of nine children of James Clark III and the eldest by his second wife, Ann Mikell. William Clark was the first owner we can be sure lived on the property. He may also have been the first to name the place for the native cypress trees that grew (and still grow today) where the original plantation road branched from the public road. We don't know exactly when William Clark acquired 'Cypress Trees.' One possibility is that his father turned over the home, the income from the plantation, and the responsibility for managing it, about the time William Clark married. That would have been between 1810 and 1820, most likely about 1816. Another possibility is that he inherited it after his widowed stepmother died in 1823. William Clark's first wife was Abigail Jenkins Murray, and their marriage was the first of three within two generations between the Clark and Murray families of Edisto Island. William and Abigail had only one child, a daughter, and then Abigail died. Meanwhile, William Clark's father had married again in 1806. James Clark's third wife, Sarah Webb Mikell, was a sister of his deceased second wife, Ann Mikell. They had three children, and the youngest was Ephraim Mikell Clark (1814-1885), who enters the "Cypress Trees" story later. William Clark's father died in 1819, followed by his stepmother Sarah Mikell Clark in 1823. William was the oldest surviving stepson, and he must have been close to her: she named him as an executor of her will. Whether he came into possession of "Cypress Trees" at this time or earlier, the burials in the family cemetery suggest that this is when he actually began living on the farm. For by 1823 William Clark was married again, this time to Mary Elizabeth Bailey. They also had children, and two of them are buried at "Cypress Trees". Two years later, in 1825, William Clark's younger sister Lydia Eaton Clark (1804-1845) married his first wife's younger brother, William Meggett Murray (1806-1866). This was the second of three Clark-Murray marriages. They lived at Jack Daw Hall, the principal Murray plantation of that day, near Frampton Inlet on Edisto Island, and raised a family before the Civil War. One of their children was Dr. Joseph James Murray (1830-1881), who also enters the "Cypress Trees" story later. By 1858 ownership of "Cypress Trees" seems to have passed from William Clark to his younger half-brother or brothers. In that year, Ephraim Mikell Clark (1814-1885) purchased a 61.75-acre pie-shaped parcel adjoining "Cypress Trees" on the west from Thomas Baynard, who had gotten it earlier from the Presbyterian Church, which owned a large neighboring tract between the public road and the same river. William Mikell Clark, was apparently in the house (at "Cypress Trees") with his second wife, Mary Elizabeth Bailey, by the late 1820's. They buried two infant children there in 1827 and 1829. About 1830 Clark apparently conceived and executed the plan to relocate the main house to its present location on the river front. The evidence for dating the relocation of the main house around 1830 is architectural. An historical architect examined the present house when it was being renovated and expanded in 1990. The architect note that "Cypress Trees" house has many features similar to the Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, which is documented as having been rebuilt in 1831. But the same architect noted that some details in the house, such as the ceiling moldings and the interior doors, look earlier than 1830. The 1990 remodelling also revealed that some floor lists in the oldest part of the house were recycled timbers. These facts suggest that the first house did not burn down but was either dismantled and rebuilt on the present site, or demolished with some materials salvaged for reuse in the new house. If the 1830 date is correct, then the owner of "Cypress Trees" who decided to build (or rebuild) his house closer to the river was almost certainly William Mikell Clark. He and his second wife, Elizabeth Bailey, had already lived in the old house several years, judging by cemetery records. At the same time he relocated the house, Clark apparently opened the present avenue from the public at the Steamboat Landing Road intersection. The new avenue followed the high ground along the (then) western edge of the plantation, straight to the point where the new house would sit. Clark also probably planted and/or selected the live oaks that today so gracefully frame the last few hundred feet of driveway closest to the house. The house that Clark built had two stories and a brick foundation six feet off the ground. The main entrance had a front porch that faced the river, about where the downstairs bathroom is today. The entrance lined up with the double row of sago palms which still stand today between the house and the river. Unfortunately no photographs of that house before 1906 have been found, so we know only in general how it looked. The present dining room and kitchen, and the two rooms directly over them, were part of the first House on this site. In addition, there apparently were at least two more first floor rooms on the front (river side), and possible two more bedrooms above them. The interior stairway was a 180-degree curve fitted into a rectangular space -- the same stairway in use today, but it opened to the opposite (front) side of the house. The first kitchen was in a separate, small building outside. The first indoor kitchen, well before 1900, was located where today's dining room is. The first family to live in the house at the new location was, presumably, the William Clarks themselves. But from 1840 to 1854, and possibly much longer, it appe4ars the new house was occupied by the family of Dr. William M. Bailey, who was related to the Clarks by marriage. In fact, there is some evidence that the Baileys were the last occupants before the Civil War evacuation in 1861 and the first occupants after the War, since Dr. Bailey himself was buried at "Cypress Trees" in 1868. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995
Will dated June 21, 1830. Codicil, December 3, 1830. Proved December 15, 1830. Ref.: Probate CT., Charleston, SC, Vol. 38, p. 804.
General Notes for Child Grimball Clark
Source: "The Carroll Family of South Carolina", F. Julian Carroll, Jr., 1952.
James Clark III and Mary Rodgers
Husband James Clark III 1
Born: 1768 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 1819 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: James Clark II (1744-1790) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Grimball (Abt 1750-Bef 1804) 1
Marriage:
Other Spouse: Sarah Grimball (1767-1796) 1 - Abt 1795
Other Spouse: Anna Scott Mikell (Abt 1770-Abt 1805) 1 - Abt 1803 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Other Spouse: Sarah Webb Mikell (Abt 1778-1823) 1 - 6 Dec 1806 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth Edisto Island, SC, Between 1767 and 1768
Wife Mary Rodgers 1
Born: Abt 1790
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Robert Rodgers (Abt 1740- ) 1
Mother: Margaret Crawford (1744-1827) 1
General Notes (Husband)
James Clark III was under 18 yrs. of age when his father made his will in 1783, therefore he must have been born before 1767/8, as the wife of James Clark II and his mother signed for her share of her father's estate April 2, 1767, as the wife of his father.
James Clark III left no will. William Seabrook, Sr., William Seabrook Jr. and William Clark, all of Edisto Island, planters, were appointed Administrators of his estate on Feb. 21, 1821. John Hanahan and Ephraim Mikell Baynard were sureties. The inventories of his estate, taken Jan 31, 1820, give total value of $95,965.30. Died at Clark's Bay. Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman. (Probate Court U.W. 102) ************************************************************************** *************************************** The 1803 Plan names "James Clark" as owner of 233 acres fronting on the public road, comprising the eastern half of today's "Cypress Trees." James Clark III was a prosperous Edisto planter who was born about 1770 and who married three times and had children by each wife. James Clark probably never lived at "Cypress Trees," but someone did" the 1803 Plan clearly shows an entrance road and causeway across a narrow marsh to a house about one half mile from the public road, near the center of the property. James Clark died in 1810, not yet 50, at his "home plantation" called "Clark's Bay" on Edisto Island. "Cypress Trees" was probably one of several plantations he owned, each with its own overseer and its own complement of slaves, on which Clark raised the Sea Island cotton that made him very wealthy by the standards of his day. Probably by 1798 there was some kind of residence at "Cypress Trees," but we know almost nothing about it except its location. Apparently about 1830 the first house was torn down and a new one was built in the present location. (It underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1906, and Agan in 1990) The 1803 Plan shows an entrance road from the public road, ending in the middle of what is today called Graveyard Field, on the northeastern side of the farm. A small dotted square at the end of this road represents the house that must have been the main residence of the owner, a relative of the owner, or the farm's overseer. It probably was a modest house by Sea Island standards, but apparently it was well built and may have contained some fine details worth transferring to the next house. The place where that house stood has been a ploughed field for more than 100 years, but it not difficult to ascertain its exact location. At the highest point in the gently crowned field the plough continues to turn up fragments of brick and small shards of china. About 200 yards to the west is the old family cemetery shaded by large oak trees, with identifiable graves dating back to 1798. In the absence of earlier documents we can only guess how long the house (or houses) had stood when the 1803 plat was drawn. It almost certainly was built and occupied by 1798, the date of the earliest identifiable burial in the nearby cemetery (a two year old child of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeod). Dr. McLeod's wife was Elizabeth Clark, a cousin of James Clark III, then owner of "Cypress Trees." She herself was buried there four years later. From all this it seems pretty clear that "Cypress Trees" served as a temporary manse at least from 1798 to 1802, and then possibly longer. Other residents between 1802 and 1827 at the former "Cypress Trees," judging solely by burials in the family cemetery, appear to have included the following relatives and in-laws of James Clark III, the 1803 owner. Since no documents have survived listing any of these as owner, we presume they were tenants or renters: John and Martha M. Hanahan, Thomas B. and Elizabeth Clark Seabrook, William R. and Sarah Clark Hart. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A census of Edisto Island, taken in 1808 "would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs or families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family readily commands from $700 to $800; and young wenches in proportion. There is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition." "The inhabitants of Edisto may be justly represented as an industrious description of planters. In their intercourse with each other and the world they are friendly and hospitable, and disposed to act on fair and honorable terms. They have been early and long distinguished for supporting religion and its institutions. And such is the liberality of these islanders, that the Episcopalians and Presbyterians worship in the same churches in the spirit of harmony and true charity." Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "From the 12th of March, 1792, to the 8th of October, 1808, Joseph James Murray has kept a record of deaths, births, marriages, and other miscellaneous events which took place on Edisto Island. Such register, if kept by at least one person in every district or neighborhood, would, in time, present to the view of the physician, the legislator, the politician, and philosopher, a valuable collection of facts of great importance to the best interests of society. From Mr. Murray's register, it appears that in the course of sixteen years there were among the white inhabitants of Edisto Island 66 marriages, 212 births, and 177 deaths, 75 of which were children under five years of age, and fifteen about the age of ten; the rest were adults, six of which were strangers, eleven deaths were accidental, and one was a case of suicide. Five of the above deaths were from consumptions; there was also a case of natural small pox of extraordinary origin. Upwards of a year before the birth of the child, which was the subject of this disease, its parents had their other children inoculated for the small pox. One of them was an infant and occupied the cradle. That one died and all the others recovered. The bed clothes were washed and deposited in a drawer, but it seems that they retained so much of the contagion, as to communicate the disease which was clearly marked, though not fatal to the infant whose case is the subject of these observations. This child has never been off the Island; on which, neither at the time of infection nor for a a long time after, was there a single case of small pox. From the same register it appears that of seventy-four negro children which Mr. Murray has had born upon his plantation in the above period of sixteen years, fifty-three are alive, thirty three of which are females. The plantations of the Rev. Mr. M'Cleod, of Messrs. Ephraim Mikell, James Clark, et al. furnish similar examples of increase. "Source: "Edisto in 1808" excerpted from Ramsay's History of South Carolina, first pub. 1809. ************************************************************************** ***************************************
James Clark III and Sarah Webb Mikell
Husband James Clark III 1
Born: 1768 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 1819 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Buried:
Father: James Clark II (1744-1790) 1
Mother: Elizabeth Grimball (Abt 1750-Bef 1804) 1
Marriage: 6 Dec 1806 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Other Spouse: Sarah Grimball (1767-1796) 1 - Abt 1795
Other Spouse: Anna Scott Mikell (Abt 1770-Abt 1805) 1 - Abt 1803 - Circular Church, Charleston, SC
Other Spouse: Mary Rodgers (Abt 1790- ) 1
Noted events in his life were:
• Alt. Birth, Alt. Birth Edisto Island, SC, Between 1767 and 1768
Wife Sarah Webb Mikell 1
Born: Abt 1778
Christened:
Died: 1823
Buried:
Father: William Joseph Mikell (1751-1807) 1
Mother: Lydia Eaton (Abt 1753-Abt 1780) 1
Children
1 M Archibald Jeremiah Clark 1
Born: Abt 1807
Christened:
Died: 28 Apr 1877
Buried: - Edisto Presbyterian Church, Edisto Island, SC
Spouse: Annie Upham Laroche (1814- ) 1
2 F Martha Abigail Clark 1
Born: 12 Jul 1808 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 28 Nov 1889
Buried: - Presbyterian Churchyard, Johns Island, SC
Spouse: George Washington Seabrook (1808-1866) 1
Marr: 12 Jan 1830 - Edingsville, Edisto Island, South Carolina
3 M Ephraim Mikell Clark 1
Born: 18 Mar 1814 - Clark's Bay Plantation, Edisto Island, South Carolina
Christened:
Died: 5 Jul 1885
Buried: - Presbyterian Churchyard, James Island, SC
Spouse: Susan Jane Bailey (1814-1877) 1
Marr: 28 Oct 1833 - Edingsville, South Carolina
Spouse: Julia R. Hinson ( - )
General Notes (Husband)
James Clark III was under 18 yrs. of age when his father made his will in 1783, therefore he must have been born before 1767/8, as the wife of James Clark II and his mother signed for her share of her father's estate April 2, 1767, as the wife of his father.
James Clark III left no will. William Seabrook, Sr., William Seabrook Jr. and William Clark, all of Edisto Island, planters, were appointed Administrators of his estate on Feb. 21, 1821. John Hanahan and Ephraim Mikell Baynard were sureties. The inventories of his estate, taken Jan 31, 1820, give total value of $95,965.30. Died at Clark's Bay. Source: Notes of Mary Clark Brockman. (Probate Court U.W. 102) ************************************************************************** *************************************** The 1803 Plan names "James Clark" as owner of 233 acres fronting on the public road, comprising the eastern half of today's "Cypress Trees." James Clark III was a prosperous Edisto planter who was born about 1770 and who married three times and had children by each wife. James Clark probably never lived at "Cypress Trees," but someone did" the 1803 Plan clearly shows an entrance road and causeway across a narrow marsh to a house about one half mile from the public road, near the center of the property. James Clark died in 1810, not yet 50, at his "home plantation" called "Clark's Bay" on Edisto Island. "Cypress Trees" was probably one of several plantations he owned, each with its own overseer and its own complement of slaves, on which Clark raised the Sea Island cotton that made him very wealthy by the standards of his day. Probably by 1798 there was some kind of residence at "Cypress Trees," but we know almost nothing about it except its location. Apparently about 1830 the first house was torn down and a new one was built in the present location. (It underwent a major renovation and expansion in 1906, and Agan in 1990) The 1803 Plan shows an entrance road from the public road, ending in the middle of what is today called Graveyard Field, on the northeastern side of the farm. A small dotted square at the end of this road represents the house that must have been the main residence of the owner, a relative of the owner, or the farm's overseer. It probably was a modest house by Sea Island standards, but apparently it was well built and may have contained some fine details worth transferring to the next house. The place where that house stood has been a ploughed field for more than 100 years, but it not difficult to ascertain its exact location. At the highest point in the gently crowned field the plough continues to turn up fragments of brick and small shards of china. About 200 yards to the west is the old family cemetery shaded by large oak trees, with identifiable graves dating back to 1798. In the absence of earlier documents we can only guess how long the house (or houses) had stood when the 1803 plat was drawn. It almost certainly was built and occupied by 1798, the date of the earliest identifiable burial in the nearby cemetery (a two year old child of the Presbyterian minister, the Rev. Dr. Donald McLeod). Dr. McLeod's wife was Elizabeth Clark, a cousin of James Clark III, then owner of "Cypress Trees." She herself was buried there four years later. From all this it seems pretty clear that "Cypress Trees" served as a temporary manse at least from 1798 to 1802, and then possibly longer. Other residents between 1802 and 1827 at the former "Cypress Trees," judging solely by burials in the family cemetery, appear to have included the following relatives and in-laws of James Clark III, the 1803 owner. Since no documents have survived listing any of these as owner, we presume they were tenants or renters: John and Martha M. Hanahan, Thomas B. and Elizabeth Clark Seabrook, William R. and Sarah Clark Hart. Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** A census of Edisto Island, taken in 1808 "would rate the white population at 236 inhabitants. Of these 111 are males, and 135 females. Of the males 37 are married, 4 are widowers, 9 natives of Europe, and 2 of the middle states; of the females 37 are married, 12 are widows, and all are either natives of the Island or the adjacent parts of the State. The births are to the deaths annually as 13 to 11. Nevertheless, the white population decreases in consequence of the numbers who leave the island." "From the return made to the tax-collector of the district for the year 1807, it appears that the black population of the Island exceeds by a few infants and newly bought Africans, 2,609 slaves. If sold in gangs or families, these slaves average one with another, $430. An active young fellow sold detached from his family readily commands from $700 to $800; and young wenches in proportion. There is a disposition in the islanders to treat this patient and laborious race with indulgence and to meliorate their condition." "The inhabitants of Edisto may be justly represented as an industrious description of planters. In their intercourse with each other and the world they are friendly and hospitable, and disposed to act on fair and honorable terms. They have been early and long distinguished for supporting religion and its institutions. And such is the liberality of these islanders, that the Episcopalians and Presbyterians worship in the same churches in the spirit of harmony and true charity." Source: "The History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. 1995 ************************************************************************** *************************************** "From the 12th of March, 1792, to the 8th of October, 1808, Joseph James Murray has kept a record of deaths, births, marriages, and other miscellaneous events which took place on Edisto Island. Such register, if kept by at least one person in every district or neighborhood, would, in time, present to the view of the physician, the legislator, the politician, and philosopher, a valuable collection of facts of great importance to the best interests of society. From Mr. Murray's register, it appears that in the course of sixteen years there were among the white inhabitants of Edisto Island 66 marriages, 212 births, and 177 deaths, 75 of which were children under five years of age, and fifteen about the age of ten; the rest were adults, six of which were strangers, eleven deaths were accidental, and one was a case of suicide. Five of the above deaths were from consumptions; there was also a case of natural small pox of extraordinary origin. Upwards of a year before the birth of the child, which was the subject of this disease, its parents had their other children inoculated for the small pox. One of them was an infant and occupied the cradle. That one died and all the others recovered. The bed clothes were washed and deposited in a drawer, but it seems that they retained so much of the contagion, as to communicate the disease which was clearly marked, though not fatal to the infant whose case is the subject of these observations. This child has never been off the Island; on which, neither at the time of infection nor for a a long time after, was there a single case of small pox. From the same register it appears that of seventy-four negro children which Mr. Murray has had born upon his plantation in the above period of sixteen years, fifty-three are alive, thirty three of which are females. The plantations of the Rev. Mr. M'Cleod, of Messrs. Ephraim Mikell, James Clark, et al. furnish similar examples of increase. "Source: "Edisto in 1808" excerpted from Ramsay's History of South Carolina, first pub. 1809. ************************************************************************** ***************************************
General Notes (Wife)
Sarah Webb Mikell, sister of James Clark III's second wife, Ann Scott Mikell. Sarah Webb Mikell was a cousin of her husband, James Clark III. Sarah was the daughter of William Joseph Mikell (1751-1807) and Lydia Eaton, who was a daughter of Martha Clark and Samuel Eaton. Martha Clark Eaton was sister of James Clark I, the grandfather of James Clark III. Sarah Mikell's and her husband, James Clark III's, grandparents were brother and sister.
Survived her husband and left a will dated May 10, 1823, and proved June 10, 1823. The will mentions: Plantation on Edisto Island to two sons, Archibald Jeremiah Clark and Ephraim Mikell Clar, they to pay to daughter, Martha Abigail Clar, 1/3 value of said plantation: negroes to two sons and daughter, and furniture the same. Carriage horses and gold watch to daughter, Martha Abigail; all cattle, etc. to sons. Interest in big boat to Mr. William Clark. William Seabrook and William Clark to be Exors. Source: Webber Notes
Notes (Marriage)
!MARRIAGE:Marriage Records of William States Lee From 1816- 1, Marriage Records of William States Lee From 1816-1871, S outh Carolina Historical Magazine, Volume X, July 1909
James Addison Clark and Mary Ellis
Husband James Addison Clark 1
Born: 26 Feb 1852 - Java, NY
Christened:
Died: 1935 - Ravenna, NE
Buried:
Father: Samual Clark (1805-1870) 1
Mother: Anna Bryant (1814-1903) 1
Marriage: Between 1869 and 1902
Wife Mary Ellis 1
Born: Between 1848 and 1867
Christened:
Died: Between 1873 and 1952
Buried:
Children
1 M Cecil Clark 1
Born: Between 1873 and 1901
Christened:
Died: 1919
Buried:
James Allen Clark and Lucretia Ann McJunkin
Husband James Allen Clark 4
Born:
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Wife Lucretia Ann McJunkin 4
Born:
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Father: Daniel McJunkin (1802-1882) 4
Mother: Elender Douthit (1804-1884) 4
James Arthur Clark
Husband James Arthur Clark 5
Born: 24 Oct 1885 - Spickard, Grundy Co, MO.
Christened:
Died: 23 Sep 1898 - Galena, Cherokee Co, KS
Buried: - Union, Cherokee Co, KS
Father: Oscar Newton Clark (1844-1924) 5
Mother: Melissa Amelia Everitt (1853-1887) 5
Marriage:
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James Barkley Clark and Jeannette Smith
Husband James Barkley Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: George Holstine Clark (1881- ) 6 7
Mother: Maud Bess Foster
Marriage:
Wife Jeannette Smith (details suppressed for this person)
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Children
1 F Carole Emily Clark (details suppressed for this person)
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James Barkley Clark and Ann Eliza Stuart
Husband James Barkley Clark 6 7
Born: 26 Jun 1840 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
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Died: 11 Feb 1911 7
Buried:
Father: Richard S Clark (1814-1897) 6 7
Mother: Martha A Neal (1814-1859) 6 7
Marriage: 7 Jul 1861 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
Noted events in his life were:
• 1 7, Living In Monroe County, Indiana, 1870
Wife Ann Eliza Stuart 6 7
Born: Abt 1842 - , , IN 7
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Died:
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Children
1 M William Richard Clark 6 7
Born: 14 Jun 1862 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: - Indianapolis, Marion, IN 7
Buried:
Spouse: M Sumner (Abt 1865- ) 6 7
2 F Laura Martha Clark 6 7
Born: 23 May 1867 7
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: William A Millis (1868-1942) 6 7
Marr: 27 Aug 1889 7
3 F Minnie Eve Clark 6 7
Born: 2 Jul 1870 7
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
4 F Mary Eliza Clark 6 7
Born: 10 Jan 1872 7
Christened:
Died:
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5 F Josephine Clark 6 7
Born: 22 Aug 1877 7
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Died:
Buried:
6 M George Holstine Clark 6 7
Born: 3 Oct 1881 - Bloomington, , IN 7
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Spouse: Maud Bess Foster (living)
7 F Nellie Clark 6 7
Born: 21 Feb 1885 7
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
General Notes (Husband)
James clerked in his father-in-law's store, then was a photographer. He was a Lt. in the Commissary Department in the Civil War. Moved to Bloomington, Indiana, after the War, and was a grocery, dry goods, brick yard, and barrel stave merchant. He was a Democratic candidate for State Treasurer..
James Bennet Clark and Lula O'shields
Husband James Bennet Clark 4
Born: 30 Jan 1883 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 4 Aug 1964 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Father: James E Clark (1855-1929) 4
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Massingill (1860-1921) 4
Marriage:
Wife Lula O'shields 4
Born: 19 Dec 1883
Christened:
Died: 30 Aug 1968 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Isaac O'shields (1859-1941) 4
Mother: Nancy Godfrey (1866-1932) 4
Children
1 F Nancy Bessie Clark 4
Born: 3 Dec 1906
Christened:
Died: 8 May 1977
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Avery T Breazeale (1894-1953) 4
Marr: 27 Jul 1935
2 F Clovie Clark 4
Born: 7 Nov 1912 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 16 Sep 1913 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
James Daniel Clark and Vera Christine Frailey
Husband James Daniel Clark (details suppressed for this person)
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Marriage:
Wife Vera Christine Frailey (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Died:
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Father: Basil Leon Frailey (1902-1974)
Mother: Pearl Goodman
Children
1 F Linda (D.O. James Daniel) Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Spouse: Dale Hawkins (living)
2 M Roger Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Spouse: Marilyn Clark (living)
James Dennie Clark and Rebecca Lee Russell
Husband James Dennie Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Marriage:
Wife Rebecca Lee Russell (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: Henry Forrest Russell
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Withrow
Children
1 M James Russell Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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2 F Sarah Elizabeth Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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3 F Helen Eugenia Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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4 M Miller Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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James E Clark and Mary Elizabeth Massingill
Husband James E Clark 4
Born: 31 Aug 1855 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 7 Jan 1929 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Moses Clark (1820-1886) 4
Mother: Elmira 'Millie' Simmons (1820-1909) 4
Marriage:
Noted events in his life were:
• Census, Pickens District, SC, 1860
Wife Mary Elizabeth Massingill 4
Born: 1 Nov 1860 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 24 Mar 1921 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Ephraim Massingill (1821-After 1870) 4
Mother:
Children
1 M Milton Alexander Clark 4
Born: 22 Feb 1875 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 9 Mar 1949 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Margaret Mull (1880-1948) 4
2 F Sevilla Clark 4
Born: 17 Nov 1877 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 1 Nov 1886 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
3 M Manley E Clark 4
Born: 13 Jul 1880 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 26 Nov 1899 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
4 M James Bennet Clark 4
Born: 30 Jan 1883 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 4 Aug 1964 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Lula O'shields (1883-1968) 4
5 M David E Clark 4
Born: 20 Apr 1886 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 18 Aug 1966 - Easley, Pickens Co., SC
Buried: 21 Aug 1966 - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Cumie Jane Masters (1897-1979) 4
6 F Josie Clark 4
Born: 1892 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 9 Jan 1986
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Fulton Sylvester Childress (1889-1954) 4
Marr: 27 Nov 1910 - Pickens Co., SC
7 F Bertha Clark 4
Born: 1889 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 1982
Buried:
Spouse: Sloan Truman Childress (1884-1966) 4
Marr: 13 Aug 1911 - Pickens Co., SC
8 M William Bryan Clark 4
Born: 23 Aug 1893 - Pickens Co., SC
Christened:
Died: 27 Sep 1975 - Pickens Co., SC
Buried: - Cross Roads Baptist Church, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Eunice Atkins (1898-1948) 4
9 F Artie Clark 4
Born: May 1894
Christened:
Died: 3 Mar 1968
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
10 M Oscar Clark 4
Born: Mar 1899
Christened:
Died: 16 Dec 1977
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Spouse: Lois Childs (1904-1979) 4
James E Clark
Husband James E Clark 4
Born: 1912
Christened:
Died: 11 Oct 1989
Buried: - Hillcrest Memorial Park, Pickens Co., SC
Father: Roswell B Clark (1881-1954) 4
Mother: Eunice Moody (1892-1972) 4
Marriage:
Wife
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James Ephraim Clark
Husband James Ephraim Clark 1
Born: 24 Apr 1855
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Father: James Clark (1821-1904) 1
Mother: Lucy Palmer Lathrop (1826-1855) 1
Marriage:
Wife
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James Gibson Clark and Sarah Jane Neal
Husband James Gibson Clark 6 7 8
Born: 13 May 1810 - Lexington, Fayette, KY 7
Christened:
Died: 10 Mar 1878 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
Buried: - Mtzioncem, Salem, Washington, IN
Father: Richard Barkley Clark (Abt 1787-1836) 6 7
Mother: Hannah Williamson (1786-1861) 6 7
Marriage: 10 Sep 1840 - , Washington, IN 7
Wife Sarah Jane Neal 6 7
Born: 5 Apr 1822 - , Shelby, KY 7
Christened:
Died: 3 Apr 1901 - Danville, , IL 7
Buried:
Children
1 M Richard W Clark 6 7
Born: 1 Jul 1841 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 25 Aug 1844 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
2 M James Moses Clark 6 7
Born: 14 Mar 1843 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 1 Apr 1844 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
3 F Sarah Elizabeth Clark 6 7
Born: 7 Jun 1845 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 21 Jul 1910 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
Spouse: Michael Andrew Gelwick (1844-1914) 6 7
Marr: 1 Nov 1866 - , Washington, IN 7
4 M Winfield Scott Clark 6 7
Born: 4 Sep 1847 - Salem, Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 7 Sep 1929 - San Diego, San Diego, CA 7
Buried: - Mthopecem, San Diego, San Diego, CA 7
Spouse: Rebecca Brown Sands (1847-1927) 6 7
Marr: 22 Aug 1869 - , Washington, IN 7
5 F Mary Lutetia Clark 6 7
Born: 18 Jun 1849 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: Nov 1852 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
6 M Charles Clark 6 7
Born: 23 Dec 1851 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 9 Aug 1852 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
7 F Mary Ella Clark 6 7
Born: 17 Jul 1853 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 9 Apr 1856 - , Washington, IN 7
Buried:
8 M John Dudley Clark 6 7
Born: 30 Dec 1855 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died:
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Spouse: Margaret J Tipps (1861- ) 6 7
Marr: 2 Dec 1879 - , Washington, IN 7
9 F Irene Belle Clark 6 7
Born: 12 Aug 1858 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 22 Jan 1938 7
Buried:
Spouse: Joseph Reyman (Abt 1855- ) 6 7
Spouse: George Llewellyn (Abt 1855- ) 6 7
Marr: 14 Dec 1881 7
10 F Bertha Marie Clark 6 7
Born: 30 Aug 1863 - , Washington, IN 7
Christened:
Died: 3 Apr 1934 7
Buried:
Spouse: William W Tucker (Abt 1864- ) 6 7
Marr: 30 Mar 1890 7
General Notes (Husband)
James stayed in Lexington when the family moved to Indiana. He married but his wife died. He worked in woolen mills in Lexington and became the manager of the firm owned by the father of Mary Todd Lincoln. He moved to Salem where he again managed a woolen mill but soon bought and manged a drug store from before 1850 to about 1878. He was said to be well off because he gave each of his children substantial sums in 1878 when he must have sold the Drug Store in Saliem. James left a bible with a considerable amount of family information.
James is buried in the Crown Hill Cemetery, near Salem in Washington Township, Washington County, Indianna. His headstone shows that he died in 1879. In the May 24, 1876, newspaper, The Salem Democrat, there was a story about a one dollar prize, bare foot race between George Beck and Levi Wright down main street in Salem. Opposite James G. Gibson's Drug store, Wright stepped on some cinders thrown out on from a blacksmiths shop (to form a sidewalk) and lost the race. Also, in the Book, Pioneer Pickings by Horace Heffreg, there is a story about a tough older man named Stover who was sitting next to a hogshed of sugar on the sidewalk in fromt of James G. Clarks drugstore, when a young man came up and wanted to bet anyone he could set the hogshead on end. No one would bet so the young man accomplished the feat and then declared he was the best man in the county. Stover just spit so the young man challenged him. Stover stood up and the young man ran away. Asked why he had run, he stated that when he saw Stover's fists they looked as big as a barrel head and a foot through, and he thus saw no business there! It appears that James's drug store was not burned by Morgans raiders (much of Salem was set afire) during the Civil war in 1864. The raid on Salem is interesting to read, it is many books. Buried in the same plot as James are: his mother Hannah Williamson, whose age was shown as 74 years, 5 months and 6 days and died in 1861; his brother John Clark, aged 25 years, 9 months, and 17 days and died in 1845 (should have been 1841); 6 children who all died young, brother 1861-1869 James M. 1843-1844 Richard W., 1842-1844 Charles W. 1852-1852 Mary L 1849-1852 and Martha E. 1854-1856; and his grandson, Winfield's son, James 1872-1873. See Centenial History of Washington County by Warder W. Stevens.
General Notes for Child Winfield Scott Clark
Winfield, at the age of 17 years 9 months (3 months below the minimum age, joined the Union army at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on May 30, 1864, for an enlistment of 100 days as procribed by Congress. He was assigned and mustered into Company K, Captain Slagles Company in the 139th Regiment Indiana Infantry and moved to Indianapolis, Indiana. He was mustered out of the same Company in Indianapolis on September 29th, 1864, (still listed as an 18 year old Private) and was never paid except for a $6.80 clothing account. By the end of September, 1864, the war was essentially over because General William T. Sherman was marching through Georga and wiping out everything of human value on a 60 mile wide swathe. Six months later Lee surrendered to Grant near Richmond at Appomattox Village. Winfield thought of himself as a "gentleman" probably because of his illustrious ancestors. Winfied required his children to start gainful employment at an early age. Winfield, Rebecca and 8 children moved to California in August 1889 and with a letter of introduction to Governor Robert W. Waterman, Winfield was able to obtain a job as an engineer at the famous Stonewall Mine next to Lake Cuyamaca. The family lived there for several years, along with about 500 people, until the water from the Lake made the gold mining expensive and it closed down. Winfield moved the family to the Jamacha area in south Spring Valley where he bought and farmed an 80 acre parcel. Soon the bank that owned the mine asked Winfield to return to Lake Cuyamaca as caretaker for the 100 acre property, which delighted Rebecca because she felt the climate had helped her recover from the poor health she had endured in Salem, Indiana, so the family returned and opened a summer resort, with the banks approval, which is still there today. The mine was sold to new miners who solved the water pumping problem and the Clarks moved to San Diego again. In 1900 the family was living in the El Cajon Township, then 1910 in San Diego where Winfield listed his occupation as an Engineer working at ___ Engineering. They had three roomers at that time. Winfield's death certificate in 1929 indicates that he had retired as a Sawyer in lumber mills, and also that he had a stroke 11 years earlier and that he died of arteriosclerosis
James H Clark and Irene M Hart
Husband James H Clark 6 9
Born: 1871 - Genesee, , MI 9
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Died: 12 Feb 1920 - Genesee, , MI 9
Buried:
Marriage: Abt 1901 9
Wife Irene M Hart 6 9
Born: 24 Feb 1873 9
Christened:
Died:
Buried:
Father: Silas Hart (1838-1896) 6 9
Mother: Mariah L Boyer (1847-1928) 6 9
James Henry Clark and Mary Antonett Merrill
Husband James Henry Clark 1
Born:
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Died:
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Marriage: 18 Dec 1879
Wife Mary Antonett Merrill 1
Born: 15 Sep 1863 - Covington, AL
Christened:
Died: 8 Sep 1895
Buried:
Father: Jacob Perry Merrill (1838-1875) 1
Mother: Mary Elefare Parrish (1840-1904) 1
Noted events in her life were:
• bur., Kimbro Cem., AL
General Notes (Husband)
Source: Ron HEAD (ronhead@knology.net)
General Notes (Wife)
Check birth dates of Hugh Daniel and Mary Antonett; t h e y a r e less than nine months apart, according to data received thus far. E i t h e r H.D. was born in 1861, or M.A. was born in 1864, more than likely.
Source: Ron HEAD (ronhead@knology.net)
James Hershel Clark
Husband James Hershel Clark 4
Born: 12 Dec 1891
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Father: James Wiley Clark ( - ) 4
Mother: Laura Elizabeth Arnwine (1866-1946) 4
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James Ivon Clark
Husband James Ivon Clark (details suppressed for this person)
Born:
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Father: Ivon Clark (1908-1957) 4
Mother: Grace Martin
Marriage:
Wife (details suppressed for this person)
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James Joseph Clark and Josephine Felicia Liepman
Husband James Joseph Clark
Born: 24 Oct 1824 - Edisto Island, SC
Christened:
Died: 18 Nov 1850
Buried: - Presbyterian Church On Edisto Island, Edisto Island, SC
Father: William Mikell Clark (Abt 1800-1830) 1
Mother: Mary Elizabeth Bailey (1807-1862) 1
Marriage: 15 May 1844 - St. Johns, Berkley County, SC
Wife Josephine Felicia Liepman
Born: Abt 1821 - Summerville, SC
Christened:
Died: After 4 Jun 1850 - Shelbina, MO
Buried:
Father: Ezekial Liepman ( - )
Mother: Sarah Thomas Benoist (1801-1863)
Children
1 F Mary Ann(A) Clark
Born: Abt 5 Oct 1845 - Edisto Island, SC
Christened:
Died: 19 Mar 1881 - Shelbina, MO
Buried:
Spouse: Andrew Nunn Gary (1840-1901)
Marr: 21 Dec 1865
General Notes (Husband)
References shown for both James Clark III and his wife Josephine are: Records & Wills of Charleston County, SC, Vol. 38, p0gs. 804 and 808. Bk. B. (Recorded in Will Book 1826-1834, Book G. Recorded on pg. 459.) "The Charleston Courier", Saturday 18 May 1844 Edition. "The Shelbina Democrat" Wednesday, December 28, 1887 Edition. 1850 Census: Enumeration Date - 23 September 1850, Film Number pg. 390. Parish of St. John's, Colleton county, South Carolina. 1880 Census: Enumeration Date -- 1 June 1880. Place of Enumeration: Shelbina Township, Shelby County, Missouri. Source: Application papers for The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of South Carolina for Mrs. Philip DuTart Pinckney, full maiden name: Nancy Patricia Gary.
"Sacred to the Memory of JAMES J. CLARK who departed this life November 18, 1850 Aged 26 years and 24 days" Ref.: Tombstone, Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island, Edisto Island, SC
General Notes (Wife)
Place of death is listed as Warren, Marion County, Missouri. The papers of Alice Gary Early show Shelbina, MO. Source: Application papers for The National Society of Colonial Dames of America in The State of South Carolina for Mrs. Philip DuTart Pinckney, full maiden name: Nancy Patricia Gary. ************************************************************************** *************************************** Ezekial Liepman - his only known wife,Sarah Thomas Benoist. Sarah, shown as widow of Ezekial Liepman, married Thomas Gelzer in 1824. Josephine Felicia Liepman - only known child of Ezekial - married James J. Clark (1844) James J. Clark was born in 1824, would not think he was much older o younger than his wife, Josephine. She must have been born by 1824. Thus my conclusion about Sarah being Josephine's mother. She must have been left a widow shortly before or shortly after Josephine's birth. Josephine and James had one child, Mary Anna Clark, born 1845 on Edisto. Josephine died in Shelbina MO in 1850. James must have then come "home" either alive or dead also in 1850 (after Josephine's death) as he is buried on Edisto. Not sure where Josephine is buried, but it appears in Shelbina, MO. Mary Anna would have been left as a five year old orphan. Mary Anna died also in Shelbina MO in 1881 at the age of 36. Her husband , the Union Army Capt.,Andrew Nunn Gary, born in Warren City, NJ., was buried at New Brookland, SC in 1901, so apparently he moved back? to SC or they lived in SC all along, though Mary Anna is buried in Shelbina (??? - maybe next to her mother?). Maybe both Josephine(documented) AND James died in Shelbina, James was shipped back to Edisto to be buried (documented), left this little girl, Mary Anna, who was raised in Shelbina by relatives or friends, Mary Anna then met and married Andrew Gary in Missouri and married him in 1865(documented) at the close of the Civil War. Then perhaps Mary Anna's roots were calling and they moved back to Edisto because in 1872, Harry Miller Gary, our great grandfather was born on Edisto of these 2 parents. I can only begin to imagine what Mary Anna's Clark relatives thought of this union. All the whites evacuated from Edisto during the entire Civil War. All of the abandoned plantations were either taken over as Yankee headquarters or the family slaves took over the houses. It couldn't have been a happy return for most of them after the war. Of course, another possibility is that Andrew was stationed on Edisto and that Mary Anna had been raised on Edisto by relatives and she met him upon her return to the Island after the War, when Federal troops were still "occupying" the Island.
CENS: CONC e - Shelbina, Shelby, MO CENS: FAMS @F0339@
Notes (Marriage)
Marriage. Ref.: Jacob Schirmer Diary, S.C. Historical Society, Charleston, SC. Also 1844 vol. Charleston Courier (May 18, 1844). "Married on Wednesday evening last (15) by the Rev. Dr. Hanckel. Mr. James J. Clark of Edisto Island to Josephine Felicia, only Daughter of the late E. Leipman of St. John's, Berkeley.
Extracted from the Charleston Observer (1766-1860): L155 - Liepman, Josephine Felice C462 Clark, James J May 15 1844 Source: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/sc/marriages/scm_char.txt
General Notes for Child Mary Ann(A) Clark
Mariana baptized October 5, 1845. Edingsville, Edisto Island, SC.
"All white families left Edisto Island in 1861 and remained refugees for the duration of the Civil War. The island was occupied for four years by units of the Federal army, whose officers used some of the abandoned but fully furnished houses as quarters. Many slaves were left behind by their refugee owners to fend for themselves, and some of them also occupied the vacant 'Big houses'. The island never suffered the systematic and intentional military destruction that was visited on other parts of South Carolina and Georgia near the end of the war." Source: "History of 'Cypress Trees' Plantation on Edisto Island, SC" by Charles S. Spencer Jr. CENS: CONC idow CENS: FAMS @F0338@
James K. Clark
Husband James K. Clark 4
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James Lee Clark and Mary Jo Webb
Husband James Lee Clark (details suppressed for this person)
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Mother: Lucy Lee Hollowell
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2 M Jonathen Lynn Clark (details suppressed for this person)
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3 M Joel Lonnie Clark (details suppressed for this person)
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James M Clark and Ann Van Valkenburg
Husband James M Clark 1
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Marriage: Abt 1834 - , Onondaga County, NY
Wife Ann Van Valkenburg 1
Born: 1813 - Columbia County, NY
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Father: Melgert Poole Van Valkenburg (1776-1856) 1
Mother: Sarah Or Sally Woodruff (1781-1859) 1
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1 M John F Clark 1
Born: Abt 1835 - Onondaga County, NY
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2 M Henry S Clark 1
Born: Abt 1841 - , Onondaga County, NY
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1850 age 44 1860 age 54
1840 in Clay, Onondaga Co, NY p084 1850 in Winnebago Co, IL
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1850 age 37
BIRTH: no known record MARRIAGE: no known record
General Notes for Child John F Clark
1840 parents in Clay, Onondaga Co, NY 1850 age 15
General Notes for Child Henry S Clark
1840 parents in Clay, Onondaga Co, NY 1850 age 9 1 8 6 0 a g e 19; School teacher
