History of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark
A history of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark can be found in the 2001 book, "The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris", which has been made into a digital book by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is available for free online viewing. Also, this book is available on microfilm at the FHL (FHL US/CAN Film # 1440477, Item #10).
History of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark
A history of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark can be found in the 2001 book, "The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris", which has been made into a digital book by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is available for free online viewing. Also, this book is available on microfilm at the FHL (FHL US/CAN Film # 1440477, Item #10).
Marriage Notes for Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark-2
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History of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark
A history of Franklin Weaver and Sarah Bergion Clark can be found in the 2001 book, "The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris", which has been made into a digital book by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is available for free online viewing. Also, this book is available on microfilm at the FHL (FHL US/CAN Film # 1440477, Item #10).
In the 1850 U.S. Census of Utah, "Samuel Clark" is listed as being 52 years old (born about 1798) and born in New Jersey; Rebecca is listed as being 43 (born about 1807) and born in Tenessee; and their children as follows: John Clark--age 18; Mary Clark--age 17; Jane Clark--13; Ann Clark--age 9; Samuel Clark--age 4, and Ellen Clark--age 2.
LDS Living Endowment of "Samuel Clark": On 20 March 1852, Samuel Clark (1798-1885) took out his own LDS endowment in the Endowment House, which record states that he was born on "18 Dec. 1798" in "Galway [Galloway], Gloucester, N.[New] Jersey", that his parents were "Joseph" and "Elizabeth", that he was first baptized into the LDS Church in "Nov. [18]32", and that he was member of a "Hi[gh] Priest Quorum". This information was recorded in the "Endowments of the Living, 1851-1884" (FHL Special Collections Film # 1255545).
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Samuel Clark" and "Rebecca Garner": On 18 March 1852, "Samuel Clark" and ""Rebecca Garner" were personally sealed to each other by Brigham Young in his "office" at "4 PM". Their sealing record states that Samuel Clark was born on "18 Dec. 1798" in "Galway [Galloway], Glocester [Gloucester], New Jersey; and that Rebecca Garner was born on "13 Aug. 1807" in "Knox, Tennessee". This information was recorded in "Sealing of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183393).
LDS Sealing-to-Parents of "Samuel Clark"--who was listed as being "b.[born] 18 December 1798" in "Galloway, Gloucester Co., N.J." to his parents Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Sooy and who died on "1 Oct. 1885"--took place by proxy on 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
FamilySearch Note (2010): support@familysearch.org states, "The Endowment House was not open until 1855, therefore, all references to the Endowment House has been changed to "Other" or without a name under the ordinance date. Regarding the Sealing to Spouse of Samuel Clark, it was not uncommon during this time for Sealing to Spouse Ordinances to take place prior to the Initiatory and Endowment Ordinances. All official records show that Samuel Clark was endowed two days [on 20 March 1852] after the Sealing to Spouse ordinance [on 18 March 1852]. New Family Search now shows the record correctly and complete."
Historical Information about the "Endowment House"
(http://www.ldschurchtemples.com/endowment/)
Endowment House Facts:
Prior to the construction of the Endowment House, temple ordinances were being given on a regular basis in Salt Lake beginning in February 1851. This was done in a variety of locations including Brigham Young's office, the Council House, and the top of Ensign Peak.
Recognizing the need for a separate dedicated structure for the administration of the endowment, the Endowment House was built on the northwest corner of Temple Square to function during the construction of the Salt Lake Temple.
At the time of its dedication, President Brigham Young declared that the Endowment House was "The House of the Lord."
The Endowment House was designed by Church architect Truman O. Angell.
The two-story Endowment House featured a washing and anointing room, "garden room," "world room," and "terrestrial room" on the main floor with a "celestial room" on the upper floor.
A year after the Endowment House was constructed, it was enlarged to include a baptistry, which was dedicated on October 2, 1856.
Baptisms for the dead were administered in the Endowment House until 1876, the year before the St. George Utah Temple (1877) was dedicated. Endowments for the living were performed there until 1884, the year the Logan Utah Temple (1884) was dedicated. And sealings of living couples were performed there until 1889, the year after the Manti Utah Temple (1888) was dedicated.
Endowments for the dead were not performed in the Endowment House, which were reserved for the temple only.
In 1889, President Wilford Woodruff had the Endowment House razed. The Church had three operating temples by then, and the Salt Lake Temple (1893) was nearing completion.History of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
A history of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner can be found in the 2001 book, "The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris", which has been made into a digital book by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is available for free online viewing. Also, this book is available on microfilm at the FHL (FHL US/CAN Film # 1440477, Item #10). This history of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner was written by Sarah Emeline Harris, and taken from the personal genealogical records of Sarah Adelaide Weaver Cowles, April 2001. Some additions and corrections were added in July 2016. This history is as follows:
Samuel Clark Sr. was the son of Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Sooy. He was born in Galloway, Gloucester, New Jersey on the 18th of December 1798. He married Rebecca Garner from Huron, Henderson, Tennessee, on 18 July 1827 in Clark Township, Coshocton, Ohio. They became the parents of 13 children: Joseph Clark, Riley Garner Clark, Sarah Bergion Clark (Mrs. Franklin Weaver-my grandmother), John Clark, Mary Clark (Mrs. John Higbee), Elizabeth Clark, Jane Clark, Emma Clark, Anna Clark, Rebecca Ann Clark, Samuel Clark Jr., Ellen Clark, and James Clark.
Samuel Clark joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in November 1832 at Clinton, Ohio. His wife, Rebecca belonged to the Quaker faith and it was eleven years later in August 1843 that she accepted the gospel. She dreamed that she attended an apple peeling bee (as the neighbors would get together and peel apples and dry them, as canning had never been heard of.) She dreamed that none could peel the apples the right way except Samuel, so that converted her. She thought his way was the right way, so the whole family became LDS. Elizabeth died in Ohio at the age of four years. Emma died at Nauvoo, Illinois, at the age of four. Rebecca died in Illinois when she was less than a year old. All the other children grew to adulthood.
In the early 1840's, the family left Ohio and moved to Nauvoo. They were living there at the time the Prophet Joseph Smith was slain. They were driven out with the other Saints in 1846. Rebecca had a small child, Samuel Jr., born 1st October 1846 at Bucharion, Missouri. They were in Winter Quarters, when their sons, Joseph and Riley Garner, were called to go into the Mormon Battalion to serve in the war with Mexico; so John was the only son that could help much, and there was Sarah, Mary Jane and Ann and a small baby boy. They suffered most of the hardships that the saints were subject to at that time.
They stayed at Winter Quarters until June 1848 when they started with all their belongings for Utah. Sarah drove one wagon with one yoke of oxen all the way across the plains. John drove another wagon. Samuel walked by the oxen to safeguard against Indians. Grandmother and baby Sam rode with Sarah. They were in the Heber C. Kimball Company and arrived at Salt Lake City in September 1848. Joseph Clark and Sarah Topham were the first couple married in Provo on the 17th of October 1849. They lived in the old fort the winter of 1848.
In March 1849, President Brigham Young called a great number of Saints to colonize a town south from Salt Lake City. Samuel and his family were among these; the town was named Provo. Fifteen of my relatives were in this party. Samuel immediately set up a tannery and tanned the first leather that was tanned in Utah. They run this tannery for about 16 years.
In 1871 they were at Cedar City where Mary Higbee lived. Rebecca awoke one night and said "I feel so peculiar Father" and immediately died in his arms. She is buried there. After his wife died Samuel came to Gentile Valley (Grace, Idaho) to live with his son Samuel Jr., and daughter Anna Hale. Samuel Jr., and family were the second Mormon family to move into the Mormon ward. Other Mormon families wanted to move in but were turned back at the point of a gun. Samuel Jr. lived where Letho Pond lives now.
After living in Gentile Valley for six or seven years, they moved to Preston, Idaho, where they lived for five or six years, then moved to Whitney, where they planted sugar cane and made molasses from the juice. They had a mill and it was motored with a horse that went round and round. Here Samuel Sr., lived for several years and died, 1st October 1885, at the ripe old age of 87 years. He is buried at Preston, Idaho in the Solomon Hale's lot.
Ann Clark Hale was the first Doctor in Thatcher. She was very good to doctor and treated pneumonia with herb poultices. She was on the go most of her time until she moved to Preston.
Jane Clark Bollwinkel was also a practical nurse and went into many homes as a midwife and brought many babies into the world.
Sarah Bergion Clark drove a yoke of oxen all the way across the plains in 1848. She married Miles Weaver and had four children: Miles Joseph, Zelnora, Sarah Jane, and Rebecca. Sarah then married Franklin Weaver and had four more children: Josephine Octavia Ann, Helen, Samuel Henry and Riley. She was the first Relief Society President in Liberty (Bear Lake County), Idaho. She lived in our home for 20 years and we all loved her dearly.
James Clark was a sweet singer and was considered the best in the west at one time. He lived in Liberty.
John Clark is the father of Arvilla Andelyn, a great singer and pianist.Additional Historical Information about Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
Quoted from the historical account of "Mark Clark Higbee 1"
which was contributed to FamilySearch Tree by CarleneLaub1 on 16 August 2013:
"Her [Mary Clark Highbee--the daughter of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner] family moved to Nauvoo Just before the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred. They suffered with the Saints the many persecutions following this dark period of Church history when the Saints were driven from Nauvoo and moved to Winter Quarters along on the banks of the Missouri River in Iowa, Samuel Clark and family were there, along with about 1500 other Saints they moved north along the river to find suitable land for farming.
"Orson Pratt describes this land: 'A great, extensive, and rich tract of country has also been, by the providence of God, put in possession of the saints in the western boundary of Iowa. This County is also some distance from all other settlements, there being none on the west, north or east; and on the south it is some forty or fifty miles to the thinly scattered settlements of Missouri. This country is called the Pottawattomie country; it was inhabited by a tribe of Indians by that name, until last season, when they were removed by the United States government, leaving the saints as the sole occupiers of the soil .'
"The Samuel Clark family spent two winters in.Pottawattomie and were well prepared to move with President Heber C. Kimball and 662 other Saints on the 29 of May 1848. In the company there were 226 wagons pulled by 737 oxen, 57 horses and 25 mules. Because of their preparation and the blessing of the Lord this company suffered 'few hardships in the westward movement, arriving in Salt Lake on the 24 th. of September 1848.
"The Samuel Clark family were among the first settlers to move into the Provo settlement. It was here that he set up the first tannery and made the 'first leather in Utah in 1849. ...
"On October 28, 1853, Mark Clark married John Mount Higbee in Provo. Thirteen days later they were sealed for time and all eternity in the 'Old Council House' in Salt Lake. Following their marriage they moved to Cedar [City] and lived in the Old Fort. In 1856 the drawing for lots was conducted for the new town. John drew Lot 10 in Block 24 in Cedar City Plat B. ...
"Their big home was built in 1857 on what is now Hoover Avenue on the east side of Main Street [in Cedar City, Utah]. ... Mary's mother and father spent a considerable part of their later life at her home. Her mother passed away while living with her and is buried in the Cedar Cemetery."Additional Historical Information about Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
Quoted from the historical account of "Mark Clark Higbee 3"
which was originally written by Ruth H. Seegmiller, Florence S. Highbee, Zelma J. Lunt and Arvilla H. Day,
and appeared in the "Higbee Family Magainze" of 1957, and was contributed to FamilySearch Tree on 16 August 2013:
"Samuel Clark was born December 18, 1798 at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, a son of Joseph Clark.
"Rebecca Garner was born August 13, 1807 at Knoxville, Tennessee, a daughter of James Garner and Mary Moon.
"Samuel joined the church in 1832 but Rebecca, who was a staunch Quaker, didn't join until 1843, and then much against her family's wishes.
"Grandma, with the older children, was baptized in the Mississippi River in Clinton County, Ohio by a Brother Cathcart. The family later moved to Quincy, and then to Pike County, Missouri. They were there when the mobbing were going on.
"While on the road from Ohio to Missouri, I wish to quote from one of aunt's notes on the life of the Clark family. They came to a dense forest of maples and remained there for about a year. Grandma Clark would bore holes in the trees to get out the sap, and then she and the girls would carry it to their father who made maple syrup from it.
"They later moved to Nauvoo where they were all sick with chills and fever except Grandpa Clark who had to take care of them. One morning as he went around to see how they were, he found one daughter, three years old, who was sleeping with Mary (my grandmother) dead.
"Before reaching Nauvoo Grandmother Clark had given birth to a baby girl at Quincy Illinois. At this time they were in extreme poverty. ...
"One night while the family was living in Nauvoo a panther went screeching by the house. All of them thought it was the mob. Grandfather armed the family as best he could and waited, but were really relieved when they discovered it was only a panther.
"The family next moved to Council Bluffs where the two older boys enlisted in the Mormon Battalion.
"In the spring of l843 the parent and six children joined the Heber C Kimball Company to come to Utah. They had three wagons and ox teams. The cows were being driven loose in the cattle herd. John Clark was about fourteen years of age and he was the only boy, he first helped to ferry the wagons across the Hon River and then drove the loose cattle by swimming along behind them. He recalled that Mary was driving her father's ox team as he had gone to help some timid women. When they came to the Sweet Water River they lost three or four oxen and had to replace them with cows. They were halted on the plains while the hunters killed some buffalo and antelope.
"The company reached Emigration Canyon in the fall. Some of the women who were driving the ox teams were afraid of the steep slopes in the canyon and had to call for some help from the men. The family stayed in Salt Lake all winter in the old fort and soon after the older boys came from California bringing horses and mules. Grandfather Clark, who had spent six year as an apprentice tanning leather, decided to start a tannery' in Provo. About thirty families headed by Colonel Conover prepared to settle there. When they were within two miles of the Provo River the chief of the Timpanogas or Rock Utes met them and told them they couldn't go on. After an interpreter parleyed a while, the Indians let them go. John Clark led the first company across the Provo River,
"They built a fort of log houses with a small gate leading to a spring. They had a cannon in the fort for their protection. They had a great deal of trouble with the Indians but succeeded in raising a small crop that fall, About August, during the gold rush, lots of men reached Salt Lake with worn out oxen, so the older boys traded mules and horses for a wagon, clothing, and blankets.
"When they first moved to Provo they were without flour for three months, only when neighbors would bring them a quart or two. They .saved it for making gravy with milk, and caught lots of fish in the Provo River.
"Once when they turned the cattle out to graze two of the Indian chiefs, Elk and Eagle, came riding up with forty warriors, giving war whoops and yelling. They kept it up all night but finally made peace and rode away.
"In the spring of 1850 they moved to a new fort and later moved out on farms. Grandfather Clark started his tannery and made the first leather in Utah, He ran this tannery for sixteen years. He joined the United Order, and when that was dissolved, he never worked at it any more.
"There was a great deal of trouble with the Indians around Provo, Manti and surrounding country, but the pioneer life went on.
"The Clark family operated the tannery, a saw mill, a threshing machine, a molasses mill, and a salt grinder with salt brought down from Salt Creek Canyon.
"...Different members were called upon by President Young to do colonizing in southern Utah and in Idaho. Two of the boys were sent to Panguitch, my grandmother and husband to Cedar City and two sisters to Idaho.... Mary Clark came to Southern Utah where [she and her husband, John Higbee,] help[ed] with the settlement of Cedar City."
LDS Living Endowment of "Rebecca Clark": On 20 March 1852, "Rebecca Clark" (1807-1871) took out her own LDS endowment in the Endowment House, which record states that she was born on "13 Aug [18]07" in "Huron, Tennessee", that her parents were "James [and] Mary Garner" that she was first baptized into the LDS Church in "Aug. [18]43". This information was recorded in the "Endowments of the Living, 1851-1884" (FHL Special Collections Film # 1255545).
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Samuel Clark" and "Rebecca Garner": On 18 March 1852, "Samuel Clark" and ""Rebecca Garner" were personally sealed to each other by Brigham Young in his "office" at "4 PM". Their sealing record states that Samuel Clark was born on "18 Dec. 1798" in "Galway [Galloway], Glocester [Gloucester], New Jersey; and that Rebecca Garner was born on "13 Aug. 1807" in "Knox, Tennessee". This information was recorded in "Sealing of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183393). (Note: FamilySearch Note in 2010: support@familysearch.org states, "The Endowment House was not open until 1855, therefore, all references to the Endowment House has been changed to 'Other' or without a name under the ordinance date. Regarding the Sealing to Spouse of Samuel Clark, it was not uncommon during this time for Sealing to Spouse Ordinances to take place prior to the Initiatory and Endowment Ordinances. All official records show that Samuel Clark was endowed two days [on 20 March 1852] after the Sealing to Spouse ordinance [on 18 March 1852]. New Family Search now shows the record correctly and complete."
"Rebecca Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (pages 120)
"Rebecca Garner was born August 13, 1807 in Knox County, Tennessee, according to a church record made during her lifetime. On July 18, 1827, she married Samuel Clark, born December 18, 1798 at Galloway, Gloucester, New Jersey, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Sooy) Clark. They, together with several children, joined a Mormon emigrant group and became one of the pioneer families of Utah. Samuel Clark died October 1, 1885 at Preston, Oneida County, Idaho and his wife on December 22, 1871, at Cedar City, Oron County, Utah. They had issue: 1) Joseph Clark; 2) Riley Garner Clark; 3) Sarah Clark; 4) John Clark; 5) Mary Clark; 6) Elizabeth Clark, b. Oct. 17, 1835, Clark, Ohio, d. Nov. 30, 1839, Columbia, Ohio; 7) Jane Clark; 8) Emma Clark, b. Nov. 15, 1839, Columbia, Ohio, d. Jan. 2 1841, Nauvoo, Ill.; 9) Anna Clark; 10) Rebecca Clark, b. Sept. 30, 1843, Nauvoo, Ill., d. Oct. 1, 1843, Quincy Ill.; 11) Samuel Clark Jr.; 12) Ellen Clark; 13) James Clark." (pages 123-124)History of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
A history of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner can be found in the 2001 book, "The Ancestors of Michael Mickelson and Sarah Emeline Harris", which has been made into a digital book by the Family History Library (FHL) in Salt Lake City, Utah, and is available for free online viewing. Also, this book is available on microfilm at the FHL (FHL US/CAN Film # 1440477, Item #10). This history of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner was written by Sarah Emeline Harris, and taken from the personal genealogical records of Sarah Adelaide Weaver Cowles, April 2001. Some additions and corrections were added in July 2016. This history is as follows:
Samuel Clark Sr. was the son of Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Sooy. He was born in Galloway, Gloucester, New Jersey on the 18th of December 1798. He married Rebecca Garner from Huron, Henderson, Tennessee, on 18 July 1827 in Clark Township, Coshocton, Ohio. They became the parents of 13 children: Joseph Clark, Riley Garner Clark, Sarah Bergion Clark (Mrs. Franklin Weaver-my grandmother), John Clark, Mary Clark (Mrs. John Higbee), Elizabeth Clark, Jane Clark, Emma Clark, Anna Clark, Rebecca Ann Clark, Samuel Clark Jr., Ellen Clark, and James Clark.
Samuel Clark joined The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in November 1832 at Clinton, Ohio. His wife, Rebecca belonged to the Quaker faith and it was eleven years later in August 1843 that she accepted the gospel. She dreamed that she attended an apple peeling bee (as the neighbors would get together and peel apples and dry them, as canning had never been heard of.) She dreamed that none could peel the apples the right way except Samuel, so that converted her. She thought his way was the right way, so the whole family became LDS. Elizabeth died in Ohio at the age of four years. Emma died at Nauvoo, Illinois, at the age of four. Rebecca died in Illinois when she was less than a year old. All the other children grew to adulthood.
In the early 1840's, the family left Ohio and moved to Nauvoo. They were living there at the time the Prophet Joseph Smith was slain. They were driven out with the other Saints in 1846. Rebecca had a small child, Samuel Jr., born 1st October 1846 at Bucharion, Missouri. They were in Winter Quarters, when their sons, Joseph and Riley Garner, were called to go into the Mormon Battalion to serve in the war with Mexico; so John was the only son that could help much, and there was Sarah, Mary Jane and Ann and a small baby boy. They suffered most of the hardships that the saints were subject to at that time.
They stayed at Winter Quarters until June 1848 when they started with all their belongings for Utah. Sarah drove one wagon with one yoke of oxen all the way across the plains. John drove another wagon. Samuel walked by the oxen to safeguard against Indians. Grandmother and baby Sam rode with Sarah. They were in the Heber C. Kimball Company and arrived at Salt Lake City in September 1848. Joseph Clark and Sarah Topham were the first couple married in Provo on the 17th of October 1849. They lived in the old fort the winter of 1848.
In March 1849, President Brigham Young called a great number of Saints to colonize a town south from Salt Lake City. Samuel and his family were among these; the town was named Provo. Fifteen of my relatives were in this party. Samuel immediately set up a tannery and tanned the first leather that was tanned in Utah. They run this tannery for about 16 years.
In 1871 they were at Cedar City where Mary Higbee lived. Rebecca awoke one night and said "I feel so peculiar Father" and immediately died in his arms. She is buried there. After his wife died Samuel came to Gentile Valley (Grace, Idaho) to live with his son Samuel Jr., and daughter Anna Hale. Samuel Jr., and family were the second Mormon family to move into the Mormon ward. Other Mormon families wanted to move in but were turned back at the point of a gun. Samuel Jr. lived where Letho Pond lives now.
After living in Gentile Valley for six or seven years, they moved to Preston, Idaho, where they lived for five or six years, then moved to Whitney, where they planted sugar cane and made molasses from the juice. They had a mill and it was motored with a horse that went round and round. Here Samuel Sr., lived for several years and died, 1st October 1885, at the ripe old age of 87 years. He is buried at Preston, Idaho in the Solomon Hale's lot.
Ann Clark Hale was the first Doctor in Thatcher. She was very good to doctor and treated pneumonia with herb poultices. She was on the go most of her time until she moved to Preston.
Jane Clark Bollwinkel was also a practical nurse and went into many homes as a midwife and brought many babies into the world.
Sarah Bergion Clark drove a yoke of oxen all the way across the plains in 1848. She married Miles Weaver and had four children: Miles Joseph, Zelnora, Sarah Jane, and Rebecca. Sarah then married Franklin Weaver and had four more children: Josephine Octavia Ann, Helen, Samuel Henry and Riley. She was the first Relief Society President in Liberty (Bear Lake County), Idaho. She lived in our home for 20 years and we all loved her dearly.
James Clark was a sweet singer and was considered the best in the west at one time. He lived in Liberty.
John Clark is the father of Arvilla Andelyn, a great singer and pianist.Rebecca Garner's Conversion to the LDS Church
The following information was placed on FamilySearch on 2 July 2013 by Tiffany Scherbel, who stated it came from a published excerpt about Rebecca Garner Clark that appeared in the book "Pioneer Women of Faith and Fortitude" by the Daughters of Utah Pioneers, Publishers Press, 1998:
"Rebecca [Garner] had come from a Quaker family who had migrated from North Carolina, to Knoxville, Tennessee, where she was born. However, this was slave territory and as Quakers were opposed to slavery they migrated to 'free territory' near Clinton, Ohio, in the Spring of 1808. Here she met and married Samuel Clark in 1827. He joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, November, 1832.
"Being a staunch Quaker, Rebecca, was more than satisfied with her religion, and several relatives and friends urged her to leave Samuel. But her mother said to her, 'Rebecca, where he goes, there shall thee go also.'
"Eleven years later Rebecca dreamed she was attending an apple-peeling bee, a custom of the time where fruit was prepared and dried for storage. In her dream Samuel was the only one who could peel the apples right, and she felt this dream meant that his church was the right one. So she and her children accepted the gospel and were baptized, August, 1843.
"Desiring to be with the body of the Church they left Ohio, their home and most of their belongings and moved, first to Kirtland and then to Nauvoo. They were there at the time of the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. "Additional Historical Information about Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
Quoted from the historical account of "Mark Clark Higbee 1"
which was contributed to FamilySearch Tree by CarleneLaub1 on 16 August 2013:
"Her [Mary Clark Highbee--the daughter of Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner] family moved to Nauvoo Just before the Prophet Joseph Smith was martyred. They suffered with the Saints the many persecutions following this dark period of Church history when the Saints were driven from Nauvoo and moved to Winter Quarters along on the banks of the Missouri River in Iowa, Samuel Clark and family were there, along with about 1500 other Saints they moved north along the river to find suitable land for farming.
"Orson Pratt describes this land: 'A great, extensive, and rich tract of country has also been, by the providence of God, put in possession of the saints in the western boundary of Iowa. This County is also some distance from all other settlements, there being none on the west, north or east; and on the south it is some forty or fifty miles to the thinly scattered settlements of Missouri. This country is called the Pottawattomie country; it was inhabited by a tribe of Indians by that name, until last season, when they were removed by the United States government, leaving the saints as the sole occupiers of the soil .'
"The Samuel Clark family spent two winters in.Pottawattomie and were well prepared to move with President Heber C. Kimball and 662 other Saints on the 29 of May 1848. In the company there were 226 wagons pulled by 737 oxen, 57 horses and 25 mules. Because of their preparation and the blessing of the Lord this company suffered 'few hardships in the westward movement, arriving in Salt Lake on the 24 th. of September 1848.
"The Samuel Clark family were among the first settlers to move into the Provo settlement. It was here that he set up the first tannery and made the 'first leather in Utah in 1849. ...
"On October 28, 1853, Mark Clark married John Mount Higbee in Provo. Thirteen days later they were sealed for time and all eternity in the 'Old Council House' in Salt Lake. Following their marriage they moved to Cedar [City] and lived in the Old Fort. In 1856 the drawing for lots was conducted for the new town. John drew Lot 10 in Block 24 in Cedar City Plat B. ...
"Their big home was built in 1857 on what is now Hoover Avenue on the east side of Main Street [in Cedar City, Utah]. ... Mary's mother and father spent a considerable part of their later life at her home. Her mother passed away while living with her and is buried in the Cedar Cemetery."Additional Historical Information about Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner
Quoted from the historical account of "Mark Clark Higbee 3"
which was originally written by Ruth H. Seegmiller, Florence S. Highbee, Zelma J. Lunt and Arvilla H. Day,
and appeared in the "Higbee Family Magainze" of 1957, and was contributed to FamilySearch Tree on 16 August 2013:
"Samuel Clark was born December 18, 1798 at Egg Harbor, New Jersey, a son of Joseph Clark.
"Rebecca Garner was born August 13, 1807 at Knoxville, Tennessee, a daughter of James Garner and Mary Moon.
"Samuel joined the church in 1832 but Rebecca, who was a staunch Quaker, didn't join until 1843, and then much against her family's wishes.
"Grandma, with the older children, was baptized in the Mississippi River in Clinton County, Ohio by a Brother Cathcart. The family later moved to Quincy, and then to Pike County, Missouri. They were there when the mobbing were going on.
"While on the road from Ohio to Missouri, I wish to quote from one of aunt's notes on the life of the Clark family. They came to a dense forest of maples and remained there for about a year. Grandma Clark would bore holes in the trees to get out the sap, and then she and the girls would carry it to their father who made maple syrup from it.
"They later moved to Nauvoo where they were all sick with chills and fever except Grandpa Clark who had to take care of them. One morning as he went around to see how they were, he found one daughter, three years old, who was sleeping with Mary (my grandmother) dead.
"Before reaching Nauvoo Grandmother Clark had given birth to a baby girl at Quincy Illinois. At this time they were in extreme poverty. ...
"One night while the family was living in Nauvoo a panther went screeching by the house. All of them thought it was the mob. Grandfather armed the family as best he could and waited, but were really relieved when they discovered it was only a panther.
"The family next moved to Council Bluffs where the two older boys enlisted in the Mormon Battalion.
"In the spring of l843 the parent and six children joined the Heber C Kimball Company to come to Utah. They had three wagons and ox teams. The cows were being driven loose in the cattle herd. John Clark was about fourteen years of age and he was the only boy, he first helped to ferry the wagons across the Hon River and then drove the loose cattle by swimming along behind them. He recalled that Mary was driving her father's ox team as he had gone to help some timid women. When they came to the Sweet Water River they lost three or four oxen and had to replace them with cows. They were halted on the plains while the hunters killed some buffalo and antelope.
"The company reached Emigration Canyon in the fall. Some of the women who were driving the ox teams were afraid of the steep slopes in the canyon and had to call for some help from the men. The family stayed in Salt Lake all winter in the old fort and soon after the older boys came from California bringing horses and mules. Grandfather Clark, who had spent six year as an apprentice tanning leather, decided to start a tannery' in Provo. About thirty families headed by Colonel Conover prepared to settle there. When they were within two miles of the Provo River the chief of the Timpanogas or Rock Utes met them and told them they couldn't go on. After an interpreter parleyed a while, the Indians let them go. John Clark led the first company across the Provo River,
"They built a fort of log houses with a small gate leading to a spring. They had a cannon in the fort for their protection. They had a great deal of trouble with the Indians but succeeded in raising a small crop that fall, About August, during the gold rush, lots of men reached Salt Lake with worn out oxen, so the older boys traded mules and horses for a wagon, clothing, and blankets.
"When they first moved to Provo they were without flour for three months, only when neighbors would bring them a quart or two. They .saved it for making gravy with milk, and caught lots of fish in the Provo River.
"Once when they turned the cattle out to graze two of the Indian chiefs, Elk and Eagle, came riding up with forty warriors, giving war whoops and yelling. They kept it up all night but finally made peace and rode away.
"In the spring of 1850 they moved to a new fort and later moved out on farms. Grandfather Clark started his tannery and made the first leather in Utah, He ran this tannery for sixteen years. He joined the United Order, and when that was dissolved, he never worked at it any more.
"There was a great deal of trouble with the Indians around Provo, Manti and surrounding country, but the pioneer life went on.
"The Clark family operated the tannery, a saw mill, a threshing machine, a molasses mill, and a salt grinder with salt brought down from Salt Creek Canyon.
"...Different members were called upon by President Young to do colonizing in southern Utah and in Idaho. Two of the boys were sent to Panguitch, my grandmother and husband to Cedar City and two sisters to Idaho.... Mary Clark came to Southern Utah where [she and her husband, John Higbee,] help[ed] with the settlement of Cedar City."
Marriage Notes for Samuel Clark and Rebecca Garner-7
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Samuel Clark" and "Rebecca Garner": On 18 March 1852, "Samuel Clark" and ""Rebecca Garner" were personally sealed to each other by Brigham Young in his "office" at "4 PM". Their sealing record states that Samuel Clark was born on "18 Dec. 1798" in "Galway [Galloway], Glocester [Gloucester], New Jersey; and that Rebecca Garner was born on "13 Aug. 1807" in "Knox, Tennessee". This information was recorded in "Sealing of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183393).
FamilySearch Note (2010): support@familysearch.org states, "The Endowment House was not open until 1855, therefore, all references to the Endowment House has been changed to "Other" or without a name under the ordinance date. Regarding the Sealing to Spouse of Samuel Clark, it was not uncommon during this time for Sealing to Spouse Ordinances to take place prior to the Initiatory and Endowment Ordinances. All official records show that Samuel Clark was endowed two days [on 20 March 1852] after the Sealing to Spouse ordinance [on 18 March 1852]. New Family Search now shows the record correctly and complete."
Historical Information about the "Endowment House"
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Endowment House Facts:
Prior to the construction of the Endowment House, temple ordinances were being given on a regular basis in Salt Lake beginning in February 1851. This was done in a variety of locations including Brigham Young's office, the Council House, and the top of Ensign Peak.
Recognizing the need for a separate dedicated structure for the administration of the endowment, the Endowment House was built on the northwest corner of Temple Square to function during the construction of the Salt Lake Temple.
At the time of its dedication, President Brigham Young declared that the Endowment House was "The House of the Lord."
The Endowment House was designed by Church architect Truman O. Angell.
The two-story Endowment House featured a washing and anointing room, "garden room," "world room," and "terrestrial room" on the main floor with a "celestial room" on the upper floor.
A year after the Endowment House was constructed, it was enlarged to include a baptistry, which was dedicated on October 2, 1856.
Baptisms for the dead were administered in the Endowment House until 1876, the year before the St. George Utah Temple (1877) was dedicated. Endowments for the living were performed there until 1884, the year the Logan Utah Temple (1884) was dedicated. And sealings of living couples were performed there until 1889, the year after the Manti Utah Temple (1888) was dedicated.
Endowments for the dead were not performed in the Endowment House, which were reserved for the temple only.
In 1889, President Wilford Woodruff had the Endowment House razed. The Church had three operating temples by then, and the Salt Lake Temple (1893) was nearing completion.
LDS Temple Index Bureau Record for "Joseph Clark" (FHL Special Collection Film # 1262792) state the following: That "Joseph Clark" was born "abt. 1755" and that he was "of Galloway, Gloucester, N.J." (New Jersey); that his parents were "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts"; that "Samuel Clark" was his "Son"; and that Joseph was baptized by proxy on 12 June 1872 and that he was endowed by proxy on 6 May 1937 in the Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Joseph Clark" and "Elizabeth Sooy": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "Joseph Clark", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Elizabeth Sooy"--who was born in New Jersey, in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
LDS Proxy Ordinances for "Joseph Clark" who was "of Galloway, Clouc. C., N.J." and born "about 1755" to "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts Clark" included his LDS Endowment of 6 May 1937 and LDS Sealing-to-Parents of 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
"Joseph Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio. Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
Historical Information about "Joseph Clark" from FamilySearch:
In March 2016, "CarleneLaub1" contributed the following information to FamilySearch (PID#: KWJT-Y46): "Rebecca [Garner] married Samuel Clark on 18 July 1827. He [Samuel Clark] was twenty nine. His ancestors were also early colonists to America and he was born 18 December 1798 in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. His father Joseph Clark (born 1755/62) is said to have been a Revolutionary War solider. His mother was Elizabeth Sooey, born in 1762 in Galloway, New Jersey. Some months after Samuel's birth, they [Joseph and Elizabeth Clark], moved to Ohio, along with many other families from New Jersey."Geographical Note: Galloway, New Jersey, is listed in Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galloway_Township,_New_Jersey#History) as follows: "The Township of Galloway was created by Royal Patent of King George III of Great Britain on April 4, 1774. At that time it was part of Gloucester County, and comprised what is now Hammonton, Mullica Township, Egg Harbor City, Port Republic, Brigantine, Atlantic City, and the northern portion of Absecon. Galloway Township was incorporated by the New Jersey Legislature on February 21, 1798, as one of the state's initial group of 104 townships under the Township Act of 1798."
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Joseph Clark" and "Elizabeth Sooy": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "Joseph Clark", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Elizabeth Sooy"--who was born in New Jersey, in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
LDS Sealing-to-Parents of "Elizabeth Sooy--who was listed as being born about 1767 in New Jersey to her parents Joseph Sooy and Mary Leek--took place by proxy on 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
Historical Information about "Elizabeth Sooey" from FamilySearch:
In March 2016, "CarleneLaub1" contributed the following information to FamilySearch (PID#: KWJT-Y46): "Rebecca [Garner] married Samuel Clark on 18 July 1827. He [Samuel Clark] was twenty nine. His ancestors were also early colonists to America and he was born 18 December 1798 in Egg Harbor, New Jersey. His father Joseph Clark (born 1755/62) is said to have been a Revolutionary War solider. His mother was Elizabeth Sooey, born in 1762 in Galloway, New Jersey. Some months after Samuel's birth, they [Joseph and Elizabeth Clark], moved to Ohio, along with many other families from New Jersey."
Marriage Notes for Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Sooy-9
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "Joseph Clark" and "Elizabeth Sooy": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "Joseph Clark", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Elizabeth Sooy"--who was born in New Jersey, in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
LDS Proxy Baptism Record of "Joseph Clark": On 12 June 1872, Samuel Clark (1798-1885) was baptized by "proxy" in the LDS Endowment House for his deceased "brother", "Joseph Clark"--who is listed as being born in "New Jersey". Samuel Clark was baptized by "Samuel H. B. Smith" [Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith, 1838-1914], and confirmed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891]. This information was recorded in the "Salt Lake Temple and Endowment House Record: Baptisms - Records - Dead, 25 May 1871 - 11 Oct 1872 (FHL Special Collections Film # 1149519).
LDS Temple Index Bureau Record for "Joseph Clark" (FHL Special Collection Film # 1262792, TIB # 51496)) state the following: That "Joseph Clark" was born "abt. 1796" in "New Jersey"; that his parents were "Joseph Clark" and "Elizabeth Soay"; that "Samuel Clark" was his "Bro[ther]"; and that Joseph was baptized by proxy on 12 June 1872, and that he was endowed by proxy on 6 May 1937 in the Cardston Alberta Canada Temple.
LDS Sealing-to-Parents of "Joseph Clark"--who was listed as being "b.[born] about 1796" in "N.J." to his parents Joseph Clark and Elizabeth Sooy--took place by proxy on 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
"James Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner was born in North Carolina on March 9, 1772 and died at the age of 93 [actually 84] in Ohio. In 1794 in Randolph County, North Carolina, he married Mary Moon (born 1775), eldest daughter of Joseph and Ann Moon, Quakers. In 1796 they moved to Tennessee and settled across the road from John F. Garner. About 1811 they moved to Clinton County, Ohio. The following sketch, written in 1894 by a descendant of James, Dr. Jeptha D. Garner, describes their adventures at this time:
"When James Garner started to emigrate from Tennessee to Ohio, he, with some others, who came with him, moved in wagons, and when they started out in the year of 1811 there was a large number of relatives and slaves of the relatives and neighbors coming on foot a half day's journey to talk, sing, and cry at the parting and returning at night. Of that company there is only one living representative, old Aunt Millie Henry, who was a slave girl of old Fushee, given by him to his daughter Betsey, who married Samuel Henry, and is now 97 years old and hale and hearty. When Grandfather left Tennessee he had a wagon, eight horses, and eleven head of cattle; but while coming through Kentucky his cattle were all stolen and after he arrived at Snow Hill, in this county, where he first stopped, his horses all died with milk poison. He then traded his wagon for a horse, and amid all these discouraging circumstances, he moved down the East Fork and bought a farm of 150 acres where Edom Ratcliff now lives. This country was then in reality a howling wilderness, being inhabited by almost all kinds of wild beasts and occasionally a wild Indian. Amid all misfortunes and discouragements, he returned to Tennessee on foot and disposed of some interests left behind and collected some debts, and getting some help from old Fushee, his father, in all amounting to over $400.00 in silver, which he carried on his back in a knapsack over the mountains, amounting in weight to over twenty-five pounds. On his way back home he had several narrow escapes from robbers, but his giant proportions and immense strength (being six feet four inches in height, and weighing about two hundred and fifty pounds) with his determined resolution and fleetness of foot, brought him safely back through it all.
"The farm which he bought is still in the possession of some of his descendants. It is located near Farmer's Station on the banks of East Fork Creek, a branch of the Miami River. In addition to his courage and physical prowess, James Garner was an admirable man in many other ways. His descendants say that he was a man of unusual intelligence--well educated for his day. He was frequently consulted by people of the community on subjects pertaining to literature and other things considered above the average attainments of the majority of the people. In addition he was a man of jolly disposition, fond of storytelling and other forms of amusement current in his day. He was musically inclined and a good singer. He sometimes made up impromptu songs and stories for the entertainment of those gathered in his company. His wife was also noted for her intelligence and for her piety and noble Christian character.
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (pages 118-120)The gravestone of "James Garner" and "Mary (Moon) Garner is located in Martinsville Friends Cemetery in Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, and states that James was born on 9 March 1772 and died on 29 March 1856 in Clinton County, Ohio; and that Mary was born on 30 January 1775 and died on 11 August 1840. The gravestone is pictured on FindAGrave (Memorial # 150778479) and contains the following inscription: "BIG JIM ! THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER. WHITE CHIEF OF THE CHILHOWEE. SO CHRISTENED BY THE CHEROKEES WITH WHOM HE HUNTED. WAS HE BIG? 6'4" 240#. FREE COLORED SERVANTS, FARMER, LOVE CHILDREN, OUTDOORS, NATURE, DARTING. INDIAN CHIEF, SAID COME BACK HUNT BAR UP IN CHILHOWEE'S. HE DID. TOOK HORSE, BROUGHT CUTTINGS, BUDS OF THE FRUITS, WALKED MUCH TO FAVOR HORSE 800 MILES. WOULD YOU DO IT? AUTHOR, MARION GARNER, 1941."
James Garner is listed in New FamilySearch, PI#: LCVJ-K1W.
"Mary Moon" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James Garner was born in North Carolina on March 9, 1772 and died at the age of 93 [actually 84] in Ohio. In 1794 in Randolph County, North Carolina, he married Mary Moon (born 1775), eldest daughter of Joseph and Ann Moon, Quakers. In 1796 they moved to Tennessee and settled across the road from John F. Garner. ....
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (pages 118-120)The gravestone of "James Garner" and "Mary (Moon) Garner is located in Martinsville Friends Cemetery in Martinsville, Clinton County, Ohio, and states that James was born on 9 March 1772 and died on 29 March 1856 in Clinton County, Ohio; and that Mary was born on 30 January 1775 and died on 11 August 1840. The gravestone is pictured on FindAGrave (Memorial # 150778479) and contains the following inscription: "BIG JIM ! THE GREAT WHITE HUNTER. WHITE CHIEF OF THE CHILHOWEE. SO CHRISTENED BY THE CHEROKEES WITH WHOM HE HUNTED. WAS HE BIG? 6'4" 240#. FREE COLORED SERVANTS, FARMER, LOVE CHILDREN, OUTDOORS, NATURE, DARTING. INDIAN CHIEF, SAID COME BACK HUNT BAR UP IN CHILHOWEE'S. HE DID. TOOK HORSE, BROUGHT CUTTINGS, BUDS OF THE FRUITS, WALKED MUCH TO FAVOR HORSE 800 MILES. WOULD YOU DO IT? AUTHOR, MARION GARNER, 1941."
Mary Moon is listed in New FamilySearch, PI#: LCVJ-KJW.
"John Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Nancy Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"William Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"William Garner married Anna Hockett." (page 120)
"Elizabeth Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"James Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Joseph Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Mary Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Jane Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Rileigh Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Matilda Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Sarah Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"Iram Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"James Moon Garner" is listed in the book "Garner-Keene Families of Northern Neck Virginia", by Ruth Ritchie and Sudie Rucker Wood, 1952, (FHL Film # 1033596 Item #2), as follows:
"James and Mary (Moon) Garner had issue: 1) James Garner--died while quite young and was buried on John F. Garner's farm in Tennessee; 2) William Garner; 3) John Garner, married Eleanor Ratcliff; 4) Nancy Garner, married Seth Hockett; 5) Elizabeth Garner, married John Ratcliff; 6) Joseph Garner, married Rebecca West; 7) Mary Garner, married Josiah Graham or Grimes; 8) Jane Garner, married Thomas Hunt; 9) Rebecca Garner; 10) Rileigh Garner, married Mary Betterton; 11) Matilda Garner, married John McKibben; 12) Sarah Garner, married James Darby, migrated to Indiana; 13) Ira Garner, married Margaret Lightfoot; 14) James Garner." (page 120)
"James Moon Garner was born August 10, 1818, Farmer's Station, Ohio, died at Sidell, Illinois, February 6, 1904. He married first in 1841, Martha Seal. They had issue: 1) John Newton Garner; 2) Rachel Ellen Garner; 3) William Eldridge Garner; 4) Thomas Jefferson Garner; 5) Mary Emma Garner, b.1853, d. unmarried in 1880; 6) Romeo Mulford Garner; 7 Sarah Elizabeth Garner. James Moon Garner married second, March 13, 1866, Rebecca (Walker) Lightfoot, a widow, who died September 10, 1897. They had issue: 8) Zula Etta Garner; 9) Cora Lee Garner, b. Jan. 24, 1869, m. Sept. 10, 1899, Lewis Calvin Benfiel; 10) Effie Garner; 11) Ivah May Garner, b. Dec. 1, 1880, d. June 12, 1912; m. Dec. 1, 1911, George U. Pritchard." (pages 149-150)
The 1756 marriage of "David Clark" and "Elizabeth Betts" is listed in the "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1683-1802" (via Ancestry.com), which states that they were married on 16 September 1756 in New Jersey, and that David Clark was of "Burlington".
"David Clark" is described in the "The Empire State Society of the National Society [of the] Sons of the American Revolution Application For Membership [for] Russell George Loch, April 2, 1965" (via Ancestry.com) as follows: David Clark: born 1724 in Clarks Landing, N.J., died 1803 in Clarks Landing, N.J., husband of Elizabeth Betts: born in Burlington, N.J., died after 1803 in Clarks Landing, N.J., married on 9-18-1756.
"David Clark" is described in "Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 147:1919 [for] Miss Mida C. Blake (#146081)" (via Ancestry.com), as follows: "David Clark (1724-1803) served as private in the New Jersey troops. He was born and died in Gloucester County, N.J."
LDS Proxy Baptism Record of "David Clark": On 12 June 1872, Samuel Clark (1798-1885) was baptized by "proxy" in the LDS Endowment House (as the "Grandson") for his deceased "Grand[father]", "David Clark"--who was listed as being born in "England". Samuel Clark was baptized by "Samuel H. B. Smith" [Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith, 1838-1914], and confirmed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891]. This information was recorded in the "Salt Lake Temple and Endowment House Record: Baptisms - Records - Dead, 25 May 1871 - 11 Oct 1872 (FHL Special Collections Film # 1149519).
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "David Clark--who was born in "England", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Rachel Betts"--who was born in "England", in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
"David Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "III.--5. Thomas Clark married Hannah---. Married, second, in 1735, Ruth, by whom he had no issue. He settled at Clarks Landing, on the banks of the Mullica river, within the present limits of Egg Harbor City. By the first wife, Hannah, there were four sons: 7. Thomas, m. Sarah Parker, of Saybrook, in 1740. 8. David, m. and had five sons and one daughter. 9. Samuel, a Presbyterian clergyman. 10. Elijah, b. 1732. After the death of Hannah, the first wife, Thomas, the eldest son, then a young man of nineteen, was sent on horseback by his father to Connecticut to bring back a certain old acquaintance of his father’s for a step-mother. While in New Haven on his delicate errand, he met and fell in love with the beautiful and accomplished Sallie Parker. He secured the step-mother and brought her home on the led horse which he took with him, and two years later, in 1740, returned for his bride. For a wedding gift he gave her a string of Guinea gold beads, which are still held, with gold eardrops, by Misses Porter of Atlantic City, descendants of the family, as an interesting heirloom."
"David Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio. Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
The following historical comment about "David Clark" and the Clark Family of New Jersey is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "A number of the Clark family fought on the side of the colonies in their struggle for independence. Among the names of Revolutionary soldiers of 1776, as compiled by William Stryker, Adjutant-General of New Jersey, one may find on the roll from the County of Gloucester, Benjamin Clark, Joseph Clark, Reuben Clark, Adriel Clark, David Clark, Parker Clark, Thomas Clark, and John Clark, and on page 358 of said record you will find the note: Elijah Clark, Lieutenant Colonel, Second Battalion, Gloucester, resigned November 6, 1777, to become a member of Assembly. The nine descendants of the early settler, Thomas Clark, fought to establish the independence of this country. The graves of four are to the writer unknown. Five lie buried beneath the sod of the Clark's Mill burying ground, Port Republic. Not only were the Clarks prominent as soldiers of the Revolution, but they were leading members of the community in which they resided. Many of them were identified with the early Christian work in this county. The old Clark's Mill Meeting House, which stood on the outskirts of what is now Port Republic, was established with their aid, and the Clark's Mill burying ground was on of the first church burying grounds of this county.
The 1756 marriage of "David Clark" and "Elizabeth Betts" is listed in the "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1683-1802" (via Ancestry.com), which states that they were married on 16 September 1756 in New Jersey, and that David Clark was of "Burlington".
"Elizabeth Betts" is described in the "The Empire State Society of the National Society [of the] Sons of the American Revolution Application For Membership [for] Russell George Loch, April 2, 1965" (via Ancestry.com) as follows: David Clark: born 1724 in Clarks Landing, N.J., died 1803 in Clarks Landing, N.J., husband of Elizabeth Betts: born in Burlington, N.J., died after 1803 in Clarks Landing, N.J., married on 9-18-1756.
LDS Proxy Baptism Record of "Rachel Betts Clark": On 12 June 1872, Sarah Clark Weaver (1831-1910) was baptized by "proxy" in the LDS Endowment House (as the "Gt.[Great] Granddaughter") for her deceased"Gt.[Great] Grand[mother]", "Rachel Betts Clark". Sarah Clark Weaver was baptized by "Samuel H. B. Smith" [Samuel Harrison Bailey Smith, 1838-1914], and confirmed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891]. This information was recorded in the "Salt Lake Temple and Endowment House Record: Baptisms - Records - Dead, 25 May 1871 - 11 Oct 1872 (FHL Special Collections Film # 1149519).
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "David Clark--who was born in "England", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Rachel Betts"--who was born in "England", in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
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The 1756 marriage of "David Clark" and "Elizabeth Betts" is listed in the "New Jersey Marriage Records, 1683-1802" (via Ancestry.com), which states that they were married on 16 September 1756 in New Jersey, and that David Clark was of "Burlington".
LDS Sealing-to-Spouse of "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts": On 12 June 1872, "Samuel Clark" (1798-1885, born "18 Dec. 1798" in "Gloucester, N.J.") acted as "Heir & proxy" for a deceased "David Clark--who was born in "England", and "Sarah Clark Weaver" (1831-1910, born "27 Jan. 1832"--but which should have been recorded as "1831"--in "Clinton, Ohio") acted as "Heiress & proxy" for a deceased "Rachel Betts"--who was born in "England", in an LDS sealing-to-spouse ordinance in the LDS Endowment House. This proxy sealing ordinance was performed by "Pres. D. H. Wells" [Daniel Hanmer Wells, 1814-1891], and witnessed by "Jos[eph]. F. Smith" and "Joseph Clark." This information was recorded in "Sealings of Couples, Living and by Proxy, 1851-1889" (FHL Special Collections Film # 183398).
"Benjamin Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio. Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
"Abner Clark" is listed in FamilySearch (via IGI Patron submission), which states that his "Will" was dated 9 July 1803 in Galloway, Gloucester, New Jersey, and that his father was "David Clark".
"Abner Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio.
Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.LDS Proxy Ordinances for "Abner Clark" who was "of Galloway, Clouc. C., N.J." and born "about 1757" to "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts Clark" included his LDS Endowment of 6 May 1937 and LDS Sealing-to-Parents of 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
"Nehemiah Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio. Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
LDS Proxy Ordinances for "Nehemiah Clark" who was "of Galloway, Clouc. C., N.J." and born "about 1761" to "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts Clark" included his LDS Endowment of 6 May 1937 and LDS Sealing-to-Parents of 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).
"Rebecca Clark" is mentioned in the book "The Daily Union History of Atlantic City and County, New Jersey", by John F. Hall, 1900, under the section entitled the "Clark Family" (pages 379-384), as follows: "8. David Clark, son of Thomas and Hannah Clark, married and had five sons and one daughter, viz. 61. Thomas, 62. Benjamin, 63. Joseph, 64. Abner, 65. Nehemiah, 66. Rebecca. Benjamin, Joseph and Abner lived many years at the place of their birth viz: Clarks Landing, but finally joined the immigration westward and settled in a place called Jersey Settlement, in the State of Ohio. Nehemiah and Thomas both lived at Clarks Landing.
LDS Proxy Ordinances for "Noah Clark" who was "of Galloway, Clouc. C., N.J." and born "about 1763" to "David Clark" and "Rachel Betts Clark" included his LDS Endowment of 6 May 1937 and LDS Sealing-to-Parents of 21 July 1938 in the LDS Temple in Cardston Alberta Canada (FHL Special Collections Film # 170745).