Mary Elizabeth Clark b. 29 Apr 1865 Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States d. Yes, date unknown: Tangled Roots

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Name	Mary Elizabeth Clark
Born	29 Apr 1865	Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, United States
Gender	Female
Census	1870	Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States [2]
	as Mary Clark, in the household of Joshua Clark
Census	1880	Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States [3]
	as Minnie Clark, daughter, in the household of Joshua M. Clark
Name	Minnie Clark
Died	Yes, date unknown
Person ID	I11389	TangledRoots
Last Modified	22 Oct 2021

Father	Joshua Martin Clark, b. 21 Apr 1824, Maine, United States , d. 9 Oct 1912, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, United States (Age 88 years)
Mother	Lucy Chambers, b. Mar 1832, Washington County, Ohio, United States , d. 1903, Vermilion County, Illinois, United States (Age 70 years)
Married	11 Jul 1849	Gallia County, Ohio, United States
Family ID	F2756	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family Edward Bassett Becker, b. 26 Dec 1866, Illinois, United States , d. 24 Apr 1898, Glencoe, Cook County, Illinois, United States (Age 31 years)

Married 17 Jun 1891 Washington, District of Columbia, United States [4]

Children

	1. Mabel Clark Becker, b. 8 Jan 1893, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States , d. Yes, date unknown
	2. Philoma Sarah Becker, b. 24 Oct 1894, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States , d. Yes, date unknown

Last Modified 16 Jan 2022

Family ID F2801 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Notes

Excerpt from letter.....
.....I was very pleased to receive the Clark history and have read it with much interest. It clears up much that I did not know.
.....I would guess that Minnie Becker and her daughters, Mabel and Philoma, visited at Grandpa Clarks farm in 1908 or 1909. I was visiting at the farm all that summer, or rather working there, as I can recall plowing the tall corn in the bottom land; taking big fat green worms off the tobacco plants; raking hay during which I raked through some bumble-bee nests and they got in my hair and up the legs of my overalls; plus many of the other things that have to be done on a farm.
.....When the two Becker girls came - their mother came a little later - I was assigned the pleasant task of driving into Gallipolis to meet them with a two seater buggy with no top, pulled by a roan mare. One of the girls started to drive to the farm and the mare wanted to stop to get rid of some water. The girl kept urging the mare on until I finally said "Aw, let her stop," whereupon the three of us had a front row seat for the waterfall. The girls were much embarrassed and giggled much for the next mile. Mabel, the older sister is the one who married a Doheny. Philoma married a Bernet of Cleveland, whose father was president of an eastern railroad. Philoma's husband was president of some interstate truck line. We saw this couple several times in Cleveland. Philoma called at our house in 1929, when my mother was with us.
.....The Hope girl, who visited the Riggs that same summer, was named Smith, I think, and I recall hearing it said that her father was a Senator. Somehow that summer, someone had a steam launch, which was used by the three girls and others including me, for picnics and expeditions. On occasion all the young folks went swimming, and the girls' swim costumes were strictly early 1900, middy blouses, pantaloons, stockings and shoes, the latter of which kept sticking in that good Ohio River mud. [Source: Information collected by Amos Clark Lackey, letter from Donald B. Ewing addressed to Clark and Leota Lackey, dated May 29, 1966]

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[S2188] Artifact: Privately Held, Letter: from Stephen Clark.
Minnie Becker had two daughters. She was left a widow when girls were quite young. She lived in suburb of Chicago.
[S1631] 1870 Federal Census: Illinois, Vermillion County.
DW 159-154
...line 4 - Joshua Clark, age 46, male, white, merchant, born Maine
...line 5 - Lucy Clark, age 38, female, white, keeping house, born Ohio
...line 6 - Prudence Clark, age 20, female, white, born Ohio
...line 7 - Augusta Clark, age 16, male, white, born Ohio
...line 8 - John Clark, age 14, male, white, born Ohio
...line 9 - Joshua Clark, age 12, male, white, born Ohio
...line 10 - Henry Clark, age 9, male, white, born Ohio
...line 11 - George Clark, age 7, male, white, born Ohio
...line 12 - Amos Clark, age 5, male, white, born Ohio
...line 13 - Mary Clark, age 5, female, white, born Ohio
...line 14 - Laura, age 3, female, white, born Ohio
Danville Township, Vermilion County, Illinois p18
[S1632] 1880 Federal Census: Illinois, Vermillion County, p5 Danville.
DW 45-47
...line 39 - Joshua M. Clark, white, male, age 56, married, Dry Goods Merchant, born Maine, father born Maine, mother born Maine
...line 40 - Lucy Clark, white, female, age 48, wife, married, keeping house, born Ohio, father born Ireland, mother born Ohio
...line 41 - Sarah P. Clark, white, female, age 28, daughter, single, clerk in store, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 42 - Augusta Clark, white, female, age 26, daughter, single, school teacher, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 43 - John S. Clark, white, male, age 24, son, single, clerk in store, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 44 - Joshua H. Clark, white, male, age 21, son, single, clerk in store, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 45 - Harry W. Clark, white, male, age 19, son, single, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 46 - George C. Clark, white, male, age 17, son, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 47 - Minnie Clark, white, female, age 15, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 48 - Amos Clark, white, male, age 15, son, single, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 49 - Laura Clark, white, female, age 12, daughter, single, born Ohio, father born Maine, mother born Ohio
...line 50 - Ralph G. Clark, white, male, age 9, son, single, born Illinois, father born Maine, mother born Ohio

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...line 1 - Amanda Bennett, white, female, age 24, servant, single, occupation servant, born Indiana, father born Indiana, mother born Indiana
Danville, Vermilion County, Illinois p5
[S1639] District of Columbia: Compiled Marriage Index 1830-1921, Edward Bassett Becker and Mary Elizabeth Clark.
Edward Bassett Becker and Mary Elizabeth Clark, married 17 Jun 1891, District of Columbia
District of Columbia
17 June 1891

Mary Elizabeth Clark[1]

Mary Elizabeth Clark^[1]