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MONROE COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA - BIOS: CLARK, Benjamin
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Submitted to the West Virginia Biographies Project by:
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September 20, 1999
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A History of Monroe County, West Virginia
Oren F. Morton, B. Lit.
Staunton, VA
The McClure Company, Inc.
1916
p. 326
BENJAMIN CLARK
Benjamin, born in King and Queen, 1730, settled in Augusta. He was a son of
Jonathan and his wife Elizabeth Wilson, the father being the fourth in
descent from John, who came from England to the James River about 1635. The
wife of Benjamin was Elizabeth Lee. Their son Samuel (1764-1857) settled near
Union in 1783. He was a veteran of the Revolution, later an officer in the
militia, and carried a somewhat prominent part in the public affairs of the
county. He married Margaret Handley.
C: Jamc, H. (1792-1864) (Cinderella Davis)-William (Nelly Benson,
1808)-Alexander (Elizabeth Dickey, 1819)-John (Mary E. Johnson, 1814)
-Cynthia (John Peters, 1813).
C. of James H.~amuel (Anna Lewis)-Lewis F. (Cynthia A. Byrnside)-George W.
(Mary C. Johnston, Mary M. Wickline).
C. of William: Jackson ( Walter)~ynthia A. (Samuel A. Wallace)-Paulina
(John A. Wallace)-Mary 3. (s)-Ellen (William 0. Johnson)-Grace (Dr. Walter
Douglas).
C. of Samuel of 3. H.-James H., George W., Walter D., Samuel W., Rella F.,
Verdie, Alice.
C. of Lewis F-James H. ( Spangler), Lydia B. (Dr. Kelley), Julia, Rosel,
Annie R., Luther H., Minnie, Nora (L. E. Tierney), Bertha.
C. of George W.-James, Cinderella, Charles L. By 2d w.-Elizabeth A., Robert
L., George H., Rose E., Walter D., John D., Alexander H., Anne S., James F.,
Daisy 3., Edward M.
C. of John: Thomas 3. (1818-1885) (Mary Johnson)-Samuel M. (Mar-tha
Ballard)-Cynthia P. (1821-1900) (James M. Christy, 1839)-Mary R. (David
Pence)-Caroline A. (1829-1900) (Granville Smith) -Marga-ret (Thomas Eddy).
C. of T. 3.-Maria C. (E. L. Shanklin), Ella C. (Augustus M. Shank-lin),
Susan (Augustus M. Shanklin), Preston (Julia Ballard).
C. of S. M.-Araminta C. (D. C. Elmore), Shelton (Johnetta Mor-
gan)-Edgar (Susan Brawford), Etta (C. E, Lynch), Annie S. (JQhn P. Parker).
But Clark is by no means a rare name and there have been others in Monroe.
Alexander (Sarah), mentioned as an old man, seems to have lived on Indian. He
helped to appraise the Estill estate in 1792 and died in 1794. Samuel Clark
was a testator to his will. In 1809 the widow owned five slaves and
personalty valued at $1389.03. C: James, Rebecca ( Cantly), William,
Ralph, Martha (John Campbell, 1804), Alexander, John, Samuel. James died
1801, leaving Sarah ( Lafferty), Alexander, John. Ralph (Iaabella) died
1828, leaving Owen, Elizabeth ( Neel), Julia, John, Joseph, William
H., Clara (John Patton). Margaret (John Johnson), Thomas, Abner.
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