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Letha A. Clark, (Mulatto)

Female 1872 - Aft 1880  (9 years)


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  1. 1.  Letha A. Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1872 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (daughter of John Harvey "Little John" Clark, Jr. (Mulatto) and Martha Adeline Dial, (Mulatto)); died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  John Harvey "Little John" Clark, Jr. (Mulatto) was born in 1847 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana (son of John Harvey Clark, Sr (Mulatto) and Rachel Drake, (Mulatto)); died on 16 Jan 1894 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

    John married Martha Adeline Dial, (Mulatto) on 14 Oct 1869 in Orange Co, Texas. Martha (daughter of Solomon Dial and Agnes Buxton, (Mulatto)) was born in 1848 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died in 1916 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Martha Adeline Dial, (Mulatto) was born in 1848 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana (daughter of Solomon Dial and Agnes Buxton, (Mulatto)); died in 1916 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. Amanda (or Arminia) Perkins, (Mulatto) was born in 1867 in Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Lucinda Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1870 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    3. 1. Letha A. Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1872 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    4. Almorenda Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1874 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    5. Calperny Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1876 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    6. Yorice Clark, (Mulatto) was born in 1878 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John Harvey Clark, Sr (Mulatto) was born in 1825 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana (son of James William "Guillaume" Clark, Jr and Rebecca Burney); died in 1897 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1860, Rapides Parish, Louisiana; Alexandria P.O.
    • Census: 1870, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 1880, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana

    Notes:

    started the Clark Settlement in southwestern Beauregard Parish.

    Census:
    John Clark 35
    Rachel Clark 28
    John Clark 13
    James V Clark 11
    Alexander Clark 9
    Richmond Clark 7
    Archy Clark 5
    Sarah E Clark 3
    Roxy Ann Clark 1


    Census:
    residence 898
    John Clark 45 1825 Mulatto
    Rachel Clark 40 Mulatto
    Valentine Clark 22 Mulatto
    Alexander Clark 19 Mulatto
    Richard Clark 17 Mulatto
    Archie Clark 15 Mulatto
    Sarah Clark 13 Mulatto
    Roxian Clark 11 Mulatto
    Sinna Clark 9 Mulatto
    Abe Clark 7 Mulatto
    Eli Clark 4 Mulatto
    Rachel Clark 4/12 Mulatto

    residence 187
    John H. Clark 1846 Mulatto
    Adeline 20 1850 Mulatto Louisiana

    residence 892
    Bass, Moses 38 1832 Mulatto
    Sarah Bass 30 1840 Mu
    Adeline Bass 18 1852 Mu
    Missouri Bass 16 1854 Mu
    Elizabeth Bass 14 1856 Mu
    William Bass 12 1858 Mu
    Manela Bass 10 1860 Mu
    Drake, Martin 11 1859 Mulatto LA
    Jessee 4 1866 Mulatto Louisiana

    residence 894
    Drake, Alfred 22 1848 Mu
    Emily 19 1851 Mu
    Elizabeth 17 1853 Mu
    Melinda 15 1855 Mu

    residence 895
    James Drake 34 1836 Mu
    Catherine 27 1843 Mu
    Seaborn 12 1858 (male) Mu
    Henry 8 1862 Mu
    Eldridge 6 1864 Mu
    Sarah 10 1860 Mu
    Elizabeth 4 1866 Mu


    Census:
    Ashworth Elias Mulatto 28 1852
    Saroah E. 24 Mulatto 1856
    Rees 5 1875 Mulatto male son
    Ira 3 1877 Mulatto son
    Gideon 1 1879 son Mulatto
    Rox Ann Clark Mulatto 18 1862 sis-in-law single
    Archey Clark Mulatto 25 1855 bro-in-law single

    next:
    Volentine Clark Mulatto 32 self 1848
    Lutha Clark Mulatto 27 1853 wife
    Mary L. 1872 dau Mulatto
    Harriet E. 4 1876 Mulatto dau
    William 22 1878 Mulatto

    next:
    Clark John H. Mulatto 54 1826
    Rachel 50 Mulatto 50 1830
    Sinia Mulatto 17 1863 dau
    Eli Mulatto 15 1865 son
    Obia Mulatto 15 1865 son
    Rachel Mulatto 11 1869 dau
    Yillman Mulatto 9 1871 son

    next Housier family
    next Perkins family

    next:
    Richard Clark Mulatto 25 1855
    Saroah Mulatto 20 1860 wife


    Died:
    headstone: died at 83 yrs.

    John married Rachel Drake, (Mulatto) in Nov 1846 in Jasper Co, Texas. Rachel (daughter of John Aaron Drake, III and Elizabeth "Betsy" Ashworth) was born in 1830 in Hackberry Island, St.Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Feb 1916 in Clark Settlement, near Starks, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Rachel Drake, (Mulatto) was born in 1830 in Hackberry Island, St.Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of John Aaron Drake, III and Elizabeth "Betsy" Ashworth); died on 12 Feb 1916 in Clark Settlement, near Starks, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. 2. John Harvey "Little John" Clark, Jr. (Mulatto) was born in 1847 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 16 Jan 1894 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    2. James Valentine "Bud" Clark, (Mu) was born in 1849 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Oct 1920.
    3. Alexander L "Babe" Clark, (Mu) was born on 4 Jul 1850 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Oct 1920 in Beauregard Parish, Louisiana.
    4. Richard "Dick" Clark, (Mu) was born in 1853 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 6 Jun 1940.
    5. Archibald "Archie" Clark, (Mu) was born on 13 Oct 1856 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 29 Aug 1941 in Clark Settlement, near Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    6. Sarah Elizabeth Clark, (Mu) was born in 1857 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1916.
    7. Roxie Ann Clark, (Mu) was born on 13 Oct 1858 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died in 1937.
    8. Sinia Clark, (Mu) was born in 1861 in Louisiana; died on 15 Apr 1915 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    9. Obie (or Abe) Clark, (Mu) was born in 1863 in Louisiana; died after 1916.
    10. Eli Clark, (Mulatto) was born about 1866 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died after 1900.
    11. Rachel Clark, (Mu) was born in Apr 1869 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 14 Feb 1939.
    12. Tilmon "Tilly" (or Tillman) Clark, (Mu) was born on 22 Feb 1872 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died on 22 Aug 1950.

  3. 6.  Solomon Dial was born in 1825 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died on 1 Aug 1870 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

    Solomon married Agnes Buxton, (Mulatto). Agnes was born in 1823 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1880 in Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Agnes Buxton, (Mulatto) was born in 1823 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana; died in 1880 in Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. Solomon Dial, (Mulatto) was born in 1845 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died after 1880 in of, Lower Sabine, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    2. William Dial was born in 1846 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died after 1850 in of, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
    3. 3. Martha Adeline Dial, (Mulatto) was born in 1848 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died in 1916 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    4. Catherine Dial was born in 1852 in Rapides Parish, Louisiana; died after 1860 in of, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  James William "Guillaume" Clark, Jr was born on 13 Dec 1800 in St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana (son of James* (Jacques) William Clark and Esther* "Hester" Comstock); died in 1860 in Orange, Orange Co, Texas; was buried in Block Cem, Orange Co, Texas.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 5 Feb 1807, St. Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana
    • Census: 12 Oct 1850, Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    • Census: 15 Jun 1860, Orange Co, Texas

    Notes:

    The William Clark Family:
    William Clark came to Texas in 1835 with his wife, Caroline Bland Clark, from Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. They came along with all of her family; her brothers, John and Peyton Bland (sometimes spelled Payton), her mother, Elizabeth Johnson, and her stepfather, Dick Johnson.
    In Orange County, Clark received a section of land from the Lorenzo de Zavala grant. This parcel extended towards present day Mauriceville. He later purchased part of the adjacent Theron Strong Survey and put it in his wife's nam. It was said to be a very unusual thing in those days for a woman to have property in her own name. This property extended from near Adams Bayou on the west to Jack's Island on the east, then southward nearly to the present I-10 freeway.
    William and Caroline Clark built a log cabin on what is now Clark Lane (naed later for another family of Clarks). At that time, however, it was situated near the trail that led to Newton County. They had three children, Oliver, Robert (obrn in Orange County on October 3, 1840) and Rachel. The elder Clarks lived in the log house for the rest of their lives. They were buried nearby in the Block Cemetery.
    At their deaths, the William Clark Survey was left to their oldest son Oliver Clark, whose descendants still live in the Mauriceville area.
    Caroline Bland Clark's property was left to the younger son, Robert F. Clark. Caroline died without leaving a will, and since her estate had $600 indebtedness against it, Clark had to sell the land to pay it off.
    Both Oliver and Robert Clark were conscripted for servcie in the Confederate army, but Oliver refused to to and eventually was used as a scout to lead Confederate troops through the swamps of the Sabine River. Robert agreed to go, and served in the Southern army until he co tracted pneumonia and was treated in Atlanta. During his absence, his wife and baby died; they are buried in the Wilkinson Cemetery near Mauriceville.
    After the war, Robert married Ozea Gilbeau of Breaux Bridge Louisiana. Their first child, Cloey Belle, was born in Orange County on September 27, 1869. Three years later, in 1872, Robert built a home of finished lumber on the Newton County road. This house was sold about 1904, to the Heard family and is still lived in by the Heard family members. Old oaks att he front of the house were planted by Cloey Clark when she was a small girl.
    Other children born to Robert and Ozea Clark included four sons: Will Oliver, H.D. (Dick), Campbell, and Burnett; and a second daughter, Alice. The three younger sons were shot to death as young men during Orange County's lawless era, and Alice died of a stroke at age twenty-six. Will did not marry, but stayed at home to look after his parents and the farm, a common custom in the Victorian age. Robert Clark died on December 16, 1922 and Oea Clark on June 19, 1927. Their landholdings were left to Will and when he died on October 30, 1941, he left the property to his surviving sister, Cloey.
    Cloey Clark and Alvah Payne of Bryan were married in the first Clark home on the old Newton trail on January 4, 1892. They raised four children, Clara Payne (Heard), Carrie Payne (Heard), Robert M. and Harrison.
    Allie Payne died on April 28, 1934, and Cloey Payne in 1953. Their property was divided among their children and most of it was sold. However, 12 acres of the original Caroline Bland Clark land is still in family hands, specifically those of Jeanette Heard Robinson.
    Appendix, pg 231



    SLR Clark, William (James of Maryland & Ester Cumstock of New England)
    b 15 Dec 1800 bt 5 Feb 1807 higher up at Prairie du Chicot Noir, residence of a Mr. Loysel. Pats: Patrick Clark of Ireland & Rachel Melon. Mats: William Cumstock of New England & Rachel Alredge of New England. Spons: James Andrus & Rachel Clark. Fr. Michel Bernard Barriere (SM Ch.: Folio E, #53) and (SM Ch.: v 6-A, p 21)
    Clark, Guillaume (James of Maryland & Ester Cumstok of New England b 15 Dec 1800
    (SM Ch v 7 #119, St.Martin of Tours Church)

    Clark, William m 2 Apr 1821 Rebecca Burney (Opel. Ct. Hse.: Mar. #10)

    1850 Jefferson Co Census:
    William Clark age 50, saddler, born LA
    Caroline age 37, born LA
    Althian Wadsworth 19, LA
    Mary C. Wadsworth 2 TX
    Rachel Clark, 12, TX
    Robert Clark 9, TX
    Oliver 18, LA
    Elizabeth J. 17, LA

    Census:
    1850 Sabine Pass, Jefferson Co, Texas
    Clark, William saddler LA
    William Clark 50 1800
    Carline Clark 37
    Altiann Wadsworth 19 1831 Louisiana
    Mary C Wadsworth 2 Texas
    Rachel Clark 12 Texas 1838
    Robert Clark 9 Texas 1841
    Oliver Clark 18 Louisiana 1832 farmer
    Elisabeth J Clark 17 Louisiana 1833 (Mrs. Oliver)


    Census:
    residence 86
    William Clark 59 1801 Louisiana
    Caroline 44 1816 Louisiana
    Robert 19 1841 Texas

    residence 89
    Olver Clark 27 1833 Louisiana
    Elisabeth J. Clark 26 1834 Louisiana
    Rachel A. 9 1851 Texas
    Payton 7 1853 Texas
    Sarah E. 3 1857 Texas
    Jonathan 1 1859 Texas
    Jeremiah Foster 66 1794 Massachusettes

    James married Rebecca Burney on 2 Apr 1821 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana. Rebecca was born on 4 Apr 1799 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1893 in Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Rebecca Burney was born on 4 Apr 1799 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1893 in Louisiana.

    Notes:

    dau of Simon Burney b 1761 Hillsboro, Orange Co NC; d 1824 Opelousas, St. Landry Parish, Louisiana
    and Sarah Rebecca Teal b 10 Jun 1752 Opel, d 1820 Opel

    Children:
    1. 4. John Harvey Clark, Sr (Mulatto) was born in 1825 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1897 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    2. Lavira Clark was born about 1824 in Louisiana; died after 1840 in of, Jefferson Co, Texas.
    3. Lydia Clark was born in 1827 in Louisiana; died after 1842.

  3. 10.  John Aaron Drake, III was born in Apr 1806 in Orleans Parish, Louisiana (son of John Aaron Drake, II and Rosalie Abshire); died in Jun 1892 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.

    John married Elizabeth "Betsy" Ashworth. Elizabeth (daughter of James Joseph Ashworth and Mary "Polly" Perkins) was born in 1815 in St.Landry Parish, Louisiana; died in 1844 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 11.  Elizabeth "Betsy" Ashworth was born in 1815 in St.Landry Parish, Louisiana (daughter of James Joseph Ashworth and Mary "Polly" Perkins); died in 1844 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.
    Children:
    1. 5. Rachel Drake, (Mulatto) was born in 1830 in Hackberry Island, St.Landry Parish, Louisiana; died on 12 Feb 1916 in Clark Settlement, near Starks, Louisiana.
    2. Mary Jency Drake was born in 1833 in St. Landry Parish, Louisiana; died after 1861.
    3. Ellender "Ellen" Drake was born in 1840 in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; died in 1919 in Starks, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana.