Civil War: Field & Staff, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Charles S. Clark was the son of Eli Clark and Christina van Olinda. He graduated from Falley Seminary at Fulton, New York, in 1849 and later studied law at Sodus, New York. He went to Kansas in 1856, where he was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1859 and elected to the State Legislature in 1860. With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861 he organized the 9th Kansas Cavalry, which he then commanded. He led the pursuit after rebel guerrilla leader William Quantrill when Lawrence, Kansas, was burned and its male inhabitants slaughtered. When the war ended he returned to Franklin County, Kansas, where he remained until 1875. Charles moved to Texas that same year to pursue business interests in railroading. Charles followed the railroad's progression westward until he arrived in Tombstone in 1878, where he would remain the rest of his life. Clark was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He served as Tombstone's postmaster from 1884 to 1890, and later as justice of the peace. He filed for a Civil War veteran's pension February 20, 1903, and received certificate No. 1,056,929. His wife, Henrietta A. Bertrand (born April 1852 in Missouri) filed for a widow's pension September 30, 1903, and received certificate No. 641,445.
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Charles S. Clark was the son of Eli Clark and Christina van Olinda. He graduated from Falley Seminary at Fulton, New York, in 1849 and later studied law at Sodus, New York. He went to Kansas in 1856, where he was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1859 and elected to the State Legislature in 1860. With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861 he organized the 9th Kansas Cavalry, which he then commanded. He led the pursuit after rebel guerrilla leader William Quantrill when Lawrence, Kansas, was burned and its male inhabitants slaughtered. When the war ended he returned to Franklin County, Kansas, where he remained until 1875. Charles moved to Texas that same year to pursue business interests in railroading. Charles followed the railroad's progression westward until he arrived in Tombstone in 1878, where he would remain the rest of his life. Clark was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He served as Tombstone's postmaster from 1884 to 1890, and later as justice of the peace. He filed for a Civil War veteran's pension February 20, 1903, and received certificate No. 1,056,929. His wife, Henrietta A. Bertrand (born April 1852 in Missouri) filed for a widow's pension September 30, 1903, and received certificate No. 641,445.
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Civil War: Field & Staff, 9th Kansas Cavalry
Charles S. Clark was the son of Eli Clark and Christina van Olinda. He graduated from Falley Seminary at Fulton, New York, in 1849 and later studied law at Sodus, New York. He went to Kansas in 1856, where he was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1859 and elected to the State Legislature in 1860. With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861 he organized the 9th Kansas Cavalry, which he then commanded. He led the pursuit after rebel guerrilla leader William Quantrill when Lawrence, Kansas, was burned and its male inhabitants slaughtered. When the war ended he returned to Franklin County, Kansas, where he remained until 1875. Charles moved to Texas that same year to pursue business interests in railroading. Charles followed the railroad's progression westward until he arrived in Tombstone in 1878, where he would remain the rest of his life. Clark was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He served as Tombstone's postmaster from 1884 to 1890, and later as justice of the peace. He filed for a Civil War veteran's pension February 20, 1903, and received certificate No. 1,056,929. His wife, Henrietta A. Bertrand (born April 1852 in Missouri) filed for a widow's pension September 30, 1903, and received certificate No. 641,445.
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Charles S. Clark was the son of Eli Clark and Christina van Olinda. He graduated from Falley Seminary at Fulton, New York, in 1849 and later studied law at Sodus, New York. He went to Kansas in 1856, where he was admitted to the Kansas Bar in 1859 and elected to the State Legislature in 1860. With the outbreak of the Civil War in April 1861 he organized the 9th Kansas Cavalry, which he then commanded. He led the pursuit after rebel guerrilla leader William Quantrill when Lawrence, Kansas, was burned and its male inhabitants slaughtered. When the war ended he returned to Franklin County, Kansas, where he remained until 1875. Charles moved to Texas that same year to pursue business interests in railroading. Charles followed the railroad's progression westward until he arrived in Tombstone in 1878, where he would remain the rest of his life. Clark was a charter member of Tombstone's Burnside Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in January 1882. He served as Tombstone's postmaster from 1884 to 1890, and later as justice of the peace. He filed for a Civil War veteran's pension February 20, 1903, and received certificate No. 1,056,929. His wife, Henrietta A. Bertrand (born April 1852 in Missouri) filed for a widow's pension September 30, 1903, and received certificate No. 641,445.
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