Civil War: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry
George H. Clark was born in Canada and came to the United States when he was a child in either 1839 or 1846. His father was born in Canada and his mother was born in New York. George was a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, when he enlisted as a private August 14, 1862. He was mustered into Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry, August 27, 1862. Private Clark was mustered out September 26, 1865. After the war he remained in Kansas, where he married Caroline "Carrie" Anna (maiden name unknown) in 1867. Caroline was born in Wisconsin in November 1850; her father was born in England and her mother was born in New York. They did not have any children of their own, but by 1890 they had adopted two girls, Pearl L. (born Kansas, August 1885) and Luella Mae (born Kansas, October 1889). George take the oath of citizenship in Kansas in 1879. He was living with his wife and working as a carpenter at Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, when the census taker visited them in 1880. That same year George filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension June 26. He received application No. 398,101 and certificate No. 303,687. By 1883 George and Carrie had left Kansas for Cochise County, Arizona Territory. They were living at Fort Huachuca with their two adopted daughters by 1890, where Carrie served as Postmistress from 1890-1894. George and his family appear in the 1900 Census as residents of Fort Huachuca. George was first admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home at Los Angeles January 17, 1908. His home record shows his residence as Cochise County, Arizona. George was discharged from the Sawtelle Home at his own request and returned to Cochise County, where he appears in the 1910 Census residing at Fort Huachuca with Carrie, adopted daughter Luella, Luella's husband Charles E. Travis (born 1866, Indiana) and granddaughter Blanche Mae Travis (born 1909, Cochise County). George and Carrie operated a store on Fort Huachuca until Carrie was banned from the post. The couple set up shop just outside the north gate in what is now Huachuca City and expanded their operation to include a saloon and a brothel. George returned to the Sawtelle Home for a short time in 1920, but maintained a residence at Huachuca City, where he appears in the 1920 Census with Carrie and Luella's children, Blanche Mae and Emmet W. Travis (born 1911, Cochise County). George returned one last time to the Sawtelle Home, where he died May 15, 1924. The next day he was buried in the National Cemetery adjacent to the Soldiers' Home.
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George H. Clark was born in Canada and came to the United States when he was a child in either 1839 or 1846. His father was born in Canada and his mother was born in New York. George was a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, when he enlisted as a private August 14, 1862. He was mustered into Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry, August 27, 1862. Private Clark was mustered out September 26, 1865. After the war he remained in Kansas, where he married Caroline "Carrie" Anna (maiden name unknown) in 1867. Caroline was born in Wisconsin in November 1850; her father was born in England and her mother was born in New York. They did not have any children of their own, but by 1890 they had adopted two girls, Pearl L. (born Kansas, August 1885) and Luella Mae (born Kansas, October 1889). George take the oath of citizenship in Kansas in 1879. He was living with his wife and working as a carpenter at Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, when the census taker visited them in 1880. That same year George filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension June 26. He received application No. 398,101 and certificate No. 303,687. By 1883 George and Carrie had left Kansas for Cochise County, Arizona Territory. They were living at Fort Huachuca with their two adopted daughters by 1890, where Carrie served as Postmistress from 1890-1894. George and his family appear in the 1900 Census as residents of Fort Huachuca. George was first admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home at Los Angeles January 17, 1908. His home record shows his residence as Cochise County, Arizona. George was discharged from the Sawtelle Home at his own request and returned to Cochise County, where he appears in the 1910 Census residing at Fort Huachuca with Carrie, adopted daughter Luella, Luella's husband Charles E. Travis (born 1866, Indiana) and granddaughter Blanche Mae Travis (born 1909, Cochise County). George and Carrie operated a store on Fort Huachuca until Carrie was banned from the post. The couple set up shop just outside the north gate in what is now Huachuca City and expanded their operation to include a saloon and a brothel. George returned to the Sawtelle Home for a short time in 1920, but maintained a residence at Huachuca City, where he appears in the 1920 Census with Carrie and Luella's children, Blanche Mae and Emmet W. Travis (born 1911, Cochise County). George returned one last time to the Sawtelle Home, where he died May 15, 1924. The next day he was buried in the National Cemetery adjacent to the Soldiers' Home.
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Civil War: Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry
George H. Clark was born in Canada and came to the United States when he was a child in either 1839 or 1846. His father was born in Canada and his mother was born in New York. George was a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, when he enlisted as a private August 14, 1862. He was mustered into Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry, August 27, 1862. Private Clark was mustered out September 26, 1865. After the war he remained in Kansas, where he married Caroline "Carrie" Anna (maiden name unknown) in 1867. Caroline was born in Wisconsin in November 1850; her father was born in England and her mother was born in New York. They did not have any children of their own, but by 1890 they had adopted two girls, Pearl L. (born Kansas, August 1885) and Luella Mae (born Kansas, October 1889). George take the oath of citizenship in Kansas in 1879. He was living with his wife and working as a carpenter at Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, when the census taker visited them in 1880. That same year George filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension June 26. He received application No. 398,101 and certificate No. 303,687. By 1883 George and Carrie had left Kansas for Cochise County, Arizona Territory. They were living at Fort Huachuca with their two adopted daughters by 1890, where Carrie served as Postmistress from 1890-1894. George and his family appear in the 1900 Census as residents of Fort Huachuca. George was first admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home at Los Angeles January 17, 1908. His home record shows his residence as Cochise County, Arizona. George was discharged from the Sawtelle Home at his own request and returned to Cochise County, where he appears in the 1910 Census residing at Fort Huachuca with Carrie, adopted daughter Luella, Luella's husband Charles E. Travis (born 1866, Indiana) and granddaughter Blanche Mae Travis (born 1909, Cochise County). George and Carrie operated a store on Fort Huachuca until Carrie was banned from the post. The couple set up shop just outside the north gate in what is now Huachuca City and expanded their operation to include a saloon and a brothel. George returned to the Sawtelle Home for a short time in 1920, but maintained a residence at Huachuca City, where he appears in the 1920 Census with Carrie and Luella's children, Blanche Mae and Emmet W. Travis (born 1911, Cochise County). George returned one last time to the Sawtelle Home, where he died May 15, 1924. The next day he was buried in the National Cemetery adjacent to the Soldiers' Home.
Biography by Steve
George H. Clark was born in Canada and came to the United States when he was a child in either 1839 or 1846. His father was born in Canada and his mother was born in New York. George was a resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, when he enlisted as a private August 14, 1862. He was mustered into Company A, 11th Kansas Cavalry, August 27, 1862. Private Clark was mustered out September 26, 1865. After the war he remained in Kansas, where he married Caroline "Carrie" Anna (maiden name unknown) in 1867. Caroline was born in Wisconsin in November 1850; her father was born in England and her mother was born in New York. They did not have any children of their own, but by 1890 they had adopted two girls, Pearl L. (born Kansas, August 1885) and Luella Mae (born Kansas, October 1889). George take the oath of citizenship in Kansas in 1879. He was living with his wife and working as a carpenter at Peabody, Marion County, Kansas, when the census taker visited them in 1880. That same year George filed for a Civil War veteran's disability pension June 26. He received application No. 398,101 and certificate No. 303,687. By 1883 George and Carrie had left Kansas for Cochise County, Arizona Territory. They were living at Fort Huachuca with their two adopted daughters by 1890, where Carrie served as Postmistress from 1890-1894. George and his family appear in the 1900 Census as residents of Fort Huachuca. George was first admitted to the Sawtelle Soldiers' Home at Los Angeles January 17, 1908. His home record shows his residence as Cochise County, Arizona. George was discharged from the Sawtelle Home at his own request and returned to Cochise County, where he appears in the 1910 Census residing at Fort Huachuca with Carrie, adopted daughter Luella, Luella's husband Charles E. Travis (born 1866, Indiana) and granddaughter Blanche Mae Travis (born 1909, Cochise County). George and Carrie operated a store on Fort Huachuca until Carrie was banned from the post. The couple set up shop just outside the north gate in what is now Huachuca City and expanded their operation to include a saloon and a brothel. George returned to the Sawtelle Home for a short time in 1920, but maintained a residence at Huachuca City, where he appears in the 1920 Census with Carrie and Luella's children, Blanche Mae and Emmet W. Travis (born 1911, Cochise County). George returned one last time to the Sawtelle Home, where he died May 15, 1924. The next day he was buried in the National Cemetery adjacent to the Soldiers' Home.
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