Married Jane R SHELTON 1799 – 1882; parents of:
Ann E CLARK 1822 – 1907
DeMarcus J CLARK 1822 – 1907
Washington N CLARK 1823 – 1907
Narcissa P CLARK 1825 – 1925
William H CLARK 1827 – 1915
Elizabeth H CLARK 1830 – 1907
Armita D CLARK 1833 – 1918
Francis A CLARK 1835 – 1900
Hettie S CLARK 1837 – 1907
"GEORGE W. AND JANE SHELTON CLARK.
[Deceased]
In the labors at seed time and harvest in Scott county for many, many years George W. Clark participated, and even when this was a part of Morgan county he was one of the husbandmen who helped to blaze the way for a higher civilization. He had a voice and a hand in the deliberations of the people during the days leading up to the partition of Morgan and the organization of Scott county. In the days immediately following the establishment of the new county he was wooed by the siren song; worshiped the strange god, moved into Manchester and there lost the accumulations of a lifetime.
George W. Clark was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, June 16, 1797. In that little county, bordering upon the North Carolina line, and almost at the eastern edge of the state, he spent the days of his childhood and youth, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. There it was that he met and married his faithful wife, Jane R. Shelton. She was born in Brunswick county in 1799, and they were married in 1818.
After their marriage, and a short residence in that country, Mr. and Mrs. Clark concluded to try their fortunes in the west, and they accordingly set their faces towards the wilderness beyond the blue Ridge mountains, started, and made the journey by easy stages. They stopped awhile in Alabama, and again in Tennessee, and finally brought up within a mile and a half of Winchester, Scott (then Morgan) county, Illinois, in 1829. Mr. Clark entered the tract of land, now the farm of James Coultas, and lived there for two or three years, sold out to Mayberry Evans for $500 and moved into Winchester. Here they remained for a short time, a couple or three months, and then moved down and farmed the tract of land upon which the present town of Alsey is situated, remained there one year and moved over into Greene county, two or three miles south of Manchester. Here they lived until the county seat agitation sprang up, when he pinned his faith to Manchester and moved there. There he lived until 1854. During his residence in Manchester he backed a son in business and lost what he had saved during the years of his incessant toil. After he moved to Winchester in 1854, he was elected justice of the peace and held the office for Lord knows how many years - until he grew so old that he couldn't longer attend to the duties - and was known as 'Squire Clark by nearly everybody in Scott county.
George and Jane Shelton Clark are the parents of nine children: Demareus J., born November 18, 1820 (dead); Ann E., born January 29, 1822 (dead); Washington N., born April 17, 1823 (dead); Narcissa P., born July 21, 1825, married Thomas Huston and now lives at Windsor, Henry county, Missouri; William H., born March 27, 1827, now a resident of Winchester; Elizabeth H., born July 16, 1830 (dead); Arminta D., born October 10, 1832, married George Ragland and resides at Pueblo, Colorado; Francis A., born March 21, 1835 (dead), and Hettie S., born February 24, 1837, (dead).
The lives of George and Jane Clark were filled with a joy and a sadness peculiarly their own. Theirs was a battle for bread, a struggle to rear a family. "Orange blossoms," "smilax" and "white hyacinths" formed an important chapter in their life history. Together they trudged on, faithful to each other and hopeful for the future. Thus they lived, members of the Methodist church, conforming their lives to its teachings, until February 16, 1882, when Mrs. Clark closed her eyes in death. She had been a good wife, a fond mother, a kind neighbor and was sincerely mourned for her many noble traits of character.
After the death of Mrs. Clark Mr. Clark made his home with his sons, William H., who lived in Winchester, and Francis A., who lived in Nebraska, and it was while visiting the latter that he met with an accident which resulted in his death, October 19, 1892. He had lived to the ripe old age of ninety-five years, four months and twenty-four days. The remains were brought back to Scott county for interment. The funeral was conducted from the M.E. church at Winchester at 2 p.m. October 16, 1892, Rev. Sisson using the text: "And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant." The remains are resting besides those of his wife in the Winchester cemetery.
Thus closed the book of life for two pioneers who had come with Scott county through all its changing years; who had shared alike in its fortunes and in its adversities; who in life had been united for sixty-two years and in death are reunited and enjoying that rest that "remaineth unto the people of God."
Bio from page 107 of STANDARD ATLAS OF SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
Ann E CLARK 1822 – 1907
DeMarcus J CLARK 1822 – 1907
Washington N CLARK 1823 – 1907
Narcissa P CLARK 1825 – 1925
William H CLARK 1827 – 1915
Elizabeth H CLARK 1830 – 1907
Armita D CLARK 1833 – 1918
Francis A CLARK 1835 – 1900
Hettie S CLARK 1837 – 1907
"GEORGE W. AND JANE SHELTON CLARK.
[Deceased]
In the labors at seed time and harvest in Scott county for many, many years George W. Clark participated, and even when this was a part of Morgan county he was one of the husbandmen who helped to blaze the way for a higher civilization. He had a voice and a hand in the deliberations of the people during the days leading up to the partition of Morgan and the organization of Scott county. In the days immediately following the establishment of the new county he was wooed by the siren song; worshiped the strange god, moved into Manchester and there lost the accumulations of a lifetime.
George W. Clark was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, June 16, 1797. In that little county, bordering upon the North Carolina line, and almost at the eastern edge of the state, he spent the days of his childhood and youth, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. There it was that he met and married his faithful wife, Jane R. Shelton. She was born in Brunswick county in 1799, and they were married in 1818.
After their marriage, and a short residence in that country, Mr. and Mrs. Clark concluded to try their fortunes in the west, and they accordingly set their faces towards the wilderness beyond the blue Ridge mountains, started, and made the journey by easy stages. They stopped awhile in Alabama, and again in Tennessee, and finally brought up within a mile and a half of Winchester, Scott (then Morgan) county, Illinois, in 1829. Mr. Clark entered the tract of land, now the farm of James Coultas, and lived there for two or three years, sold out to Mayberry Evans for $500 and moved into Winchester. Here they remained for a short time, a couple or three months, and then moved down and farmed the tract of land upon which the present town of Alsey is situated, remained there one year and moved over into Greene county, two or three miles south of Manchester. Here they lived until the county seat agitation sprang up, when he pinned his faith to Manchester and moved there. There he lived until 1854. During his residence in Manchester he backed a son in business and lost what he had saved during the years of his incessant toil. After he moved to Winchester in 1854, he was elected justice of the peace and held the office for Lord knows how many years - until he grew so old that he couldn't longer attend to the duties - and was known as 'Squire Clark by nearly everybody in Scott county.
George and Jane Shelton Clark are the parents of nine children: Demareus J., born November 18, 1820 (dead); Ann E., born January 29, 1822 (dead); Washington N., born April 17, 1823 (dead); Narcissa P., born July 21, 1825, married Thomas Huston and now lives at Windsor, Henry county, Missouri; William H., born March 27, 1827, now a resident of Winchester; Elizabeth H., born July 16, 1830 (dead); Arminta D., born October 10, 1832, married George Ragland and resides at Pueblo, Colorado; Francis A., born March 21, 1835 (dead), and Hettie S., born February 24, 1837, (dead).
The lives of George and Jane Clark were filled with a joy and a sadness peculiarly their own. Theirs was a battle for bread, a struggle to rear a family. "Orange blossoms," "smilax" and "white hyacinths" formed an important chapter in their life history. Together they trudged on, faithful to each other and hopeful for the future. Thus they lived, members of the Methodist church, conforming their lives to its teachings, until February 16, 1882, when Mrs. Clark closed her eyes in death. She had been a good wife, a fond mother, a kind neighbor and was sincerely mourned for her many noble traits of character.
After the death of Mrs. Clark Mr. Clark made his home with his sons, William H., who lived in Winchester, and Francis A., who lived in Nebraska, and it was while visiting the latter that he met with an accident which resulted in his death, October 19, 1892. He had lived to the ripe old age of ninety-five years, four months and twenty-four days. The remains were brought back to Scott county for interment. The funeral was conducted from the M.E. church at Winchester at 2 p.m. October 16, 1892, Rev. Sisson using the text: "And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant." The remains are resting besides those of his wife in the Winchester cemetery.
Thus closed the book of life for two pioneers who had come with Scott county through all its changing years; who had shared alike in its fortunes and in its adversities; who in life had been united for sixty-two years and in death are reunited and enjoying that rest that "remaineth unto the people of God."
Bio from page 107 of STANDARD ATLAS OF SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
Married Jane R SHELTON 1799 – 1882; parents of:
Ann E CLARK 1822 – 1907
DeMarcus J CLARK 1822 – 1907
Washington N CLARK 1823 – 1907
Narcissa P CLARK 1825 – 1925
William H CLARK 1827 – 1915
Elizabeth H CLARK 1830 – 1907
Armita D CLARK 1833 – 1918
Francis A CLARK 1835 – 1900
Hettie S CLARK 1837 – 1907
"GEORGE W. AND JANE SHELTON CLARK.
[Deceased]
In the labors at seed time and harvest in Scott county for many, many years George W. Clark participated, and even when this was a part of Morgan county he was one of the husbandmen who helped to blaze the way for a higher civilization. He had a voice and a hand in the deliberations of the people during the days leading up to the partition of Morgan and the organization of Scott county. In the days immediately following the establishment of the new county he was wooed by the siren song; worshiped the strange god, moved into Manchester and there lost the accumulations of a lifetime.
George W. Clark was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, June 16, 1797. In that little county, bordering upon the North Carolina line, and almost at the eastern edge of the state, he spent the days of his childhood and youth, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. There it was that he met and married his faithful wife, Jane R. Shelton. She was born in Brunswick county in 1799, and they were married in 1818.
After their marriage, and a short residence in that country, Mr. and Mrs. Clark concluded to try their fortunes in the west, and they accordingly set their faces towards the wilderness beyond the blue Ridge mountains, started, and made the journey by easy stages. They stopped awhile in Alabama, and again in Tennessee, and finally brought up within a mile and a half of Winchester, Scott (then Morgan) county, Illinois, in 1829. Mr. Clark entered the tract of land, now the farm of James Coultas, and lived there for two or three years, sold out to Mayberry Evans for $500 and moved into Winchester. Here they remained for a short time, a couple or three months, and then moved down and farmed the tract of land upon which the present town of Alsey is situated, remained there one year and moved over into Greene county, two or three miles south of Manchester. Here they lived until the county seat agitation sprang up, when he pinned his faith to Manchester and moved there. There he lived until 1854. During his residence in Manchester he backed a son in business and lost what he had saved during the years of his incessant toil. After he moved to Winchester in 1854, he was elected justice of the peace and held the office for Lord knows how many years - until he grew so old that he couldn't longer attend to the duties - and was known as 'Squire Clark by nearly everybody in Scott county.
George and Jane Shelton Clark are the parents of nine children: Demareus J., born November 18, 1820 (dead); Ann E., born January 29, 1822 (dead); Washington N., born April 17, 1823 (dead); Narcissa P., born July 21, 1825, married Thomas Huston and now lives at Windsor, Henry county, Missouri; William H., born March 27, 1827, now a resident of Winchester; Elizabeth H., born July 16, 1830 (dead); Arminta D., born October 10, 1832, married George Ragland and resides at Pueblo, Colorado; Francis A., born March 21, 1835 (dead), and Hettie S., born February 24, 1837, (dead).
The lives of George and Jane Clark were filled with a joy and a sadness peculiarly their own. Theirs was a battle for bread, a struggle to rear a family. "Orange blossoms," "smilax" and "white hyacinths" formed an important chapter in their life history. Together they trudged on, faithful to each other and hopeful for the future. Thus they lived, members of the Methodist church, conforming their lives to its teachings, until February 16, 1882, when Mrs. Clark closed her eyes in death. She had been a good wife, a fond mother, a kind neighbor and was sincerely mourned for her many noble traits of character.
After the death of Mrs. Clark Mr. Clark made his home with his sons, William H., who lived in Winchester, and Francis A., who lived in Nebraska, and it was while visiting the latter that he met with an accident which resulted in his death, October 19, 1892. He had lived to the ripe old age of ninety-five years, four months and twenty-four days. The remains were brought back to Scott county for interment. The funeral was conducted from the M.E. church at Winchester at 2 p.m. October 16, 1892, Rev. Sisson using the text: "And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant." The remains are resting besides those of his wife in the Winchester cemetery.
Thus closed the book of life for two pioneers who had come with Scott county through all its changing years; who had shared alike in its fortunes and in its adversities; who in life had been united for sixty-two years and in death are reunited and enjoying that rest that "remaineth unto the people of God."
Bio from page 107 of STANDARD ATLAS OF SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
Ann E CLARK 1822 – 1907
DeMarcus J CLARK 1822 – 1907
Washington N CLARK 1823 – 1907
Narcissa P CLARK 1825 – 1925
William H CLARK 1827 – 1915
Elizabeth H CLARK 1830 – 1907
Armita D CLARK 1833 – 1918
Francis A CLARK 1835 – 1900
Hettie S CLARK 1837 – 1907
"GEORGE W. AND JANE SHELTON CLARK.
[Deceased]
In the labors at seed time and harvest in Scott county for many, many years George W. Clark participated, and even when this was a part of Morgan county he was one of the husbandmen who helped to blaze the way for a higher civilization. He had a voice and a hand in the deliberations of the people during the days leading up to the partition of Morgan and the organization of Scott county. In the days immediately following the establishment of the new county he was wooed by the siren song; worshiped the strange god, moved into Manchester and there lost the accumulations of a lifetime.
George W. Clark was born in Brunswick county, Virginia, June 16, 1797. In that little county, bordering upon the North Carolina line, and almost at the eastern edge of the state, he spent the days of his childhood and youth, and served as a soldier in the war of 1812. There it was that he met and married his faithful wife, Jane R. Shelton. She was born in Brunswick county in 1799, and they were married in 1818.
After their marriage, and a short residence in that country, Mr. and Mrs. Clark concluded to try their fortunes in the west, and they accordingly set their faces towards the wilderness beyond the blue Ridge mountains, started, and made the journey by easy stages. They stopped awhile in Alabama, and again in Tennessee, and finally brought up within a mile and a half of Winchester, Scott (then Morgan) county, Illinois, in 1829. Mr. Clark entered the tract of land, now the farm of James Coultas, and lived there for two or three years, sold out to Mayberry Evans for $500 and moved into Winchester. Here they remained for a short time, a couple or three months, and then moved down and farmed the tract of land upon which the present town of Alsey is situated, remained there one year and moved over into Greene county, two or three miles south of Manchester. Here they lived until the county seat agitation sprang up, when he pinned his faith to Manchester and moved there. There he lived until 1854. During his residence in Manchester he backed a son in business and lost what he had saved during the years of his incessant toil. After he moved to Winchester in 1854, he was elected justice of the peace and held the office for Lord knows how many years - until he grew so old that he couldn't longer attend to the duties - and was known as 'Squire Clark by nearly everybody in Scott county.
George and Jane Shelton Clark are the parents of nine children: Demareus J., born November 18, 1820 (dead); Ann E., born January 29, 1822 (dead); Washington N., born April 17, 1823 (dead); Narcissa P., born July 21, 1825, married Thomas Huston and now lives at Windsor, Henry county, Missouri; William H., born March 27, 1827, now a resident of Winchester; Elizabeth H., born July 16, 1830 (dead); Arminta D., born October 10, 1832, married George Ragland and resides at Pueblo, Colorado; Francis A., born March 21, 1835 (dead), and Hettie S., born February 24, 1837, (dead).
The lives of George and Jane Clark were filled with a joy and a sadness peculiarly their own. Theirs was a battle for bread, a struggle to rear a family. "Orange blossoms," "smilax" and "white hyacinths" formed an important chapter in their life history. Together they trudged on, faithful to each other and hopeful for the future. Thus they lived, members of the Methodist church, conforming their lives to its teachings, until February 16, 1882, when Mrs. Clark closed her eyes in death. She had been a good wife, a fond mother, a kind neighbor and was sincerely mourned for her many noble traits of character.
After the death of Mrs. Clark Mr. Clark made his home with his sons, William H., who lived in Winchester, and Francis A., who lived in Nebraska, and it was while visiting the latter that he met with an accident which resulted in his death, October 19, 1892. He had lived to the ripe old age of ninety-five years, four months and twenty-four days. The remains were brought back to Scott county for interment. The funeral was conducted from the M.E. church at Winchester at 2 p.m. October 16, 1892, Rev. Sisson using the text: "And the bow shall be in the cloud, and I will look upon it, that I may remember the everlasting covenant." The remains are resting besides those of his wife in the Winchester cemetery.
Thus closed the book of life for two pioneers who had come with Scott county through all its changing years; who had shared alike in its fortunes and in its adversities; who in life had been united for sixty-two years and in death are reunited and enjoying that rest that "remaineth unto the people of God."
Bio from page 107 of STANDARD ATLAS OF SCOTT COUNTY, ILLINOIS
1903
Geo. A. Ogle & Co.
Publishers & Engravers
134 Van Buren St.
Chicago
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