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Elisha Clark

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Elisha Clark Veteran

Birth
Mongaup, Sullivan County, New York, USA
Death
5 Feb 1922 (aged 78)
Port Orange, Orange County, New York, USA
Burial
Cuddebackville, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
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Port Jervis, Feb. 5 - Elisha Clark, a veteran of the Civil War, died at 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, at the home of his nephew, Ernesto Skiller, at Port Orange, after a long illness.

Deceased was born in Mongaup, on July 13, 1843, and was the son of Elisha Clark and Elizabeth Skinner Clark. He lived the greater part of his life at Mongaup and vicinity. On December 10, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Ada Case.

Mr. Clark had served in Company E, 104th New York Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of Carroll-Van Etten Post No. 279, G.A.R., of this city.

The surviving relatives are his wife and four daughters, Mrs. Marietta Piatt, of Port Orange; Mrs. Marie A. T. Skinner, of Mount Hope; Mrs. Sarah A. Hotchkiss, of Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. Alice J. Briggs, of Liberty.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Cuddebackville M. E. Church, in charge of the G. A. R. Interment will be in the Cuddebackville cemetery.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, February 10, 1922, page 5
Port Jervis, Feb. 5 - Elisha Clark, a veteran of the Civil War, died at 7:15 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, at the home of his nephew, Ernesto Skiller, at Port Orange, after a long illness.

Deceased was born in Mongaup, on July 13, 1843, and was the son of Elisha Clark and Elizabeth Skinner Clark. He lived the greater part of his life at Mongaup and vicinity. On December 10, 1866, he was united in marriage with Miss Ada Case.

Mr. Clark had served in Company E, 104th New York Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and was a member of Carroll-Van Etten Post No. 279, G.A.R., of this city.

The surviving relatives are his wife and four daughters, Mrs. Marietta Piatt, of Port Orange; Mrs. Marie A. T. Skinner, of Mount Hope; Mrs. Sarah A. Hotchkiss, of Akron, Ohio; and Mrs. Alice J. Briggs, of Liberty.

The funeral was held at 2 p.m. today in the Cuddebackville M. E. Church, in charge of the G. A. R. Interment will be in the Cuddebackville cemetery.
--Orange County Times-Press (Middletown, NY), Friday, February 10, 1922, page 5


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  • Added: Feb 16, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/33931519/elisha-clark: accessed ), memorial page for Elisha Clark (13 Jul 1843–5 Feb 1922), Find a Grave Memorial ID 33931519, citing Rural Valley Cemetery, Cuddebackville, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by Vivian (contributor 46939563).