Son of Dexter Stillman and Barbara Redfield
Married Amelia Ann Sperry on 19 February 1851 in Mills County, Iowa.
Children:
Alpheus
Harriet L.
Bainbridge Laurett
Ann M.
Cynthia Maud
Albert Zina
Alfred
Barbara
Charles
Clark Stillman was born in New York state in 1827, the first child of Dexter Alpheus and Barbara (Redfield) Stillman. Sometime between 1833 when his brother Franklin was born and the birth of his sister, Mary in 1837 the family moved to Ohio and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). After sister Elizabeth was born in Ohio in 1840 the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. The Stillman family was part of the trek across Iowa in 1845 and 1846. In the summer of 1846 18 year old Clark and his 42 year old father, Dexter, were recruited by the U. S. Army as part of the 500 Morman Battalion for service in the Mexican- American War. After marching to California, Clark and Dexter returned to Iowa in about 18 months. Some sources say Clark had brief marriage during this time to a Phoebe Merrill. (Her FAG # is 31242528)
After seperating from the main body of the Morman church, the family lived in Page County, Iowa, where his 17 year old brother died in 1850.
Twenty-three year old Clark Stillman married nineteen year old Amelia Narcissa Sperry in 1851 in Mills County, Iowa. Clark's father, Dexter died in 1852. Twin sons, Alpheus and Alfred were born in 1852, followed by Harriet in 1854. About this time the family moved from Mills County, Iowa to Manti, in Fremont County, Iowa as part of the Cutlerite Morman splinter group.
Children Bainbridge in 1856, Barbara in 1857, Ann in 1859, Charles in 1861 and Cynthia in 1863 were born in Manti. Alfred died as a young boy but the rest of the family including his widowed mother, Barbara and other extended family members made the two month journey from Manti to the north shore of Clitherall Lake in Minnesota in May 1865. In September 1865, less than two months after their arrival at Clitherall,
Amelia Stillman gave birth to their eighth child, Albert. Albert as the distinction of being the first white child born in Otter Tail County.
Not satisfied with the land ownership policy of the Cutlerite community, Clark took a homestead near the present day village of Deer Creek, Minnesota. Emily Petzold, an early Deer Creek histoian wrote of Clark: "
Clark Stillman while living in Clitherall, made a fateful trip to Saux Center. It was in 1867 and late in the fall he took some sheet along and after disposing of his produce and sheep, bought a load of supplies, including a heating stove and clothes for the family. A cold snap came on and as he was unable to find lodging, he was compelled to start back. Mr. Stillman was a humane man and put all his extra covers on his horses. He, himself, suffered so ________ from exposure that he was a sick man when he got home and died on the 12th of December of pneumonia." Clark Stillman died at age 40 and was the second buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
In the spring of 1868, 35 year old Amelia and her eight children moved to their Deer Creek homestead and with the help of oldest son, Alpheus, aged 15 built a house and farmed their land. For over two years they were the sole residents of the township. Amelia died in 1890 at the age of 59. All eight children lived to adulthood.
Married Amelia Ann Sperry on 19 February 1851 in Mills County, Iowa.
Children:
Alpheus
Harriet L.
Bainbridge Laurett
Ann M.
Cynthia Maud
Albert Zina
Alfred
Barbara
Charles
Clark Stillman was born in New York state in 1827, the first child of Dexter Alpheus and Barbara (Redfield) Stillman. Sometime between 1833 when his brother Franklin was born and the birth of his sister, Mary in 1837 the family moved to Ohio and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). After sister Elizabeth was born in Ohio in 1840 the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. The Stillman family was part of the trek across Iowa in 1845 and 1846. In the summer of 1846 18 year old Clark and his 42 year old father, Dexter, were recruited by the U. S. Army as part of the 500 Morman Battalion for service in the Mexican- American War. After marching to California, Clark and Dexter returned to Iowa in about 18 months. Some sources say Clark had brief marriage during this time to a Phoebe Merrill. (Her FAG # is 31242528)
After seperating from the main body of the Morman church, the family lived in Page County, Iowa, where his 17 year old brother died in 1850.
Twenty-three year old Clark Stillman married nineteen year old Amelia Narcissa Sperry in 1851 in Mills County, Iowa. Clark's father, Dexter died in 1852. Twin sons, Alpheus and Alfred were born in 1852, followed by Harriet in 1854. About this time the family moved from Mills County, Iowa to Manti, in Fremont County, Iowa as part of the Cutlerite Morman splinter group.
Children Bainbridge in 1856, Barbara in 1857, Ann in 1859, Charles in 1861 and Cynthia in 1863 were born in Manti. Alfred died as a young boy but the rest of the family including his widowed mother, Barbara and other extended family members made the two month journey from Manti to the north shore of Clitherall Lake in Minnesota in May 1865. In September 1865, less than two months after their arrival at Clitherall,
Amelia Stillman gave birth to their eighth child, Albert. Albert as the distinction of being the first white child born in Otter Tail County.
Not satisfied with the land ownership policy of the Cutlerite community, Clark took a homestead near the present day village of Deer Creek, Minnesota. Emily Petzold, an early Deer Creek histoian wrote of Clark: "
Clark Stillman while living in Clitherall, made a fateful trip to Saux Center. It was in 1867 and late in the fall he took some sheet along and after disposing of his produce and sheep, bought a load of supplies, including a heating stove and clothes for the family. A cold snap came on and as he was unable to find lodging, he was compelled to start back. Mr. Stillman was a humane man and put all his extra covers on his horses. He, himself, suffered so ________ from exposure that he was a sick man when he got home and died on the 12th of December of pneumonia." Clark Stillman died at age 40 and was the second buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
In the spring of 1868, 35 year old Amelia and her eight children moved to their Deer Creek homestead and with the help of oldest son, Alpheus, aged 15 built a house and farmed their land. For over two years they were the sole residents of the township. Amelia died in 1890 at the age of 59. All eight children lived to adulthood.
Son of Dexter Stillman and Barbara Redfield
Married Amelia Ann Sperry on 19 February 1851 in Mills County, Iowa.
Children:
Alpheus
Harriet L.
Bainbridge Laurett
Ann M.
Cynthia Maud
Albert Zina
Alfred
Barbara
Charles
Clark Stillman was born in New York state in 1827, the first child of Dexter Alpheus and Barbara (Redfield) Stillman. Sometime between 1833 when his brother Franklin was born and the birth of his sister, Mary in 1837 the family moved to Ohio and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). After sister Elizabeth was born in Ohio in 1840 the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. The Stillman family was part of the trek across Iowa in 1845 and 1846. In the summer of 1846 18 year old Clark and his 42 year old father, Dexter, were recruited by the U. S. Army as part of the 500 Morman Battalion for service in the Mexican- American War. After marching to California, Clark and Dexter returned to Iowa in about 18 months. Some sources say Clark had brief marriage during this time to a Phoebe Merrill. (Her FAG # is 31242528)
After seperating from the main body of the Morman church, the family lived in Page County, Iowa, where his 17 year old brother died in 1850.
Twenty-three year old Clark Stillman married nineteen year old Amelia Narcissa Sperry in 1851 in Mills County, Iowa. Clark's father, Dexter died in 1852. Twin sons, Alpheus and Alfred were born in 1852, followed by Harriet in 1854. About this time the family moved from Mills County, Iowa to Manti, in Fremont County, Iowa as part of the Cutlerite Morman splinter group.
Children Bainbridge in 1856, Barbara in 1857, Ann in 1859, Charles in 1861 and Cynthia in 1863 were born in Manti. Alfred died as a young boy but the rest of the family including his widowed mother, Barbara and other extended family members made the two month journey from Manti to the north shore of Clitherall Lake in Minnesota in May 1865. In September 1865, less than two months after their arrival at Clitherall,
Amelia Stillman gave birth to their eighth child, Albert. Albert as the distinction of being the first white child born in Otter Tail County.
Not satisfied with the land ownership policy of the Cutlerite community, Clark took a homestead near the present day village of Deer Creek, Minnesota. Emily Petzold, an early Deer Creek histoian wrote of Clark: "
Clark Stillman while living in Clitherall, made a fateful trip to Saux Center. It was in 1867 and late in the fall he took some sheet along and after disposing of his produce and sheep, bought a load of supplies, including a heating stove and clothes for the family. A cold snap came on and as he was unable to find lodging, he was compelled to start back. Mr. Stillman was a humane man and put all his extra covers on his horses. He, himself, suffered so ________ from exposure that he was a sick man when he got home and died on the 12th of December of pneumonia." Clark Stillman died at age 40 and was the second buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
In the spring of 1868, 35 year old Amelia and her eight children moved to their Deer Creek homestead and with the help of oldest son, Alpheus, aged 15 built a house and farmed their land. For over two years they were the sole residents of the township. Amelia died in 1890 at the age of 59. All eight children lived to adulthood.
Married Amelia Ann Sperry on 19 February 1851 in Mills County, Iowa.
Children:
Alpheus
Harriet L.
Bainbridge Laurett
Ann M.
Cynthia Maud
Albert Zina
Alfred
Barbara
Charles
Clark Stillman was born in New York state in 1827, the first child of Dexter Alpheus and Barbara (Redfield) Stillman. Sometime between 1833 when his brother Franklin was born and the birth of his sister, Mary in 1837 the family moved to Ohio and joined the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints (LDS). After sister Elizabeth was born in Ohio in 1840 the family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. The Stillman family was part of the trek across Iowa in 1845 and 1846. In the summer of 1846 18 year old Clark and his 42 year old father, Dexter, were recruited by the U. S. Army as part of the 500 Morman Battalion for service in the Mexican- American War. After marching to California, Clark and Dexter returned to Iowa in about 18 months. Some sources say Clark had brief marriage during this time to a Phoebe Merrill. (Her FAG # is 31242528)
After seperating from the main body of the Morman church, the family lived in Page County, Iowa, where his 17 year old brother died in 1850.
Twenty-three year old Clark Stillman married nineteen year old Amelia Narcissa Sperry in 1851 in Mills County, Iowa. Clark's father, Dexter died in 1852. Twin sons, Alpheus and Alfred were born in 1852, followed by Harriet in 1854. About this time the family moved from Mills County, Iowa to Manti, in Fremont County, Iowa as part of the Cutlerite Morman splinter group.
Children Bainbridge in 1856, Barbara in 1857, Ann in 1859, Charles in 1861 and Cynthia in 1863 were born in Manti. Alfred died as a young boy but the rest of the family including his widowed mother, Barbara and other extended family members made the two month journey from Manti to the north shore of Clitherall Lake in Minnesota in May 1865. In September 1865, less than two months after their arrival at Clitherall,
Amelia Stillman gave birth to their eighth child, Albert. Albert as the distinction of being the first white child born in Otter Tail County.
Not satisfied with the land ownership policy of the Cutlerite community, Clark took a homestead near the present day village of Deer Creek, Minnesota. Emily Petzold, an early Deer Creek histoian wrote of Clark: "
Clark Stillman while living in Clitherall, made a fateful trip to Saux Center. It was in 1867 and late in the fall he took some sheet along and after disposing of his produce and sheep, bought a load of supplies, including a heating stove and clothes for the family. A cold snap came on and as he was unable to find lodging, he was compelled to start back. Mr. Stillman was a humane man and put all his extra covers on his horses. He, himself, suffered so ________ from exposure that he was a sick man when he got home and died on the 12th of December of pneumonia." Clark Stillman died at age 40 and was the second buried at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery.
In the spring of 1868, 35 year old Amelia and her eight children moved to their Deer Creek homestead and with the help of oldest son, Alpheus, aged 15 built a house and farmed their land. For over two years they were the sole residents of the township. Amelia died in 1890 at the age of 59. All eight children lived to adulthood.
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