Obituary in The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge 1846
"July 25. — In Indiana, Gen. Marston G. Clark, aged 74. He was born in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, on the 12th of December, 1771, and was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother. Before he was 21 years of age, he left his native state, and went to the West, then a wilderness. Gen. Clark shared much of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, having filled, with honor to himself and profit to his country many stations, both civil and military. He served in the campaigns of Gen. Wayne as a private soldier; and was aid to Gen. Harrison at the sanguinary battle of Tippecanoe. As Indian agent also, Gen. Clark served with much advantage, and was repeatedly a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana."
"A prominent man among the early settlers of Clark County; had been a member of the first court organized in that county in 1801; had been one of the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Jeffersonville; was now (1816) a citizen of Washington county, residing about eight miles south of the town of Salem, the countyseat." Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana (printed 1889)
First cousin to General George Rogers Clark. Settled in Salem, Indiana. Owned lot 33 in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1803. Served with General (future president) Harrison in the Battle of Tippicanoe, rose to General. Head of Indian Affairs in Indiana after that. He assisted in platting out Salem, IN. Was in the Indiana House of Representatives. His body was moved from his original home in Salem to this cemetery. See the John Hay-Steven's Museum for more information.
His father was Benjamin Wilson Clark. Two of his brothers were active in Jefferson County, Ky and in early Indiana history: William and Evard.
The following is from Rootsweb:
Career:
Indian Wars 1790-1795
War of 1812
Brigade Maj, in Battle of Tippecanoe
Colonel of Miltia in Clark County
elected to Senate
elected to the House of Representatives
Indiana Agent
Marriage:
Married 31 Mar 1797 to Lucy Harper.
Children:
Benjamin Wilson,
Catherine (Kitty) Holland,
William Lee,
George Batholomew,
Argus Brutus,
Mary Marthiah,
Elizabeth Green,
Lucy Ann,
Minerva Harper,
Martha Jane,
Thomas
Addendum: In response to the article written in the 1846 "The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge". This user states he was not a General and probably did not have 29 brothers and 2 sisters from the same parents.
"In Marston's biography on this memorial, it is written that he " was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother." This is highly unlikely! While it is fairly certain that all those children had the same father, there is a strong possibility that his father had at least two wives, and the second one may have had the surname "Greene" or "Green" which could explain how Marston got his middle name. This needs more research."
" Research into the life of Marston Greene Clark, necessary for entry into the General Society of the War of 1812 says Marson was not a General. His widow's pension (by Lucy Green) said that he entered the Battle of Tippecanoe as a Private. He may have been promoted to the rank of Brigade Major after the battle by his commander, Gen. William Henry Harrison of Indiana."
Contributor: 49575929)
"July 25. — In Indiana, Gen. Marston G. Clark, aged 74. He was born in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, on the 12th of December, 1771, and was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother. Before he was 21 years of age, he left his native state, and went to the West, then a wilderness. Gen. Clark shared much of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, having filled, with honor to himself and profit to his country many stations, both civil and military. He served in the campaigns of Gen. Wayne as a private soldier; and was aid to Gen. Harrison at the sanguinary battle of Tippecanoe. As Indian agent also, Gen. Clark served with much advantage, and was repeatedly a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana."
"A prominent man among the early settlers of Clark County; had been a member of the first court organized in that county in 1801; had been one of the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Jeffersonville; was now (1816) a citizen of Washington county, residing about eight miles south of the town of Salem, the countyseat." Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana (printed 1889)
First cousin to General George Rogers Clark. Settled in Salem, Indiana. Owned lot 33 in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1803. Served with General (future president) Harrison in the Battle of Tippicanoe, rose to General. Head of Indian Affairs in Indiana after that. He assisted in platting out Salem, IN. Was in the Indiana House of Representatives. His body was moved from his original home in Salem to this cemetery. See the John Hay-Steven's Museum for more information.
His father was Benjamin Wilson Clark. Two of his brothers were active in Jefferson County, Ky and in early Indiana history: William and Evard.
The following is from Rootsweb:
Career:
Indian Wars 1790-1795
War of 1812
Brigade Maj, in Battle of Tippecanoe
Colonel of Miltia in Clark County
elected to Senate
elected to the House of Representatives
Indiana Agent
Marriage:
Married 31 Mar 1797 to Lucy Harper.
Children:
Benjamin Wilson,
Catherine (Kitty) Holland,
William Lee,
George Batholomew,
Argus Brutus,
Mary Marthiah,
Elizabeth Green,
Lucy Ann,
Minerva Harper,
Martha Jane,
Thomas
Addendum: In response to the article written in the 1846 "The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge". This user states he was not a General and probably did not have 29 brothers and 2 sisters from the same parents.
"In Marston's biography on this memorial, it is written that he " was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother." This is highly unlikely! While it is fairly certain that all those children had the same father, there is a strong possibility that his father had at least two wives, and the second one may have had the surname "Greene" or "Green" which could explain how Marston got his middle name. This needs more research."
" Research into the life of Marston Greene Clark, necessary for entry into the General Society of the War of 1812 says Marson was not a General. His widow's pension (by Lucy Green) said that he entered the Battle of Tippecanoe as a Private. He may have been promoted to the rank of Brigade Major after the battle by his commander, Gen. William Henry Harrison of Indiana."
Contributor: 49575929)
Obituary in The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge 1846
"July 25. — In Indiana, Gen. Marston G. Clark, aged 74. He was born in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, on the 12th of December, 1771, and was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother. Before he was 21 years of age, he left his native state, and went to the West, then a wilderness. Gen. Clark shared much of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, having filled, with honor to himself and profit to his country many stations, both civil and military. He served in the campaigns of Gen. Wayne as a private soldier; and was aid to Gen. Harrison at the sanguinary battle of Tippecanoe. As Indian agent also, Gen. Clark served with much advantage, and was repeatedly a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana."
"A prominent man among the early settlers of Clark County; had been a member of the first court organized in that county in 1801; had been one of the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Jeffersonville; was now (1816) a citizen of Washington county, residing about eight miles south of the town of Salem, the countyseat." Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana (printed 1889)
First cousin to General George Rogers Clark. Settled in Salem, Indiana. Owned lot 33 in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1803. Served with General (future president) Harrison in the Battle of Tippicanoe, rose to General. Head of Indian Affairs in Indiana after that. He assisted in platting out Salem, IN. Was in the Indiana House of Representatives. His body was moved from his original home in Salem to this cemetery. See the John Hay-Steven's Museum for more information.
His father was Benjamin Wilson Clark. Two of his brothers were active in Jefferson County, Ky and in early Indiana history: William and Evard.
The following is from Rootsweb:
Career:
Indian Wars 1790-1795
War of 1812
Brigade Maj, in Battle of Tippecanoe
Colonel of Miltia in Clark County
elected to Senate
elected to the House of Representatives
Indiana Agent
Marriage:
Married 31 Mar 1797 to Lucy Harper.
Children:
Benjamin Wilson,
Catherine (Kitty) Holland,
William Lee,
George Batholomew,
Argus Brutus,
Mary Marthiah,
Elizabeth Green,
Lucy Ann,
Minerva Harper,
Martha Jane,
Thomas
Addendum: In response to the article written in the 1846 "The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge". This user states he was not a General and probably did not have 29 brothers and 2 sisters from the same parents.
"In Marston's biography on this memorial, it is written that he " was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother." This is highly unlikely! While it is fairly certain that all those children had the same father, there is a strong possibility that his father had at least two wives, and the second one may have had the surname "Greene" or "Green" which could explain how Marston got his middle name. This needs more research."
" Research into the life of Marston Greene Clark, necessary for entry into the General Society of the War of 1812 says Marson was not a General. His widow's pension (by Lucy Green) said that he entered the Battle of Tippecanoe as a Private. He may have been promoted to the rank of Brigade Major after the battle by his commander, Gen. William Henry Harrison of Indiana."
Contributor: 49575929)
"July 25. — In Indiana, Gen. Marston G. Clark, aged 74. He was born in Lunenburgh County, Virginia, on the 12th of December, 1771, and was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother. Before he was 21 years of age, he left his native state, and went to the West, then a wilderness. Gen. Clark shared much of the confidence and esteem of his fellow-citizens, having filled, with honor to himself and profit to his country many stations, both civil and military. He served in the campaigns of Gen. Wayne as a private soldier; and was aid to Gen. Harrison at the sanguinary battle of Tippecanoe. As Indian agent also, Gen. Clark served with much advantage, and was repeatedly a member of both branches of the legislature of Indiana."
"A prominent man among the early settlers of Clark County; had been a member of the first court organized in that county in 1801; had been one of the commissioners appointed to lay off the town of Jeffersonville; was now (1816) a citizen of Washington county, residing about eight miles south of the town of Salem, the countyseat." Biographical and Historical Souvenir for the Counties of Clark, Crawford, Harrison, Floyd, Jefferson, Jennings, Scott, and Washington, Indiana (printed 1889)
First cousin to General George Rogers Clark. Settled in Salem, Indiana. Owned lot 33 in Jeffersonville, Indiana in 1803. Served with General (future president) Harrison in the Battle of Tippicanoe, rose to General. Head of Indian Affairs in Indiana after that. He assisted in platting out Salem, IN. Was in the Indiana House of Representatives. His body was moved from his original home in Salem to this cemetery. See the John Hay-Steven's Museum for more information.
His father was Benjamin Wilson Clark. Two of his brothers were active in Jefferson County, Ky and in early Indiana history: William and Evard.
The following is from Rootsweb:
Career:
Indian Wars 1790-1795
War of 1812
Brigade Maj, in Battle of Tippecanoe
Colonel of Miltia in Clark County
elected to Senate
elected to the House of Representatives
Indiana Agent
Marriage:
Married 31 Mar 1797 to Lucy Harper.
Children:
Benjamin Wilson,
Catherine (Kitty) Holland,
William Lee,
George Batholomew,
Argus Brutus,
Mary Marthiah,
Elizabeth Green,
Lucy Ann,
Minerva Harper,
Martha Jane,
Thomas
Addendum: In response to the article written in the 1846 "The American Almanac and Repository of Useful Knowledge". This user states he was not a General and probably did not have 29 brothers and 2 sisters from the same parents.
"In Marston's biography on this memorial, it is written that he " was one of a family of twenty-nine brothers and two sisters, by the same father and mother." This is highly unlikely! While it is fairly certain that all those children had the same father, there is a strong possibility that his father had at least two wives, and the second one may have had the surname "Greene" or "Green" which could explain how Marston got his middle name. This needs more research."
" Research into the life of Marston Greene Clark, necessary for entry into the General Society of the War of 1812 says Marson was not a General. His widow's pension (by Lucy Green) said that he entered the Battle of Tippecanoe as a Private. He may have been promoted to the rank of Brigade Major after the battle by his commander, Gen. William Henry Harrison of Indiana."
Contributor: 49575929)
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