A Soldier of the Revolution, 1780
From Harvey Bell:
"The first of these stones is in the cemetery about a mile east, and the other in another about the same distance west of Otisco village. In the latter most of their children are buried, a very large upright slab containing the names of all, including Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, once among our most popular writers. Eliakim was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1762. He served in 1780 and then had junior added to his name. In '81 he was described as 18 years old, light, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Eliakim senior, 168 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION from the same place, served in '78-'79. In 1790 the name was recorded in Easthampton, Mass. Willis Gaylord, the early and noted agricultural writer, was a kinsman of Mrs. Clark, and her brother, Lemon Gaylord, lies in the same cemetery, but has no Revolutionary record.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County, Rev. W.M. Beauchamp, S.T.D."
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This note from another Find-A-Grave visitor:
"I have a copy of a town clerk's records stating that Eliakim Clark, the brother of Lewis and Willis, son of Capt. Eliakim and Lydia Kingsley died in 1848 at the age of 57, which puts his date of birth in 1792, and there is a gravestone listing Eliakim Clark in Auburn, NY (which is about where his children were born) as born in 1792 (date matches birth registry from Easthampton, Mass. and has the death date listed as Nov 3 instead of October 3 like the Easthampton record. There is still some confusion but it seems to be enough to conclude that this grave marker does not mark the resting place of the brother of Lewis and Willis Clark. because the dates are so far off from the Easthampton record which conclusively identifies him."
From Harvey Bell:
"The first of these stones is in the cemetery about a mile east, and the other in another about the same distance west of Otisco village. In the latter most of their children are buried, a very large upright slab containing the names of all, including Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, once among our most popular writers. Eliakim was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1762. He served in 1780 and then had junior added to his name. In '81 he was described as 18 years old, light, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Eliakim senior, 168 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION from the same place, served in '78-'79. In 1790 the name was recorded in Easthampton, Mass. Willis Gaylord, the early and noted agricultural writer, was a kinsman of Mrs. Clark, and her brother, Lemon Gaylord, lies in the same cemetery, but has no Revolutionary record.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County, Rev. W.M. Beauchamp, S.T.D."
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This note from another Find-A-Grave visitor:
"I have a copy of a town clerk's records stating that Eliakim Clark, the brother of Lewis and Willis, son of Capt. Eliakim and Lydia Kingsley died in 1848 at the age of 57, which puts his date of birth in 1792, and there is a gravestone listing Eliakim Clark in Auburn, NY (which is about where his children were born) as born in 1792 (date matches birth registry from Easthampton, Mass. and has the death date listed as Nov 3 instead of October 3 like the Easthampton record. There is still some confusion but it seems to be enough to conclude that this grave marker does not mark the resting place of the brother of Lewis and Willis Clark. because the dates are so far off from the Easthampton record which conclusively identifies him."
A Soldier of the Revolution, 1780
From Harvey Bell:
"The first of these stones is in the cemetery about a mile east, and the other in another about the same distance west of Otisco village. In the latter most of their children are buried, a very large upright slab containing the names of all, including Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, once among our most popular writers. Eliakim was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1762. He served in 1780 and then had junior added to his name. In '81 he was described as 18 years old, light, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Eliakim senior, 168 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION from the same place, served in '78-'79. In 1790 the name was recorded in Easthampton, Mass. Willis Gaylord, the early and noted agricultural writer, was a kinsman of Mrs. Clark, and her brother, Lemon Gaylord, lies in the same cemetery, but has no Revolutionary record.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County, Rev. W.M. Beauchamp, S.T.D."
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This note from another Find-A-Grave visitor:
"I have a copy of a town clerk's records stating that Eliakim Clark, the brother of Lewis and Willis, son of Capt. Eliakim and Lydia Kingsley died in 1848 at the age of 57, which puts his date of birth in 1792, and there is a gravestone listing Eliakim Clark in Auburn, NY (which is about where his children were born) as born in 1792 (date matches birth registry from Easthampton, Mass. and has the death date listed as Nov 3 instead of October 3 like the Easthampton record. There is still some confusion but it seems to be enough to conclude that this grave marker does not mark the resting place of the brother of Lewis and Willis Clark. because the dates are so far off from the Easthampton record which conclusively identifies him."
From Harvey Bell:
"The first of these stones is in the cemetery about a mile east, and the other in another about the same distance west of Otisco village. In the latter most of their children are buried, a very large upright slab containing the names of all, including Lewis Gaylord and Willis Gaylord Clark, once among our most popular writers. Eliakim was born in Northampton, Mass., in 1762. He served in 1780 and then had junior added to his name. In '81 he was described as 18 years old, light, and 5 feet 8 inches high. Eliakim senior, 168 THE ONONDAGA HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION from the same place, served in '78-'79. In 1790 the name was recorded in Easthampton, Mass. Willis Gaylord, the early and noted agricultural writer, was a kinsman of Mrs. Clark, and her brother, Lemon Gaylord, lies in the same cemetery, but has no Revolutionary record.
Revolutionary Soldiers of Onondaga County, Rev. W.M. Beauchamp, S.T.D."
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This note from another Find-A-Grave visitor:
"I have a copy of a town clerk's records stating that Eliakim Clark, the brother of Lewis and Willis, son of Capt. Eliakim and Lydia Kingsley died in 1848 at the age of 57, which puts his date of birth in 1792, and there is a gravestone listing Eliakim Clark in Auburn, NY (which is about where his children were born) as born in 1792 (date matches birth registry from Easthampton, Mass. and has the death date listed as Nov 3 instead of October 3 like the Easthampton record. There is still some confusion but it seems to be enough to conclude that this grave marker does not mark the resting place of the brother of Lewis and Willis Clark. because the dates are so far off from the Easthampton record which conclusively identifies him."
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