David C. Porter Clark (1836 - 1906)

Born 20 Apr 1836 in Georgia Old Murray Whitfield, Catoosa, Georgia, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 May 1906 at age 70 in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia, United States

Biography

David C P Clark was born 20 Apr 1836 in Murray County, Georgia.

He would have been the male under 5 when his father, Benjamin Clark was enumerated in the 1840 US Census for Georgia, Murray, District 824.

David was 13 and living in East Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia with his father, Benjamin, mother, Lucy and his brothers & sister.

He married about 1858 (per 1900 US Census) Emily McSpadden (Hufaker). They were living together on 19 Jun 1860, when they were enumerated in Catoosa Springs, Catoosa Co., Georgia, with her 2 children, S McSpaddin female age 7, and William male age 5.

David served in the Civil War. First Confederate Infantry, C-E

In 1870, he, Emily and their 4 children, Mitchel L Clark, age 10, Lucy A Clark, age 4, Isaac O Clark, age 2 & William McSpadden age 17, are living in District 12, Whitfield Co. Georgia.

In 1880, their family has grown. David & Emily are living in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia, they have 5 of their children, Mitchel L,, Lucy A, Isaac O, Mary A,, & Robert R, living with them, as well as Sallie Huffaker, Emily's mother.

By 1900, David is 64 and Emily (Emma) is aged 70. They are living in Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia and David is a retired farmer. One son Robert is living with them as well as one granddaughter - Ray

David C P Clark died 18 May 1906 and his widow applied for a pension for his service during the Civil War.

Taken from the ^[1]

D. C. P. CLARK, one of the oldest citizens of Whitfield county, was born in this county on April 20, 1836. Whitfield has always been his residence. He grew up on a farm and has been engaged during the chief part of his lifetime in agricultural pursuits. His father was Benjamin Clark, born in Lincoln county, N. C., May 31, 1793.

He married Lucy Dalton, daughter of Rev. John Dalton, a Baptist minister in Rutherford county, that state.

Benjamin Clark was the first settler in what is now Tunnel Hill, arriving there March 15, 1832. He engaged in farming and followed that occupation during the remainder of his life. He served in the war of 1812. In 1836 he went to Texas and participated in the movement led by Davy Crockett and Gen. Sam Houston, which resulted in the independence of Texas. For this service he was afterward paid a liberal sum of money by the state of Texas. At the commencement of the late war he entered the Confederate service and performed military duty for six months, when, owing to ill health and old age, he honorably retired. He survived until Dec. 6, 1876, and died in Whitfield county, aged eighty-four years. His wife died Jan. 8, 1882.

In his early life he represented Haywood county in the legislature of North Carolina. By his marriage he had nine children: Mary T., wife of John S. Martin; Zachariah D.; Myria S., wife of Francis Williams; Lucy M., wife of H. M. Ward; Benjamin M., William S., John J., Alfred W. and David C. P.

Mr. D. C. P. Clark entered the Confederate service, enlisting in Company D, of the First Confederate Georgia regiment, commanded by Col. George A. Smith, of Macon. His first service was at Fort Gaines, Ala., protecting the coast line, May, 1863, when his command was ordered to Tennessee to join Gen. Bragg, who was then making preparations for the celebrated campaign of that year. He fought at the battle of Chickamauga, where he was slightly wounded. During this battle and the remainder of his service he acted as sergeant of his company. On Nov. 25 he fought at Missionary Ridge and later went into winter quarters at Dalton. At the opening of the Atlanta campaign his regiment fought under Johnston from Dalton to Atlanta, constituting the reserve force at Resaca, and was engaged at New Hope church, Kennesaw Mountain, Peachtree Creek and at Atlanta. During the battle of Atlanta, July 22, 1864, his term of service having expired, and being unable to obtain a furlough to return to his home, and recognizing the Confederate cause to be a failure he retired from' the ranks and withdrew to the north of the Ohio river. A few months later he returned to his home and again engaged in farming. During the past fifteen years he has been justice of the peace and has served the public in that capacity faithfully and well. He is an all-round good citizen, with a large and influential number of stanch friends in Whitfield county. On Jan. 20, 1859, Mr. Clark was married to Mrs. Emily McSpadden, daughter of Isaac Hufaker. They have six children: Mitchell L., David P., deceased, Auroria T., Annie L., Isaac O. and Robert R. His paternal grandfather, Benjamin Clark, was a soldier of the war of the revolution who fought for the liberties of the colonies. His maternal grandfather was John Dalton, who also fought on the colonial side in that war. Mr. Clark is a member of the Baptist church.

Sources

1. ↑ "Memoirs of Georgia, Volume 2", The Southern Historical Association, 1895, pp 1034-1035.

• Memoirs of Georgia - Vol II, Atlanta Southern Historial Association 1895 - pg 1034

• US Census Year: 1850; Census Place: East Chickamauga, Walker, Georgia; Roll: M432_85; Page: 348A; Image: 133 Repository - Ancestry.com

• US Census Year: 1870; Census Place: District 12, Whitfield, Georgia; Roll: M593_183; Page: 140B; Image: 82059; Family History Library Film: 545682 Repository - Ancestry.com

• US Census Year: 1880; Census Place: Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia; Roll: 171; Family History Film: 1254171; Page: 22C; Enumeration District: 192; Image: 0553 Repository - Ancestry.com

• US Census Year: 1900; Census Place: Tunnel Hill, Whitfield, Georgia; Roll: 228; Page: 3A; Enumeration District: 0102; FHL microfilm: 1240228 Repository - Ancestry.com

• U.S., Civil War Pension Index: General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934 Repository - Ancestry.com

• U.S., Confederate Soldiers Compiled Service Records, 1861-1865 - National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Carded Records Showing Military Service of Soldiers Who Fought in Confederate Organizations, compiled 1903 - 1927, documenting the period 1861 - 1865; Catalog ID: 586957; Record Group #: 109; Roll #: 53 Repository - Ancestry.com

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current, Find A Grave Memorial# 42262605, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=42262605&ref=acom

• WikiTree profile Clark-8724 created through the import of Vicki Norman family tree v2 (3).ged on Aug 1, 2012 by Vicki Norman. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Vicki and others.

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