Judith Julia (Hancock) Clark (1791-1820) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Judith Julia Clark formerly Hancock

Born 21 Nov 1791 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Ancestors

Daughter of George Hancock and Margaret (Strother) Hancock

Sister of Mary Talbot (Hancock) Griffin, Caroline (Hancock) Preston, John Strother Hancock, Isabelle Elizabeth (Hancock) Madison and George Strother Hancock

Wife of William Clark — married 5 Jan 1808 in Fincastle, Botetourt, Virginia, United States

Descendants

Mother of Meriwether Lewis Clark Sr, William Preston Clark, Mary Margaret Clark, George Hancock Clark and John Julius Clark

Died 27 Jun 1820 at age 28 in Fotheringay, Montgomery Co, VA

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1 Biography
- 1.1 Marriage
2 Legacy
3 Sources
4 Acknowledgements

Biography

From the book, 'Old Naval Days; Sketches From the Life of Rear Admiral William Radford, U. S. N.' by Sophie Radford Meissner, copyright 1920, by Henry Holt & Company: the author's grandmother was Harriett Kennerly Radford Clark, first cousin of Julia Hancock (Harriett's mother was the sister of Julia's father, Col. George Hancock). Harriett's mother died when Harriett was a child, and she was thereafter raised in the household of her uncle, Col. Hancock, and was devotedly attached to her cousin Julia, one year younger. In 1806, Harriett married John Radford in a double ceremony with Julia's sister Mary and John Caswell Griffin. One year later, Julia married General William Clark (of Lewis and Clark). When Harriett's husband John died in 1817, she moved to St. Louis, where her brother, James Kennerly, was serving as the private secretary to General Clark, who had now become the Territorial Governor of Missouri. In 1819, Gov. and Julia Clark, and Harriett Radford had their portraits painted by Chester Harding (at the time of the writing of this book, these portraits were all in the possession of the author). "Hardly were these portraits completed, however, before Julia was taken ill, and in accordance with the advice of their physician, Governor Clark took his wife and their three boys, Meriwether Lewis, George Rogers and Julius to Fotheringay, the beautiful home built by Colonel Hancock in the mountains of Virginia shortly after Julia's marriage. There for a time Mrs. Clark appeared to rally, so much so indeed that when, the succeeding winter, important matters demanded Governor Clark's presence in St. Louis, he left her with no apprehension of danger. Hardly, however, had he reached his journey's end before a swift messenger came bearing the dread tidings that his wife had been taken from this world. Returning immediately to Fotheringay he there attended a double funeral, Colonel Hancock having survived his daughter but a few days. High on the hillside overlooking the Happy Valley, where flow the head waters of the Roanoke, in a white mausoleum he had himself caused to be excavated from the solid rock, the earthly remains of Col. George Hancock and his daughter Julia were laid." (One year later, Governor Clark married Harriett Radford in St. Louis)

Burial: Fotheringay Cemetery Shawsville Montgomery County Virginia, USA