Chester Mattison Clark (1826)

Born 6 Jul 1826 in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont

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Chester Mattison Clark was born 6 July 1826 in Manchester, Vermont, recorded as a son of Chester Clark and his wife Laura.^[1]

He is named in the will of his father Chester Clark, created in Portage, Allegany County, New York, on 31 January 1846 and admitted for probate in Wyoming County, New York, in September 1846. The will mentioned wife Saviah Clark; sons, Albert B. Clark, Chester M. Clark, James H. Clark, and Merrit M. Clark; and daughters Elvira J. Cleaveland, Emily Burton and Lucy Massey (who was deceased).^[2]

In the 1850 U.S. Census, 24-year-old Chester M. Clark was recorded in Genesee Falls, Wyoming County, New York. He was a physician. Others in the household were Saviah Clark, 58 (recorded as head of household); James Clark, 20 with no occupation; Merrit Clark, 18 and a farmer; and George C. Cleaveland, age 7. All were born in Vermont except for George Cleaveland, who was born in Illinois. Saviah had real estate valued at $4925.^[3]

The 1860 U.S. Census recorded 34-year-old physician C. M. Clark, a Vermont native, in Galva, Henry County, Illinois, with Sarah Clark, 33, a native of New York, and children Julia Clark, 7, Lilian Clark, 3, and "Infant Clark," 4 months old, all born in Illinois. C. M. Clark had real estate valued at $2500 (number not entirely clear) and personal estate valued at $1200. Others in the household were 19-year-old female servant Margt Kalamon, a native of Canada, and 19-year-old laborers Jno Bush and Amos Curtis, both natives of New York.^[4]

The 1880 U.S. Census recorded 53-year-old physician C. M. Clark in Galva, Henry County, Illinois, with his 42-year-old wife Sarah Clark and daughters Sarah Clark, 11, and Jessie Clark, 9. C. M. Clark and his parents were born in Vermont. His wife Sarah was born in New York, as was her father; her mother was born in Massachusetts. The two daughters were born in Illinois of a Vermont-born father and a New York-born mother. The household also included 16-year-old Lizzie Anderson, a servant, who was born in Sweden, and boarders A. B. Smith, 30, an express agent who was born in Maine, as were his parents, and Lena Smith, 20, who was born in Illinois to parents who were born in Massachusetts.^[5]

The 1900 U.S. Census recorded Chester M. Clark, age 73 and born in Vermont in July 1826, in Galva town, Galva Township, Henry County, Illinois. He was widowed and his occupation was listed as "Landlord." He was part of a household headed by H. Fred Wiley (age 46, born in Vermont in September 1853) and was identified as that man's father-in-law. Also in the household were H. Fred Wiley's wife Lillian S. Wiley (age 43, born in Illinois in February 1857) and boarders Fred E. Muzzy and Clara Muzzy. H. Fred and Lillian Wiley had been married 22 years; Lillian was mother of one child, who was living.^[6]

Sources

1. ↑ "Vermont Vital Records, 1760-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9398-QCSR-CN?cc=1784223&wc=MFVW-LTL%3A1029377801 : 22 May 2014), 004543210 > image 2026 of 3747; State Capitol Building, Montpelier.
2. ↑ Will of Chester Clark, accessed at Ancestry.com in New York. Surrogate's Court (Wyoming County); Probate Place: Wyoming, New York.
3. ↑ "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DZCS-M98?cc=1401638&wc=95RS-HZ6%3A1031313801%2C1031896301%2C1031968601 : 9 April 2016), New York > Wyoming > Genesee Falls > image 30 of 32; citing NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33S7-9YBP-9MS2?cc=1473181&wc=7QVJ-5DQ%3A1589423252%2C1589422611%2C1589425249 : 24 March 2017), Illinois > Henry > Incorp Galva > image 9 of 26; from "1860 U.S. Federal Census - Population," database, Fold3.com (http://www.fold3.com : n.d.); citing NARA microfilm publication M653 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYB7-9D3F?cc=1417683&wc=QZ27-V91%3A1589399935%2C1589396642%2C1589401784%2C1589394865 : 24 December 2015), Illinois > Henry > Galva > ED 109 > image 12 of 46; citing NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-DC5Q-XXL?cc=1325221&wc=9B7J-L24%3A1030552601%2C1032718101%2C1035628701 : 5 August 2014), Illinois > Henry > ED 10 Galva Township Galva town > image 46 of 54; citing NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).