Thomas Clark (abt. 1869 - 1898)

Born about 1869 in Ohio, United States

Died 15 Feb 1898 at about age 29 in Havana Harbor, Havana, Cuba

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Biography

Thomas served in the United States Navy prior to the Spanish-American War. He was a Coal Passer aboard the USS Maine when it exploded in Havana Harbor on 15 February 1898. Thomas was killed along with over 250 of his shipmates.^[1]

Notes

Note that Thomas' family was incorrectly counted twice in the 1870 Census, with slightly different ages each time.

Sources

1. ↑ https://books.google.com/books?id=UStHAQAAIAAJ

• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN69-MHG : 13 June 2019), Thomas Clark in entry for Michael Clark, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN69-KX9 : 13 June 2019), Thomas Clark in entry for Michael Clark, 1870.
• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN89-285 : 12 August 2017), Thomas Clark in entry for Michael Clark, 1880; citing enumeration district ED 72, sheet 552C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d), roll 0778; FHL microfilm 1,254,778.
• Annual Reports of the Navy Department for the Year 1898, by the Office of the Secretary of the Navy. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1898. https://books.google.com/books?id=UStHAQAAIAAJ