Darwin Tuttle Clark (1839 - 1924)

Husband of Mary Jane Bradway — married 21 Mar 1869 in Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 27 Oct 1924 at age 85 in Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Darwin Tuttle Clark was born in October 19, 1839. He was the son of Palmer Clark and Francis Harriett Aldrich. He was a farmer. He married Mary Jane Bradway in 1869. He passed away on October 27, 1924.

Darwin initially lived in Thompson and Pomfret, Connecticut and then resided in Eastford the rest of his life. According to his obituary in 1924, "His early days were spent in Thompson and Putnam, being at one time employed by the Putnam Woolen Company. After leaving the employ of this concern, Mr. Clark was employed on several farms in this locality and about 60 years ago went to Eastford to live and has resided in that place ever since."^[1]

Timeline

• 1839 - Darwin is born on October 19 to Palmer Clark and Francis Harriett Aldrich.^[2] [Birth records do not exist for Darwin]^[1] The actual birth location is unclear, based on various locations noted on census forms, e.g., in 1910 his birth location is listed as "unknown."

• 1850 - Living with his parents and siblings in Pomfret, Connecticut.^[3]

• 1860 - Listed as living with Lewis Averill as a laborer in Pomfret, Connecticut.^[4]

• 1863 - Darwin has moved to Eastford, Connecticut. In the U.S. Civil War Registration Records ("Consolidated List of persons of Class I, subject to do military service"), he is listed as living in Eastford, with an occupation of laborer.^[5]

• 1869 - Darwin purchases 140 acres of land, a house and two barns from David Keyes in Phoenixville (a section of Eastford). The address of this property is 57 Chaplin Rd.^[6] Darwin marries Mary Jane Bradway on March 21, 1869 in Eastford.^[7][8]

• 1870 - Darwin is listed as living in Eastford, Connecticut with his wife. His occupation is identified as a farmer.^[9]

• 1880 - Darwin received 115 acres bordering his current property from the estate of his brother, Nelson, on March 18.^[6]. He is listed as living in Eastford, Connecticut with his family, with an occupation of a farmer.^[10]

• 1885 - He is listed as living in Eastford, Connecticut.^[11]

• 1898 - Darwin's father-in-law dies on his farm from being gored by a bull at his property on 275 Old Colony Road in Eastford, Connecticut. Darwin's mother-in-law, Sarah Bosworth Bradway asked Darwin and his wife to move into the house on Old Colony Road and care for her until she died, at which time they could have the house. "Seemed like a good deal as in 1898 Sarah was 80, but she lived another 28 years to be 108 years old." Darwin and Mary and family move to Old Colony Road that year.^[6]

• 1900 - He is listed as living in Eastford, Connecticut with his family, with an occupation of farmer.^[8]

• 1910 - Darwin is living in Eastford with his wife, his son, Charles, and his mother-in-law.^[12]

• 1917 - Darwin is listed in a military questionnaire for Eastford, Connecticut.^[13]

• 1920 - Darwin is still living in Eastford with his wife and his 101-year old mother-in-law.^[14]

• 1924 - Darwin dies on October 27.^[15] He is buried in the Grove Cemetery in Eastford, Connecticut.^[16][17]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Darwin P. Clark is Dead, Aged 85," Unknown newspaper, October 29, 1924
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Charles R. Hale Collection, Vital Records, 1640-1955", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F777-HLS : 16 September 2020), Darwin T. Clark, 1839.
3. ↑ 1850 U.S. Federal Census, Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut, United States, schedule i, , Dwelling 4, Darwin T. Clarke; digital images, familysearch.org (: accessed ); NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.)..
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MH51-LMQ : 18 February 2021), Darwin Clark in entry for Lewis Averill, 1860., p. 42, Dwelling 365.
5. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S., Civil War Draft Registrations Records, 1863-1865 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.Original data - Consolidated Lists of Civil War Draft Registrations, 1863-1865. NM-65, entry 172, 620 volumes. Records of the Provost Marshal General’s Bureau (Civil War), Record Grou;).
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1 6.2} Eastford Historical Society, "Charles Warren Clark, 1888-1897, EHS June Quarterly, June 2018
7. ↑ Unpublished family history
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1} "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M97J-HC4 : 11 March 2022), Darwin H Clark, 1900., Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States, ED 509, Sheet 4, Dwelling 66.
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MN75-C92 : 28 May 2021), Darwin T Clark, 1870., Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States, p. 23, dwelling 199.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MFZ7-71S : 13 January 2022), Darwin T. Clark, Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm ., p. 5, Dwelling 51.
11. ↑ Ancestry.com, U.S. City Directories (Beta) (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - Original sources vary according to directory. The title of the specific directory being viewed is listed at the top of the image viewer page. Check the directory titl;), 1885, Eastford, Connecticut, p. 184.
12. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MK21-RFP : accessed 20 January 2023), Darwin T Clark, Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 572, sheet 4B, family 96, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 143; FHL microfilm 1,374,156.
13. ↑ "Connecticut, Military Census Questionnaires, 1917", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZND3-4F2M : 25 June 2021), Darwin T Clark, 1917., Eastford, Windham, Connecticut, United States.
14. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCJ9-QZJ : 1 February 2021), Darwin T Clark, 1920., Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 332; Dwelling 70.
15. ↑ Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Deaths and Burials Index, 1650-1934 (Name: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2011.Original data - "Connecticut Deaths and Burials, 1772–1934." Index. FamilySearch, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2009, 2010. Index entries derived from digital copies of original and compiled;), Darwin T. Clark, Death date: 27 Apr 1924 Death place: Connecticut.
16. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/79458631/darwin-t-clark: accessed 21 January 2023), memorial page for Darwin T Clark (19 Oct 1839–27 Oct 1924), Find a Grave Memorial ID 79458631, citing Grove Cemetery, Eastford, Windham County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by John Beckstein (contributor 46939506).
17. ↑ Ancestry.com, Connecticut, Hale Cemetery Inscriptions, 1675-1934 (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;), Grove Cemetery, Eastford, Connecticut, p. 21.

Acknowledgements

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